I. INTRODUCTION Located just southwest of St. Louis‚ and 2 miles east of Eureka in an old flood plain used for farming‚ lies a ghost town called Times Beach‚ Missouri. Originally being marketed as a summer hideaway‚ one could purchase a 20 x 100 ft. lot for $67.50 in 1925 and even receive a six-month newspaper subscription. After the Great Depression and gas rationing during World War II‚ the town became a small community of low-middle-class economic citizens. In 1983‚ due to a dioxin contamination
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January 31‚ 2012 Casey Key Beach Day and Night The beach is filled with sun kissed tans‚ buckets and shovels under the warmth of the sunlight‚ while the moonlight brings out the belly dancers‚ hula hoops and drums. The sound of crashing waves‚ the smell of the sea air‚ and fine sand felt between your toes are some of the things night and day time life at Casey Key Beach have in common. During the day you can find beachgoers slathering on that SPF 30‚ putting up their umbrellas‚ and kicking
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resulting in the decrease of Social Capital in America. On one hand in Putnam’s Article “Bowling Alone”‚ the decline of civic engagement in citizens like voting is large with no signs of improvement‚ so the issue needs to be addressed in order to analyze the factors and find solutions to problems such as how to build more trust in the community. On the other hand‚ in Putnam’s more updated article “Still Bowling Alone”‚ the event everyone knows as the 9/11 terrorist attack has had a huge impact on the civic
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enclosed‚ beach is silent. The bright ball blinds you as it emerges; it rises like a yellow lollipop on the distant horizon. Crashing against the shore‚ small waves wash the night’s debris onto the land. Untouched golden sand covers the floor as far as your eyes can see. Soothing‚ a gentle sea breeze rustles through your hair. Beach shops prepare for their day of excited costumers bustling in and out of their small seafront shops. Opening their doors‚ they bring out all of there beach products
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In Edgar Allen Poe’s poem “Alone”‚ Poe reveals that egocentrism can lead to loneliness because of an inability to see beyond oneself and truly know and understand others and experiences. In the poem‚ the persona speaks about how he has felt different ever since his childhood; he focuses on himself and his own problems instead of trying to have positive outlook on life. Excessive use of the words “I”‚ “my”‚ and “me” projects the idea of egocentrism and also portrays the inability to understand
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she is today. For example‚ Cisneros discussed how her brothers believed that it was beneath them to spend time with her in public‚ so she frequently spent time alone. During her alone time‚ Cisneros could think‚ read‚ imagine‚ and prepare herself to become the professional writer that she is today. Being the only daughter allotted her the alone time which helped to shape her who she is today. Another way these sentences define her is that it allowed her to choose a “silly” major such as English in
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Edgar Allan Poe is a writer of many famous poems and stories. These writings‚ for example‚ “The Masque of the Red Death”‚ “The Fall of the House of Usher”‚ “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ and “Alone” are influenced by the events in Poe’s life and include many similarities with each other. These similarities include isolation‚ involvement of a sickness‚ a feeling of fear‚ and the death of a character. The stories share these qualities because of important events that happened throughout Poe’s life. Poe’s
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Edgar Allen Poe’s “Alone” asserts the overall meaning that one’s acceptance of their own personality‚ different or similar to people around them‚ ultimately results in their seclusion. At the start of the poem‚ the narrator declares his childhood isolation through an ominous tone as he affirms his dark feeling of loneliness when he compares himself to the children around him. He is an outcast‚ an outlier; “all [he] lov’d—[he] lov’d alone”(8). The repetition of “I” and “alone” and the stress of
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AWARENESS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY ORAL EXAMINATION BEACH BURIAL KENNETH SLESSOR Softly and Humbly to the Gulf of Arabs‚The convoys of dead sailors come; At night they sway and wander in the waters far under‚But morning rolls them in the foam. Between the sob and clubbing of the gunfire Someone‚ it seems‚ has time for this‚To pluck them from the shallows and bury them in burrows And tread the sand upon their nakedness;And each cross‚ the driven stake of tidewood‚Bears the last signature
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In "Dover Beach‚" Matthew Arnold’s use of diction and imagery reveal the overall pessimistic tone of the poem. The use of diction brings the reader toward two separate tones‚ yet they uniquely contribute to general feeling of pessimism that Matthew Arnold portrays. In the first stanza‚ the "calm" sea brings a feeling of peacefulness. Since it is not turbulent‚ but rather serene and still‚ the calmness of the sea evokes feelings of harmony. This tone is set to show the value and possibilities of
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