In the short story “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the author made choices when it came to structuring the text like diction & setting the right mood. This helped to contribute to the story’s overall structure and aesthetic impact. The main character goes through a series of changes unexplainable to both him and the reader brought upon by him bringing along a new cat named Pluto. The author used descriptive language‚ contrast and contradiction & set a mysterious tone to build upon the story’s
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The cat meowed. In my family‚ since neither of my parents graduated high school‚ at times money is hard to come by. My dad owns his own painting/construction business and my mom is currently unemployed as my grandfather has to have round the clock care after my grandmother died because he has several psychological and physical issues from his time in the Vietnam War and therefore cannot be alone by himself. The thought of how to pay for putting one child through college terrified my parents and still
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Compensation structure for FastCat Executive summary In Phase I we looked at the descriptions of sample jobs at FastCat and proposed a structure for the jobs based on the concepts of internal equity and organizational objectives of innovative product design‚ improved marketing and cost competitiveness. Based on the content and value of the job descriptions available we had created a tailored and hierarchical structure‚ which supported the organization strategy‚ work flow and motivates
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In smll scldd vllge in nrthrn englnd yong grl lvd wth her prnts in lrge rd brck hose. Bhnd the hose wre crs of woods nd fields‚ one of thse ws n old frm tht stood btween the woods nd commercil frmlnd. She wold oftn go into the woods bhind her hose to hlp McBrin‚ the old frmr tht rn the old frm bhind the woods. One cld wintrs nght fter workng hrd on the frm the yong grl trvled into the drk sclded woods ll lne. ‘Jsmine!’ voice scremed frm smewhre in the vst woods rond her. Jsmne flcked her hed
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“1. What unusual qualities and appliances does the house have?” The house has robotic mice and the house can talk. “ 2. What were the five spots of paint of?” The five spots of paint are the people who used to live there. “ 3. What happened to the people?” What happened to the people was that there was an nuclear blast and they all died. “4. What are some things the house has been protecting itself from?” It was protecting itself from intruders and animals like the dog. “5. Why is the dog very
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to create a 220 word book that include “new words” for children. this book came out to be‚ The Cat In The Hat‚ which was published in 1957. This book was translated into more than fifteen languages. Therefore‚ the whole world basically knew who Dr. Seuss was. This was a major accomplishment Theodor had. Dr. Seuss wrote more than sixty books over his career. Some of his most famous books are‚ The Cat In The Hat‚ Green Eggs and Ham‚ The Lorax‚ How The Grinch Stole Christmas and Oh‚ the Places You’ll
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A Qualitative Life in the Face of a Quantative Society: Sheelagh Morris’s “Letter to a Cat” Sheelagh Morris’s short story‚ “Letter to a Cat‚” is a dramatization of the conflict between two sets of life-values: the qualitative and the quantative. Norma is someone who has qualitative values‚ that is‚ someone who values such things as literature and art. We term such a person as one with qualitative values‚ because‚ even while such things as literature and art may be considered “valuable‚” they
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patience‚ stealth‚ and a good teacher. A chinese proverb says “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day teach a man to fish and he will eat forever.” Teaching is important not only in fishing‚ but in every situation. Socrates‚ Anne sullivan‚ The Cat in the Hat‚ and former convicts are some simple examples that this ancient proverb is still relevant today. Socrates was known as the great teacher‚ through his pupils‚ many people were educated‚ such as Alexander the Great. Socrates method of teaching
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any random bit of oddity could make you an internet star. The following list contains five pets so outlandish that you’ll probably have to convince yourself that they actually exist. 5. Matilda the Alien Cat For the first couple of months of her life‚ Matilda seemed to be a completely ordinary cat. However‚ her owners soon noticed that her pupils were starting to dilate uncontrollably‚ giving her eyes an alien appearance in the process. As it would later be revealed‚ Matilda has a condition known
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“The Black Cat” Edgar Allan Poe 1. From what point of view is Poe’s story told and why is the view particularly effective for this story? From reading the short story it is apparent that this is a first person narration. You feel the emotions and the events of the story‚ but some of the stories sound crazy that it makes you feel like the story is being told by an insane or mentally ill individual. “The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed
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