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    set against the background of the wild land she came to love, therefore she became known for her depictions of the American frontier- again something that we see in “A Wagner Matinee”. The main characters in the story are Clark, who lives in Boston, and his Aunt Georgiana who gave up her life there to move to Nebraska. In her youth during a visit to rural Vermont, Georgiana met a very charing country boy who she became quite fond of, his name was Howard. He promoted her to make the move so they went West in search of their own piece of land and opportunities. This was the time of Westward expansion where many families were leaving the city and trying to make a life out on the frontier. The Nebraska farmhouse is described as a “…tall, naked house on the prairie, black and grim as a wooden fortress…”. As years passed Georgiana didn't understand what she’d have to give up when she followed Howard to Nebraska. As 30 years passed, Georgiana felt regret for leaving Boston. “She sat staring at the orchestra through a dullness of thirty years”. She had soon forced herself to forget what she left behind and start to accept that life in Nebraska was the only life for her. When she decided to go and visit her nephew Clark in Boston, he suggested to see a performance at the Music Hall. Since Georgiana had hardened herself to her reality, the concert hall transformed her, causing everything she left to start flooding back. “She preserved this utter immobility throughout the number from…

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    The " big bad wolf". Once upon a time there was a lonely wolf. This wolf roams around in the woods all day every day. His name was Benard Wolfington. His parents left him when he was a young pup, so now he stays here in these woods not knowing anywhere else to go. Travelers pass through the woods, from time to time, and Benard tries to talk to them but they ignore him and carry on their way. This upsets the wolf. When the wolf gets upset he lets out a howl and the wind from his breath blows the…

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    old tan house on McClure road is an open opportunity to have as much fun as you want, and as a kid I took advantage of that. I loved going out to just use my senses and explore. I would see how many different animals I could see or hear. I would listen to the birds hum their songs, and hear the chipmunks run aimlessly through the woods, cracking sticks every step of the way. Who knew such little animals could make so much noise! Sometimes I even thought they were bears! I never did see a bear.…

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    Cycle Of Seasons

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    following novels: E. B. White's Charlotte's Web, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods, Eleanor Estes's The Moffats, and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, Part I. The article focuses on the analysis of nature´s life cycle and how it is represented through stories, Wolf explains ´´The cycle of the seasons gives them form and, in the process, meaning´´ (Wolf 193). The emphasis is to compare and contrast different stories, characters, settings, and seasons within the passing of time…

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    safe and do what they need to get done. In “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault and “Little Red Cap” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (The Grimm Brothers), they both tell a story about a young girl who is bringing goods to her sick grandmother in the woods. The mother tells Little Red to not stray off the path because it is dangerous and there are wolves in the woods and she doesn’t want her daughter to get hurt. In both short stories and the song “Hello Little Girl” from Into the Woods Little…

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    Vanna Venturi House Essay

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    The Vanna Venturi House is built in the residential neighborhood of Chestnut Hill, which is in the Northwest Philadelphia section of the united states city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Several residences are built by celebrated architects nearby Vanna Venturi House. The building is surrounded by crabapple trees, which creates a peaceful and graceful environment. The house was colored to pale green to blend in the wonderful surroundings. There is a widely main street in front of the building,…

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    Three Little Pigs and the Wolf Once upon a time in a fairy tale land lived a wolf. Not the “Big Bad Wolf” who follows Little Red Riding Hood and eats Grandma, no this wolf’s name was not menacing, it was Rufus. Rufus was a smart, regular wolf who didn’t follow little girls to their grandmother’s house to eat her and the old lady. He had dark grey fur, and big, intense yellow eyes, and gnarly yellowed fangs. Now when most people see a wolf they are afraid and want to get away, but Rufus…

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    the little red riding hood the wolf played a trick on the little riding hood.Goldilocks was walking in woods and saw a house.She walked inside the house and destroyed.One day when they left the house a goldilocks walked into their house.The bears had made porridge but it was freezing.But she tried the wee mans wee mans porridge and it was just right then she ate it all.Then then she sat in all of their chairs but the wee bears chair was just right. The bears came home and realized someone ate…

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    I think owning exoitic pets should not be allowed because they are to much to take care of. The owners have them for a little while, but when they get big they just dumped them off into the woods and they end up killing our birds and other animals. It isn´t a good idea to have these pets they are no good for us. They do nothing for us they just grow really big and they get annoying. Don't buy these pets they are nothing but trouble. These pets can get up to 20 feet long and when they are that…

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    the Little House series, Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was a mother, a teacher, a farmer, a journalist, a loyal democrat, and an active political protester extraordinaire. However she is also the mysterious writer with her fans always asking what is true or fake in her books. ⅝ of her “Little House” books won Newbery awards. Laura even has a literacy award named after her called the “Laura Ingalls Wilder Award”. She was the first awarded in 1954. l. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls was born to Charles…

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