Did you know that sloths sometimes think their arSloth fur exhibits specialized functions: the outer hairs grow in a direction opposite from that of other mammals. In most mammals hairs grow toward the extremities‚ but because sloths spend so much time with their legs above their bodies‚ their hairs grow away from the extremities in order to provide protection from the elements while the sloth hangs upside down. In most conditions‚ the fur hosts two species of symbiotic cyanobacteria‚ which provide
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a man hardly knows whether he is an honest man. - Henry Fielding * MQ5. Kites rise against‚ not with the wind. No man has ever worked his passage anywhere in a dead calm. - John Neal * MQ6. I learn by going where I have to go. - Theodore Roethke * MQ7. Hope is a waking dream. - Aristotle * MQ8. But in the mud and scum of things There always‚ always something sings. - Ralph Waldo Emerson * MQ9. Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances. - Ralph
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Adam Crowley The poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz‚” by Theodore Roethke‚ is about the ongoing issue of a father physically abusing his young son. There are many specific details throughout the poem that support this idea. The father in this poem is a violent alcoholic. It is a common and ongoing problem in this particular household. Finally‚ I believe that both the mother and child disapprove of the father’s actions‚ but don’t dare to take action against him. This poem shows the reader what happens
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As I listened to “My Papa’s Waltz” being read aloud I felt a connection to it; a connection that I did not feel when I read it to myself. When I heard the poem aloud I was able to connect it my own life and the drunken “waltz” of a hard working father taking his son to bed. The performance added to the poem because it brought the words to life. I am a hearing learner so listen to the poem made it easier for me to comprehend it. However the performance did not change my perception of the poem
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“There is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre” (Vonnegut‚ 19). Kurt Vonnegut experienced first hand the Dresden Fire Bombing of World War II. The Dresden Fire Bombing was a massacre that was designed by the allies to kill as many German civilians as possible. Because of Vonnegut’s war torn mind‚ it took him nearly 25 years to write Slaughterhouse-Five‚ a fictionalized account of the fire bombing of Dresden and about the destructiveness of war. Slaughterhouse-Five has been widely criticized
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Love Found Within Both poems are about a man’s memories of his boyhood relationship with his Father. However‚ the experiences are very different. In " Those Winter Sundays" the father son relationship is carried by both father and son’s in ability to communicate their love for each other. The total opposite is found in " My Papa’s Waltz‚" the love and communication is all present. With or without the communications it is clear‚ that the fathers love for his son and family is unconditional. "Those
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Sloths—the adorable and lethargic animals living in treetops—depend on the health and survival of Central and South American tropical forests. They spend much of their lives in the canopy‚ snoozing and remaining hidden from predators. The animals live solitary lives and travel from tree to tree using canopy vines. Located in places such as Brazil and Panama‚ the six species of this strange and wonderful animal need healthy forests to survive. But tropical forests are some of the most vulnerable
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characterized by the deep devotion and love he felt towards his father during his youth. Looking back on the time his father spent playing with him when he was a child‚ the speaker describes “[hanging] on like death” and “clinging to [his] shirt” (Roethke 3‚16). These childlike descriptions show that the speaker felt a deep devotion to his father and had a loving relationship with him. The terms “hanging on” and “clinging” both signify the tone of loving dependence of child to father. This reliance
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God of war. Athena thought of the most warlike animal known in existence‚ the three-toed sloth. With four inch claws that could cut through anything‚ long arms and legs for easable maneuver‚ sloths are the perfect battle partner.Athena thought of the plan and explained how they are going to use Mount Olympus to their advantage. Meanwhile‚ the three strongests sloths‚ Sidd‚ Toby and Otto‚ were getting a sloth army ready for the fight‚ they got the others helmets‚ shields‚ and poison to put on their
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Elements of Literature Style is the spoken characteristics of a writer‚ as unique as his or her face or voice. Their styles express their individual ways of seeing humanity. Style is an insignia of independence and distinguishes a good writer from a meager or average writer. This is just one of the elements of literature. There are many elements of literature. When we read or hear poetry‚ we hear a speaker’s voice. It is this tone of voice that conveys the poem’s tone‚ its indirect mind-set
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