The Rain Dance I always describe my grandpa as the “energizer bunny” because at eight plus years old‚ he is still the strongest man in the world in my eyes. My grandparents had a cabin in Durango for over twenty years‚ after agreeing to go there after my dad fell in love with the town on a skiing trip with his buddies. The cabin is hidden in the depths of the mountains‚ hidden away from the world like a tiny escape only my family knew about. From the time I was in diapers up until the summer before
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Rain is very important for life. All living things need water to live‚ even people. Rain brings us the water we need. But in many places in the world even where you live‚ rain has become a menace. Because of pollution in the air‚ acid gases from factories‚ cars and homes‚ the rain is becoming dangerous for the life of every living creature. This rain is known as ’acid rain’. WHAT IS ACID RAIN?
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Acid Rain Webquest Name: ________Jacob Rough_________________________ Date: _____3/25/13________ Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are gases released by the burning of fossil fuels. These gases can react with water and oxygen to form acids. Normally‚ rainwater is slightly acidic. But the additional acid that enters the air when fuels are burned makes it even more acidic. Acid rain can have a harmful effect on fish and other wildlife and upsets the delicate balance
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All for One “Thundery black clouds had borne down on us from the direction of the city‚ and the rain from them had fallen in streaks the thickness of a fountain pen” (Ibuse 34). In Masuji Ibuse’s Black Rain‚ Shigematsu Shizuma is a main character that cares for his niece Yasuko‚ a young woman who experienced the “black rain” that fell on the city of Hiroshima after the bombing. Shigematsu as well as several friends and family members suffer from radiation sickness after the war‚ but his main concern
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Dao regained some of her youthful joy in the troubled time‚ I couldn’t help feeling light hearted. A simple life in the village seemed like paradise. A bountiful yield gave rise to babies‚ yet with the absence of water‚ those little lives were taken away. Jinda develops a romantic relationship Ned. Jinda’s family is the focus in this story‚ as her father suffered at the hands of a corrupt political system. Just as the rice stalks let themselves be blown every which way‚ the Thai farmers also did the
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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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Character Analysis: “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” Leslie Mormon Silko wrote “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” in 1969. The story details the death of an old Indian named Teofilo. During one point of the story Leon prepares Teofilo’s body for burial. Leon proceeds to paint Teofilo’s face yellow. In the Native American Culture the color yellow stands for mourning or death. Teofilo may be dead‚ but Silko presents him as a transitional character going through the three stage process. Silko uses the three
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for sterility and remembrance of people ’s deaths and it might imply that a conflict is to be expected. On the other hand‚ "_the public garden_" might symbolize fertility. "_The sea_" might stand for a wish to become a mother‚ to have a child. The rain restricts creativity since there is no artist with his easel. All in all‚ the atmosphere is sad‚ cold and unfriendly. In the following paragraph‚ the American wife is standing at the window and it might be seen as a sign of solitude. Instead of describing
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How does Bessie Head use symbolism in her novel When rain clouds gather and what effect does it have on the way we read and respond to the story? In the novel When rain clouds gather‚ Bessie Head uses symbolism to express the transition from the harsh life of tribalism‚ to the development of modern day co-operatives and the effect it has on the community. One of the main symbolic images in the text is the recurring theme of When rain clouds gather. This incomplete and open statement refers
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WHEN RAIN CLOUDS GATHER THEMES * TRIBALISM * APARTHEID * RACISM * DESCRIMINATION * PROGRESSION – DEVELOPMENT * BLACK/BLACK – WHITE/BLACK – MALE/FEMALE * SOCIAL INJUSTICE When rain clouds gather written by Bessie Head is set in Botswana. The protagonist‚ Makhaya Maseko is escaping from South Africa as he does not want to be part of the apartheid system‚ he just wants peace and equality. The aims of the author are to show the horrible living conditions due to the same
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