Southern California early autumn marks the beginning of the Santa Ana winds. The Santa Ana winds are extremely dry and powerful winds‚ that are funneled through canyons from inland valleys to the coast of Southern California. The two essays “Brush Fire” by Linda Thomas and “The Santa Ana” by Joan Didion are different perspectives of the Santa Ana winds. Thomas views the Santa Ana winds as a necessity of nature‚ while Didion views them as a malevolent force of nature. Linda Thomas‚ has a positive
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This video provided both a horrific description of the fire‚ and also a lot of interesting background leading up to the fire. In fact‚ most of the documentary was about the business‚ social‚ and political environment surrounding the fire. So‚ I will spend more time discussing what I learned from the environment‚ but I certainly will consider the fire and its impact as well. First‚ the video talked about the role of government in business at the time. Even though this was a little over 100 years
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“Fire on the Mountain” is the title of the second chapter of the book Lord of the Flies. Because the adolescents were stranded on an island after the plane crash with no adults in sight‚ they decided that they needed to be the ones to take action‚ and do something about their situation in order to get saved. Ralph suggests that they “make smoke on the top of the mountain” (Golding 46) in order to grab the attention of a ship that might sail near the island. Jack and his choir immediately started
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The Fire ‚ William Saroyan William Saroyan was an American dramatist and author. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in and won the Academy Award for Best Story. He is recognized as "one of the most prominent literary figures of the mid-20th century." Stephen Fry describes Saroyan as "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century and suggests that he takes his place naturally alongside Hemingway‚ Steinbeck and Faulkner. The heroes of his works were always simple and not very happy
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Timothy 20140221 Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae In the novel “Gates of Fire”‚ by Steven Pressfield‚ the author describes a battle between 300 Spartans and the Persian Army who threatens to invade and take Sparta. A Greek‚ who goes by the name Xeones‚ gives his story to a scribe who works for the Persian King Xerxes. One main theme that presents itself very well is the act of Patriotism. Something that one would learn from this novel is very similar to the basics of what
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poem “Fire and Ice‚” it is both a lyric and didactic poem. There are several meanings that can be argued in “Fire and Ice.” Is Frost’s “Fire and Ice” about the world ending or a past love that has ended? In the first two lines‚ Frost writes‚ “Some say the world will end in fire‚ / Some say in ice.” The first thought that comes to mind when reading these two lines is that the poem is about the debate on how the world will one day end. Christians believe that the world is going to end in fire as the
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2012 History 10 Mr. Skead “Quest of Fire” The movie is called “Quest for Fire” because it is about Neanderthals trying to discover how to make fire‚ and how to make it stay lit. The groups that are shown in the video are hunters and gatherers. They would need to watch out for other tribes‚ water‚ animals‚ and weather. They do not know why or how things come about to them‚ for all they know it is just one more thing to discover. While on the Quest for Fire they interact with other tribes‚ with
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A CHANGE OF HEART The Walk written by Joy T. Dayrit has an unpredictable ending. Unpredictable because it started off weak yet ended strong. We could see the distinction of the characters all throughout the selection—namely Alma‚ Ted and the unano. Alma in the story started frail. “Twenty years of tears splashed into her morning cup of coffee. She did not understand the phenomenon‚ but only cried like a child‚ like a fool.” She showed her love towards his husband‚ Ted. “Alma reset the breakfast
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Haley Franks Womack English DC 28 January 2014 “I Wondered Lonely As a Cloud” by William Wordsworth “I Wondered Lonely As a Cloud” by William Wordsworth is a short simple poem that carries the reader in a seemingly out of body experience along the lakeshore under the canopy of the trees to feel and see a beautiful field of daffodils. William Wordsworth often loved to portray the beauty of nature in his poems. Walks he took with his sister‚ Dorothy‚ along the countryside‚ inspired many of
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One’s approach toward extreme weather situations could be the difference in survival or death for them. Respect for one’s limits and the conditions of nature are the key aspects of survival. Arrogant and unaware of his limits‚ the man in To Build a Fire‚ a short story written by Jack London‚ died. Aware and prepared‚ the climbers in the documentary Cold‚ directed by Anson Fogel‚ survived. Using experience‚ the understanding of the power that nature has over oneself‚ and preparation‚ gives a human
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