Dover Beach‚ Matthew Arnold‚ “The sea is calm tonight.”(1) The very first line suggests a poem to inspire tranquility in the reader; but‚ that tranquility is but an illusion: “Listen! You hear the grating roar of pebbles which the waves draw back and fling...”(9-10) Does this feel like the tone of a peaceful poem? The entire piece plays with the reader’s senses‚ never allowing them to get quite comfortable in their conclusion of what the tone is meant to be‚ as it is ever shifting. Each Stanza further
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Within the novel On The Beach by Nevil Shute‚ the author emphasizes the relationship that develops between Dwight Towers and Moira Davidson. Commander Towers was an American Naval Officer who escaped the nuclear war because he was in a submarine at the time of the conflict and landed in Australia. Moira is a carefree girl‚ born and raised in Australia‚ who loves to party and works as a prostitute despite her degree in history. Although they seem to have a relationship that is categorized as romantic
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live in Calgary‚ Alberta. Alex states he has an extremely close relationship with his mother‚ but limited contact with his father. When Alex was fifteen years of age‚ his mother decided to file for divorce consequently ending his relationship with this father. He also has two older sisters‚ Melanie twenty-eight years of age and Amy thirty-two years of age‚ and one older brother‚ Jeremy who passed away at the age of seventeen from drug abuse when Alex was fifteen. Alex was impacted by drug and alcohol
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replacement for his dad who died doing what Alex Rider is being recruited to do. He is working for MI6‚ a British intelligence agency fighting villains around the world. Alex has had to search for many things in his life. He had to search for a will to keep going when his dad died‚ he had to search for identity as a small child‚ and he had to search for the motivation to keep his job. It is hard to go through a loss in your life‚ let alone a parent. Alex Rider had already lost his mom and his dad
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Quickly turning the corner‚ I strode down the alleyway and escaped the pandemonium of the city. The alley was dark and had an eerie look. Old vines climbed up the sides of tall apartment buildings and trash was strewn across the ground. I looked to the ground and saw a dated coca-cola bottle whose label was half gone and the glass was almost stained black. Slowly I bent down and picked up the bottle and began weighing it my hand and looking it over. Still capped and full but it did not seem to be
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maintain the changes to ensure sustainability. The section chosen for this investigation was the Urangan beach‚ adjacent to Churchill Street. Its main issue it faces is beach erosion. Erosion is caused by the slow or gradual wearing away of sand‚ and is especially common during storms‚ high tide and rough weather. 2.0 Methodology Primary data was gathered in the form of images taken at the beach and guest speakers (Acworth and Broadstock from FCRC) speaking on the issues‚ solutions and management
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~Alex POV~ Oh dear. This isn’t good. Nope‚ not good at all. I’ll tell you what’s going on‚ but first‚ an explanation is needed. I’ll give you the quick version. The entire house was peaceful‚ it was night time. Our PC had long fallen asleep‚ so Rose and I were able to come home. I don’t know about Rose‚ but my bed was calling me. Although I went to bed immediately after turning into a cat… sleep never came. I just lay there‚ thinking of new ideas for what to tell our PC about in the morning. Suddenly
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7 kind of people you will most likely spot in a beach The beach‚ one of the favorite hot spots to hang out in Singapore. Without a doubt‚ Sentosa comes to your mind and the large crowds you will see during the weekends. Here comes the interesting part‚ out of the hundreds of people‚ there are certain classifications for all of them. In this essay‚ it will consist of the seven kinds of people who most likely stand out among the rest. In a beach‚ highly populated with different people‚ these are
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Alex and Charlie advanced over a large bridge. After crossing Charlie noticed Alex hunched over on the bank. Charlie went to see what was wrong with Alex and realized he had been hit. Alex had already begun feeling shaky. His friend helped him get to a small barn in which wounded soldiers from both sides housed. The next morning Charlie wrote a letter to Becca informing her of Alex’s injury. When Becca received the letter she began feeling concerned about the possible marriage to a cripple
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Myrtle Beach Have you ever wanted something so bad that once you have it you kind of sit back and reevaluate everything that just happened and you just need a small breather to take everything in? There’s just something about nature that takes my breath away and takes me to a different dimension. It makes feel so calm and so at ease with myself. It makes me feel joy just looking at the small things in life. It makes me appreciate the smallest things‚ such as a beautiful sunflower growing
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