Rain shadow

county in Mississippi. In this county like most across America there are a couple family names that hold a lot of weight, and by weight I mean money, land and power, and many others who live in the shadows cast by these families. In this county the Sartoris and De Spain families cast the largest shadow and Abner Snopes, with his son Colonel Sartoris and their family live and worked beneath it. Colonel Sartoris, named after Abner’s previous employer whom he fought in the war with, sits in a…

Who are you? Could you answer that in one paragraph? One poem? One song? The identity of an individual can be immensely diverse. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines identity as, “Who someone is: the qualities, beliefs that make a particular person or group different than others.” While defining identity is simple, it is difficult and demanding to explain who you are. You would not be able to fully explain yourself and you would be leaving out some very important details of who you are.…

A screeching can be heard echoing across the moonlit, fire scorched lands, of northern Netherlands. The screeching resonating from a old concrete building on the out lies a templar's cross etched into the concrete over the door leading into the building. Inside the building is pitch black except for a light coming from a stairwell leading up onto the second floor of the building, the floor is covered in water chips of concrete from the cracking structure. Another screech is heard coming from the…

In the early morning, the doves outside sing a lovely melody outside the window, in which the light of the sunrise beads into the empty bedroom of Oliver Rain. The young eager lad is up earlier than usual, busy making sure all the belongings are secure in the back of his rented 16 foot moving truck. Today is the day he set’s out for Los Angeles, a place to start anew, and find the real Oliver within himself. Having just enough money to cover one month’s rent, deposit, and some cushion…

Hurricane left Puerto Rico without electricity. Its citizens were without light during days. In the article of “Maria’s Shadows” written by Worland, Justin it says “more than 5,500…

sky. Its soft light shone on the rooftops of Brooklyn. Stars shone faintly through the fog. The air was tinged with gray. Every water droplet hung in the sky. Waiting. The occasional tree bowed this way and that. The fog drifted. The wind howled. The rain fell. “Mommy, can we go see the movie Fantasia after Daddy drives us home?” “Okay, Billy.” “Ooo, we could take Mary too right?” “Sure, after she gets better from her cold.” I looked behind the seat at Billy laughing happily,…

Urban legends are very complex and interesting aspects of culture. They often inspire holidays, movies, poetry, stories and more. But urban legends go far beyond how they seem on the surface. Their origins and the messages they send must be decoded to understand the true context of any urban legend. Illustrating the messages, urban legends may be benign, or malicious. In the context of this paper, an urban legend is a story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true…

procedure and requires specialists to run the costly equipment, thus, this is an expensive and thus not very effective procedure for developing countries which lack funding. Long lasting water projects. These water projects include wells, dams and rain catchment systems, which all provide a water source that is safe to drink and can be located near villages to avoid long distance walks. Bibliography. Eliasson, Jan, and Susan Blumenthal. "Dying for a Drink of Clean Water." Washington Post. The…

over again with the summer.” “Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes.” (Fitzgerald p.86) This shows the awkwardness Gatsby is feeling but it the rain also represents all the sorrow. “...there…

revelation in the passage on pg 107 which reads,”That is it , said Siddhartha , and when I learned that I reviewed my life and it was also a river and Siddhartha the boy Siddhartha the mature man and Siddhartha the old man were only separated by shadows not through reality . Siddhartha’s previous lives were also not in the past and his death and his return to Brahma are not in the future. Nothing was, nothing will be, everything has reality and presence.” The more he begins to understand the…