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    comparison between the creator of the tiger and a blacksmith is the question‚ “In what furnace was thy brain?” (l. 14). This line‚ specifically‚ creates the comparison between the tiger’s maker and a blacksmith. Blake asks what furnace was the tiger’s brain: the driving force of it’s life created. Was it the furnace of an evil creator? Was it the God’s furnace? Who created the malicious ways that you act: an evil force or a force of good? Like how a blacksmith can create a “hammer” for good or a sword for

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    and change. In stanza one‚ Judith Wright utilizes personification “rivers hindered him” and “thorn branches caught at his eyes to make him blind” coupled with metaphor “the sky turned into an unlucky opal” to emphasise nature’s hindrance of the blacksmith boy‚ if the poem is to be deemed as a metaphorical representation of life’s journey‚ this can be portrayed as the obstacles that must be overcome through our progress. The repetition of “I can” in the phrase “I can break branches‚ I can swim rivers

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    his presidency. Another indication was that the men in the colony would rather starve and rot with idleness than be persuaded to do anything for their own relief. Sec. 2: 1. Smith and the other leaders had skilled workers such as carpenters‚ blacksmiths‚ and sailors at their disposal. 2. A great percentage of the colonists had little to contribute to the development of the colony because they were mostly poor and they did not have any experience. Sec. 3: 1. Powhatan said that if the Indians

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    schools and the Hobart Academy in New York. His father was a farmer but Gould decided not to follow his footsteps. Jay Gould’s first job was working as a bookkeeper for a blacksmith. While working for the blacksmith he was able to see how the business world worked. The blacksmith then started to offer Gould half interest in the blacksmith shop. As Jay grew older he then opened a tanning business with a man named Zadock Pratt. The business was doing very well until Pratt retired and Gould bought him out

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    of the Malian Empire and in Guinea around the 1200s.(2) The blacksmiths‚ known as Numu‚ were the first to have built the drum. They would beat on the instrument while they worked melding iron ore. As the Numu migrated throughout West Africa‚ they would bring their traditions and customs with them‚ including the djembe.(1) Apart from the Numu‚ there are many myths to how the djembe was created. One story starts by telling that a village idiot’s wife had pounded a huge hole in a motar‚ which was

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    wanted to be an actor‚ or an astronaut. A painter‚ or a pilot. Pip has always had his mind set to being a blacksmith‚ but later realized that he has changed his mind about it. The theme of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is that what you may desire the most in life may not be best for you. Ever since Pip was a little boy‚ he has always longed to follow Joe’s footsteps to become a blacksmith himself. After visiting Satis House‚ Pip’s “eyes were opened”. He recalls this incredulous moment of realization

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    Escoffier or “The King of Chefs” was a French chef‚ restaurateur and culinary writer who traditionalized French cuisine. Georges Auguste Escoffier was born on October 28‚ 1846‚ in the village of Villeneuve-Loubet‚ France. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Escoffier and his wife Madeleine Civatte. His father was the villages blacksmith‚ farrier‚ locksmith‚ and maker of agricultural tools. Escoffier’s childhood dream was to become a sculptor. Unfortunately he was forced to give up that dream at the age of thirteen

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    octave (the first eight lines) and a sestet (the final six lines). While the octave‚ apart from its initial reference to the narrator‚ focuses solely on the inanimate objects and occurrences inside and outside the forge‚ the sestet describes the blacksmith himself‚ and what he does. Interestingly‚ the transition from the octave to the sestet is a run-on or enjambment containing one of the key metaphors of the poem‚ the anvil as altar: Set there immovable: an altar Where he expends himself

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    Jones Ironworks Inc. Background Frederick Jones was a master blacksmith who emigrated from England to Erindale‚ Ontario where he set up his shop. From this small shop‚ Fred Jones plied his trade‚ shoeing horses and making wonderful wrought iron works‚ using simple forges and hand tools. His works can still be found in the village of historic structures like St. Peter’s Church‚ a masterpiece that sits high above the Credit River. In the true spirit of Frederic Jones‚ all the products are

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    the importance of Joe Gargery and the life of the forge in the presentation of the central issues of Great Expectations. “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens is a novel about a young boy‚ named Pip‚ who’s expectations are raised from being a blacksmiths apprentice to being a gentleman after he is adopted by an unknown benefactor. As a result of this Pip leaves his childhood home of the forge and his father figure‚ Joe Gargery. The novel explores the key themes of corruption of money‚ love and heartbreak

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