is “Gilled like a fish. A common sense” (Plath line 3). Plath is making the comparison of the unborn child to fish that have gills. Unborn fetuses are encased in their mother’s amniotic fluids and are still able to breath‚ much like a fish with gills. The allusion to amniotic fluid is also seen in line 14 “Like a sprat in a pickle jug” (Plath 14). Where the unborn baby is like a sprat‚ a fish that is in a jar to be preserved for an amount of time in water or pickling juice. Plath gets into the biology
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You are what you drive When you see different people driving different cars on the roads‚ will you give yourself a second to think whether there is something relationship between the certain cars and the drivers’ personality? There is a theory that people who drive certain cars share personality traits. Generally speaking‚ our choices may say something about our values and interests. To some extent‚ women tend to buy smaller cars and men are likely to buy larger cars. But there are many other
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got into their 50s‚ but that doesn’t happen as much anymore‚" says David Kessler‚ former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and author of The End of Overeating. If you’re entering that danger zone now‚ be aware that it’s not going to get any easier to lose weight‚ because people need fewer calories as they age. Blame slowing metabolism and the body’s tendency starting in midlife to lose muscle mass—a process known as sarcopenia—and gain fat‚ especially around the abdomen. (Fat burns
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DRUG INTERACTIONS: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Council on Family Health Drug Interactions T here are more opportunities today than ever before to learn about your health and to take better care of yourself. It is also more important than ever to know about the medicines you take. If you take several different medicines‚ see more than one doctor or have certain health conditions‚ you and your doctors need to be aware of all the medicines you take to avoid potential problems‚ such as drug interactions
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Food is the matriarch of the human civilization. Our ability to function is dependent upon what we put into our bodies and the sustenance gained from doing so. While it is true that food plays a very vital role in maintaining proper health as well as preventing/curing diseases‚ for some‚ food can also be used to fill emotional voids. Other people are forced into specific dietary restrictions based on auto-immune intolerances‚ or other health-related problems‚ while others may simply choose not to
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Jacques’ remark “and that they call complement‚ was like t’counter of two dog-apes” depict his willingness to purposely alienate himself from the courtiers and Duke. The canine animalistic references and connotations illustrate his disaccord with Duke Seniors ideals of belonging to an established community. “If the duke hath put on a religious life and thrown into neglect the pompous court”. Jacque mocks the ideals established within the court‚ choosing to isolate himself from the rest of the
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I Will Never Marry You I had gotten engaged on November 4th 2009 on my birthday‚ and I was the happiest person alive that day. Come to find out the person I was engaged to changed instantly once I accepted his engagement. A couple of weeks later‚ I found pictures of my fiancé having sex with women from a Dominican Republic trip he went on with his friends‚ and he said he did it because the women there cater to American men. The cheating and lying never stopped from there‚ and this is the main
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Do you know what it means to be an American.Freedom‚ honor‚ and patriotism is what it means to be an american. First of all the whole idea of being an American revolves around freedom. The greatest freedom we have is freedom of speech‚ it allows you to express yourself in ways never even imagined. We as Americans can be what we want and do the job we want. Nevertheless as an American you can do as you wish if you want to build a 50 foot statue build one. In my opinion‚ freedom is a very wonderful
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Topic: Write a long essay about “You are what you eat”. It takes a lot of time for you to decide which kinds of food you should eat tomorrow. I think it is fair to say that what you eat affects your basic appearance‚ your well being and your future health. A good diet is central to overall good health. Food has a huge effect on your health. When it comes to a healthy diet‚ energy balance is the key to getting it right. When we eat and drink‚ we’re putting energy into our bodies. Our bodies
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In my opinion what makes you‚ you is your soul‚ and I think your soul is inside of you‚ more specifically in your DNA‚ in each and every cell of your body. Of course‚ the way we look has nothing to do with our true self. A lot of people think that if we change our look or brain then it won’t be us anymore. Me in the other hand‚ I don’t think that way. I think that we only have a brain because we live on a materialistic world and our bodies are material and that is why we have a hard time understanding
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