hunger. Though with this innovation comes terrible inventions such as mustard gas and the nuclear bomb. Both of these stories build on this idea of the growth of technology‚ and how it will affect our future. Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” perfectly illustrates the devastation that technology can cause. Stephen Vincent Benet’s “By the Waters of Babylon” takes place in a future post-apocalyptic Earth after a nuclear bomb has sent the human race back the the stone age. The main character
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The story revolves around Jinda‚ described as a northern Thai beauty ‚ who is the daughter of a rice farmer. Her simple life changed when a group of university students‚ headed by Ned‚ probably a Thai prince charming in his own right‚ came upon her village to live among them so they could experience life in the rural area firsthand. Times were hard‚ as there was a drought. The rice stalks were light‚ not producing the bountiful yield of rice. Children starved to death. During the few times that
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101 Town Centre Boulevard Markham‚ Ontario‚ L3R 9W3 July-12-13 7750 Birchmount Road Markham‚ ON‚ L3R 0B4 Dear McCallum‚ Subject: Child labour is an appalling issue that threatens the rights of children‚ but together we can make a difference in ending child labour. As a young citizen of Canada‚ I consider it my responsibility to educate
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There are a million things Duo loves about the snow. The way it gets stuck in your hair or tickles your nose. You can pack it up and have a snowball fight. You can lay in it and make a snow angel. The flurry wistfulness when the wind throws the snow around‚ right before a snowstorm. A freshly fallen bed of snow‚ and the first footsteps you trudge through it. But most of all‚ that darling feeling when you wake up in the middle of the night and look out the window. The dark night cast away by bright
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immense value in reading A Thousand Pieces of Gold. Simply written and easily comprehendible‚ the book is more than worth reading. All characters in the novel are unique and their personalities were fitting for the dates and settings. The main character’s many convincing hardships give the book realistic appeal. The main character‚ Lalu‚ shows her confusion in many ways‚ one is by describing the Americans as "white demons". A Thousand Pieces of Gold also vividly describes the lack of rights for
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because of how much we are influenced by it. In each of the stories we read and in the movie we watched‚ technology is stronger than the humans‚ and has taken over the way people think and behave. The first story we read‚ “There Will Come Soft Rains”‚ technology was the only aspect left on earth. The house‚ which is considered the main factor of the story‚ has its own knowledge through technology. It has human-like qualities‚ as it announces daily housekeeping tasks on routine. Each appliance
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Cat in the rain by Ernst Hemingway‚ 1925 ‘Cat in the rain’ was published in 1925 written by Ernst Hemingway (1899-1961)‚ as a part of the short story collection ‘In Our Time’. The short story is about a man named George and his wife who are vacationing in Italy. When they arrive at the hotel it is raining and the wife spots a cat sitting under a table outside the window. The wife goes downstairs to safe the cat from being wet‚ and is greeted by the hotelkeeper who reminds her that the weather is
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of Acid Rain Background Information Acid rain is when there is a mix of wet and dry deposited material in the atmosphere that have higher levels of nitric and sulfuring acid. These chemicals formed can be from natural causes‚ like volcanoes and the decay of vegetation‚ or man made causes like fossil fuel combustion. Acid rain can be measured using the pH scale‚ and will always be on the lower end of the spectrum because of its acidity. Water has a pH of 7‚ but the acidity of normal rain tends to
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causes of acid rain are because of the emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere. This is a result of pollution; sulphur dioxide primarily the result of industrialisation and coal fired power stations‚ and nitrogen oxides produced mainly due to car exhaust fumes. These either form wet or dry deposition‚ and the effects we can see today. It could be argued that once that the human race has used up all of the planets coal reserves‚ the problem of acid rain would disappear
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Come On‚ Rain!‚ Karen Hesse shares a tale about an urban neighborhood that is suffering from a terrible drought. Through the eyes of a young girl named Tessie‚ the reader is led on a journey through the town’s struggles with drought and the joy of new rain. In this short story‚ Hesse uses diction‚ imagery‚ details‚ figurative language‚ and syntax to create a desperate tone due to the scorching heat that shifts to an energetic tone because of the revitalizing rain. At the start of Come On‚ Rain!‚ imagery
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