haunted her for many years was what happened one night when she went to the kitchen to drink some water. Outside‚ in the dim porch light‚ she saw the outline of someone‚ unmistakably her brother. Gretchen’s brother was 22 years old and had left the house‚ but there he was standing outside‚ looking like he was no more than fifteen years old. He was dragging himself to the front porch and his eyes met Gretchen’s and he seemed to be gesturing to her for help. Gretchen Upshaw was too scared to react. She
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Passage from Slaughterhouse-Five By Kurt Vonnegut Weary was as new to war as Billy. He was a re- 1 placement‚ too. As a part of a gun crew‚ he had helped 2 to fire one shot in anger---from a 57-millimeter antitank 3 gun. The gun made a ripping sound like the opening 4 of the zipper on the fly of God Almighty. The gun 5 lapped up snow and vegetation with blowtorch 6 thirty feet long. The flame left a black arrow on the 7 ground‚ showing Germans exactly where the gun 8 was hidden
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1 Grant Global Village Activity Unit 2 Assignment 1 (Global Village) September 24‚ 2013 Global Village Activity I could only imagine how Horace Miner felt when entering the Nacirema village. At first glance he must have had culture shock when learning about the daily mouth cleansing and the temples where some enter and never return. I came to realize that western cultures share many of the same daily rituals just
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Scout is a six year old girl. She has a brother named Jem and her father‚ Atticus‚ is a lawyer. She is the perfect example of a tomboy. She is an innocent girl‚ but as the story advances‚ her innocence begins to diminish at the time of Tom Robinson’s trial. She then realizes just how malicious and brutal people can be. She is no longer a little girl who is naïve to the motives of the people of Maycomb. She has matured into a young lady who understands the true nature of man in Maycomb. At the
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diagnostic and treatment services including laboratory‚ imaging and more.as their mission statement states care to be remembered‚ palmetto has renamed their open spaces to make things look less like a hospital and more like home. There is a front porch and a back porch‚ a living room‚ a dining room‚ and even a family room. There is an open visitation policy which allows families to visit their loved ones anytime‚ day or night. Easy access to automated teller machines near the arbor dining room and refresh
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For her maiden voyage‚ Titanic carried a total of 20 lifeboats of three different varieties. Lifeboats 1 and 2 were “The emergency wooden cutters” and had a capacity for 40 people. Lifeboats 3 to 16 were “The wooden lifeboats” and had a capacity for 65 people. Lifeboats A‚ B‚ C and D were “The Collapsible lifeboats” and had a capacity for 47
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child in the family and they also share similar good looks. Kristin‚ being attached to her father‚ finds more comfort in him than any other person. One day‚ Lavrans takes Kristin along with him on a trip to the mountains. In the woods‚ she sees an elf maiden who lures her in with a gold crown. Kristin is so frightened that she runs screaming to her father‚ who is startled by the traumatizing incident (17). Lavrans tells his colleagues “You must guard your tongues‚ Ragnfrid must never hear that the child
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One of the problems is that “The Unicorn is Tamed by the Maiden” only survives in two fragments. The general accepted order of the tapestries as asserted first by Rorimer and later by Freeman is laid out by Helmut Nickel‚ “The Start of the Hunt‚ The Unicorn at the Fountain‚ The Unicorn Tries to Escape‚ The Unicorn Defends Himself‚ The Unicorn Is Tamed by the Maiden (preserved only as a fragment)‚ The Unicorn Is Killed and Brought to the Castle‚ and finally The
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Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is a coming of age story in which a young girl‚ her older brother‚ and their friend are exposed to the harsh realities of the 1930s. The various events that occurred over two years helped shape their moral perspectives into the ones of mature adults. With the help from their father‚ family cook and caretaker‚ and intelligent but stubborn neighbor‚ they come to realize that not everything is as good as it seems. The novel is titled To Kill A Mockingbird because the
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Throughout the Lais of Marie de France there are several themes presented as central to the various stories. Some of these themes are present in all of the lais. One such example is that of courtly love and it’s implications. Courtly love being one of the more prominent themes in all of medieval literature‚ it is fittingly manifested in all of the lais as well. Another theme present in two of the lais is isolation. The theme of isolation plays a large role in the stories of Guigemar and Lanval
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