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Regan Garey 11-23-15 ENG 232A-History of American Lit to 1865 The Supremacy of Snow What is it about snow that makes people so exasperated and angered? As I sat in nature looking down at a canyon blanketed in snow, this is the only question I could think to myself. The snow, God’s beauty sent down to Earth, is not something to be angered about. Why is the snow beautiful? Is it merely the looks, or is it the meaning behind the flakes falling from the sky? To fully answer this question, I headed…

Bobbie Ann Mason used his wild imagination to symbolize the log cabin and a dust ruffle. Mason used the log cabin to symbolize their marriage. Also, he used the dust ruffle to symbolize Leroy and Normas poor attempt in hiding their problems. At the beginning of the story, Normas mother, Mabel, gives Leroy and Norma a dust ruffle quilt to put on their bed. Leroys assures Mabel that the dust ruffle will be used, but to “ hide things under the bed,” (page 234). Usually, things are placed under beds…

The third expedition, the story of Ylla, and the fourth expedition are a few of the settings Bradbury uses to exploit the relationship between man versus nature. First, the third expedition to Mars takes the rocket men back in time to 1926 Green Bluff Illinois. Bradbury uses this particular setting to exploit man versus nature. This is the town that Captain John Black grew up in. Bradbury conveys the idea of how nature's setting directly affects our mood and emotions. “In spite of himself,…

Background Information and Thesis When America was still in its early years, Indians had a socioeconomic status less than that of a black person -- that is unless they became assimilated tax payers. The U.S. government toyed with them like puppets for years as America expanded west, forcibly securing them in federally controlled reservations under the guise of protecting them. By the mid 1800’s, all Native American tribes resided west of the Mississippi River on reservations due to the Indian…

This work is permanently displayed in the Milwaukee art Museum. Donavan’s bluffs from a distance appear to be abstract forms mimicking coral reefs, cave structures, or crystalline towers. The figure moves upward in a sinuous shape that shows natural movement. Upon closer inspection it becomes apparent that she used hundreds of…

Close call on Current River In the small town of Popular Bluff, Missouri, sun was brightly shining down on this hot summer morning, making it the optimum day to go tubbing down Current River. That morning there were about eight of us going tubbing, my stepfather Larry, two uncles, an aunt, my sister, my two brothers and I. We loaded up the car with the essentials that would be needed; then we loaded up into two vehicles and headed for the river. When we finally arrived at the water’s edge my…

On 01-02-2016 at 1832 hours I was dispatched to 333 south Westwood Boulevard (Walmart) in reference to shoplifting. Upon my arrival I made contact with Meghan Sample, who informed me of the following: - She noticed a male subject later identified as Nicolas Goodman with a cart full of property walking around the bakery department watching the door. - One of the managers where on the phone at that location and eventually the subject made his way to the south end of the store. - Once to the south…

Sociopaths are characterized by their aggression, risk-taking tendencies, and their lack of concern for one’s own health or the health of others. In addition, sociopaths do not feel remorse and are able to get away with much more immoral behavior than someone without this mental illness. Not all Sociopaths fall under the classification of a serial killer or serious criminals. In fact, many sociopaths are able to control their desire to carry out the violent acts drawn up in their emotionless…

at this well-meaning custom, it emphasizes that those are really just words of comfort, not an actual promise. He finishes his rant and makes his point that offering help is just something nice to say: “He wants to help? Fuck him, call his bluff! Call his bluff! ‘Don't hesitate to ask’- the nerve of these pricks” (n.p)! His anecdote of…

textbook meaning? Carl Sagan helps readers understand it in his book, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, through one of the best representations of the study of knowledge: science. As Sagan puts it, “Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where…