behind bars A siren is a mythical creature‚ known for singing beautiful symphonies way-out on the ocean‚ to sailors longing for female voices. While they appear beautiful and draw in poor sailors falling in love at first sight‚ they are cruel creatures‚ charming the sailors and drawing them under water until they drown. Real sirens might only live in myths‚ but the idea of a siren lives on. Bridget Keehan is a writer who published a short story called “Sorry for the Loss” in 2008‚ giving her version of
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Benjamin Percy‚ "Refresh‚ Refresh‚" I became very depressed. After reading the "Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction is Disruptive Technology‚" I discovered why. "Refresh‚ Refresh" is what I would call a piece of Literary Fiction. It has merit and depth‚ and yet so does Genre Fiction. "Refresh‚ Refresh" is also "Genre Fiction‚" as well. However‚ Literary Fiction helps us escape reality as does Genre‚ but Literary just gives us more problems. Depressing‚ ulcer-causing‚ loss of appetite
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Environment issues affect life on this planet from the smallest parasite to the human race. We‚ as human beings‚ may not understand the severity of the possible consequences that deforestation poses. Since deforestation has had no severe effect on us yet‚ we ignore the problem; however‚ deforestation can cause a major problem for our environment. Some of the problems are carbon dioxide‚ wasting paper‚ climate change and logging. Deforestation increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
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Loss of Species Every year a new species gets placed on the endangered species list‚ extinction is a natural process but due to human activity there has been a rapid decline in the wild species population. Loss of habitat or alteration‚ hunting‚ introduction of foreign species‚ and disease are major culprits in the extinction rate. The protection of species is an important element to the survival of biodiversity as well as human sustainability. The loss of a species means humans will lose out
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1950’s the Playmates released a song called “What is Love?”. They thought love was “five feet of heaven in a ponytail‚ the cutest ponytail that sways with a wiggle when she walks”. In 1966 one of the most popular love songs of all time was released by Percy Sledge. Sledge’s hit song was “When a Man Loves a Woman”. He expresses throughout the song that love is essentially blind.
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Percy Shelly Master of Beauty by Mark Hightree Tim Keller English 4 March 2013 Hightree 1 Percy Shelly Master of Emotion Percy Shelly ’s work seems to flow with gracefulness and feeling. Each of his works shows a different feeling and expresses what he sees around him. Shelly ’s poems are thick with life‚ love‚ beauty‚ expression‚ and imagination. This makes his works so enjoyable and easy to feel and read. He creates the true feeling of Romanticism. Percy Shelly is known for a
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10 Creatures in Scandinavian Folklore REBECCA WINTHER-SØRENSEN OCTOBER 15‚ 2012 Check out our new companion site: http://knowledgenuts.com The Scandinavian Folklore consists of a huge variety of creatures‚ good or evil‚ which have frightened people for centuries. They were often meant to scare children‚ but even today they are essential and important to the modern northern society. In the 1890s‚ something changed in the way common Scandinavians saw themselves and their culture. They looked back
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Percy Jackson was a demigod. Half god half human. His mother was Sally Jackson‚ a mortal; and his father? He was none other than Poseidon‚ ruler of the sea. But there is something that confuses some of us. Percy’s full name is Perseus‚ but Perseus is the name of a son of Zeus. So why exactly did Sally Jackson name Percy after Perseus? Wouldn’t Theseus have been a more appropriate name? Well‚ looking closely at the two heroes’ fates‚ we can figure out why. King Acrisius of Argos found out that
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Khristy Neou Professor Dawn Hayden Eng 111 15 November 2014 Avatar: The Blue Creatures of Pandora Avatar. 2009. James Cameron. Zoe Saldana‚ Sam Worthington‚ Sigourney Weaver‚ Stephen Lang‚ Michelle Rodriguez. It all opens with the overview of the trees and sky of what it looks like to be‚ Pandora. Sam Worthington‚ who plays Jake Sully a paraplegic marine veteran‚ wakes up strapped in a bedlike tube with wires all around him. He is put into a tough predicament to fill his twin brother’s shoes
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Percy Shelley’s “To a Skylark” In this poem‚ the speaker observes a bird‚ the skylark. The speaker seems a bit jealous of the freedom of the skylark‚ which travels wherever it wants to go. The skylark flies too high for the speaker to see‚ but the speaker still hears its song‚ which makes it appear to be more of a spirit. The skylark and its song becomes the speaker’s muse as he continues to observe the bird and its song. The speaker admits to not knowing whether the bird is happy or where its
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