The “Shining Mountain” is a story about a girl named Pangma-La. Her father named her this special name because he wanted to name her after a mountain. Her friends and classmates tease her a lot with the special name‚ but the worst for her is that those who attend her school‚ is more interested in her father than they are in her. That’s because her father is a famous mountaineer. The father has very high expectations for his daughter‚ but Pangma-La does not feel that she can live up to these expectations
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BEACH VS. MOUNTAINS 1 Beach vs. Mountains CRAIG MAY ENG 121 English Composition I Lindsay Harrel 25 OCT 2012 Beach vs. Mountains 2 We are always looking forward to their vacation period. There are many options where to choose in the State of California. I think that the two most common places people choose for taking a vacation are the beaches and the mountains. Both places offer a variety of activities and a quiet place to relax. The beach has items
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Culpepper English 101-007 6 January 2012 Vacationing at the Beach or in the Mountains No doubt‚ people always look forward to taking a vacation from their typical everyday routine. There are a great number of possibilities to choose from when deciding on where to vacation. The two most common vacationing spots are the beach and the mountains‚ in which both places offer an unlimited selection of entertaining activities. The mountains have activities that the beach does not offer and vice versa. When trying
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What would I say when I meet them? Would they still be the same? Would they remember me? All these thoughts had whirled around in my head on the ride to our hotel on Smoky Mountain. My parents and I were on our way to Smoky Mountain on a vacation with our friends from Canada. There were 3 adults who were Shital‚ Alex‚ and Jinal and 3 kids who were Alay (15 years old)‚ Pearl (7 years old)‚ and Sophie (6 years old). As the car screeched to a stop‚ I took a deep‚ shuddering breath and helped tote our
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TASK 3 : Compare and Contrast: Mountain Vs Beach Vacation COMM1085 Section #79 By Bailey Oud ID: 6671796 Instructor: Louise Lloyd Date: October 30‚ 2014 Ever since couples have had the luxury of the honeymoon‚ along with a never ending list of post-matrimony getaway options‚ the choice of where to go for this once in a life time vacation has become increasingly important. As the perfect romantic getaway has become more and more ideal‚ the beach versus the mountain escape has raged. After adequate
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Tracy Kidder’s inspiring novel “Mountains Beyond Mountains” continuously uses metaphors and imagery to allow the reader to be capable to analyze the novel’s protagonist‚ Paul Farmer. Farmer is characterized as an honoring doctor who provides all his help and time to serve the poor in many countries. His goal is to end infectious disease and to provide all the medicine to those who need it the most and have no access to it. As the author describes his point of view towards Farmer’s actions he realizes
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The Great Smoky Mountains The Great Smoky Mountains landform is mostly sedimentary rocks that were formed by the accumulation of sand‚ clay‚ silt‚ sand‚ gravel‚ and minor amounts of calcium carbonate in flat-lying layers. According to The Great Smoky Mountain’s website‚ about 545 million years ago the sediments were formed and large amounts of those sediments were washed down into lowland basins from adjacent highlands. The colliding between the edge of the North American tectonic plate and the
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Poetry Analysis: Mountain Child The contemporary‚ free verse poem ‘Mountain Child’ is written by the Santali poet Nirmala Putul in 2004. She is native to the mountainous city of Dumka within the state Jharkhand‚ India. This poem is a powerful piece of literary text which cleverly explores the issues of the impact of technological advancement on nature and traditional lifestyle and‚ the simplicity and security of life in the mountains. Putul has skilfully interwoven several poetic techniques and
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Parker J. Palmer Topic: Spending holiday in seaside or mountains… Prepared by: Tahere Imani Always‚ it is a hard decision to choose the most enjoyable places for vocation‚ especially when different traveler has their own idea; but obviously all of them want a luxury place which end up their decisions to the most beautiful places‚ such as: mountain and seaside. Actually it depends on their own tastes to spending time in the mountains or seaside‚ but these places have their own especial features
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United Nations chose this day‚ Dec. 11‚ to bring attention to the importance of mountains in everyday life. A quarter of the earth’s surface juts with mountains of all shapes and sizes‚ providing fresh water for over half of the world’s population‚ a plethora of minerals‚ and habitats enabling biodiversity and minerals. As perpetrators of climate change and resources for goods like honey‚ cocoa‚ herbs and spices‚ mountains prominently influence people’s lives around the globe whether we are aware of
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