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    Rice Without Rain

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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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    In the story Year of No Rain by Alice Mead‚ Alice Mead uses the conflict of having Stephens village raided to prove what happens when you and your friends work together you can be more successful. One historical event that happens is people going hungry in Sudan and the boys have to help each other to get food and water and stay healthy. So On page 106 the boys have to work to get Stephen better in the book it states “half carrying Stephen the boys make it to a refugee camp‚” As Well as‚ This I very

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    Symbolism In The Birthmark

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    that nature is supposed to be imperfect he shows it through Aylmers thoughts about how nature works. Aylmer is a part of nature himself and tries to achieve perfection by making his wife perfect and removing the birthmark. Lastly‚ Hawthorne uses symbolism to once again portray that nature cannot be changed and it is meant to be imperfect. The dream Aylmer has a deception

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    “The small rains that come‚ in February and March. They come when the earth is dry and the heavy rains still far away to make the mangoes sweet.” In some ways‚ Monique‚ the midwife‚ can be thought of as the rain. She is the Malian women’s hope for a successful childbirth and a healthy baby‚ as well as being the hope for them to have greater access to crucial health care that they do not have. Monique is there for the women in tough times and whenever they may need her‚ she will come‚ just as

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    On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the atomic bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima‚ Japan. The second world war ended only a year after with the surrender after the Hiroshima bombing. Black Rain is a novel that illustrates how the citizens of Hiroshima lived during the time of the war. Shigematsu Shizuma‚ the main character of the novel‚ is someone who didn’t think the opposition had to drop the bomb to end the war. He believes the country was already internally falling apart‚ the atomic bomb killed innocent

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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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    used to develop themes in at least two poems you have studied. *No Ordinary Sun & Rain‚ by Hone Tuwhare* Hone Tuwhare uses symbols and figurative language to develop themes in his poetry. Tuwhare’s strength is his ability to use effective imagery and symbols to develop persistent ideas that‚ in the poetry I studied this year‚ relate to the purity and beauty of natural things. Rain‚ an apostrophe to a "rain god"‚ and No Ordinary Sun‚ another apostrophe to a tree and Tuwhare’s protest against

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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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    Jay Yang Mrs. Hill English 10 Honors-Period 7 5 October 2012 “There Will Come Soft Rains” Analysis Although technology seems to have replaced man in the opening pages of “There Will Come Soft Rains‚” in the end‚ Ray Bradbury shows that technology without man is doomed. In the beginning of the story‚ technology has rendered man totally unnecessary in the day-to-day running of a house. For example‚ the quote: “Tick-tock‚ seven o’clock‚ time to get up…”(Pg. 87)‚ shows that the house automatically

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    Omelas Symbolism

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    child locked up under the city. No other character is treated as an individual. The other characters can be divided into two categories: those who walk away from Omelas and those who don’t. This has a huge impact on the effect on the population. The symbolism found in this story includes: the life of the young child. The child lives an awful life to be amusement to the people whom can live a happy life. This story made me so sad. It was hard for me to read. Knowing that a child could be locked away in

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