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“The Richest Man in Babylon” By George Clason As a young man of 18 who has yet to make his fortune in this world, I found this to be a very interesting article and I did take the time to listen to a snippet of the book on Youtube. I have to admit that at first I thought it would be boring, but after listening to it on Youtube; it turned out to be an okay book. Like most people in the world, I would like to be “rich” by the world’s standards in regards to financial gain. As a man, I want to…

The first quote I chose was, “I bought a dozen volumes on banking and credit and investment securities, and they stood on my shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint.” This quote is when Nick is explaining his house and talks about how he has books on the shelves on investments and other things. He says that they stood there like new money from the mint. The reason this is, is because he wishes to become rich on his own and make more money by himself. It also explains to us that he is…

portrays a sense of regret and uncertainty caused by him killing a young man during his time in the war. (MS7) O’Brien recounts his daughter asking him a question about if he had killed anyone while enlisted as a soldier. During his time in the war, he did have to kill a young soldier during a foggy morning while taking his turn to watch; however, he did not tell his daughter at the time (MS4). During the encounter with the young man, O’Brien had mixed feelings about the actions he took, even…

O’Brien writes in a connotative simple style. His use of sensuous and colloquial language achieves his purpose of informing readers about life at war. “Cringed” and “sobbed” connote a call for desperation by the men at war as they both imply misery. Simple language like “begged for the noise to stop,” allows readers of any education level to comprehend O’Brien’s dialogue. As the men “light cigarettes” or squint into the “oppressive sunlight,” readers easily create a mental image through…

Though tattered and splintered, old and worn, the black box remains. Year after year the same old black box, with some possible minimal repairs if needed, is used in the lottery. No one wants to upset tradition by altering it in any major way or make a new one. It is not exactly the original black box but it contains pieces that were part of the original, small pieces that survived its storage and use throughout time. The villagers have no absolute knowledge of how the lottery began, yet…

intelligent, he had to learn how to cook food for himself, wash his clothes, and take care of other essential means. This went on for years. Around the age of nine Henry started to question his life. Henry’s grandpa wasn’t completely useless. Henry was too young to drive so his grandpa would have to go to buy groceries or make trips to the pharmacy…

The story takes place in a country known as Elsweyr. The time period of this story take place in medieval times. Things like dungeons and dragons. Elsweyr is located in the southern part of a continent known as Tamriel. The people of this country are known as the Khajiiti. The Khajiiti are a feline humanoid race. They have many traits of a regular feline such as great agility, stealth, strength, and night vision. This makes them very good warriors and very good thief 's. The Khajiiti are not…

The studio album Bad Blood is an album created by the indie rock band Bastille (Bast(triangle)lle). Their studio album Bad Blood dwells on the things that we love, and how they are sometimes lost. It also show the sadness, sorrow, and overall feeling of loss. The indie rock songs in the album include "Pompeii", "Things We Lost in the Fire", "Bad Blood", and much more. They will be sure to leave strong impressions of emotion and feeling on listeners of all ages. The current members in the band…

He shows respect for others/old: The rioters provide a reminder about the moral duty of young people to pay their respects to others/old, by being rude to the old man. And evil equates to stupidity: Even though the old man is giving warnings to the rioters, the rioters stay completely mindless and blind to the danger ahead of them. And because…

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night at 12:00am and feeling like there is an intruder in your bedroom. Of course it’s dark so every person would say the classic who’s there? Well that’s what happens to the old man in Tell-Tale Heart. Tell-Tale Heart is about a man who hates this old man because of one thing he can not control, his eye. The man later plans out a plot to kill the old man so the eye will bother him no more. The narrator goes to the old man’s and murders him silently, with…