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    Beauty on a Mountain The sun had not yet risen, but it was light just enough for us to see where we were going. My sister and I were taking a walk in a forest during a family camping trip. The spring air was cooler than usual even at that hour. The forest was quiet except for our footsteps and the sound of the soft breeze moving through the branches of the trees that surrounded the two of us. We wandered aimlessly at first, climbing on large boulders like young children and weaving our way…

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    extremely hard, but when you place someone else to the grindstone it will only end in disaster. The grindstone is first introduced in this phrase, “A grindstone stands where the bleeding tree stood, just outside the kitchen door.” Now with this being said, the grindstone is not simply taking the place of the tree, but it is serving as a constant reminder of Doodle’s death. The symbolism of the grindstone is working great because remembering Doodle is very atrocious. Like the tools sharpen by the…

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    color red ,it is used often throughout the entire book and even connects to Doodle one of the characters in the book.For example ”Its a great big red bird” is a echo to Doodle as he was born being a very odd red.Another example of a connection is ”It tumbled down, bumping through the limbs of the bleeding tree and landing at our feet with a thud”.This echos Doodles death as it was very sudden and very subtle just like the Ibis’s, he also died underneath a red nightshade with a brilliant red…

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    colors. Primary colors are red, blue, and yellow all other colors can be created mixing these in different ways. Mixing all three together will make a muddy brown. The secondary colors are; purple, green, and orange are created by mixing primary colors where red and blue makes purple, blue and yellow makes green, and yellow and red makes orange. Tertiary colors are created by mixing a primary color with a secondary color, such as red purple, blue purple, blue green and red orange. By this way…

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    pointing to the picture. “It lives in the tropics-South America to Florida. A storm must have brought it here.” Sadly, we all looked back at the bird. A scarlet ibis! How many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our yard, beneath the bleeding tree” (Hurst 9). This fallen beauty of a bird had traveled so far only to die right before Doodle’s eyes. It was then, in this moment, that both Doodle realized the significance between him and the Ibis. The event of the bird’s death had greatly…

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    Ackerman uses personification to bring her essay to life. In this essay, we learn how and why leaves change their color. She explains that after summer “a tree reconsiders its leaves.” (195) The tree begins soaking up nutrients and “gradually chokes off its leaves.” (195) These leaves change color because of a lack of chlorophyll that the tree soaks into its trunk; killing the leaves. She describes the trees as “…closing…

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    the color red? For most people, they immediately think of blood.With all of its negative connotation, when it's spilled, or somebody is dead. Blood can be scary, even terrifying. It can also be beautiful though, as we see in "The Scarlet Ibis." There is a lot of association with the color red in this story. The "bleeding tree" makes us automatically think of red.The ibis found in the backyard itself is red, and the bush which Doodle dies beneath is red. When Doodle is born his body is "red." For…

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    circus but there is also a hint of red. The color black represents death and mystery. The color black also represents night, most of this books events happen at night for example celila being dropped of with marco, celia going to the dinners, the circus happens at night. White represents the idea of innocence. Celia is a innocent child with special powers thrown into a life she had no idea of. Red represents one of the most used feelings in the book love. The color red appears when celia jumps…

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    Passing Storm Painting

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    artwork is about Mrs. Eliot is a socialite in New York. She is a mother with six children. The main hue used on this painting is red. It used atmospheric perspective to create different color of red. The artwork also including the gestural, which is the woman’s hand. This painting is asymmetrical balance because the background used dark red and the clothe she wore is lighter red creates balance in this painting. The painting contains the focal point, which is the woman. This artwork use oil…

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    discuss and analyze is the opening scene of a premiere for Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont. I am going to discuss everything leading up to their arrival. The scene starts off with a big shot of the red carpet premiere. It then cuts to a glimpse of a man and two young boys in what appears to be up in a tree next to a big speaker that is being used to amplify the voice of a lady who is commentating the premier. The camera then turns to this lady Dora Bailey as she starts welcome everybody to the…

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