why TOC is important is because very tragic stuff could happen. For example The Lorax and in real life the story of the Passenger Pigeons. Both groups of people realized what was happening after it was too late. Both were caused because of greed. The difference is one species did survive and the other one didn’t.In both The Lorax and the history of the passenger pigeons both groups of humans realized the problem when it was too late for them in‚ The Lorax the Once-ler didn’t realize the
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The Four Feathers How does the text convey a physical and/or spiritual journey? The movie The Four Feathers is set in England‚ 1884 as a young British officer (and son of a British General) Harry Feversham announces his engagement to the young and beautiful Ethne Eustance. Their best friend Jack‚ who is Harry’s closest comrade‚ loves Ethne as well‚ but the two are completely oblivious to his jealousy and are happy. News arrives one evening that their regiment (the Royal Cumbrians) are to be sent
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look out of my window‚ I see all of the changes I could reverse‚such as the loss of my favorite tree and the missing yard space where a pool now stands. As I look out of my window I could completely change the setting and move to my favorite place‚ Pigeon Forge‚ Tennessee. Although I could reverse all of these changes and ameliorate my life‚ these changes have made me who I am today‚ and they have given me my memories. Therefore‚ I would not reverse any of these changes. *Throughout my childhood my
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I wonder what type of friend are you? Are you the friend that gets out your bed at night to rescue me when I’m stranded? Maybe you are the friend that buys me food when I’m hungry. Sometimes‚ I have to think if I had any good friends or if there weren’t none. On certain days‚ I would sometimes hang out with friends that I barely talk to. Friends always come and go from what I been taught. My friends are determine based on personality‚ style‚ and much more. Sometimes‚ I don’t see the true
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How to Keep the Pigeons Away We have witnessed over the past few decades the number of pigeons drastically increased in urban areas‚ especially in smaller urban areas of the larger cities. They favor the tall buildings that provide good shelter‚ permanent sources of food and water and not enough natural enemies that can stop the uncontrolled breeding of these birds. In some parts of the world‚ they are rightly called "flying rats"! Pigeon is omnivorous‚ well-adjusted in terms of the city noise‚
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comes out of the box‚ as well as the “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr‚ telling of his hope for a nondiscriminatory world. Hope also is the topic of Emily Dickinson’s poem titled “Hope is the Thing with Feathers‚” which goes as follows: ’Hope’ is the thing with feathers— That perches in the soul— And sings the tune without the words— And never stops—at all— And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard— And sore must be the storm— That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm—
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is the Thing with Feathers‚” to show that hope is contained in the soul of everyone and can triumph over all‚ as long as a person believes in it. In Dickinson’s poem‚ she uses metaphor to personify hope and the give it the characteristics of a bird. This imagery then shows Dickinson’s message about hope. Emily Dickinson uses metaphor and imagery to describe the abstract idea of hope throughout her poem. She begins this in the first line‚ “Hope is the thing with feathers.” In this image‚ the
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two outcomes of dreaming for these things:‚ Oone where you keep dreaming or one where you fulfill the desire of that dream. Where a relationship can later be seemed as a paradise.These are two outcomes are presented within the couple in the story “Feathers.” Right from the beginning Jack mentions how he and Fran “[...] wished for a new car‚ that’s one of the things we wished for. And we wished we could spend a couple of weeks in Canada.” (Carver). Then later on in the story they are introduced to how
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Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul‚ And sings the tune--without the words‚ And never stops at all‚ The language present in Emily Dickinson’s poetry is at times unclear‚ sometimes ungrammatical and can be found to be disjunctive. Dickinson wrote in distinct brevity‚ irregular grammar‚ peculiar punctuation and hand picked diction. Her poems were written in a circular manner‚ where she took the reader to one place and them swept them back to the beginning always relating
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Well‚ I would have known what I’ve been living for all along. What I’ve been living for. Though we’re tethered to the story we must tell‚ When I saw you‚ well‚ I knew we’d tell it well. With a whisper‚ we will tame the vicious seas. Like a feather bringing kingdoms to their knees. Now‚ the kiss being compared to a cursive line… how is a reader supposed to feel? Well‚ as we could imagine‚ a cursive is composed of strokes and curls and every adjective that brings you this unexplainable light
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