Period 3 Ms. Guy October 4‚ 2010 The Street In the novel The Street by Ann Petry‚ there is an antagonist relationship between the main character‚ Ludie Johnson‚ and the wind that is terrorizing the city. Petry establishes the wind as an antagonist in the novel to show how the environment is affecting the daily lives of the residents of 116th Street by use of literary devices. The conflict with the wind is a daily occurrence in which every resident of 116th Street is faced with. The wind is personified;
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The Street In the opening of Ann Petry’s 1946 novel‚ The Street‚ the author establishes the relationship between Lutie Johnson and the “urban setting”. Through very descriptive writing‚ the reader is able to see the characteristics of the wind and understand why Lutie Johnson is out in the wind looking for a place to stay. Petry’s strong use of literary elements helps connect the conflict between the wind and Lutie Johnson. One of Petry’s strongest literary element in The Street is her use
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The difference between two street art what I took from Macau street. The first one‚ you can see it has three different themes: men with a strange smile‚ love is everything and an elephant is wondering about if bananas it favorite or not? However‚ I want to stress on the men with the strange smile. Because it just use the same patterns and have different size and angles to cram the wall. The patterns are very abstract‚ actually I can’t really recognize what is it. But it gave me a feeling like there
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Preston and the Creature from Down the Street What if you knew a carnivorous‚ long domesticated mammal was living in almost every neighborhood in America‚ and their very intent was to seek out and destroy every person that could see right into their heart. And If they can’t catch that person then they’ll go and kill a much smaller animal. An animal that they have hated since the day these creatures were but on this earth‚ and they want to show you how much they hate that animal by showing how
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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is a series of 44 vignettes describing the adolescence of Esperanza. These 44 vignettes‚ though at some points seem unconnected and unrelated‚ come back to the central symbol of the house. The homes described are a symbol of poverty and shame as well as a symbol of imprisonment‚ and this symbol reveals Esperanza’s future aspirations and themes of spousal abuse. The houses on Mango Street are a symbol of poverty and shame‚ and Esperanza realizing this
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in the day were since they didn’t have the color cameras. I acknowledge that the director chose the right actors to play the different personalities involved in Tennessee Williams’ book. The only bad part according to me is that there was no improvisation; they just pretty much did everything that was written in Tennessee Williams’ book. The setting of the play described exactly how undeveloped the technology was back in the day and showed how “dirt bags” like Stanley dressed like. Stanley and Stella
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Complete destruction is a short poem written by William Carlos Williams. Williams is a famous poet known for his imagism and modernism. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book of poems in 1963. Williams originally went to college to become a family doctor‚ later he obviously switched his career path to become a writer. William Carlos Williams often wrote uncanny poems. If I were to ask him a question‚ I would ask him what situations in his life inspired him to write some of his weirder poems. One can
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While driving down Hemphill Street‚ it is clear to perceive that the businesses and the houses that line the area has Hispanic influence. From Mexican flags to Spanish language on advertisements‚ the neighborhood spans from Felix Street to West Allen Avenue. Although this project was to explore strictly Hemphill‚ streets forking off east and west show signs of similar culture. The community is expanding and the culture is growing stronger‚ turning it into a city within a city. After driving up and
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WSBl Summary Cliff Addis‚ the best bond salesperson on Wall Street who has never failed‚ persuaded his best customer‚ Louise Patterson‚ to buy the bonds of the company whose value diminished by 3% 2 days later. Trying to becalm Louise‚ Cliff lied saying that the bonds would turn round and he would gain profit. When Cliff came home‚ he read in a newspaper that the Wisconsin Credit bank is close to bankruptcy‚ but he perceived this message as “a golden investment opportunity”. Problem Mr.Addis
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Race the Strip‚ Not the Street. One of the fastest growing worldwide sports right now is racing. There are numerous forms of racing but Street Racing is one that is mainly performed by teenagers. Street racing originated from Drag Racing‚ on a quarter-mile strip. As the sport of street racing began to spread around the early ‘90s‚ people couldn’t really afford to go to a legal track and race‚ and soon enough teens began racing on public streets and highways. Street racing is an adrenaline rush
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