The photograph of the WWI orphan clutching to his new donated shoes is one that conveys a plethora of emotions and reveals so much about the American society all within a single frame. Striking the viewers as it did for me‚ the boy possesses a look of absolute ecstasy‚ clutching his new shoes as if they were a miraculous godsend; the natural light frames the drab clothing‚ the black and grey jacket and shirt‚ his white striped shorted‚ grey socks‚ and worn-out shoes‚ in contrast to the child who
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Elizabeth Gray Vining was a librarian‚ a tutor to a crown prince and an author. She was born in 1902 in Pennsylvania to a Quaker family. At the age of13‚ she published her first story; she received $2 for it. In 1919‚ she graduated from Germantown Friends School and then attended Bryn Mawr College. Her education continued at the Library School of Drexel Institute‚ where she received her degree in 1926. After graduating she joined the library staff at the University of North Carolina. Her first
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Article by Kevin Gray Carr is based on his studies of relics of Prince Shotoku in Medieval Japan. Carr states that remains of Prince became “personalized relics”‚ and through the historical transformation reached the same level of veneration as relic of Sakyamuni. In the medieval times‚ Shotoku was known as “Japan’s Sakyamuni”. The bond between two figures lies in their linguistic‚ biographical‚ and individual similarities. Carr believed that Shotoku and Sakyamuni can be linked through relics. The
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Jim Robbins wrote “America’s Gray Ghosts: The Disappearing Caribou” for The New York Times in order to raise the issue of struggling caribou populations in North America and encourage a government response. Robbin advocates for the protection of caribou by referencing experts on the topic in order to establish his authority and statistics that support his argument on a logical level. In order to establish his credibility‚ Robbins uses the knowledge of experts on caribou biology. Robbin establishes
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days and nights learning to share and work with others. In the struggle of having a father in a train cart‚ Lina‚ Jonas and Andrius‚ cope with each other and striving to save their loved fathers. I think that according to the book “between shades of gray” I would match up the best with‚ Jonas. Jonas Is oblivious to the circumstance an just “goes with the flow”‚ an plays it on the safe side. Like me‚ being the youngest‚ you have to listen and follow. While imprisoned in their cold‚ crowed‚ train cars
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The theme of the novel “warehouse” by Keith Gray is “change” because the protagonists all changed obviously at the end of the story. Robbie is a “fifteen” (p.9) years old boy who runs away from home because of his abusive brother named Frank. Frank always beats Robbie up and “[he] blaming” (p.80) Robbie for making their “dad left us” (p.59). Robbie never fights back‚ he thinks he deserves it because he told a lie when he was eight and everything got changed. Their dad left them. At the end of the
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A short essay about image 1 Introduction The image above depicted a common phenomenon in the society which is fog and haze cause traffic inconvenience. The fog weather plays a big part in transportation. Highways and civil aviation airports have to implement road closure and flight shut down due to the strong fog. This phenomenon is of common occurrence. Sometimes it even causes terrible traffic accidents. According to the relevant statistics‚ it shows that the traffic accidents caused by the
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Uranium (U) is a metallic‚ silver-gray element that is a member of the actinide series. It is the principle fuel for nuclear reactors‚ but it also is utilized in the production of nuclear weapons. Because uranium is radioactive‚ it is constantly emitting particles and changing into other elements‚ like thorium. Uranium has a well-established radioactive decay chain. U-238 and U-235 (which has 143 neutrons) are the most common isotopes of uranium. Uranium naturally includes all three isotopes (U-238
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As the old saying goes‚ “Reading is not generating the same result as seeing.” You can see from the meaning that we value seeing more than reading in terms of communication. The three most important elements in all forms of communication are sender‚ message and receiver. (Marie Gillespie and Jason Toynbee‚ 2006) Messages can be sent in several ways. Texts and images are two efficient ways of being sent. However‚ no one can deny the fact that‚ these days‚ we seem to pay more attention to images than
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Mexican author‚ Silvia Molina‚ writes the novel‚ Gray Skies Tomorrow‚ a narrative of a young Mexican girl who travels to London to attend Oxford University and her life there within a two-year span. Although not exactly an autobiography‚ the author writes first-person and describes events in her life as well as fictional events as she compares her new‚ exciting life in London‚ where she meets other fellow Mexicans and Latin Americans she shares her common interests with to her old life and culture
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