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In Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Galapagos, the story is being narrated by a ghost, Leon Trout. Leon Trout, is a damaged, guilt ridden spirit, aboard the Bahia de la Darwin cruise ship whose psyche allows him to create a story which mirrors his life. Leon Trout, a broken soul uses his psyche to create characters based on his childhood and adulthood traumas. His feels guilty for being a “co-conspirator in driving my mother away forever” (279). Through Leon’s psyche, we get his disgust of the human…

The Ghost of My Lost Lenore It was a bitter and gloomy midnight, as I was thinking of the death of my lost Lenore. As I was nearly dozing off, I heard a beating on my mansion door. Then, vibrantly remembered that it was the bleakest time in December. Greatly, I mourned the loss of my love, Lenore. I sought for the morrow, which had never come so slowly. As the chandelier swayed side to side, my fear drew stronger. I began to speak to myself. I spoke, “Someone is knocking on my door! Who is it…

Hummingbirds are very fascinating creatures and differ in various ways from other birds. There are more than three-hundred species of hummingbirds. Hummingbirds play a very important role in the ecosystem. Hummingbirds are pollinators and control insects. Hummingbirds can hover in mid-air why consuming nectar from deep flowers. The male humming bird contributes very little in reproduction. Human activities are responsible for some of the deaths of these magnificent species. Hummingbirds are…

Summary: The Galapagos Islands are famous for their diverse and unique plants and animals as also because Charles Darwin landed there in 1835 on one of the most famous voyages in human history. In spite of their fame, the islands still hold little known secrets that many naturalist guides don’t even know. Here are just a few of these secrets that you can tell your guide, if you are fortunate enough to take an expedition cruise through the islands. Four Secrets of the Galapagos Islands The…

1) On one gloomy night, while he’s tired, looking over many of his legends. When he almost falls asleep, he hears someone tapping at his door, almost like a gentle rapping, tapping on the door, “It’s a visitor,” he says to himself, tapping on my door. That is all it is and nothing more. 2) I remember it was cold in December; a shadow from the dying fire was a cast upon the floor. Tomorrow would come –with no result I would try to find. In these books of mine, an escape from this sadness of…

Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that makes up the family Pelecanidae. With 8 different species of pelicans, they can be found on all continents except for Antarctica. Pelicans live throughout the world in tropic and temperate zones, and always near bodies of water. Average life span in the wild is 10 to 25 years or more and up to 54 in in captivity. It is easy to identify pelicans, because they are one of the only birds with a pouch under their bill. Along with the giant pouch,…

How can one tell an effective story without first using setting to its fullest extent? Without the proper use of setting, readers cannot experience a piece of literature to its potential. The setting in literature has always been essential in the writing of stories to allow readers to be emerged in the world of the story. An author who has excelled in his use of setting in his writing was Edgar Allan Poe. With years of experience in expertly crafting settings in his works, Edgar Allan Poe has…

“Monotremes are the most primitive type of living mammal. They lay eggs and have a single opening (cloaca) for reproduction and elimination of wastes. The female shave no teets but provide milk directly through the skin to their young.”(Dictionary.com) The platypus and the echidna are the only monotremes known in the world. While they are both monotremes, they are both different in many ways. The platypus and the echidna are different by their physical characteristics, their lifestyles, and by…

One of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous works is his poem, “The Raven”. Through the narrator’s interactions with the grating bird, we begin to see feelings of irrationality due to the longing for his lost love, Lenore. Immediately upon reading, the audience is able to feel the creepy undertone due to the dreary, December night. The narrator hears a repeated knock at the door and convinces himself that it is just a visitor. Yet, he expresses this deep sorrow in line 10 due to the loss of Lenore.…

interpret in a very different way that Gawain did “The Oxford English Dictionary defines strok as "an act of striking; a blow given or received/' Strok also meant "a blow with the hand or a weapon (occasionally with the paw of an animal, the claws or beak of a bird, etc.) inflicted on or aimed at a living being." The Middle English Dictionary defines bur as "(a.) an armed assault or sally; a clash or encounter; (b.) a blow or a stroke." Hence, Gawain is told that he need only strike a blow;…