"An Astrologer’s Day" has a deceptively simple plot‚ although the full significance of the story becomes evident only after a second or even third reading. Part of the difficulty arises from the fact that the author deliberately avoids markers that would benefit the reader: there is no clear indication where the story occurs or when it does‚ although it is possible to make an educated guess about both. The story begins almost in medias res (in the middle) and concludes on what appears to be an ambiguous
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With Columbus Day rapidly approaching us‚ a day celebrated by millions upon millions of people who dearly believe that he is a hero‚ you begin to wonder. Do these people know what they are celebrating? While yes‚ he “discovered” the New World‚ however people fail to acknowledge that Columbus was in fact a mass murderer. In all likelihood‚ he brought to life “the worst case of genocide imposed on one nation of human beings by another”. Instantly you may have asked yourself why I placed quotation
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Interview Narrative With a loud creak‚ the door of my sister’s apartment opens and in comes Brianna freshly from a long‚ hard day of work at the National Wildlife Research Center. She doesn’t seem to be in the best of moods at first‚ but as soon as she sees me she can’t help but grin‚ for we hadn’t seen each other in months. She takes a seat beside me on the small yet comfortable couch in the center of her living room. As she had just gotten off of work she remains in her work clothes‚ which
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An Astrologer’s Day is a story of an astrologer who conducts his business near a court. He starts his work almost at midday . He spreads his professional equipment‚ which consist of a dozen cowrie shells ‚ a square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it‚ a notebook and a bundle of Palmyra writing . He’s a fine get-up of an astrologer‚ with his forehead shinning with sacred ash and vermilion. He has dark whiskers and sparkling eyes. To crown the effect‚ he wears a saffron-colored turban
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Descriptive Essay #1 Due: on Wed‚ Sept 3rd Length: 3 pages minimum. No more than 4. Purpose: You must write a first-person‚ past tense story of a memorable experience you had on a short trip or vacation. In fulfilling the ‘descriptive’ function of the essay‚ you must be specific and descriptive in your details of what you describe. This will include using dialogue from people in your story‚ describing locations and certain circumstances. I am aware that in three pages it is a difficult task to
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pointed out to coffee and smoking habit as potential reasons for the staining. Once she started talking about smoking‚ I asked her permission to collect some information on smoking history. I learned that she has been smoking about 15 cigarettes a day for roughly 15 years. As the patient indicated that she wants to quit smoking in
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proficient and hard working. § I can work efficiently and with the same amount of zeal and energy at any time in the day. § I can strive hard to achieve my goals and at the same time manage other aspects of the job. § One thing to keep in mind while praising yourself is to avoid the use of superlatives like ‘extremely’ hardworking‚ the ‘best’ at xyz‚ the ‘most’ efficient etcetra. Selling yourself is good‚ but the subtler the trumpeting‚ the better it is. “Hello‚ my name
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Family History Interview The person I choose to interview was my mother Elizabeth . The reason I chose to interview her was that I wanted to gain a closer bond with her. She is the closet relative living from which I could gain the most knowledge. (Q11) She was raised by both of her parents. (Q1) Her father Marlyn ‚ was the Mayor or Morgantown‚ WV‚ as well taught law at WVU. Her Mother was Jerry ‚ a graduate of WVU with a bachelor’s degree in zoology. Jerry was a woman of many talents. She sold
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It was a sunny day in Ardeche. The temperature was about 16 degrees celsius. Tuesday September 12th might seem like a lovely day to you‚ but if you knew what was going to happen later today that day‚ you would not exactly describe it as lovely. Today was the day I was going to spend on the river. I got into my yellow and green fresh looking canoe with a guy called Even. I changed partners many times‚ as we practiced doing a couple of different things with the canoe including 360s and speed paddling
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I am writing on behalf of Heidi Megele‚ a remarkable young woman who I have had the pleasure of mentoring over the past 6 years at Interconnector (UK) Ltd in my capacity of Operations Director. Heidi is one of our most promising and dynamic employees. Her professional input is constructive‚ creative and reflects her varied skillset. She has become an indepensible part of the organiation. She is highly motivated and driven by an amazing passion to succeed; she has the full support of the management
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