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    Chronicles by Ray Bradbury‚ there is a story called "There Will Come Soft Rains". This story relates in theme to a free verse poem by Carl Sandburg named "Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind". The common question is: "How in the world do these 2 pieces of work relate in theme? Shockingly‚ however‚ there are many points where theme is related and compared. In the science fictional story "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury‚ Ray describes a house that "[stands] alone in a city of rubble

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    Acid Rain Webquest 1

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    Acid Rain Webquest   Name: ________Jacob Rough_________________________                               Date: _____3/25/13________   Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are gases released by the burning of fossil fuels. These gases can react with water and oxygen to form acids. Normally‚ rainwater is slightly acidic. But the additional acid that enters the air when fuels are burned makes it even more acidic. Acid rain can have a harmful effect on fish and other wildlife and upsets the delicate balance

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    Character Analysis: “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” Leslie Mormon Silko wrote “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” in 1969. The story details the death of an old Indian named Teofilo. During one point of the story Leon prepares Teofilo’s body for burial. Leon proceeds to paint Teofilo’s face yellow. In the Native American Culture the color yellow stands for mourning or death. Teofilo may be dead‚ but Silko presents him as a transitional character going through the three stage process. Silko uses the three

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    Review of Monique and the Mango Rains Monique and the Mango Rains is a memoir about a friendship that develops between Kris Holloway‚ and a midwife in the village of Nampossela‚ Mali. Kris Holloway served in the Peace Corps and was assigned for 2 years to be stationed in Mali. Kris was trained to “give health demonstrations‚ repair wells‚ build fuel-conserving stoves‚ plant trees‚ and protect the shoots from the ever hungry mouths of goats” (11). Kris meets and assists Monique Dembele in her struggle

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    hunger. Though with this innovation comes terrible inventions such as mustard gas and the nuclear bomb. Both of these stories build on this idea of the growth of technology‚ and how it will affect our future. Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” perfectly illustrates the devastation that technology can cause. Stephen Vincent Benet’s “By the Waters of Babylon” takes place in a future post-apocalyptic Earth after a nuclear bomb has sent the human race back the the stone age. The main character

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    Rice Without Rain

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    The story revolves around Jinda‚ described as a northern Thai beauty ‚ who is the daughter of a rice farmer. Her simple life changed when a group of university students‚ headed by Ned‚ probably a Thai prince charming in his own right‚ came upon her village to live among them so they could experience life in the rural area firsthand. Times were hard‚ as there was a drought. The rice stalks were light‚ not producing the bountiful yield of rice. Children starved to death. During the few times that

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    101 Town Centre Boulevard Markham‚ Ontario‚ L3R 9W3 July-12-13 7750 Birchmount Road Markham‚ ON‚ L3R 0B4 Dear McCallum‚ Subject: Child labour is an appalling issue that threatens the rights of children‚ but together we can make a difference in ending child labour. As a young citizen of Canada‚ I consider it my responsibility to educate

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    There are a million things Duo loves about the snow. The way it gets stuck in your hair or tickles your nose. You can pack it up and have a snowball fight. You can lay in it and make a snow angel. The flurry wistfulness when the wind throws the snow around‚ right before a snowstorm. A freshly fallen bed of snow‚ and the first footsteps you trudge through it. But most of all‚ that darling feeling when you wake up in the middle of the night and look out the window. The dark night cast away by bright

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    When Rain Clouds Gather

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    How does Bessie Head use symbolism in her novel When rain clouds gather and what effect does it have on the way we read and respond to the story? In the novel When rain clouds gather‚ Bessie Head uses symbolism to express the transition from the harsh life of tribalism‚ to the development of modern day co-operatives and the effect it has on the community. One of the main symbolic images in the text is the recurring theme of When rain clouds gather. This incomplete and open statement refers

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    Cat in the rain by Ernst Hemingway‚ 1925 ‘Cat in the rain’ was published in 1925 written by Ernst Hemingway (1899-1961)‚ as a part of the short story collection ‘In Our Time’. The short story is about a man named George and his wife who are vacationing in Italy. When they arrive at the hotel it is raining and the wife spots a cat sitting under a table outside the window. The wife goes downstairs to safe the cat from being wet‚ and is greeted by the hotelkeeper who reminds her that the weather is

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