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Showing one’s appreciation can mean the world to some. Yet when such opportunities become frequent, or are practically scheduled like clock-work, we tend to forget to express our appreciation over time. It is only by looking back in hindsight do we realize we may have come off as ungrateful. In Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays,” the strong use of imagery create a heavy yet detailed atmosphere. Throughout out the poem, the speaker uses various degrees of imagery to help bring the reader…

Borowitz's article is shorter than most regular news articles. In addition, Borowitz's article gets to the topic of interest immediately and his article is concise. Borowitz also doesn't use paragraphs in the article, instead, he uses one to two sentences. However, Borowitz's article doesn't provide a lot of examples or evidence and it is relatively vague. He used two quotes from protesters during a protest in New York City. The quotes he used were very opinionated and the two protesters are…

Time is both a systematic and abstract concept, in the literal sense it is the measurement of chronological progression using an accepted numerical system of units, however, time can also be a conceptual and subjective concept as it often depends on the relative perception of those observing it (Layzer, 1975: 56). Time can, therefore, be viewed as both and empirical scale as well as a dynamic interpretation or understanding of…

TEXT CHAPTER IX. Second Report of Dr. Watson THE LIGHT UPON THE MOOR Baskerville Hall, Oct. 15th. My dear Holmes: If I was compelled to leave you without much news during the early days of my mission you must acknowledge that I am making up for lost time, and that events are now crowding thick and fast upon us. In my last report I ended upon my top note with Barrymore at the window, and now I have quite a budget already which will, unless I am much mistaken, considerably surprise you. Things…

musical sets, but to learn building skills, and to find courage in yourself to learn something new. My first year on stage crew, was extremely short. I began to pitch in two weeks before the production was supposed to open to the public. During that time all I did was paint, learn how to…

emotional security in front of Zeena’s he was finally happy. If the cost of hurting someone was what it took to buy his happiness he finally got it. When Mrs. Sommers went to go exchange her stockings “ she was not thinking at all. She seemed for the time to be taking a rest from that laborious and fatiguing function and to have abandoned herself to some mechanical impulse that directed her actions and freed her of responsibility” (Chopin 48). When Mrs. Sommers put herself before others, she…

Greg, Manny are the children. The main character of the movie is the middle-child which is Greg that doesn’t like to go outside with his family and loves to watch the videos of his favorite gaming star, Mac Digby. Greg’s mother, Susan loves to spend time with her family. At the beginning of the movie, the whole family goes to the Corny’s Family Style Restaurant which includes an indoor playground for the kids, and the restaurant looks very crowdy and messy. While sitting in restaurant, Susan…

feel the need to be on the go all the time, there is always something going on in life. Although a child is always on the go, it’s not because the child has to be but chooses to be. Adults normally have little to no time with family, between work and other activities, but a child always has time for his/her family. Adults focus is more on what “strike the sense outweigh things which do not immediately strike it,” according to Bacon (424); although family time is more important than some things…

Some people value their childhoods and would give anything just to return to that moment for a day, others, however, disregard it, and couldn’t care less. Billy Collins’s poem “On Turning Ten” communicates this idea by describing his childhood as enjoyable, mesmerizing, and remorseful. Through poetic devices such as similes, metaphors, and imagery, Billy Collins offers powerful ideas about the journey of growing up. During the beginning of the poem, the author uses similes to convey the idea…

“The life of man is a struggle on earth. But without a cross, without a struggle, we get nowhere. The victory will be ours if we continue our efforts courageously, even when at times they appear futile.” This quote by Boniface Wimmer, a German monk, perfectly sums up the capabilities of the human soul and what is necessary to happen in one’s life to ensure happiness of any kind, which is to surpass struggle. For that reason, the human soul is, by its very nature, designed to fight on despite any…