Poppy

action to help Lina Mayfleet overcome these significantly serious problems in Jeanne Duprau’s novel, “The City of Ember”. At the beginning of the novel, Lina Mayfleet was an etiquette young girl who lived with her grandma,“Granny”, and her baby sister,“Poppy”. They lived in a small apartment that was once owned by one of her ancestors who was the mayor in a doomed city called “City of Ember”. In the city of Ember, when children reach the age of twelve, they were old enough to work. Lina…

Abstract The History Channel’s documentary, Hooked-Opium, Morphine, and Heroin discusses these illegal drugs and how they became that way. The poppy plant has a long history of relieving pain and producing a state of euphoria. Opium, Morphine, and Heroin are all derivatives of the Papaver Somniferum (the poppy plant). Though these drugs were once legal and thought to be a miracle used to treat symptoms of many diseases, you will find that they caused addiction, harmful side effects, and even…

The Great War, an infamous event in human history, had a huge impact on the young minds of that generation. Two of those minds impacted by the war stem from the lost generation of famous authors, Robert Frost and John McCrae. As part of the lost generation they had the most impact on the literary world that inspired future generations of authors. Robert Frost’s “Fire and Ice” poem can be interpreted as his view of how the Great War ended in Fire “the world will end in fire”(Frost, 1106). World…

“During the 2006-2007 poppy growing season, Afghanistan produced a world record opium poppy crop that yielded 8,200 MT of illicit opium—an estimated 93% of the world’s supply.” In an article from USA Today, opium addicts are interviewed and give reasons for their initial opium addiction. Some discuss the fact that opium is the only drug that effectively relieves their pain. Others comment on the guilt they feel for contributing to their children becoming addicts. Many women watch their…

Trolls, the new animated movie about the little dolls with the long, neon-hued hair, is the kind of movie that invites the mind to wander.This is to say it’s not a good movie, but it’s also not a bad movie. It’s reasonably entertaining, with some good musical numbers and at least one goofily endearing performance.But it’s also just a little bit all over the place, with a story that often seems like a fairy-tale greatest hits album — with all the hits covered by trolls. It’s a story assembled by…

bloodiest wars ever in history and this war is a blanket of bullets. I personally think that it was really sad when the soldiers died because they left their families all alone. In the 1915’s Moina Michael wrote a poem and it said ‘’We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where red That grows on fields where valor led,…

Remembrance Day Ceremony at ANZAC Cottage A field of white crosses and red poppies All are invited to attend the ceremony and the opportunity to place a poppy in the Field of Remembrance. ANZAC Cottage will once again honour its humble beginnings and the lost servicemen and women that gave rise to its creation, on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 10:45am, when the Friends of ANZAC Cottage will conduct a Remembrance Ceremony in the front garden of this historic Cottage. The eleventh hour of the…

Kingsman: The Secret Service was one of my favorite films of 2015. I was initially excited for the sequel but when the cast was announced for the film it sounded like they were going in a more hokey direction and it turned out I was right. I’ll tell you now, this film isn’t nearly as good as the original but then again very few films are. What many people like about the first film is that it feels like one of those old Bond films from the Roger Moore days (the ones the PC Police poo poo on about…

The overwhelmingly powerful act of heroism or courage can be found throughout many aspects of human life. However, many would argue that this human condition to be heroic and courageous during a time of need is usually exemplified best when one’s county is at danger – during war. During times of war, it was not uncommon for a soldier to turn to literature to guide them through dark times; to inspire heroism and courage. One of the most prominent forms of literature used to ignite this human…

girls before her. Carter states, “She closed the window on the wolves and took off her scarlet shawl, the colour of poppies, the colour of sacrifices, the colour of her menses, and, since her fear did her no good, she ceased to be afraid” (117). Along with sacrifices, poppies are their own grave symbol. Greek and Roman myths often use poppies as flowers for the dead, and using poppies here may symbolize the death of the young girl’s innocence and any trepidation she would have toward the wolf.…