In the short story How I Met My Husband by author Alice Munro‚ the setting takes place in a small country town around the end of WWII. It is easy to tell that Edie feels a little out of place in the Peebles’ house since they are new to the country and are more wealthy than Edie’s family. When Edie was describing her job she says‚ “Mrs. Peebles had an automatic washer and dryer‚ the first I ever saw‚” (Munro 220). This quote shows how not many people were able to afford luxuries like modern day conveniences
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“I Felt A Funeral‚ In My Brain” In Emily Dickinson’s poem‚ “I Felt A Funeral‚ In My Brain‚” she is describing the mental breakdown of her sanity using a funeral as a metaphor and she does this very nicely within this poem. The first time reading through the poem‚ it was hard to make of it. The second time reading the poem‚ it seemed like her soul was witnessing her own funeral. It was not until the poem became clear that Emily Dickinson witnessed the funeral only by the sense of sound and feel
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The poem by Emily Dickinson circa 1861 beginning "I felt a Funeral‚ in my Brain" explores several subjects contained within an extended metaphor of a funeral service. This metaphor is evident in the word Funeral‚ Mourners‚ Service‚ Box (containing the body)‚ Soul‚ Heavens‚ Bell (rung to signal the passing). All these are capitalized to add emphasis and connect the meaning. Other capitalized words in the poem include Sense and Reason. We are told that the planks separate these concepts from being
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The Unforgettable Experience Walking with Our Sisters is a memorial exhibit commemorating the missing and murdered Aboriginal and Métis Women of Canada and the United States. The Carleton University Art Gallery provokes an array of emotions as it calls to the alarming history of Canada with regards to the Indigenous women and children. The exhibition presents approximately eighteen hundred vamps prepared by the victims’ families and countless advocates. The Gallery elicits awareness and powerful
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In the short story “How I Met My Husband” by Alice Munro the structure of the plot and the conflict work in unity to reach the conclusion. This story has a sympathetic protagonist dealing with a relatable conflict‚ suspense‚ and a twist ending that may keep the reader thinking after the last lines have been read. The protagonist in this story‚ Edie‚ is a timid person who is always doing whatever makes other people happy and never says what she wants. She describes herself as “shy” (Munro 127)
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If I were the principle of my school I would try to make my school an ideal school by introducing various reforms. I would make some classes shorter. If there were two classes of the same period on a day I would not keep them together. I would keep a recess or another period between the two. I would give proper care and personal involvement to children. Bookish knowledge would not be pumped into their heads. All efforts would be made to enhance the moral and mental intellect of students so that
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How I Spent My Holidays Holidays come in a period where people have leisure time. In most places‚ it is called summer time. It comes after working periods‚ i.e. the time students go to school or people go to work. Last holiday my family and I except my dad had gone to Jamine. The journey was a long and stressful one. It took 9 hours to reach our destination. We went to Jamine from my country. In the airport there were no services in our phones so we decided to buy a sim card. After
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As I was sitting with my friends in Lal’s Patisserie-our favourite hangout-enjoying a cool breeze and observing my friends’ discussion regarding the best A-levels college‚ I asked myself: Where would I apply for my next educational destiny? The answer struck me‚ ‘Nixor of course!’ Nixor is my foremost option for A-levels. After doing research on Nixor‚ I was convinced that it was the place for me. I believe it is a strong educational institute that appreciates the individualized needs and contexts
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-The President and I duel with our extreme calculator/hover-board/microwave/air mattress/compass/laser-beam/laptop Over summer vacation‚ I received a laptop. It wasn’t just any laptop. This laptop came from from an alien and could tell me anything I wanted to know. It’s great! The laptop can also run any computer program‚ game‚ or any other software that is known to man. It has a built in calculator‚ CD drive‚ hover-board‚ microwave‚ blow-up air mattress‚ compass‚ laser-beam‚ and most important
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SHOULD I BE PROUD OF MY COUNTRY? Why am I proud of my country you ask‚ there are many reasons to it… some of them have been illustrated here forth… haffun… 1. Where else would you be allowed to pee on the road‚ on street intersections‚ footpaths‚ in short any place you would like. I have known that animals use a tactic of urinating over a place to mark a territory‚ but this is ridiculous. And don’t let me get started on spitting. 2. Where else would you find stray cows‚ buffaloes‚ dogs‚ cats
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