little everyday small tasks such as getting up early in time for a healthy breakfast or studying in motivating environments allows me to be extremely productive and effective as a student at the Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC). For the past seven months‚ I’ve held an environmental specialist internship at the Santa Rosa Water Department that goes hand-in-hand with my dedication and efforts at the junior college. Over the past two years‚ it has been my pleasure to participate in courses and to become a
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Stevie Smith’s Metaphor of “Not Waving But Drowning” How is it possible to be surrounded by a million people yet feel so alone? In 1957‚ British poet Stevie Smith wrote a short poem‚ “Not Waving But Drowning‚” composed of twelve lines broken up into three stanzas. The literal words of the poem leave the reader with the image of a distressed man‚ thrashing around in the sea as onlookers lying around on the beach watch but do not help‚ as they believe the frantic man is fooling around and waving
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In the essay “The Motive for Metaphor‚” Northrop Frye describes levels of the human mind. The first level of the human mind is consciousness and awareness. In this level of the mind you identify the differences objects from yourself. You name objects with nouns. Also on this level you qualify these objects to differentiate them. You describe the nouns with adjectives. The second level of the human mind is social participation. The language of this level are verbs and actions. This level describes
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Asia • Philippines UNILAB’s RiteMed Initiative: Making Medicine Accessible to the Poor Prepared by • Elvie Grace A. Ganchero & Cristina V. Pavia (Philippines) Sector • Health Enterprise Class • Local SME (Southern MNC subsidiary) Summary United Laboratories‚ Inc. (Unilab) is the oldest pharmaceutical company in the Philippines; after starting in 1945‚ Unilab continues to be one of the largest. It has manufacturing‚ distribution and licensing arrangements in nine countries‚ including
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Danny Errichiello WRT-201-014 Process Essay 1 Most poems anyone reads will have imagery‚ symbolism‚ or metaphors. After reading the poems “God Bless America” by Sarah Jones (2000)‚ “Facing West From California’s Shores” by Walt Whitman (1860)‚ Allen Ginsberg’s “America” (1956)‚ “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes (1938)‚ and Wislawa Szymborska’s “The Century’s Decline” (1986) I realized that even though they all talk about America ‚ except Szymborska‚ the way they say it and
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Harry Thurston’s “Miracle” is a simple and sweet poem‚ which displays the usage of an extended metaphor. As the speaker is in the process of explaining to his daughter as to why she should not pick the blossom and allow it to grow‚ he soon regrets telling her to stop. If Thurston meant to metaphorically convey this poem as the growth of his daughter‚ we can safely assume that the blossom mentioned in the second line of the poem that will “turn into a strawberry” (4)‚ represents his daughter as a
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In the poem Identity‚ the author’s use of metaphors created the theme of individualism‚ meaning it’s better to be yourself than something you’re not. The narrator believes that all of society is the same‚ everyone acts the same and looks the same‚ but “[he’d] rather smell of musty‚ green stench than of sweet‚ fragrant lilac.” (Polanco‚ 19) if it meant he was himself and unlike the rest of society. Usually weeds are not known as good things‚ but in this case they stand out‚ but in a good way. When
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file a Small Claim A small claim court is designed to handle cases inexpensively and quickly. The hearings are informal and attorneys are not allowed‚ although you may ask your lawyer for advice before your hearing. The small claims cases for Santa Clara County are held in Palo Alto and Morgan Hill court houses. A plaintiff is the person who is filing the lawsuit‚ the person being sued is the defendant. Basically the plaintiff tells the court his or her side of the story showing whatever evidence
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using anthropological concepts related to religion. What is their prediction for the world? What kind of evidence are they using to support their prediction? The Kogi are a descendant tribe from the Tairona culture‚ in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. They live in a mountain range that literally has its own ecosystem. To them it is a smaller version of the whole world where every climate is possible. They are an isolated tribe that feel it is their job to keep the heart of Aluna
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race‚ African Americans and Mexican Americans have been labeled as underrepresented groups that are faced with an impossible decision to choose between sticking to their culture or be accepted by American society. However in the reading‚ “El Plan de Santa Barbara’s Manifesto” concentrates on a movement in which Chicanx utilize praxis to
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