It seems silly that someone would try and out run a train. However; if you read the news almost everyday someone is killed doing this very thing. 94% of all vehicle/train collisions are caused by risky behavior. I can’t imagine why a driver would risk themselves trying to beat a train. You can’t get there any faster if you are dead. There are safety measures at most if not all railroad crossings and if there isn’t it is common sense to stop at the crossing‚ look both ways then safely proceed
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Am I my Brother’s Keeper? John Steinbeck’s classic novel‚ “Of Mice and Men” describes the friendship of two migrant farm workers‚ Lenny and George who traveled together in search of work in the 1940’s post depression era in California. After Lenny’s Aunt Clara dies George feels obligated to care for Lenny after he promised Aunt Clara that he would watch out for him. To his demise‚ Lenny was mentally handicapped‚ incredibly strong‚ and liked to touch soft things. He wasn’t able to control his compulsion
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show the effect the death of a great President has on the nation in their two pieces “O Captain! My Captain!” and “The Funeral Train.” They include significant details such as the amounts of people affected and the shock of the nation due to this tragic event. Whitman and the American people in Sandburg’s piece have two unique but somewhat similar responses to Lincoln’s assassination. In “The Funeral Train.”‚ by Carl Sandburg‚ there is an unbelievably large turn out of people during the President’s
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Mature When I’m Dead Rhetoric Analysis Dave Barry Is a man who recognizes the effects that technology has had on people‚ in the sense that it is now a dependency. In the excerpt book‚ Mature When I’m Dead‚ the author emphasizes the daily use of technology in a person’s life. Barry’s attempts to persuade the reader into thinking about how much they are dependent on their technological devices. He adopts comical effect to present it in a manner that the audience is immediately drawn into what he is
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My unique individuality has taken me to where I am now. A senior in high school about to take a huge leap into the college life. My strength of character has everything to do with where I end up in the world and so far i’m so close to conquering high school with well earned A’s and B’s. Though I had some rough patches towards the end‚ I managed to keep my head up. On a daily basis i’m challenged with the many extracurricular activities I participate in‚ work‚ and my academics. Through the experience
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101:ND Paper #1 The Sanity Behind Insanity In the face on impending danger‚ the human brain resorts to primitive instinct to seek salvation. Instincts that drive humans to run from fires‚ fight off attackers‚ and hide from their worst nightmares. When those nightmares live deep inside their own minds rather than outside the body‚ the only way to escape them is through dissociation. Dissociation‚ the process of disconnecting one’s conscious awareness from his or her physical being to achieve a state
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BUILD AND RUN MAGLEV TRAIN IN AUSTRELIA Aims and Objectives: The main objective of my research is to know what exactly the barrier in developing a MAGLEV train system in Australia? What are the innovative ideas by the rail industries in the world? Also very important to know why is the need for such innovation in the country like Australia? Rationale: According to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Australia is the sixth largest country in the world having land area of 7‚686‚850 km2. Australia
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were genre‚ storyline‚ character/narrative voice‚ settings and the use of language and structure. I decided to choose: My Polish Teacher’s Tie and When the Wasps Drowned. The reasons for this is because the two stories have some key differences but a few similarities as well. The Similarities The first most obvious similarity is that both stories are written in the first person‚ they both use “I” and tell a story from a single character’s point of view. Another similarity is the structure of the
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I Grieve and Dare Not Show my Discontent Queen Elizabeth I Theme: the inner suffering of the persona’s emotions‚ unable to express due to the persona’s authorized position in society‚ thus pretending not to be affected at all. Key quotes: “Or let me live with some more sweet content‚/Or die and so forget what love ere meant” Biographical reference: Queen Elizabeth I’s marriage not materialized with her “little frog” Francis‚ Duke of Alencon by the fact that he was French. Thus‚ had to part
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place because today I will be discussing how the poem “Train Tune” written by Louise Hogan’s form and structure contributes to it’s meaning and effect. There are several different elements in a poem that can contribute to it’s meaning; those elements are rhyme‚ rhythm‚ meter‚ punctuation‚ capitalization‚ and many others. All of these elements contribute to how you read a poem. For example‚ when you read “Train Tune” aloud‚ the rhythm and punctuation make it sound as if a train is passing by. Because
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