A Near-Death Experience Breeds RebirthHow close have you come to dying? What value do you place on your own life? Mary Oliver poses these very deep and thought-provoking questions to the reader in her short poem‚ Alligator Poem.In the poem‚ the persona has an experience in which she comes very close to death: an alligator walks by her as she drank some water out of a river while sitting on a riverbank. Oliver describes it in this way: I didn ’t understand/I drank up to the very moment it came/crashing
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The Dumping ground between Thane and Mulund has been giving out bad odour‚ as the open space receives 300 metric tonnes of waste everyday. Although the issue has been raised on several occasions by both residents and political parties‚ nothing has been done so far. This has become a problem‚ as the dumping ground is an excellent breeding ground. According to medical experts‚ the continuous dumping could result in around 40 diseases. The major diseases amongst these 40 include leptospirosis‚ food
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Positivity:”the practice of being or tendency or be positive or optimistic in attitude”. Sometimes in hard situations or conflict the solution is to just be positive. If it doesn’t solve the conflict it will definitely help it. Examples of people that dealt with conflict with positivity are Anne Frank‚ Miss.Breed‚ and Rosa Parks. To start Anne frank is a person that dealt with the conflict of being a Jew during the holocaust by being positive. Anne was a young jewish girl that had to go into
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Sharks are a group of fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton‚ five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head‚ andpectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays. However‚ the term "shark" has also been used for extinct members of the subclassElasmobranchii outside the Selachimorpha‚ such as Cladoselache and Xenacanthus. Under this broader definition‚ the earliest known sharks
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As one grows old and death draws near‚ one becomes more and more painfully aware of the meaninglessness‚ the nothingness-nada-of life‚ this is what the old waiter realizes and comprehends due to his old age. Because of this fact‚ he sympathizes the old customer’s feelings in particular and other elder customers who come at night to the café looking for clean and well-lighted place in which to destroy the darkness which means loneliness‚ despair and nothingness for them. So that‚ he likes to stay
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In a battle of man against fish‚ Ernest Hemingway’s “Old Man” in The Old Man and The Sea‚ is determined to be victorious in the face of defeat. Through this simple story an old Cuban man struggles against a formidable adversary‚ a great fish. The unnamed old man has passed his prime‚ yet still maintains astounding determination. He lasts four days at sea with no shelter‚ one small water bottle and years of experience to keep him alive. The old man did not have any other choice but to be in constant
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Should we preserve old building as historical monuments? I believe that different people will hold different perspective to this question. In my point of view‚ a city should preserve the old historic buildings. Being a container of human activity‚ Building‚ obviously‚ is also a reservoir of human history and culture. To some extent‚ preserving old historic building means respecting the previous generations. An old building can insinuate historical events happened in the city. Old buildings‚ as a symbol
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Introduction “What happens to parents when space is limited in the heart and homes of their children? Old-age homes have become popular in Bangladesh. The traditional structure of a family of Bangladesh is turning into a fast‚ racy lifestyle‚ where ambitious youth are discarding the old values and in turn‚ their parents. The parents are forced to live out their old age alone. An old man‚ once the head of the family is now a subdued member of a house of strangers. The woman who once happily cooked
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“Beautiful Old Age” is a free verse poem written by D.H. Lawrence about the beauty and satisfaction of growing old. The author’s theme describes old age as something peaceful‚ satisfying‚ and wonderful. Lawrence uses apples as imagery and peaceful descriptions through the use of color and the images of the outdoors throughout the poem to explain how he believes old age is beautiful. He provides the reader with a beautiful depiction of how growing old age should be; however‚ his depiction does
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An old person does not have the physical ability of a young person. Walking may be worth the effort. Crossing a road can be impossible without assistance. This busy world is certainly not kind to old folks. Crossing a road is just one problem they encounter‚ getting onto a bus is another. The old person is usually the last to get on‚ if he manages. I have heard a story about a bus conductor telling an old man to wait for the next bus because his bus was full. If the old man does get on‚ the likelihood
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