Melissa Morelli Lacroix’s “Variations on a Theme by Clozapine” located in the anthology “A Most Beautiful Deception” is centered on a quote taken from Robert Schumann that explains the reasons for composing. Lacroix takes this quote as inspiration to write a poem that follows the format of Clara Schumann’s Op. 20 “Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann.” The author writes a variation on a Robert Schumann quote for every variation Clara wrote in her piece of music and uses a line of poetry to depict
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Love is beautiful...and terrible. Falling in love begins with the honeymoon stage: everything is perfect and happy. As time goes on‚ the relationship proceeds out of the butterflies-in-your-stomach type stage and into one that incorporates genuine feelings. In A Beautiful Terrible Thing Jen Waite‚ the author‚ recounts the unraveling of her “perfect” marriage of being the spouse to a psychopath. Opening the memoir with a heart shattering discovery of her husband’s‚ Marco‚ emails to a relator regarding
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The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments The author of the ten most beautiful experiments‚ George Johnson‚ plays an important role in the book by writing it from his own perspective. Johnson is an American journalist and a science writer. He even cohosts "Science Saturday" which is a live online weekly discussion‚ clearly related to science. These facts could help readers know that the author knows what he’s talking about and has legitimate reasons behind each and every opinion he has.
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Stacey Beasley Sis. Thompson ENG 106-01 May 7‚ 2013 The beautiful world of Pus I am willing to admit the initial sight of thick‚ yellowish green drainage weeping from reddened‚ inflamed tissue is not a thing of beauty to the untrained eye‚ but have you ever stopped to consider the wonder and intrigue of Pus? Our bodies have abundant surface area that‚ if compromised‚ can expose us to morbidity and potential mortality. Thankfully‚ through our amazingly efficient immune system‚ within hours
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feel angry with the world and you would put the entire world of that pain on your back. Would you not want to regain the reigns of your life? Cheryl Strayed shows us that one can learn from their mistakes to become a better person so they don’t repeat the same mistakes. Author of the bestselling essay book‚ Tiny Beautiful things‚ her book Wild translated into 40 different
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Nicole Cameron Jennifer Blades WR121 10/22/14 “Women Cannot Accept the Way Things Are.” Ever since Rosie the Riveter‚ women have craved equality and even power. In advertisements from the 1950s women were portrayed as dependent‚ sensitive‚ powerless‚ and even dominated by men. Americans like to believe that men and women today are entirely equal and the view of the two sexes has completely changed. Unfortunately‚ when looking in the right places‚ it is clear that men still have the upper hand
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that some people don’t even have the option to is a terrible thing. No matter what you believe or what other people believe there has and always will be a plan for you‚ if you are alive right now you’re not done with your plan. Getting to choose when you want to die is not right‚ not when there are people struggling to stay afloat. I think that having the capability to have a doctor assist you in suicide is a terrible idea and I am against it. Depression is a difficult thing that hits Americans today;
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World Peace‚ Is It Even Possible? We need to try something new to make world peace because politics and the government say that they will improve‚ but look at the world‚ there is still war going on. It may not be here‚ and we might not see it but it’s going on in so many other countries. We need to start thinking about it not just for the people‚ but for all the animals that live in those conditions as well‚ and the water we are polluting. in the long run‚ it affects us all‚ that’s why we need
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In my personal opinion Avatar is the best movie I have ever seen. I loved everything about the movie‚ especially the state-of-the-art technology. When I first saw the trailer for Avatar there were no famous actors in it but the thing that did draw me into seeing it was the amazing scenery. Most of the scenery in the movie reminded me of a tropical rain forest except the rain forest literally jumps out at you. After I saw Avatar for the first time with my older brother and dad‚ I felt like walking
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In 1936‚ archaeologist Indiana Jones (or Indy for short‚ usually by his friends)‚ braves an ancient temple in an unnamed South American location. The temple is filled with booby traps and Indy is trying to retrieve a golden idol. Upon fleeing the temple‚ Indy is confronted by rival archaeologist René Belloq and the indigenous Hovitos. Surrounded and outnumbered‚ Indy is forced to surrender the idol to Belloq and subsequently escapes aboard a waiting Waco seaplane after being pursued. Shortly after
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