Pearl River delta The Pearl River Delta is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. Plans for the area City planners in south China have laid out an ambitious plan to merge together the nine cities that lie around the Pearl River Delta. The "Turn the Pearl River Delta into One" scheme will create a 16‚000 sq mile urban area that is 26 times larger geographically than Greater London‚ or twice the size of Wales. The new mega-city
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December 5th 2012 Word Count: 836 The Value of Nothing In the short story The Pearl written by John Steinbeck‚ throughout the story‚ Kino’s decisions and morals change by wanting and expecting more than what he currently has. Basically by expecting more out of the Pearl‚ Kino wanted to do good for his family. Steinbeck wants the readers to understand how something so small‚ this shiny pearl becomes more valuable and worthy than the real meaningful things such as family‚ health and nutrition
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AREA OF STUDY DISCOVERY RELATED MATERIAL PORTFOLIO MICHAEL KWONG 1. TITLE AND COMPOSER OF TEXT Short story - And the Water was Dark and It Went Forever Down Written by Tim Winton 2. source date published First published 1997 by Addison Wesley Longman Australia Pty Ltd. Taken from MAKING CONNECTIONS a compilation of short stories put together by Brian Keyte 3. A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE TEXT(150w) The narrative focuses on a fourteen year old girl who’es mother is mentally and
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America knew she was headed for war‚ her people though‚ not directly feeling the effects of the conflicts going on half a world away would not support the loss of American lives for a foreign war. The government knew about the planned attacks on Pearl Harbor‚ kept the information from the military leaders that needed it the most‚ and used the tragedy to rally the nation toward war. "AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NO DRILL." This is the message sent out by radioman Kyle Boyer at 7:58 a.m. Sunday
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Scarlet Letter- Pearl Pearls have always held a great price to mankind‚ but no pearl had ever been earned at as high a cost to a person as Nathaniel Hawthorne’s powerful heroine Hester Prynne. Her daughter Pearl‚ born into a Puritan prison in more ways than one‚ is an enigmatic character serving entirely as a vehicle for symbolism. From her introduction as an infant on her mother’s scaffold of shame to the stormy zenith of the story‚ Pearl is an empathetic and improbably intelligent
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How does the setting influence the plot‚ conflicts and/or characters? Girl with a Pearl earring depicts life in 17th century Delft‚ a small Dutch city. The book is based on real life painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring” which influenced the books setting. 17th century in Delft the protestants and catholic were separated and attended different churches. Griet was the daughter of a Protestant Delft tile painter. Her father lost the ability to see in an accident‚ therefore Griet must work for a
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no good for anyone. Greed has a big impact on Kino and the other people around him. Everyone started becoming greedy because of the pearl. When Kino finds the pearl‚ everyone started thinking of how they could get money. Greed is a very important theme in the novella‚ The Pearl by John Steinbeck. One way greed has a big impact on Kino and other people is because it affected the doctor. The doctor refused to help Kino before he found the pearl. On page 11‚ the doctor says‚ “Have I nothing
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Introducing an East World to a West World On June 26‚ 1982‚ Pearl Sydenstricker was born in Hillsboro West Virginia‚ to two American Presbyterian missionaries who primarily served in China (“Buck‚ Pearl S.”). At the age of two‚ Buck and her family moved back to China where she spent the next 6 years of her life adapting the Chinese culture while integrating aspects of her American heritage as well. Buck’s childhood in China stimulated the bicultural traits that she infused into her writing by
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Lack of communication in ‘Diving for Pearls’ The lack of communication in ‘Diving for Peals’ by Katherine Thomson is a recurring theme throughout the whole play‚ seeing negative effects in the relationships between Barbara and Den‚ Barbara and Verge‚ Den and Ron‚ Marj and Barbara and Marj and Verge. Lack of communication has negative effects through the relationships which causes conflict and frustration between the characters. The relationship between Barbara and Den is lacking communication
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Warming Her Pearls for Judith Radstone Next to my own skin‚ her pearls. My mistress bids me wear them‚ warm them‚ until evening when I´ll brush her hair. At six‚ I place them round her cool‚ white throat. All day I think of her‚ resting in the Yellow Room‚ contemplating silk or taffeta‚ which gown tonight? She fans herself whilst I work willingly‚ my slow heat entering each pearl. Slack on my neck‚ her rope. She´s beautiful. I dream about her in my attic bed; picture her
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