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Remarque also use personification in several occasions to make things animate like human beings. Paul says: “The glow of the fire lights up our faces, shadows dance on the wall. Sometimes a heavy crash and the lean-to shivers” (Remarque 94). A beautiful imagery surfaces in several scenes in the novel. In another instance Remarque describes the front as an animal cage when he says: “The front is a cage in which we must await fearfully whatever may happen” (101). In addition, Remarque uses…

Juanito, the boy that mimics the cherubic expressions of an angel, was fated to live a life of a pauper. Growing up, Juanito wasn’t granted the access of the love and affection other parents had over their children. It wasn’t that his parents didn’t love him, nor that he hated his parents, they were simply never there. If it weren’t for the current government that we live in today, Juanito would live a life of anarchy. He isn’t crazy, but for some unknown reason, he prefers to live in anarchy…

Venturing off-campus to the nearby Dutterer Family Park, I was despondent. Perhaps it was because I was thinking about how and when I was going to complete this assignment or maybe it was that I was missing home. Whatever the case, I was melancholy. Upon arrival, I sat myself on a nearby wooden bench, took out the assignment sheet, the photo mat, a piece of paper, and a pencil. Still feeling gloomy, I closed my eyes and took a few minutes to clear my mind. After quieting my mind, I opened my…

sonnet as well as the concepts of the sonnet. The “e” in Eve emphasizes the story of Adam and Eve, but it also does more than that. The “e” sound resembles the chirp of a bird. This sound impacts the unity of Eve’s voice and the birds’ song. The cluster of “o” sounds in “lost”, “aloft”, and “long” make elongated sounds just as the chirps of a bird would be lengthy like a song. The stretch of the “o” sounds of these words creates tension between lines three, six, and lines…

Southern Writing Project It was a cool summer's evening in the small town of HanksVille, Alabama. Ma and Pa were sitting on the front porch listening to the crickets chirp. I was in the kitchen making a sandwich, while my little sister Amanda was sitting on the couch watching this show she seems to really like called "Full Metal Alchemist." I guess it was a sad show because she got all teary eyed when a guy named Maes Hughes died and I showed his coffin." When I asked her why she was crying…

“No…...dad” I whimpered as I gazed at the fin encircling him as he treaded water in the Gulf of Mexico. I looked at his sad hazel eyes as he whispered goodbye to me silently. My feet were standing on the hot grainy southern sand of Florida. The blue cloudless sunny sky was painted over us as the sun shimmered on the water as the break of noon began. The corner of my teal blue eyes were stinging with tears as the cool water’s washed up on my sandy feet. My mother and brothers were back at…

River otters can stay underwater for up to eight minutes and can close their ears and nostrils to keep water out! They can also dive to a depth of 60 feet!The otter is a small mammal that lives both in water and on land. There are 13 known species of otters that inhabit areas around the world Otters have a thick coat of fur which enables the otter to be warm in near freezing waters. There is also a series of thin hairs under the otters fur that help to trap air and keep the otter warm. The river…

Part of the reason many people choose birds as their pets is because of their beautiful colors. Perhaps the most colorful species of birds are Gouldian finches. Another point in appearance, aside from being colorful, is that they are only about 5 inches in size. There are three varieties for this particular species and they're divided according to color. There's the Red Headed Gouldian, the Black Headed Gouldian and the Yellow Headed Gouldian. As for telling which of the species is male or…

Cognitive Animals Some people believe elephants are not cognitive animals. However, “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk”, “Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task”, and “Elephants Console Each Other” prove those people wrong. The passage, “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk”, explain that elephants know when to use teamwork in order to accomplish a task. For instance, in “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk”, a group of Asian elephants learned that in order to…

excuse to her boss, she hung up the phone, toweled off, and changed. She looked down at this tiny little ball of fluff and knew that this kitten found her for a reason. "You're mine now, I guess," She mumbled to the kitten. He replied with a soft chirp, curled up in the towel, and fell asleep. *** It was a few months later and Georgia and the kitten, now named Peaches, were always together. Everywhere Georgia walked in her apartment, Peaches followed. When she went to bed, Peaches fell…