A memorial day is something that is a memory that you will remember for the rest of your life. A memory that is never going to be forgotten. Most of us can’t enjoy our memories because of age. You lose your memory as you get older. Your mind starts to forget the best things that’s ever happened. Now‚ a memory doesn’t have to be a good thing. Sometime a memory can haunt you. I could destroy you inside forever. Sometimes you regret tings in the past that is not even relevant anymore only because that
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"An Astrologer’s Day" has a deceptively simple plot‚ although the full significance of the story becomes evident only after a second or even third reading. Part of the difficulty arises from the fact that the author deliberately avoids markers that would benefit the reader: there is no clear indication where the story occurs or when it does‚ although it is possible to make an educated guess about both. The story begins almost in medias res (in the middle) and concludes on what appears to be an ambiguous
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With Columbus Day rapidly approaching us‚ a day celebrated by millions upon millions of people who dearly believe that he is a hero‚ you begin to wonder. Do these people know what they are celebrating? While yes‚ he “discovered” the New World‚ however people fail to acknowledge that Columbus was in fact a mass murderer. In all likelihood‚ he brought to life “the worst case of genocide imposed on one nation of human beings by another”. Instantly you may have asked yourself why I placed quotation
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But the Fourth of July‚ Independence Day‚ is something more than just another holiday. It is the birthday of a great idea-not merely the idea of independence‚ not merely the idea of the rights of humankind‚ but also the birthday of a profoundly idealistic and profoundly influential charter of liberty. The revolution signaled by the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on July 4‚ 1776‚ laid down the principles which have been the foundation stones of human progress ever since-the
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An Astrologer’s Day is a story of an astrologer who conducts his business near a court. He starts his work almost at midday . He spreads his professional equipment‚ which consist of a dozen cowrie shells ‚ a square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it‚ a notebook and a bundle of Palmyra writing . He’s a fine get-up of an astrologer‚ with his forehead shinning with sacred ash and vermilion. He has dark whiskers and sparkling eyes. To crown the effect‚ he wears a saffron-colored turban
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Alex Standall in Thirteen Reasons Why Throughout Jay Asher’s novel Thirteen Reasons Why‚ he has demonstrated to the reader how one’s inability to make rational decisions can lead to another individual’s suicide. Over the course of the novel‚ the reader follows the events in the life of the protagonist‚ Hannah Baker that have led to her tragic suicide. One can argue that secondary character‚ Alex Standall plays a significant role in the story‚ and in Hannah Baker’s suicide‚ as none of the
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It was a sunny day in Ardeche. The temperature was about 16 degrees celsius. Tuesday September 12th might seem like a lovely day to you‚ but if you knew what was going to happen later today that day‚ you would not exactly describe it as lovely. Today was the day I was going to spend on the river. I got into my yellow and green fresh looking canoe with a guy called Even. I changed partners many times‚ as we practiced doing a couple of different things with the canoe including 360s and speed paddling
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Thirteen Shooters (Luke Woodham) is an artwork‚ made by Robert Buck‚ which is on display currently at the Whitney Museum in New York City. Robert Buck‚ also known as Robert Beck‚ had his name changed to signify his transition in his art. Beck uses a variety of mediums‚ from prints to wood and animal bones. Beck’s work was featured in museums and galleries in Dallas‚ Los Angeles‚ New York‚ Toronto‚ and in London. Beck describes his works as a mean to relieve his stress caused by trauma. The artwork
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The novel Thirteen Reasons Why is written a little differently than most books. The point of view is first person‚ however the point of view is coming from two different people‚ Hannah and Clay. As you read the book‚ Hannah is explaining why she killed herself‚ and then Clay is reacting to Hannah’s story because he is listening to the tapes. In my opinion both Hannah and Clay are the protagonists. Hannah Baker is telling her story through tapes. She committed suicide and left behind seven tapes
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In chapter thirteen there is one specific passage that holds a lot of meaning. This passage uses personification with the sun and how it “[sent] up spies ahead of him to mark out the road through the dark‚ he peeped up over the door sill of the world and made and went about his business all dressed in white.” This example of personification makes the sun seem like a person. The sun looks over the “door sill of the world” which is another way to say the sun was coming up and it got rid of the darkness
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