This is the legend of how people were given spines‚ a story that has been forgotten for for centuries. In the beginning of human civilization the worlds population didn’t have spines. Man and woman were only a few feet tall with no spine to strengthen their back. One day‚ a baby was born‚ being very different then all other babies. This newborn baby named Zach had a spine. Zach quickly grew past all of his fellow countrymen and soon forced himself to become the king of his village solely due
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Appreciation Of World Movie Class College:Wenjing Name:Wang Qiushuang(Beatrice) Major:English Class:101-3 Student Number:20109053307 Legends Of The Fall-------Confliction Background : It was shoot at the western part of America where is a beautifull and attractive grandeur.It is narrated as a story by an Indian called One Stab‚a best friend of the Ludlow family. Tired with war
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The legend of Santa Claus has been told for centuries and is still told to this day. Every year‚ many children make Christmas lists and send them to Santa. If they are good‚ they will get presents‚ but if they are bad‚ they will get a bundle of coal in their stocking. Santa is usually visualized as a happy‚ white-bearded man‚ with a red stocking cap‚ and a red suit with white cuffs and black boots. In other cultures‚ he is referred to as St. Nicholas‚ Sinterklauss‚ and Father Christmas. Santa Claus
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The Anzac Legend was born on 25 April 1915 upon the arrival of the Anzacs at a small cove‚ now known as Anzac Cove. The characteristics of courage‚ endurance‚ mateship‚ sacrifice and disregard for authority became the definition of an Anzac soldier and the identity of a ’true Australian’. The legend of the Anzac has become a proud possession to the majority of young Australians and is for some embedded since birth. The legend of the Anzac Is substantially moulded by the recounts of Bartlett and
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Legend of the Banana Plant In the early days when the world was new‚ spirits and ghosts lurked everywhere. They lived in gloomy caves‚ they hid in anthills and tree trunks they frolicked in nooks and corners under the houses. In the dark‚ sometimes their tiny voices could be heard dimly‚ or their ghostly presence be felt. But they were never seen. It was during these days of phantoms and unseen spirits that a young and beautiful girl lived. Her name was Raya‚ and she was a girl bold and daring
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Legend of Maria Makiling According to legend‚ there was a time when the gods could live like ordinary mortals do. Although these gods were enchanted‚ they could speak‚ love‚ and even go to the market like what people do in our time. This story tells what happened to the daughter of two such deities. This is the story of Mariang Makiling. Two deities‚ Dayang Makiling and Gat Panahon‚ had an only daughter name Maria. Because of her beauty and charm‚ she was the delight of her parents. The
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it is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month in observance of the bountiful Autumn harvest. Although old rituals are no longer followed‚ families continue to gather for a day to relax and eat moon cakes. Upon this occasion‚ the legend of the Moon Goddess‚ CHANG-O‚ is often told to children. Once upon a time there was a famous archer‚ Hou Yi‚ who with his arrows was able to slay mankind’s worst enemies‚ ferocious beasts that inhabited the earth. Yi was married to Chang-O
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The Legend of The Mustang The dust gray campfire smoke elevated high in the pig pink sky. The damp‚ dense dew floated across the old meadow. Out of the morning dew‚ suddenly appears a dark chocolate brown mustang with a coal black mane. The Indians who had just left the campfire say a mysterious legend had occurred on the meadow. Whoever left a campfire still smoking with apples and carrots‚ would cause the wonderful Martha Mustang to appear out of the dew and enjoyably eat the food. Then
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THE LEGEND OF THE SAMPALOC LAKE San Pablo‚ a picturesque and progressive city in Southeastern Luzon‚ is sometimes know as the city of seven lakes. All the seven lakes are rich with tales about their respective origin. A favorite story is thatof Sampaloc Lake - the largest and most beautiful of the seven lakes. Once upon a time there lives in the northern side of San pablo a well-to-do but childless couple. Theyhas a large garden of tamarind (sampaloc in Tagalog) trees which bore the sweetest
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TS Eliot’s “The Hollow Men” is a revolutionary piece of poetry that embodies the post World War I zeitgeist. The post-war society was one of hopelessness and isolation. More and more people began to see the meaningless existence of human life and as a result‚ became desensitized to human emotion and existed in a state of limbo. Broken into only five stanzas‚ Eliot manages to capture the spirit of an age in “The Hollow Men.” Immediately in the epigraph‚ Eliot makes a direct reference (from
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