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    mammals in the arctic? Seals are interesting creatures. They are fluffy and they have white fur and gray fur. Harp seals spend little time on land and like to swim in North atlantic and Arctic oceans. There Diet helps them survive , along with their adaptations and interactions. A Harp seals Habitat can be found of the east coast of Canada , eastern Russia , and eastern Greenland. Harp seals spend little time on land and like to swim in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. These…

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    The earliest stringed instruments known to Archaeologists are bowl harps and tanburs.(3) The bowl harps were made with Tortoise shell and calabash. The next most common are types of harps. The world's museums contain many such "harps" from the ancient Sumerian, Babylonian, and Egyptian civilisations. Around 2500 - 2000 CE more advanced harps, such as the opulently carved 11-stringed instrument with gold decoration found in Queen Shub-Ad's tomb, started to appear.(3) A tanbur is defined as "a…

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    “Gwilan’s Harp,” “The Washwoman,” and “The Last Leaf” all short stories that hold a very different theme, but could there be anything significant that could tie these stories together? From “Gwilin’s Harp,” a story about a woman, who finally learns to love her voice and to embrace the change, to “The Washwoman,” who learns she must prevail though the hard times, all the way to “The Last Leaf,” where a young girl realizes that there is always hope no matter how dark and dim the case may seem.…

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    In the short stories “Gwilan’s Harp” by Ursula K. LeGuin, “The Washwoman” by Isaac Singer, and “The Last Leaf” each character experiences loss. Either by losing a loved one or losing something dear to their hearts. In “Gwilian’s Harp”, Gwilians beloved husband dies which crushes his wife heart but the story ends with a redemption theme. In “The Washwoman,” the washwoman also died which results in the sadness of many families whom loved the washwoman. Yet the death of the dedicated woman impacted…

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    In each of the following short stories—“Gwilan’s Harp”, by Ursula LeGuin, “The Washwoman”, by Isaac Singer, and “The Last Leaf”, by O. Henry—a main character experiences deep loss. Whether it be the loss of a prized possession, the loss of life, or the loss of a loved one, these characters face grief in extremity. The title character of “Gwilan’s Harp” comes into contact with loss when a sudden accident destroys her most precious instrument. A Jewish family in “The Washwoman” slowly discovers…

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    The stories, “Gwilan’s Harp” by Ursula K. LeGuin, “The Washwoman” by Isaac Singer, and “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry all have a main theme of loss. Each character experiences some form of loss, death, or heartbreak. Gwilan loses her most prized possession, the Singer family loses their washwoman to a brutal illness, and the characters in “The Last Leaf unexpectedly lose Mr. Behrman. These stories clearly display three characters that go through a tough time, and it shows how they act before, and…

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    Katherine Siochi, Harp and Piano On Sunday, January 22, 2017, at 3pm Katherine Siochi played several compositions by a variety of composers on her harp and the piano. The performance took place at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Watertown, New York. The artist, who wore a formal dress in turquoise, brought her own harp from New York City for this recital and the harp stood precisely in front of the altar of the church. Thirty minutes before the concert started, I arrived. Although, I have seen…

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    In his 1946 book Harp of Burma, Michio Takeyama wrote about the adventures of a unique company of Japanese soldiers and their adventures across Burma. These soldiers returned home from World War II so cheerful and energetic that civilians thought the company had extra rations, but instead had kept up their morale through singing (Takeyama 1). Due to the book being published just a couple of years after the end of World War II and a focus of the book being the Buddhist culture of Burma, Takeyama…

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    “Gwilan’s Harp” written by Ursula K. LeGuin, “The Washwoman” by Isaac Singer, and “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry, the main characters all experience different extent of loss. The authors reveal to audiences those characters’ decisions of life after meeting great loss and the ends they received. In LeGuin’s short story “Gwilan’s Harp,” as a talent harp player, Gwilan received an old valuable harp from her mother after her mother died. The loss of mother did not strike her down, but the treasured…

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    Plot: 1) Jason went to find out about the mystery of grimes buildings. Then he tries to find out from miss Golden but he couldn't, but he couldn't. He offers to invite her to coffee but then he returns to the buildings and destroy the curse. Sonata for Harp and Bicycle by Joan Aiken. 2) The narrator came from a Puerto Rican family and she would look at a two story home that jews used to live in but one they another family moved there and that was Eugene’s. Which the narrator fell in love with…

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