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    Why was the house of Usher doomed to fall? 141210401 邓瑶菡 Although the end of the Fall of the House of Usher illustrated a scene that the house fell apart all of sudden‚ for a craftsman like Poe who declare “… no word should be used which does not contribute to the ‘pre-established’ design of the work”(textbook 110) as one of his theories for writing short stories‚ examining some details could reverse of the impression that this final collapse was only an accident occurred naturally. In fact‚ there

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    The Importance of politics in our everyday life can’t be measured by a literal scale but it happens to be needing a thorough analysis to discuss. Though we can say that politics is important in our lives because it somehow affects our society balance. As society changes because of politics‚ people consider and reconsider how to deal with their own judgement in everyday scale due to consequences given by the politicians that commands their city or municipality. It is an unfortunate common view that

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    therapeutic for the patients‚ causing some to slip further down into insanity. Author Nelly Bly conveys this in her piece‚ “Ten Days in a Mad-House‚” by putting herself inside of a mental institution and faking insanity to show the corruptness of the American mental institutions. Nelly Bly was a writer in the nineteenth century who was held back in her writing career because she was a female. To break free of this barrier she had to produce something that

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    Once the juice arrived in the boiling house‚ it was contained in clarifying vats and lime was added. It was then boiled in cast iron "coppers" of diminishing size. The furiously hot liquid would be skimmed and ladled into the next smaller copper until it reached just the right consistency and was diverted to a wooden trough leading to wooden flats where it was allowed to cool. The slaves who mastered the boiling stage of the refining process were some of the most highly valued workers on a plantation

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    Anne Bradstreet was a woman of the Puritan period (1612-1672) where‚ women were expected to do the household chores and take care of the children. She wanted to express her feelings‚ thoughts‚ concern‚ and emotions of her life by writing in the form of poems. Her poems consisted of settlement‚ family‚ home life‚ surroundings‚ nature‚ role of women and religious belief. She believed that anything that caused pain to her was by Gods will. Her poems talk about the people close to her life. Anne Bradstreet’s

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    basketball out side we heard our mom calling us. “Hey guys would you go to Byron Center and buy bananas?” “Okay!” my brothers and I said at the same time. Our mom gave us five dollars so we could ride our bikes into town and buy her bananas. “Jeremy you take the lead and your brothers can follow you‚” instructed my mom. My brothers and I had a discussion about what path we were going to take to get to the store. We decided to cut through the housing development near our house because it would be safer

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    In the article “Ours is Rude Age‚ but Have a nice Day” author Janet Kinosian affirms that terrible manners have turn into the new ordinary. She has written for newspapers‚ magazines and is a media consultant. The article appeared in the Los Angeles Times‚ May 2009. Kinosian stresses that at one time parents teaching their children manners were much the same as putting shoes on their feet. However‚ today parents cannot get their children to be respectful. Kinosian appeals to pathos when she uses the

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    The Day I Was Released From Jail March 2nd of 2011 in Charlotte NC I just receive 2 phone calls. The first one was from my lawyer in Morganton notifying me that several indictments had come through. The other was from Detective South of the Burke County Sheriff’s Office‚ telling me that I had no choice but to turn myself in. I remember him saying “If you run I will find you”. I thought about running from my troubles‚ but that isn’t a life that I wanted. The next day I took the long drive from Charlotte

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    Wimberly Janet Kirchner Intermediate Writing August 18th 2010 My grandparent’s House My grandparents lived at 5501 Oldham in Lincoln Nebraska. It was a small 2-bedroom home with a large backyard. My grandparents bought their home as a young couple with two small children. They soon added 2 more children‚ one of them being my mother. Every holiday and family gathering was held at my grandparent’s house. Everything from birthdays to Christmas the whole family gathered. My grandparents had

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    “It was the most wonderful moment of my life...” It was the most wonderful day of my life! Maybe it did not mean a great deal for others as it came naturally to them‚ but for me‚ it was a bliss. Yes‚ bliss; I had completely lost hope until Dr Hurree came in my life as a ray of light‚ enlightening my life and removing all the darkness which caused me to weep my heart out everyday. I am able to conceive! This very little fact made me dance a jig of joy even on the hospital stretcher.

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