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    problem to the people who worked on farms and who lived in mainly the mid-west. Therefore the high winds and dust killed many plants and left people out of work for days. In “Living through the Great Depression” by Tracy Collins.

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    In this poetic analysis‚ we are attempting to interpret the age of the speaker in the poem “On Turning Ten”‚ which is Billy Collins himself. The poem itself is surprisingly dark‚ yet very relatable in an unusual way‚ because you couldn’t see the world the way the poet did when he was younger‚ but you could somehow connect to the speaker if he told his story while looking back at his past. That is why the age that the poem gives off is somewhere in his mid 20s or in his 30s. It is possible that this

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    On August 10‚ 1962‚ Suzanne Collins was born in Hartford‚ Connecticut. She was the youngest of four children and the daughter of an Air Force officer. For this reason‚ Suzanne moved a significant amount during her childhood‚ living in a variety of different places. To her family‚ history was an immensely important topic because her father taught this at a History was an immensely important topic in her family because her dad was a history teacher at a college level. Her father shared military experiences

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    Mr Collins is introduced to us for the first time in Chapter 13‚ possibly one of the most famous chapters of the novel. This is the chapter in which Mr. Bennet reads “the letter” out loud to his family. This letter gives us the most fundamental impression on Mr Collins’ character. The contents of this letter makes us judge him straight away and this judgement marks the image we have of this clergyman for the whole story. As soon as his name is mentioned by Mr Bennet at the start of Chapter 13‚

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    by the letters they wrote to one another. Mr. William Collins was portrayed as a derisive and impertinent person from his letters because he teased others; he also formed numerous conjectures from Lady Catherine. Mr. Darcy was indirectly characterized as a sincere gentleman of great deference who helped others overcome difficulties and Mrs. Gardiner was recognized as a loyal‚ intelligent‚ and sanguine woman who provided aspiration for

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    situations‚ however they are often heavily influenced by the people their with‚ their country‚ and the mainstream way of thinking of the time. Some examples that prove this‚ are world events like World War II and the books like The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In both of these situations or events‚ each individual has their different opinions‚ but each individual in each different district or country have similar opinions due to the influences of their community. World War II is a very controversial

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    Oranges‚ have you ever felt something for someone so much you would do anything for them. I think this story is a good description of this because this person cared so much for this girl that he was trying to go out of his way to do this one thing for her and had to give up the only thing he had. I think this poem can be taken many different ways‚ but the way I see it is that he cared so much for this girl that he would give up everything for her. I take it as a lesson for people to learn not to

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    Innocence is a state of being‚ so easily lost and impossible to obtain. Billy Collins and Richard Wilbur portray worlds of evil and darkness through creative metaphors and allusions‚ ironic statements‚ and pathetic fallacies. Both poets employ imagery through metaphors to display the settings of the poems‚ and work in allusions to describe the happenings throughout the stories told in these poems. The adults strive to protect the innocence of the children within these two poems‚ and they must

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    The pragmatic Charlotte Lucas does not have a romantic concept of matrimony‚ however deems marriage to the most disagreeable‚ pompous‚ Mr Collins as the best alternative for a ‘woman of small fortune’ in her society. Through her dispassionate materialistic rhetoric she states; ‘I ask only a comfortable home; and considering Mr Collins character‚ connections‚ and situation in life‚ I am convinced that my chance of happiness with him is as fair‚ as most people can boast on entering the marriage state

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    of things to many different people. However‚ historically speaking‚ apocalypse has a much more defined and spiritual connotation that has been well documented throughout literary records. In the article‚ “Apocalypse: An Overview‚” author John J. Collins provides a detailed review of the historical definitions and significance of apocalyptic text in modern day religions. According to the Apocalypse of John‚ or Book of Revelations (New Testament)‚ the genre known as apocalypse refers to “mysterious

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