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    The Rain Daniel Keene But how could you possibly remember me? How could the sea possibly remember the sea-shell That once it surged through Par Lagerkvist From Evening Land Hanna‚ an old woman People used to give me all kinds of things all kinds of people all kinds of things loaves of bread still warm from the oven sweet biscuits dusted with icing sugar apple cores and boxes of dead matches yellow flowers and brown paper bundles tied with string blankets and cups and kettles

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    The House On Mango Street The House On Mango Street‚ this is a book with drama‚ action‚ sorrow‚ and some happiness. The book by Sandra Cisnero‚. has a lot to do with being a Mexican American. Now I do not know what it’s like to be a Mexican American and how back in this time period they were treated‚ but how the explains not the best. In the vignette‚ “A Rice Sandwich”(Ch.18)‚ I have chosen is the experience of shame. Because I can relate to this most of all can say they have felt some

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    Lexi Jencopale ENGL 1302- Janders June 20th‚ 2015 Paper 4 The short story “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros is about a younger child whose family moves frequently. The child recollects the promises that one day the parents provide a home outside of poverty that isn’t dilapidated. Although the family owns the house they currently exist in‚ it is not the dream home that his parents envisioned and painted a picture of living in. When the child is playing outside a Nun on the street asks

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    The hit musical "Singin’ in the Rain" may possibly be one of if not the greatest musicals of all time. With it’s tale of the film world of the mid 1920’s and its creative underlining love story between Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds)‚ it provokes the interest of someone who would not generally be attracted to a musical. It is a classic masterpiece that set the standards that musical films of today will be judged by. It is a classic performance by the great Gene

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    Rain on the Scarecrow‚ Light on the Farmers Plight In 1900‚ 41% of the workforce were employed in agriculture‚ 100 years later this diminished to 1.9%; astonishingly‚ during this timeframe‚ the U.S. population exploded from 71 million to 273 million. In the 1980s‚ the American family farmer once the backbone of the U.S. economy now faced dire straits‚ plagued by corporate consolidation and economic hardships. The family farmer was dying. In times of hardship‚ many families gather around a table

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    there – And she were housed there! – Or better‚ together… We both‚ - who would stray there’ Hardy wrote this poem as a way of expiating the way he treated his late wife while she was alive. The poet‚ Thomas Hardy initiates the poem by describing the rain spouting on the persona’s deceased wife’s grave ‘Clouds spout upon her’ and the pain she suffered from the persona whilst she was living ‘Her who but lately – Had shivered with pain’. The poet’s purpose of writing this poem was to reflect and acknowledge

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    The novel‚ “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein is a tale that takes you on an unforgettable journey through another kind of mind‚ through the eyes and nose of a dog. The novel features many plot twists‚ references to natural and supernatural‚ interesting characters and is set in Whidbey Island‚ United States. This story is about a dog‚ Enzo‚ who is different from other dogs; he is a philosopher and an observer of humans. The major themes that have been discussed thoroughly in this novel

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    Ihuse. Masuji. Black Rain. Trans. John Bester. London: Kodansha Europe Limited‚ 1994. 120 "Quite suddenly the boy‚ with an expression of great revulsion‚ came out with his story. He had been at home when the ball of fire had burst. There had been a sudden flash and a mighty roar‚ and he had started to run outside. On the instant‚ the house had collapsed and he had lost consciousness. When he came to‚ he found himself trapped between beams or other timbers‚ and his father trying to get them off

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    following routines and sameness‚ resisting change; Ritualistic or compulsive behaviors; Narrow‚ restricted interests (dates/calendars‚ numbers‚ weather‚ movie credits); Throwing tantrums and having no apparent fear of dangerous situations. In the movie Rain Man aka Raymond uses many rituals and routines to make himself feel safe. He memorized the times of all the TV shows that he watches on a daily basis and when Raymond was unable to watch those TV shows he freaked out so badly that Charlie felt the

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    Essay: There Will Come Soft Rains Question: Analyse how a character is developed for a particular purpose in a written text you have studied. ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’ is a dystopian science fiction short story written by Ray Bradbury. The story is about a house in the future that is left standing after a nuclear bomb. The house continues with its normal routine even in the absence of humans. In the short story a character that is developed for a particular purpose is the house. The houses’

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