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    relationship with Romeo to be like a flower, which blooms gradually, and not like the lightning, which is very sudden, and is only there for a few seconds before it is gone. William Shakespeare, the author of Romeo and Juliet, uses lightning to foreshadow the outcome of Juliet's relationship with Romeo. He has Juliet mention a flower to symbolize how Juliet wants it to be. William Shakespeare uses lightning to explain how the relationship of Romeo and Juliet turns out in the end. They meet…

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    all of it, there’s a whole lot more to her story than what meets the eye. When looking for a myth for this essay, I recalled that Medusa was a part of Greek mythology that I curious about ever since I watched ‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief’, which is where I was introduced to Medusa. From the information from the ancient history encyclopedia, saying that the myth of Medusa and Perseus is messed up is an understatement. What made the Greek gods think that it was okay to…

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    laureate, penned many famous poems, including “Nostalgia,” “Japan,” and “Picnic, Lightning.” His poem “Picnic Lightning” is a five-stanza piece centering on the idea of “chance.” Collins chooses to begin his poem with a quote from Vladmir Nabokov’s Lolita. Collins’ style of writing lacks many traditional poetic devices such as a structured meter, but Collins uses other devices to deliver his central purpose. In “Picnic, Lightning,” Collins creates a central purpose that the whimsicality and…

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    Courageous, not deterred by danger or pain; brave. In the book The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan, the author, shows the path of a hero’s journey through the characters. On the road to greatness, Percy Jackson, the protagonist, overcomes many obstacles. Throughout The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan, Percy faces many unusual creatures. One of those creatures was the Minotaur. Percy fights the Minotaur, a huge beast that is part man part bull after his car gets struck by lighting and goes…

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    Sales Force Lightning Any sales team will tell you how important it is to be able to react to the customers needs as soon they are known and solve the situation in real time. This involves communication across the whole spectrum from the customer to across all the departments involved. With a CRM program like Sales Force Lightning it is exactly what you get. The salesperson can concentrate on what is important which is selling products while the information is shared with the whole…

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    Peregrine Falcons: Like lightning in the sky Just like lightning in the sky, Peregrine Falcons are able to guide their sleek, brown bodies through the sky in a darting like manner. Jean Craighead George, the entertaining author of the fictional novel, My Side of the Mountain, is able to describe using the resources in your environment, such as a falcon, to help you survive. In Sam Gribley’s environment, the main character in this novel, there is a family of these Peregrine Falcons, he uses his…

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    The play “Heat lightning”, written by Robert F Carroll, is about a young girl who sees something she wasn't supposed to and two men who try to help her out. In the play, The girl shows the trait of she is naive. She is 23 years old and doesn't try to think things through; this tells us that she is naive.The girl tries to drive home in terrible weather and, later trusts a complete stranger. First of all, the girl tries to drive home in a storm and this is the first sign of her naiveness : "I…

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    Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief By Rick Riordan The novel starts with a 12-year-old boy named Percy Jackson, a boarding student who suffered from dyslexia and ADHD at Yancy academy, which is a private school for troubled kids. He narrates about his life and how he transferred from school to school due to the bad things that happened in each school he attended, but not until this field trip at a museum, he discovered things he never knew existed. Percy Jackson and the Lighting thief is a…

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    Have you ever really liked a book and watched the movie, only to find out that the book is way better? In the book, "Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief" the book has a lot more details and backstory. There are a lot of things that can be confusing in the movie, if you haven't read the book. It is important that you read this essay because it will inspire you to read the book before watching the movie. Comparing the movie to the book, you will find some minor and major similarities and…

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    The Lightning Thief The Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief movie was very disappointing after reading the book. The movie was very awful compared to the book. The two are so different that it’s hard to believe the writers even read the book before writing the movie. For instance, the plot was watered down and changed, the way they showed the characters was inaccurate, additionally the movie is missing many details and events that were included in the book. For instance some the actors age…

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