build up‚ or a gate to mend‚ at the far end of the peninsula‚ where the sea surrounded the farmland on either side. Then‚ at midday‚ he would pause and eat the meat pie his wife had baked for him and‚ sitting on the cliff’s edge‚ watch the birds. In autumn great flocks of them came to the peninsula‚ restless‚ uneasy‚ spending themselves in motion; now wheeling‚ circling the sky; now settling to feed on the rich‚ new-turned soil; but even when they fed‚ it was as though they
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Birds The earliest birds of which we have any record were descended from reptiles and lived about a hundred and thirty million years ago. These first birds had tails like lizards and teeth in their jaws. Over a period of many millions of years‚ the wings developed at the expense of the tail and the teeth disappeared. Thus birds as we know the today have evolved. They now differ very much from reptiles and it is only because of the research of zoologists one hundred years ago‚ that they were
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experiences many individuals can lose hope and allow their nerves get the best of them. I have by no means been the greatest writer or even believed in my writing abilities; however‚ when reading Anne Lamott’s book‚ “Bird by Bird”‚ I realized many other people may feel the same way. “Bird by Bird” educated me and its‘other readers‚ to make the most of our writing abilities. The book‚ first made me realize to never expect greatness straight away. Lamott states‚ “they might be good someday if they just keep
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teenage kids‚ love was about to come their way. Boy meets girl‚ things move quick‚ nobody gave their love a chance‚ it’s been seen a million times before‚ just another hopeless young romance. But for this couple it was different‚ since day one it was meant to be‚ it was that forever fairytale happiness‚ the kind you can only see on T.V. One day she looked at him and asked‚ "What is it with your life you’d like to do?" He gently kissed her forehead and said‚ "Sweetheart‚ I dream to grow old with you."
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Doodle. The story starts off with the narrator at the time of the first World War‚ living in North Carolina and has a little brother that is crippled. Everyone thought that the little brother‚ Doodle‚ would die. But he survived. The narrator taught Doodle to walk and was training him so he could go to school and be a normal kid. But then a Scarlet Ibis comes to their house after a hurricane had hit. A Scarlet Ibis lives in South America and had came all the way over to North Carolina. The bird was also
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Is Lolita a Love story or pornography? Is it Moral or Immoral? Lolita‚ the dramatic story of the main character‚ Humbert Humbert and the twelve and a half year old Lolita is the most controversial and greatest masterpiece created by the Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita is a full-blown psychological novel‚ a detective novel‚ a confessional novel‚ a Doppelgänger Tale‚ an extended allegory for artistic process a sexual myth‚ more complicated and mysterious than comparable to Freudian stereotypes
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STORY -- WEALTH‚ LOVE AND SUCCESS A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said "I don’t think I know you‚ but you must be hungry. Please come in ... ...and have something to eat." "Is the man of the house home?"‚ they asked. "No"‚ she replied. "He’s out." "Then we cannot come in"‚ they replied. In the evening when her husband came home‚ she told him what had happened. "Go
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The poem “Sex without Love‚” by Sharon Olds is intriguing such that it gives the reader the chance interpret it at many levels. It harbors a range of possible experiences‚ depending on the depth and perception of the reading. At face value‚ this poem seems to be one that talks about sex and the narrator’s disapproval of casual sex. Yet‚ if the reader further analyzes it‚ they find waiting for them an actual experience through the words‚ a feeling of awe‚ and a message of body and soul. One of the
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BSECE-A‚ I was really surprised because my friend‚ April Mae Tulang‚ is the lady protagonist in the film. It was a tragic love story between a teacher and a rebel. It was a nice film and story‚ but for me the ending is a bit predictable one‚ the guy died and the teacher became an old maid. Let’s go to the film “Kulta”‚ from 2 ABPolSci. This film is a tragic-family story. The story was based from the reality today. In the film‚ they were orphans‚ but still a happy family. Not until when the youngest
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Love has many different meanings to different people and the way Sharon Odds and Andrew Marvell describe love is definitely diverse and singular‚ they both have different views of how love and sex should be expressed. In “Sex without Love" by Sharon Olds the speaker presents a clear view of the use of irony. She also reveals disgust for casual sex. She captures the shameful act of immoral sex and animates it with her language structure. Her use of imagery creates a picture in the readers mind. The
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