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Musee des Beaux Arts “About suffering they were never wrong (Auden).” Auden’s poem is about suffering and how others ignore it unless they are affected by it. Musee de Beaux Arts is an Ecphrasis poem, which means that it is a poem describing a scene or a work of art, written by W. H. Auden. This poem has ample literary devices used in it, such as allusion, enjambment, imagery, and juxtaposition, which is when two things are placed close together to cause a contrasting effect, all of these…

My first two years of high school were spent at Immaculate High School. There I met some amazing friends and improved my level of play in sports. I challenged myself with honors courses and got involved as much as my schedule permitted. During my freshman year, I asked my counselor if I could take more challenging courses. She agreed and by sophomore year I was in honors chemistry, geometry, English, and history. While it was more difficult, I enjoyed the challenge of the higher level courses.…

baby girl they named Michelle. Soonly thereafter they moved to Toledo where he got yet another job at the Toledo Blade. They then had their second child on September 9th, 1968. After that they had a normal life in Toledo. He liked to swim, read, ice skating, sledding and playing sports like softball and volleyball. Michelle’s favorite activity with him is when he would take his kids to the library every six weeks to check out books. Michelle also remembered when he came in on sweetest day and…

Hello ,thanks for your lovely letter,I should let you know that People come into our lives and walk with us a mile, and then because of circumstance they only stay a while. They serve a purpose within the days that move so quickly by and then are gone beyond our reach, we often wonder why. God only knows the reason that we meet and share a smile, why people come into our lives and walk with us a mile and i should tell you that i am a man that is ready to walk with you for eternity and not just a…

Athletes like these have been around for a very long time and will continue to stay around. They started out in the Ancient Olympics with sports like the Chariot Races and the Javelin throw, but have moved on to things like gymnastics and figure skating. Despite being very different from Modern Olympics, the Ancient Olympics were very similar in terms of sports and time, changed a lot over time, and brought countries together during times of war. When the Ancient Olympics first began, in 776…

She was able to add figure skating and tennis to her list of activities while in Denver. Here Rice attended her first private school, St. Mary’s Academy. It was a different atmosphere for Rice then what she was use to. Of all seventy girls attending the school only four were black…

The Blackhawks Game “Bye dad, got to go to school.” “K. See ya Tyler.” Soon after I left, my dad got a call. The man said in a happy voice, “We’ve known Tyler, your hockey player for a while now. We had the raffle for skating on the Blackhawks ice, and the goalie couldn’t make it to the game. Since Tyler is a goalie, we wanted to ask if he wanted to come to the Blackhawks game with us.” My dad was telling him with excitement, “Yes yes he would love to go! We will be there!” My dad yelled.…

Since the age of 7 years old I have pursued my passion of playing hockey. It has been one of the greatest influences in my life and has brought me to lot’s different places as well as taught me many lessons. The influence that hockey has had on me cannot be described simply as activity on a college application nor in the statement that I am only a hockey player. Hockey has sculpted me into the developing human being I am today. Throughout the 13 years I have played this game it has been full of…

Lorraine and John met on the bus and became friends in a slightly odd way but they developed a friendship that would last. They had a game with two of their friends, who they didn’t really trust, where they would prank call someone and see how long they could keep that person on the phone. It was Lorraine’s turn and she cheated by opening her eyes and looking at the phone book. She picked someone that lived on her block.It was a man whose name is Mr. Pignati. John who has avocations like smoking…

“Sport- an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.” (http://dictionary.reference.com). Many activities, ranging from cheer, to golf, to ping pong, have been fighting for the title of “Sport”. One activity’s fight, however, is not often in the public eye- Marching band. For years, marching bands have entertained crowds at football games, marched in parades,…