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    question: Was he happy? However‚ he is distracted when he discovers his wife had overdosed on sleeping tablets. When he meets Clarisse again‚ he finds himself behaving differently‚ starting with tasting the rain as Clarisse suggested. The Mechanical Hound is then introduced as it described as alive‚ but not truly. When Montag begins to wonder and question Beatty about the books‚ a report was rung in. The old woman‚ who was reported‚ stands in her house‚ surrounded by books. When the firemen are about

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    Beginning Rufus‚ basset hound Long ears 12 years old Middle Riding in truck Claws clip Loved sports Ending scratching Died Very Ending 1 year New dog Pet Story/Rufus Once upon a time there lived the most laid back‚ easy going dog you could ever meet and his name was Rufus. He was a purebred basset hound. White body with brown spots‚ and weighed about fifty-five pounds. He was twelve years old‚ and he played like he was two. Rufus had the most amazingly long ears

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    Jennifer Castillo Professor Deborah Izenberg-Shulman Western Civilization 11 November 2014 The Storming of the Bastille The fall of the Bastille has been one of the most significant events that started the French Revolution. Till this day‚ France celebrates the Bastille Day‚ also known as the French National Day‚ every year on July 14. People come together and countless ceremonies and parades are held during the day. In the article entitled “On the Taking of the Bastille and Its Aftermath”‚ Edward

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    As of yesterday‚ May 2nd‚ 1898‚ Sherlock Holmes stepped into City Hall to answer a few questions about his most recent case. He revealed that after the death of Sir Charles‚ another murder attempt took place‚ directed toward Sir Henry Baskerville‚ the supposed only heir of Sir Charles. “Things took an unexpected turn when the killer mistakenly killed the notorious Selden rather than Sir Henry‚” stated Holmes. After several interviews and problem solving‚ Holmes managed to convict the killer who

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    The Real Inspector Hound: A discourse of postmodernism In this essay we will try to explain why The Real Inspector Hound is a Postmodernist play. To do this First we must decide on what Postmodernism actually is. As many critics have written many definitions on this subject overlapping and contradicting each other it is hard to find a single definition of postmodernism. So first to embark on this journey‚ we are going to find and state a single definition of postmodernism and afterwards we shall

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    book could answer my question. It seemed I could learn about anything in the world. Except Hound Street. Hound Street‚ formally known by its more drab name‚ 120th Street‚ is the gravel road that sits near my house. While it’s unknown to the majority of the 7.5 billion people living on Earth‚ it’s the road I use nearly everyday. On each end of the short stretch of road‚ a small white sign with the words “HOUND STREET” painted in bold black letters is nailed to a

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    “The Hound” In Robert Francis’ poem “The Hound‚” the writer creates a sense of fear by comparing how mysterious and unpredictable dogs are to life using an extended metaphor to show life as uncertain and one has to wait to see what it brings at them. In lines 1-5‚ the writer states: “Life the hound/Equivocal/Comes at a bound/Either to rend me/Or to befriend me.” The speaker compares the habits of a hound to life to show even though they are not alike‚ they are similar in the way of not

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    As most of us know‚ Elvis Presley’s‚ “Hound Dog” was one of his most famous singles‚ however there are many people that do not know of the original written by Willie Mae‚ “Big Mamma” Thornton. Why did Elvis have more commercial success with his version? Big Mamma Thornton’s version was released just four years before Elvis’ and was number one for seven weeks. Rather than it being recorded as a pop song‚ it was a blues/RnB single. The tonality of this version is dramatically telling of the introduction

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    Bibliography: The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard‚ directed by Charlie Todd. Dec. 1 - 5‚ 2000. Kenan Theatre. back to 2000 - 2001 BIRDBOOT AND MOON

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    The song that I chose to listen to was “Hound Dog” by Big Mama Thornton and the cover by Elvis Presley. This is a very popular song and I’ve known it for a long time (as it was in the Disney movie Lilo and Stitch)‚ yet I didn’t know until I was reading the textbook this week that Elvis Presley was not the original performer of this song. I really enjoyed listening to Big Mama Thornton sing it. She has a very deep‚ rich voice. I like that she sang it more smoothly‚ kind of legato‚ than Elvis Presley

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