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    lap. The title of the book was The Ancient Goldgusher Island. It was said to be the place where all your dreams come true, but it was guarded by giant beasts called “giblesnobers.” It was very close to Dell Town, just in the middle of The Forest of Fog, which was right behind Ruby’s house on Donver Avenue. From inside the book, a wrinkled, old sheet of paper slipped out. To Ruby’s surprise, it was the actual map to Goldgusher Island! Seeing the map, Ruby was determined to find Goldgusher Island…

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    On the other hand, the open water on the wetlands can create fog which can create fog. The fog can also create icy conditions, making roads hazardous. Also, some evidence points to wetlands as being the cause of some serious accidents. I was thinking that we turn the part of the wetlands next to the road, into the golf course and…

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    Theme: Our inability to let go of our dreaded past and struggle to find our self-worth clouds our view of any positive future, but we can clear this clouded view by broadening our focal point beyond the limitations of the past. Symbols/Motifs: The white dog: As the image of a white dog appears multiple times throughout this story, we begin to notice its significance. The first time the white dog “appears” is right after Bunny talks to Quoyle about Petal’s death (46). The dog’s timely…

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    “Jim said it made him all over trembly and feverish to be so close to freedom.” (87) Throughout the novel Twain portrays freedom through nature. As Jim and Huck are on their journey through the Mississippi river and the raft is used to take in the novel to represent the freedom that Huck and Jim have always desired and are now are pursuing. The Mississippi River is the largest symbol in the novel, as Huck and Jim are literally and figuratively running away from their lives. Jim is escaping his…

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    Joseph assisted in lifting the fog of Tom’s being to see who the alienated mystery of a man really is. The narrative that is told over the second part of the text shows how Tom was covered by a metaphorical fog and then proceeds to lift the fog that surrounds him. The explanation of how the fog covered Tom also showed the reasons why Tom locked himself away in his box. ”Then they remember it was forbidden, forbidden…

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    of Huck slavery was a huge topic of the time. Should they really be free or not? Twain represents the topic of Freedom through the Mississippi River but also symbolizes the confusion Huck feels about helping Jim gain this freedom through the white fog. Twain also symbolizes the mob mentality going on at this time through Col. Sherburn and the lynching mob. One of the biggest symbols for freedom in Huckleberry Finn is the Mississippi River. Before embarking on his journey, Huck begins to feel…

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    the middle of the Redwood Forest. The ferns continued to draw ever closer as I went down a unused trail. As I surveyed my surroundings, I felt ever smaller as the monstrous trees loomed above me. The sun was barley shining because of all of the dense fog, which was just above the tree tops. What sun did come through made the light seem almost as if you were in a dream. As I continued down the path, the smell the salty air of the ocean permeated my lungs. The salty sea air mingled with the smell…

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    the train ride she enjoyed it because she could look at a situation and still find beauty. She mentioned how on thre train she would always look for the trees coming out of a thick morning fog and in a sense this foreshadows most of the life a head of her. Her life would come to be engulfed in such a thick fog that when it would clear slightly, like when her savings accounts book were returned to her after being confiscated, she could see a glimpse of beauty. Nevertheless, Heda managed to escape…

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    January 31st, 1950 President Truman announced that the Atomic Agency was told to continue with its work on the Hydrogen Bomb. Five months before this, the Soviet Union successfully detonated an atomic bomb at their test site in Kazakhstan. Then many weeks after that, British and U.S. intelligence found out that the German-born Klaus Fuchs, a top ranked scientist in the U.S nuclear program was a spy for the Soviet Union. This made Truman approve the massive funding for the superpower race to…

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    for their story, in “The Chrysanthemums” the theme of the story was uses through imagery and symbolism. His imagery reinforces his theme of loneliness and confinement in the story. In “The Chrysanthemums”, the valley was surrounded by mountains and fog, which describe as if she was living inside of the pot. The house that Elisa lives in is surrounded by fences and the flower chrysanthemums is also surrounded by fence inside the fence. As if she was living inside the cage, but she feels happy…

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