In 1938‚ William Carlos Williams wrote a short story called The Use of Force. The doctor is summoned to a family’s home to check on the welfare of a child‚ Mathilda‚ who has been sick for a few days. The family does not trust the doctor‚ as they are watching him closely‚ and have never called one before. The family is immensely worried about Mathilda’s health. There has been a deathly disease in the community making everyone in the room is tense if fear of her having it. The reader can feel the tension
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SYMBOLISM AND CHARACTERIZATION IN “EVERYDAY USE” Introduction: A.“Everyday Use” is a poignant narrative that describes the relationship between family members through creative symbolism and fine characterization. B. Through symbolism and characterization‚ Walker teaches a moral lesson about heritage‚ identity‚ and the role of the two in the lives of the characters and audience. C. In order to understand the complicated message that Walker is submitting through this story‚ it is
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"let the cat out of the bag". While today that means to reveal a secret‚ a hundred years ago the phrase actually meant to let a cat out of a bag. Foreigners may find that to fully understand our language‚ they will have to understand our idioms. The use of idioms dates as far back as biblical times‚ and can come from something as random as horse racing. Many authors throughout history have made up idioms to liven up their writings. These authors were popular‚ so the words they wrote became equally
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Gattaca and the Holy See of Cloning The world is filled with new technologies and inventions that allow a human to become “Perfect”. To many the main point of life is to be better than the next person. Life is meant to prepare us for heaven‚ but some people lose sight of that goal. They see temptations and pleasures that can be easily achieved if you are better than the person next to you. Standing out can destroy you or make you in today’s society. Those who strive for perfection want a life
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Therefore‚ we say the computer is a system. We may have systems around us even in our body. How we eat or what happens to the food we eat is a system. This is called the Digestive System. We need mouth‚ tongue‚ teeth and stomach for us to make good use of the food we eat. In explanation of this; food is put in the mouth as INPUT; the food is digested and changed into useful things that our body needs; this is called PROCESSING‚ the undigested food from the body in the form of waste passed out; this
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Information Use The design of information flow and security is a major concern in any enterprise. Without consistent and proper flow then statistical or decisional errors may occur. Therefore‚ the design of the information stream is a chief concern of the Information technologist. It is also important to safeguard the data from inappropriate viewing. To that end‚ it is important to map out the pattern. This example uses a doctor-patient visit in a medical clinic of the twenty-first century. The
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Everyday Use- Character Analysis "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker‚ is a story of a black family composed of a mother and her two daughters: Maggie and Dee. Walker does an excellent job illustrating her characters. There are all types of characters in this short story from round to static. Dee is a flat character‚ yet Walker uses Dee’s character to warn people of what might happen if they do not live properly. Walker describes Dee’s character as arrogant and selfish‚ and through Dee’s character
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beverage‚ it is also applicable for some useful purposes. In arts‚ we can use tea in papers for them to look vintage. In medicine‚ tea as a antioxidant for cleansing the body is widely known. In business‚ since tea is second to water as the most consumable type of beverage‚ tea brings money to some. In history‚
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answer to most or all of the above questions‚ that character is probably the protagonist. 2. Unlike "Cathedral‚" this story has an antagonist. Who? How is she antagonistic? This character has many admirable traits--a rounded character--but seems to use them only for selfish purposes. 3. Is there a catalyst in this story? If so‚ who? When‚ and in what way? Remember that a catalyst may do something to cause a change in the protagonist‚ usually a positive change. You can name this character just by a
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sterilization process. Where does it come from? Nonradioactive cobalt occurs naturally in various minerals and has long been used as a blue coloring agent for ceramic and glass. Radioactive Co-60 is produced commercially through linear acceleration for use in medicine and industry. Co-60 also is a byproduct of nuclear reactor operations‚ when metal structures‚ such as steel rods‚ are exposed to neutron radiation. What form is it in? Co-60 occurs as a solid material and might appear as small metal disks
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