now seemed to overwhelm and constrict me as I longed for the flexibility of digitized text. The computer is the latest development in writing technology; a promises to change literary practices for better. Bonnie Laing‚ the author of the essay “An Ode to the User-Friendly Pencil” is strongly against the boycotting pencils. Unfortunately‚ Laing’s argument that the pencil is superior to a computer is poorly demonstrated due to her biased diction towards analog writing instruments and ignorance of the
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An ode to my sunglasses There is something about my golden aviator sunglasses that is more than sun protection‚ more than anybody else can ever imagine. Every time I put them on I instantly become happier. A lot of women around the world have the same pair‚ as they were mass-produced by the brand Guess‚ and so mine isn’t unique at all in that sense. Neither is my happiness triggered by a materialistic satisfaction by wearing a “brand”. I received them from a special person‚ when I
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“An Ode to America‚” written by Cornel Nistorescu‚ talks about the events following the 9/11 bombings. He writes how amazed he was at the unity the Americans showed just hours after the disaster. Flags were raised‚ fundraisers started‚ and lives risked all
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100 Years of Solitude Journals #1 Important Events: 1) Colonel Aureliano Buendia is remembering the foundation of Macondo (Marquez 1) 2) Melquiades dies (16) 3) The book goes back further in time and talks about the story of Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula (19) 4) Jose kills Aguilar (21) 5) When Ursula discovers the path to civilization the village grows (37) 6) The whole town becomes insomniacs (45) 7) Aureliano sleeps with Pilar Ternera (67) 8) Melquiades dies AGAIN but
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never. That phrase relates to the theme of Keats’ "Ode on a Grecian Urn"‚ which is an exploration of the border between desire and fulfillment in human life. Keats’ "Ode on a Grecian Urn" features a narrator musing upon the face of an urn that holds‚ for him‚ more life in its earthenware curves than does the curves of the temporal earth. The title itself reflects the reader-response reading of the urn’s text: the ode is on (about ) the urn‚ and the ode is also depicted on the urn." This paper provides
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Quotes in 100 years of Solitude Fernanda “She had even began to lose the illusion of being a queen when two peremptory raps of the knocker sounded at the door and she opened it to a well- groomed military officer with ceremonious manners who had a scar on his cheek and a gold medal on his chest.” “In one single day‚ with a brutal slap‚ life threw on top of her the whole weight of a reality” that her parents had kept hidden from her for many years. When she returned home “she shut herself up in
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The Ode to the Bitten Breast Whom can you find while searching a husband via Internet? How should a woman above 50 dress herself to make a peaceable dog bite her in breast? Author: Inna Petrova Issue: 15 Views: 2426 A funny and sad play with a good end entitled “Love.Dog.Dot.Ru”‚ performed in Smolensk by the actors of Israeli theatre “Matara”‚ was written by a practicing urologist‚ a famous writer-dramatist Leon Agulansky… We’ve talked to him after the performance. - Leon‚ you’ve mentioned
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An Essay on Glorification of Childhood in Immortality Ode: ‘Immortality Ode’ by William Wordsworth deals with the immortal memoirs of childhood. The gentle melancholy on the past days leaves a pleasing pain of nostalgia in our heart. On running after the lines‚ we reach somewhere in past; holding the hands of memories‚ we go back to the innocence and each mind would say ‘we had a nice time’ In this poem‚ there was a time in speaker’s child hood when to him every ordinary object of nature appeared
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Did you know that out of the 266 popes; Pope Francis is the first from the Americas? Pope Francis‚ also referred to as “The People’s Pope” (Time Magazine) became the leader of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13‚ 2013. He is the highest figure in the Catholic Church and the first non-European Pope in 1‚200 years. This significant leader will forever leave an imprint on the world. Pope Francis is without a doubt one of the most influential people in today’s history. One could know this man
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feeling of solitude can bring out the emotions in anyone good or bad. In Mary Shelly ’s “Frankenstein”‚ Shelley conveys the theme of solitude and loneliness through the featured characters and their actions. Throughout the duration of this novel‚ we see Shelley using the characters Victor Frankenstein and his creation to introduce and emphasize this theme of loneliness and solitude. Victor goes through periods of solitude‚ but his creation lives a life of solitude. Throughout the novel solitude brings
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