First and foremost the name franklyn came from a British origin meaning Freeman. My name was given to me by my dad because he thought it was a very successful name. He gave this name to me because everyone that he has heard off with the name Franklyn has been successful. To me the name Franklyn means someone with style dignity and class‚ so basically they like to do things on their own without the consent of anyone. I say this because for me I do not like to copy what other people are doing or listen
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Ambrose Bierce’s‚ “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”‚ is the story of a want-to-be hero. The main character‚ Peyton Farquhar‚ cannot participate in the war‚ and has to stick to just being a farmer. Bierce puts a spin on what it is to be a hero in this story‚ and what happens to them. In his story through the eyes of Farquahr‚ one must be a soldier‚ do something spectacular‚ and then make away back home to the soldiers family‚ to be a hero. These are the three parts of what it means to be a hero;
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stories. There is a wide selection of stories that may possibly be articulated‚ and a wider selection of stories to be generated. Ambrose Bierce created a story that is truthful and emphasizes the real details of life‚ no softening. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a story that explains the traumatic experience of a soldier‚ seeing his life flash before his eyes‚ while being hung. Realism is a careful description of mundane
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The short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce is a story divided into three parts. In the first part we meet a man about to be hung by the Union army in the time of the Civil War. He is being hung for an unknown reason other than opposing the Union army. In the second section we learn about the successful planter named Peyton Farquhar. Peyton wants to help the confederacy; he is unable to join the Confederate Army. A Union spy comes and tells him of a way he can sabotage the
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Buck‚ a huge‚ four-year-old half-Saint Bernard and half-Scottish shepherd dog‚ is living a life of civilized ease in California’s Santa Clara Valley in the home of Judge Miller. It seems to be the best of all possible worlds‚ for Buck is the most prized animal that the Judge owns. Around this time‚ however‚ gold is discovered in the great North‚ and large dogs suddenly become tremendously valuable because these types of dogs are needed to haul the heavy sleds through the deep snow fields. Tragically
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Ocean Depths – Page 25 – Chapter 3 CHAPTER 3 – MORE SCHOOL DAYS MEMORABLE EVENTS While I had been in the hospital‚ my family had moved from our home on Hodge Avenue. I am not really sure why but remember being very angry about it. This meant that upon being discharged from the hospital in May‚ the last couple of weeks of the sixth grade‚ I had to start attending a different school! I attended there for the next two years‚ through 7th and 8th grades. Kennedy Elementary School
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Working with your new boss Your new boss will have more impact than anyone else over whether you succeed or fail. Your boss establishes benchmarks for your success‚ interprets your actions for other key players‚ and controls resources you need. Building a productive working relationship with him or her while you establish your mandate and negotiate for resources is a clear early priority. Defining your goals When you think about working with your new boss‚ keep the following goals in mind:
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At the beginning of the extract the Inspector says “She wasn’t very pretty ... very pretty.” In my opinion the Inspector says this to try and give the Birlings a ‘guilt trip’. Mr. Birling reacts by almost telling the Inspector off‚ as if he were a child‚ “That’s enough of that”‚ it sounds like something he would say to Sheila or Eric. The reason he says this is most probably because he feels that he is better and more important than the Inspector and that he can tell the Inspector what to do. The
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Identity Jeff Hong 10/11/12 ENG 4U1 Ms.Giles Editors play influential roles in literature. They can easily alter the overall atmosphere of literature or change the message behind it. Different versions of the poem “I heard a Fly buzz…” by Emily Dickinson demonstrate different caesura‚ capitalization and word usage. The 1955 edition by Thomas H. Johnson and the original version by Emily Dickinson portray almost identical ideas and emphasis through limited alteration
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