Sherlock Holmes (/ˈʃɜrlɒk ˈhoʊmz/) is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic‚ Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning‚ his ability to adopt almost any disguise‚ and his use of forensic science to solve difficult cases. Holmes‚ who first appeared in publication in 1887‚ was featured in four novels and 56 short stories. The first novel‚ A Study in Scarlet‚ appeared
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Colin Longmore Professor Serpas WR 1- Mon/Wed 9:00am-10:50am 09 April 2012 Semester Project Pt. 2 Before they appeared on national television playing for thousands of adoring fans‚ the majority of professional athletes started off at some point as wide-eyed‚ college freshman recruits‚ eager to bring glory to their school and to themselves. The hierarchy was set. Starting off at the bottom of the totem pole‚ they knew that the only way to gain any kind of playing time was to work hard
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experienced life. In life we can either learn from others mistakes or just learn on our own however learning by listening to others is always a good path to take in life. When Lanny first starts fishing he simply wants to make money by catching as many speckled trout as possible. He knows that he can get paid from Old Man Jenkins. Then Lanny stubbles across stalks of leaves and realizes he found something that will bring him real money. His friend Travis smokes pot and Lanny knows how much he spends. Later
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emphasises the effect of the many different things that there are to admire about God’s creation. The poet then moves into the sentence ‘For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;’ which then emphasises the patches of contrasting soft pink‚ speckled dotted colours on a trout‚ compared to the streaks of blues and whites in the sky‚ and the browns on a cow. Next‚ the poet moves onto compare the ’fresh-fire coal chestnut-falls’ and the ‘finches’ wings’. This also emphasises the admiration of all
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A list of local organisations‚ services or people which can help to provide experiences for children in your local area. The benefits for children of finding out about the local community Three examples of ways that the organisations‚ services or the people you have listed can help to broaden children’s experiences. Children will learn to swim‚ and play in water. This will help children to develop their physical development Children swim classes Pool Arnold Leisure Centre for Children Children will
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she begins to respect the fish’s bravery‚ and she stares at him and lets him go. There are five stanzas in this poem. Bishop uses very descriptive language‚ the way she describes the fish “his brown skin hung in strips like ancient wallpaper‚ ”speckled with barnacles” ”fine rosettes of lime‚”. The poet uses Alliteration to give the poem a musical quality “held him beside the boat” ”the big bones” “with tarnished tin-foil”. Bishop also uses Assonance to give the poem fluidity “here and there” “but
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Way to Go “So when Ms. Trulove here refused to refund your 150 bucks‚ you beat the hell out of her. Is this so?” “N-no‚ it wasn’t like that at all.” The accused is a small man‚ tub shaped‚ with a puffy face and lanky brown hair. “She tripped and fell.” “That’s not exactly how the complainant remembers it‚” counters the magistrate. “How do you explain the multiple bruises and lacerations on her upper arms and neck?” Stephen Finlay turns yellow. It’s his way of blushing‚ having succumbed to Pansy’s
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Salt of the Earth Flannery O ’Connor ’s novels and stories are inhabited with unique and flawed characters who are the result of O’Connor ’s satiric worldly perspective. While they are sometimes humorous‚ these misfits are usually unpleasant. Critics have termed them "grotesque‚" but O ’Connor has rejected this term because it suggests that the characters are too weird to belong in the real world. Instead‚ O ’Connor insists that the South is inhabited by many such people. For every good or evil
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This Lime-tree Bower my Prison belongs to the period in Coleridge’s life‚ in 1797‚ when the poet was living in close proximity to William and Dorothy Wordsworth‚ in Somerset‚ and arises from an occasion in June of that year when the Wordsworths and a visitor from London‚ Coleridge’s friend from his schooldays‚ Charles Lamb (a poet and essayist)‚ left Coleridge‚ who had been disabled by ‘an accident’‚ in his ‘garden bower’‚ and went walking in the neighbouring countryside. The poem’s title captures
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