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    the birds

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    upon us. These things are things I would never wish on someone. The birds have just come through the children’s bedroom. With great rage they have went for there eyes and hand. The only thing I could do was fight. They came in swarms at me as I moved into the bedroom. The only thing I had to protect myself was the towel in my hand‚ and as I fought them back with my towel they went for my eyes. I am lucky I can still see. With the birds now dead in bunches on the floor I cant stop thinking about why they

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    experiences many individuals can lose hope and allow their nerves get the best of them. I have by no means been the greatest writer or even believed in my writing abilities; however‚ when reading Anne Lamott’s book‚ “Bird by Bird”‚ I realized many other people may feel the same way. “Bird by Bird” educated me and its‘other readers‚ to make the most of our writing abilities. The book‚ first made me realize to never expect greatness straight away. Lamott states‚ “they might be good someday if they just keep

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    Birds

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    Birds The earliest birds of which we have any record were descended from reptiles and lived about a hundred and thirty million years ago. These first birds had tails like lizards and teeth in their jaws. Over a period of many millions of years‚ the wings developed at the expense of the tail and the teeth disappeared. Thus birds as we know the today have evolved. They now differ very much from reptiles and it is only because of the research of zoologists one hundred years ago‚ that they were

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    Red Scarf Girl Analysis

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    Kylie Hanks 15 September 2010 Tharp 3/4 Advanced ELA Red Scarf Girl The story starts off in 1966. Ji Li Jiang has the perfect life in a communist country‚ China. Then‚ the Cultural Revolution is launched… Casually called‚ Ji Li Jiang is participating whole-heartedly in class when a soldier requests she step into the hall. She is asked to perform many acrobatic tasks and accelerates at it. Sadly‚ her parents deny her the opportunity she was granted to become a dancer at the Liberation Academy

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    gate to mend‚ at the far end of the peninsula‚ where the sea surrounded the farmland on either side. Then‚ at midday‚ he would pause and eat the meat pie his wife had baked for him and‚ sitting on the cliff’s edge‚ watch the birds. In autumn great flocks of them came to the peninsula‚ restless‚ uneasy‚ spending themselves in motion; now wheeling‚ circling the sky; now settling to feed on the rich‚ new-turned soil; but even when they fed‚ it was as though they did so without

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    A & P Updike Quit

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    “The girls‚ and who’d blame them‚ are in a hurry to get out‚ so i say ‘I quit’ to Lengel quick enough for them to hear‚ hoping they’ll stop and watch me‚ their unsuspected hero.” (Updike‚ 18) The quote illustrates how impulsive Sammy was by sticking up for Queenie immediately after the manager embarrassed her by commenting on their attire. As the girls are walking out of the store Sammy wanted them to hear his heroic act before leaving in hopes to attract Queenie. Sammy believed that quitting his

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    Summer by David Updike

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    Summer by David Updike King Solomon wrote wisely‚ and later was wisely paraphrased by the folk band “The Byrds”‚ “To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven...” (Ecclesiastes 3:1‚8). Seasons often represent the periods of a person’s life; birth‚ youth‚ age and death. In the short story “Summer” by David Updike‚ the lake provides an eternal and unchanging witness to Homer’s transition from season to season and from boy to man. In the beginning we find the family and

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    Bird By Bird

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    Getting Started You should always write truthfully Writing about your childhood in a lot of detail is a good way to start Holidays are usually good to write about because there is a lot of detail. Writing at the same time helps creativity in stories. ‚Writing is more important than being published ‚Books make you notice the small details in life Books can enhance your imagination. Many lose their confidence when they begin writing since it is difficult for them to get down their thoughts

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    Birds

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    examples of this truth happen to be John James Audubon and Annie Dillard‚ both writers experienced seeing a flock of birds in flight‚ but Audubon takes a more scientific approach and Dillard conveys a more casual and awestruck message. Audubon and Dillard both share the amazement and awe felt by watching these creatures of the skies‚ but what separates the two pieces is Audubon’s sophisticated diction defines the piece as a scientific documentation of birds in flight by using words like‚ “eminence”

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    Birds

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    Birds (class Aves) are feathered‚ winged‚ bipedal‚ endothermic (warm-blooded)‚ egg-laying‚ vertebrate animals. With around 10‚000 living species‚ they are the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. All present species belong to the subclass Neornithes‚ and inhabit ecosystems across the globe‚ from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) Bee Hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) Ostrich. The fossil record indicates that birds emerged within theropod dinosaurs

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