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    Mikhail Kalatozov’s The Cranes Are Flying (1957) follows the simple love of two Soviet citizens while showing the brutal reality of war and the ability to continue living and functioning as the world is upended. Narratively, this film is a break from those that preceded it—earlier films of the decade had far more positive outlooks on the war (propaganda). This film’s narrative, however, evoked the actual emotions those going through the war felt. Similarly, this film broke stylistically from…

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    Jib Crane Case Study

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    to make an analysis and research on JIB crane. `Second problem with jib crane is there is too much electric wire and complex operating system , make high possibility of accident and electric shock and also there possibility of fire due to short circuit. 3.2 SOLUTION : One solution to make material handling process faster than previously used method is to make jib crane operating system advanced in the way of wireless technology to easily…

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    would not have taken place; instead, middle class persons would have enjoyed a nice lunch on a steamboat while engaging in a common conversations with other middle class persons. Nevertheless, no teacups or steamboat picnics are present in the story. Crane wrote his story with a deeper-than-the-surface idea in mind—one that is clearly fits the tenants of naturalism, and if he were to write a realism story, it would have turned out vastly different. This is clear evidence that realism and…

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    Washington Irving creates this social conflict between the characters Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel in, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Ichabod Crane, a strict school teacher and singing instructor, represents the lower-class in this short story and Katrina, daughter of a wealthy farm owner, represents the upper-class. On the surface, the text tells a story of…

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    A big question that hit the media in 2013, is should Sandhill cranes be hunted? In 2014 Tennessee approved the law due to the fact, the population of these specific birds was over 600,000. Along with the high numbers, there population continuously increases. Although the species is not endangered, geologic experts don’t want to have these birds hunted because, Sandhill cranes are one of the oldest birds. In addition Geologic experts have fossils of the birds that are 9 million years old. People…

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    In the short story of “Cranes” and “The Sniper,” they have their differences, but they also have similarities. “Cranes” and “The Sniper” are two stories, with two main characters, all having to choose between wars. “Cranes” is about two friends that met in the wrong way after a long time of not seeing each other. “The Sniper” is about an unflinching young man who was stationed on a rooftop in Ireland. Both stories have a relation to the other character in the story. “Cranes” is the old friend,…

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    The Open Boat Sparknotes

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    The Open Boat is a story about four men who were sea-wrecked on the coast of Florida and try to get to land using a lifeboat. The crew consists of a correspondent, a captain, a cook, and an oiler named Billy. They sail in their lifeboat and try to find land. They talk about things such as food and rescue stations, but they don't really talk about what they really feel in their mind, surviving. When the crew finally finds land, they cannot row because the strong current would probably tip the…

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    The True Love Have you ever had a true love in your life? Love without benefits, pure love. In the story “The Cranes” by Peter Meinke described the true love between two couples lived their life together and died together, two people who faced all the problems together by their love. The whooping cranes are rare birds. We see the writer comparing the similarity between these two birds and the couple (husband and wife). Words cannot describe their love. In these days only a few of the couples…

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    resided Ichabod Crane, a simple fellow who was the school master of the town. The desire of heart was to win over Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter of a wealthy man. It was short lived, however, when she turned him down for Brom Bones. Heartbroken he went to a tavern, a place he never visits, and drank the content of an unknown keg. Inside that keg was a strong alcoholic drink imported from Holland, which was way too strong for someone of little experience in drinking. Ichabod crane shortly,…

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    story written by Stephen Crane that portrays a main focus of naturalism in the lives of man, and how that nature is portrayed as malicious, through the sources A Man Said to the Universe and I Explain the Silvered Passing of the Ship at Night. Stephen Crane’s The Open Boat considers three stages of quotes in which the men are affected by nature itself; the storm, the survivors, and the rescue. To begin, Crane starts his anecdote with a miraculous life threatening storm. Crane writes in part 1,…

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