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    Emily Dickinson’s poem "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died" poses a question to the reader "what is the significance of the buzzing fly in relation to the dying person?" In a mood of outward quiet and inner calm‚ the dying person peacefully proceeds to bestow her possessions to others‚ and while willing her possessions‚ she finds her attention withdrawn by a fly’s buzzing. The fly is introduced in close connection with "my keepsakes" and "what portion of me be assignable." The dying person has an obsession

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    death is a subject of matter for Dickinson. This is profoundly shown throughout many of Dickinson’s poems but specifically in Emily Dickinson’s subtle observation and understanding of death that is shown in “I heard a fly buzz when I died.” Dickinson composed I heard a buzz fly when I died in 1862‚ a year of enormous fatalities during the American Civil War. Dickinson’s puritanical context juxtaposed with her fascination of nature and the rawness of life explains her conflict and tension that

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    If I Was LOD

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    If I was added to the story I would be in place of LOD. I would have taken the helicopter with my pilots and instead of trying to land I would have jumped out. I would have hand glided or based jump out with a wingsuit and flew down to the campers and it would have stopped pat and coop from finding us. I also would have captured Kate and kept her in my camper. If I was LOD I also would have put coop pat and Alex into a one-way glass box they can’t see out but I could see in. Finally‚ I would have

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    Scarce Resources: The Nursing Shortage September 24‚ 2012 Scarce Resources: The Nursing Shortage It is a widely known fact that the United States is facing a critical shortage of Registered Nurses (RN’s)‚ and that over the next several years the need for nurses is going to increase significantly due to the ageing baby boomer generation. It is expected that by 2020 the United States will face a shortage of over one million nurses (Buerhaus‚ Auerback‚ & Staiger‚ 2009) and this fact has drawn

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    Anorexia: Models That Died

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    Models that died from Anorexia Nervosa and eating disorders Ana Carolina Reston She was young‚ happy and beautiful. She was successful in her modelling career‚ walking runways all over the world‚ in various fashion weeks. Her downward spiral into the pit of anorexia began in 2004‚ in China. She was told that she was ‘too fat’ despite being of a healthy weight and height for a working model. Her weight plummeted to 40kg‚ making her Body Mass Index (BMI) an unhealthy 13.4. On the 14th of November

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    But I was silent.

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    Whenever I write an essay‚ I constantly suppress myself under an obsession that must be perfect. And the only few words are written of the paper. I am confined to such feelings for what‚ I can not know. I’m exhausted while I’m suppressing. And I ask in prison that imprison myself. ’What is writing for who.’ However it is not be changed even if I ask again and again. Always I can’t answer. To say ’for myself’‚ I do not like too suppression of this prison‚ it is not be changed. I can’t answer again

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    Before I Was There

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    “Before I was‚ There Were...” I have so many relatives and all of them have done so much for me. My mom’s parents who are Kathey Sigmon and Jerry Carrigan are my grandparents‚ but they divorced and my grandma remarried to Bob Sigmon. My mom had a sister named Emily Sigmon and brother named Nick Carrigan. My grandma Kathey had two sisters name Faye Shew and Sue Robinette. My great grandmother Faye Carrigan is the mother of Jerry Carrigan‚ she has a sister named Nell-Rose Stafford but she passed

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    If I Was President

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    President If all wishes were horses‚ then I would wish to be the president of the United States of America. My wishes to be the United States president are not self-centered but are based on the need to make America a better place for generations to come. In the eyes of the world we are limitless but‚ I believe there are things that are necessary to change to reflect the fame and superiority associated with America in the eyes of the world. If I was president‚ I would strive to accomplish three major

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    I WAS A SDWDD

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    So i have to do a 5 minute speech on what belonging is and stuff. I need a book/movie etc. that has something to do with belonging or not belonging that i can use for examples and relate my speech to. And i for the life of me can’t think of anything good!!! which is really annoying cause i know i have probably come across thousands of worthy choices in my life. \ So any book or movie or even poem that has themes of belonging/not belonging would be really helpful. (the only one i can think of at

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    If I Was Bird

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    If I were a bird! As a little bird-maybe a nightingale or an innocent dove-if I were born on this earth‚ I would have been very happy. As a nightingale‚ I would be adored by the people for my sweet songs. I would have built my tiny nest on the top branch of a tree. My nest would give shelter to me and my brethren. From the top of the tree‚ I could see the greenery of the fields‚ the flowing rivers and the far horizon. In a storm‚ my nest would be swung to and fro‚ without being detached from the

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