Sloths—the adorable and lethargic animals living in treetops—depend on the health and survival of Central and South American tropical forests. They spend much of their lives in the canopy‚ snoozing and remaining hidden from predators. The animals live solitary lives and travel from tree to tree using canopy vines. Located in places such as Brazil and Panama‚ the six species of this strange and wonderful animal need healthy forests to survive. But tropical forests are some of the most vulnerable
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Irving integrates these three characteristics very well. One‚ it is set in the past in a remote time. Two‚ the story has remarkable and exaggerated characters. Lastly‚ this tale includes mysterious events and their consequences. “Rip Van Winkle” is a myth. A myth is a traditional story‚ one concerning the early history of a culture. A national mythology is a body of stories that reflect and celebrate a nation’s idea. The story “Rip Van Winkle” is set in a remote place during the reign of George
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Reflection THE CAR TRIP By Michael Rosen I am sure that many of you have been on a car trip! Experiencing the children‚ who are trying to annoy the parents as they are either hungry or need to go to the bathroom o have an urge to do particular thing. On the other hand there are the parents trying to calm down the children or just screaming at them. THE CAR TRIP is exactly a poem‚ which describes a life experience we have all been through. However every trip is different‚ the characters
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CHAPTER I. Three invalids.—Sufferings of George and Harris.—A victim to one hundred and seven fatal maladies.—Useful prescriptions.—Cure for liver complaint in children.—We agree that we are overworked‚ and need rest.—A week on the rolling deep?—George suggests the River.—Montmorency lodges an objection.—Original motion carried by majority of three to one. There were four of us—George‚ and William Samuel Harris‚ and myself‚ and Montmorency. We were sitting in my room‚ smoking‚ and talking
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Is there anything better than a good fishing trip? I mean‚ really? I get to fish fairly often and it’s always fun to be out on the water. But‚ there are fishing trips and then there are FISHING TRIPS! Well‚ last week I had one of those trips for the memory books. The kind of trip you love to talk about and show pictures to all your friends until they are green with envy. I had the pleasure of fishing with a local fishing celebrity‚ Gary Finch. Gary and I met not too long ago at a meeting where
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thought that all elements of a production should come under the control of one man‚ the all-powerful director who would create the theatrical elements into a Gesamtkunstwerk‚ or a master artwork (http://users.utu.fi/hansalmi/wagner.html). Sir Henry Irving was known as England’s greatest actor. In 1878‚ after developing a partnership with actress Ellen Terry‚ he became actor-manager of London’s Lyceum Theatre where they successfully rejuvenated Goethe’s Faust and Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In 1895 he became
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had some knowledge of the ways of the world and was the one to give sensible advice and suggestions‚ such as the articles that should be taken along on the trip‚ the clothes‚ food‚ etc. • calmer and less aggressive than Harris. • did not appear to have much sense of style‚ however‚ as evident from the loud blazer he had bought for the trip. • did not like spending much thought on trivial matters as he remarked that ‘if anything was broken‚ it was broken.’ • last one to offer to do anything
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Few artists have been able to portray so much life and meaning within a landscape painting the way J.M.W. Turner has. Looking at just two of his works‚ The Slave Ship and Fall of the Rhine at Schaffhausen‚ one can easily see the range and the power of this artist. Turner brings to life these scenes between nature and man in a way that communicates the infinite strength of nature and the frailty of humanity. Although these two particular works show very different moods and make different political
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via the writings of Irving‚ Fenimore Cooper‚ and Wheatley. Washington Irving contributed interesting new developments in American literature through his completely fictional story of Rip Van Winkle. This is the first purely fictional writing that we have covered in this course. For example‚ in the story‚ Irving writes‚ “His historical researches‚ however‚ did not lay so much among books‚ as among men…their wives‚ rich in that legendary lore… “ (Norton Anthology 471). Here‚ Irving is discussing the
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and say‚ Oh‚ it’s a nice house but what a hideous window over the kitchen table.’ Only a writer really lives in a novel. So much of what works best about it are things that people who come to dinner never know about or see"(Interview 1). John Irving is an author and a master storyteller who illustrates his vivid tales through detailed and exact writing. John Irving’s A Widow For One Year is an intricate narrative of several love stories. In the opening scene‚ Ruth Cole‚ the main female character
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