Essay: There Will Come Soft Rains Question: Analyse how a character is developed for a particular purpose in a written text you have studied. ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’ is a dystopian science fiction short story written by Ray Bradbury. The story is about a house in the future that is left standing after a nuclear bomb. The house continues with its normal routine even in the absence of humans. In the short story a character that is developed for a particular purpose is the house. The houses’
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(When it rains gasoline) The script that I have chosen is from the internet (http://www.dramaticwriter.com/Alysa.html) About an obnoxious and a spoiled teenage girl named Alyssa who shares her feelings about her parents‚ her friends and how she thinks she’s going to be treated at the dance. It’s prom night for her‚ the most important night of her life according to her. This monologue comes from a play called ‘When it rains gasoline’. This play was first produced
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is a novel which I would love to share with you called "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein. Personally‚ I enjoyed and loved reading this book from the moment I flipped from the first page to the last. It is a wonderfully written novel were told by a very interesting character’s perspective and is set in Whidbey Island‚ US. It will bring tears‚ laughter‚ excitement to readers. The Art of Racing in the Rain is a fun but heartbreakingly sad touching story told from the point of view of a
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Want to know what you must possess in order to be successful? Grit. The word is rarely used. However‚ grit is what the most capable and flourish people all have in common. In the Ted Talk‚ “The Key to Success? Grit.‚” Angela Lee Duckworth describes grit: ”Grit is passion and perseverance for very long term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future‚ day in and day out‚ not just for the week‚ not just for the month‚ but for years; and working really hard to make that future a
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Tropical Rain Forest 1. Biome’s place on earth Where is it (geographical distribution)? 1) Central America in the Amazon River basin. 2) Africa - Zaire basin‚ with a small area in West Africa; also eastern Madagascar. 3) Indo-Malaysia - west coast of India‚ Assam‚ Southeast Asia‚ New Guinea and Queensland‚ Australia. What are its abiotic factors? 1) Large amounts of rain during the rainy season‚ dense foliage‚ warm all year round. Also the rocks‚ soil‚ sunlight and temperature. What
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stranded though my map got burned because of a fire that started last night from lighting...you know my dad died of being stranded when he was in war on the way to the battlefield his horse got out of control and started to run to the middle of nowhere he had to kill the horse to stop it from running into a ravine.The horse was dead on the ground My dad started walking and he was stranded but the rest of the story still remains a mystery to me and the rest of the Roman army.It’s been
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They were traveling to the hotel which was surrounding by the public garden‚ war monument and the gravel path. They stayed in their room while it was raining. The American wife looked out the window and saw a cat trying to compact itself from the rain. She wanted that cat and said to his husband she would go to get it. Her husband didn’t stop her. When she went down and met the hotel owner‚ she liked him easily. She said she liked the way he received any complaints. She liked his dignity and she
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THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS Plot Summary The story opens with a clock announcing that it is time to wake up and a hint of premonition that perhaps no one will. In the kitchen‚ the stove cooks breakfast and a voice from the ceiling announces the setting: Allendale‚ California‚ on August 4‚ 2026. The automated house prepares itself for the day‚ but its inhabitants have not responded to several wake up calls‚ breakfast‚ the weather box‚ or the waiting car. The robotic mice finish cleaning the house
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Rainwater Harvesting Introduction It was very difficult to imagine few decades before that you will require to buy drinking. The use value of water was never undermined‚ but it’s about time that even its exchange value is given due importance. Fresh water today is a scarce resource‚ and it is being felt the world over. More than 2000 million people would live under conditions of high water stress by the year 2050‚ according to the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)‚ which warns water
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the way society is today‚ the only well-paying jobs are those that are often undesirable or require a higher education that isn’t affordable for most people. Gray Whisnant‚ an opinion columnist for The Cavalier Daily‚ states in his article “Make It Rain” that inducing a UBI (Universal Basic Income) will solve not only poverty dilemmas‚ but also resolve other job-related problems. A universal basic income is a regular salary that comes from either the government or social security that is paid whether
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