The Trees Are Down by Charlotte Mew - and he cried with a loud voice: Hurt not the earth‚ neither the sea‚ nor the trees - -Revelation They are cutting down the great plane-trees at the end of the gardens. For days there has been the grate of the saw‚ the swish of the branches as they fall‚ The crash of the trunks‚ the rustle of trodden leaves‚ With the ’Whoops’ and the ’Whoa’‚ the loud common talk‚ the loud common laughs of the men‚ above it all. I remember one evening
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The Effects of Acid Rain on Lakes and Trees Acid rain has long been argued by society’s most formidable minds. It indirectly destroys ecosystems that surround forests and lakes (Taylor‚ 26). People need to make decisions dealing with the destruction of nature and the role acid rain plays in it. Acid rain destroys millions of forests and lakes (Taylor‚ 26 ). Studies show that acid rain is one of the largest contributing factors in the death of forests and lakes. Acid
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY Over the 10 weeks I have been learning about what an autobiography is and other things as well. (In my opinion‚ an autobiography entails someone’s life story from the time they can remember up until present day‚ and is written and edited by that person). During this course I was assigned to read several passages‚ and I was trying to determine whether or not they were autobiographies. One passage that comes to mind is by author V. S. Pritchett‚ Writing an Autobiography. After
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Speak Up is a documentary style gathering of interviews with kids and tweens whose lives have been influenced by their encounters with bullies. Verbally abusing‚ physical terrorizing‚ social estrangement - these children have seen it all‚ and‚ as a cases‚ they’ve been subjected to it by their companions. They shared their own stories in subtle element‚ touching on the passionate effect that bullying has had on their mental self-view‚ their scholastic execution‚ and their associations with friends
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Langston Hughes’ “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is an immensely compelling poem that he wrote when he was around 17 or 18 years old. He was traveling to Mexico City‚ to spend a year with his estranged father‚ upon graduating from high school. Hughes’ poem has a very spiritual undertone that conveys his intended message with rhythm and attractiveness. Anyone who knew Hughes knew of his love for African Americans. He saw the beauty in his own people and they were the muse to a lot of his writings and
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Alan Williams book‚ Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking begins its long journey through time in the 1800’s before cinema was invented. Williams explains that the three necessary aspects of film were to come‚ the “bricolage” meaning the analysis of movement‚ the optical synthesis of movement‚ and photography. There were many important people over the course of this book that had huge influences on putting together the bricolage as well as path that this most popular media traveled.
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I am still reading Ophelia Speaks by Sara Shandler. When I first started reading the book I was very interested in it but as I got further in reading the book personally I feel like it gets more depressing. They are all stories about how people have messed up in their lives in many different types of ways or the people’s family issues. It is a good way to learn what not to do‚ which will help some people. But‚ this book for me it is very boring because I would like to read something that is more
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Themes in the novel “The Bean Trees” by Barbara Kingsolver include the importance of family and the need for community as emotional support systems for individuals facing hardships. As the individuals face their hardships‚ Kingsolver binds them together with support‚ forming a community that at times functions like a big extended family‚ however non-traditional it may be. Kingsolver not only illustrates the importance of family as an emotional support system in today’s society‚ but the changing face
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The relationship between salmon and trees is that they truly need each other to live a safe and healthy life. Salmon needs clean‚ fast-moving streams to breed‚ that will clear the streams for the need of a healthy forests. Every part of a tree participates in enriching a stream for the aquatic life. In fact‚ the falling leaves provide food and shelter necessary for aquatic insect populations‚ which feed next year’s young salmon. Tree roots stabilize stream banks to slow erosion and protect the clean
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of specific figures who are known and celebrated in patriot accounts‚ rather it ought to epitomize the endeavors of customary individuals like Sindiswa and Sizeka‚ who are most certainly not essentially spoke to at national level. In particular‚ I Speak to the Silent difficulties South African historiography by consolidating the commitments of identities (ladies‚ youngsters and understudies) and areas (Alice) that are definitely not spoken to in patriot accounts. The novel relates the historical backdrop
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