Hanif Technical and Business Writing HU-101 27th April‚ 2013 What I’m looking forward to? This life is full of excitements and no one can imagine spending it without any aim. Everyone has desire to do‚ to be‚ to take or to achieve something. The whole world is looking forward to something that wants. As being a part of this world I’m also looking forward for something but for my goal to be good petroleum engineer. There was a time when I hadn’t even a slight
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and it is only at life’s end that it ceases and we become static. Alaska raced straight and fast through the labyrinth‚ desperately trying to outrun a change that started when she was eight years old. Instead she became trapped in the now‚ never looking backward or forward‚ never thinking to swerve and leaving everything “to be continued.” Many people don’t realize that our actions can affect the people around us. Alaska acts as a whirlwind in Mile’s life. Changing who he is and dealing with
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Madeline Smith 27th Jan 2013 The Looking Glass: A Tempting Depiction of Feminine Aspiration The poem “The Looking Glass” by Kamala Das is a descriptive poem‚ which elaborates the bold imagery of exploring female sexuality in her quest for love. This poem is composed in a free verse with no specific rules applied: the poet uses figurative devices like alliteration “admit and admiration‚ drab and destitute‚ living and love”‚ simile “as”‚ metonymy “looking glass” for the reflection of image
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LOOKING AT WAR Photography’s view of devastation and death. by SUSAN SONTAG Issue of 2002-12-09 Posted 2005-01-03 Awareness of the suffering that accumulates in wars happening elsewhere is something constructed. Principally in the form that is registered by cameras‚ it flares up‚ is shared by many people‚ and fades from view. In contrast to a written account‚ which‚ depending on its complexity of thought‚ references‚ and vocabulary‚ is pitched at a larger or smaller readership‚ a photograph
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Experiencing loss and grief is an unavoidable part of human life. After analysing the texts ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ and ‘Love‚ Ghosts and Nose Hair’‚ it is evident that people cope with loss and grief in many different ways. The protagonists from both of the texts experienced some form of loss or grief. Both Josie and Jack lost someone who meant a great deal to them; at different ages and in different circumstances. This meant the way in which they grieved and how long they coped for‚ was different
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Looking into Words An Analysis of the dialogues in The Picture of Dorian Gray [Preface] As we often see in fictions‚ dialogues play a significant role in characterizing heroes. Apart from speaking for the characters in novels‚ Oscar Wilde used dialogues to speak for himself. This is especially the case in The Picture of Dorian Gray in which he ‘hires’ three characters to represent his ideals‚ present situation and the conflict between them. The following passage will mainly focus on the strategic
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In the book‚ Looking for Alaska by John Green‚ there was a lot of suspense leading up to the mystery of ateenage girl‚Alaska‚and how she was killed. The author uses the elements of mystery‚surprise and suspense to keep the reader interested in the story’s plot. The text says‚“ The eagle looked down. ‘Is everyone else here?’ ‘Alaska isn’t here’ ‘Okay Miles. Thank you.’ ‘We can’t start without Alaska.’”(Green 171) In the beginning of the story‚ Miles Halter went to college in Florida and is likes
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Looking for Alaska” by John Green “Looking for Alaska” by John Green is about a boy named Miles who is sent to boarding school. He meets 2 very important people there‚ “The Colonial” and Alaska. They are all best friends and do things like pull pranks‚ get drunk‚ and smoke cigarettes. Miles falls in love with Alaska but Alaska doesn’t see him that way until the night before she died. She was upset and drunk and went for a drive. After that Miles and the colonial start to get consumed by their
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Health Policy Analysis Paper - Clara Barton Humanitarian‚ teacher‚ and advocate‚ Clara Barton is one of the most esteemed women in the history of the United States of America. After a visit in Europe she lobbied for and founded the American Red Cross – an organisation that has continuously provided relief to populations facing natural disasters both locally and internationally. http://www.redcross.org/about-us/history The organisation also helps veterans‚ military personnel and their families subsist
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Looking for the root This discussion post centers on possible causes of learning disabilities‚ specifically that of dyslexia. Common symptoms of dyslexia are difficulty in the areas of speaking‚ pronunciation‚ reading fluency‚ decoding‚ comprehension‚ and word retrieval (Society for Neuroscience‚ 2012). However‚ in languages such as Finnish and Italian‚ which are more consistent in their relationship between letters and sounds‚ the only evidence of dyslexia may be slow reading (Society for Neuroscience
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