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Temptation is defined as the urge to do something especially wrong or unwise. Augustine uses Confessions to show modern day temptation with stealing. In Book Two, The Pear Tree, Augustine speaks of his struggles with stealing. Temptation draws him to stealing fruit for many reasons. These reasons include, breaking laws, to feel sinful, and simply because he knew he did not need the fruit and it was not supposed to be taken. Forbidden things make temptation grow stronger. Augustine mentions…

Griet narrates with wonderfully reminiscent, vivid and modest similes and metaphors: “I could hear rich carpets in their voices, books and pearls and fur.” and “My mother’s voice- a cooking pot, a flagon.” Girl with a Pear Earring has a conventional aesthetics that is more popular with us-young adult audience. The narrative structure is one of a familiar style and is easy to read, as they contain familiar conventions of storytelling. This is evident when Griet says “At first I could not meet his…

blossoming pear tree, Janie notices a bee pollinating a pear blossom. She describes it as a sexual experience and imagines that would be what love and marriage would be like. The tree and the bee serve as important symbolism throughout the book. The pear tree represents a female whose sexual and emotional desires need to be fulfilled. The bee represents a male who gives those desires whether they are wanted or not. She ends up kissing a boy named Johnny Taylor due to being in the romantic pear…

two failed marriages will help her newly planted pear tree to grow into a full grown tree, her experiences at specific points in time will cause the tree to wilt and die showing her loss of belief in love. While at other times it will be full grown and thriving off its newly obtained knowledge and wisdom. These experiences will help Janie begin to realize that love isn’t just bees and pear trees, but rather struggle and learned life lessons. The pear tree in their eyes were will play a…

different types of pears. Each pear is in a different state of decay. What do these pears have in common that makes them distinctly pears instead of, for instance, plumbs? There is an underlying sense of pear-ness to them that makes each of these things distinctly pear. What we may call “pear-ness” is what Plato calls the true form or essence of pears. There is only one former essence of pears and this one form is what forms the many that is seen on earth. Also the form of the pear is unchanging…

stealing pears, in which he stole from a neighbor’s orchard, does not…

pollinate a pear tree. Every time she tries to make a choice that would lead her closer to that, society puts up a wall between her and the pear tree. The first time society interferes with Janie’s love life is through her grandmother. Janie has her first taste of the pear tree love when she kisses Johnny Taylor, and immediately her grandmother goes out and yells at her. Janie’s grandmother slaps her and tells her that she’s going to be married to Logan Killicks. Janie’s pure vision of a pear…

concentration where the mass of 2cm^3 of Classic Russet potato segments and pear segments does not change, representing an isotonic concentration. By calculating the change of mass of the potato segment and pear segments prior to being placed in the sucrose solution against the mass after being in the sucrose solution for 45 minutes. Our goal was to determine what type of osmotic concentration was created as compared to the potato and pear segments. The results of the lab indicated six different…

captivated by the beautiful tree in Nanny's backyard. As she climbs the tree and sits in its branches, Janie realizes the meaning of true love when she sees the marriage of the bees to the blossoms in the pear tree. The blossoming pear tree symbolizes romantic love. Janie's image of love, as she saw in the pear tree, causes her to go on her quest for love. Janie's idea of sexual desire and marriage is an idea that is eventually challenged for Janie by her experiences with Jody, but is renewed…

1.2.2. Influence on nutritional attributes Apple and pear cultivars are well known for being good sources of antioxidant properties, especially for their content of polyphenolic compounds concentrated in their skin. Apples contain natural sugars, organic acids, dietary fiber, minerals and vitamins, whereas pears are good sources of fiber and micronutrients such as chlorogenic acid, flavonols and arbutin (Sinha 2012). In general, pear juice is characterized by similar soluble solids content than…