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Did you ever consider that you are living in the same world that people lived in centuries ago? The 1920s have long been remembered as the "Roaring Twenties," an era that featured the famous slicked back hair, vibrant flappers, and marathon dances. The 1920s were an age of dramatic social and political change. For the first time, more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The 1920s was an exciting and fascinating time in American history. Many people, places, and things have changed since…

You hear many sounds throughout the day. In the morning, the sound of your toaster, when your pop tarts are ready. At night, when your floor squeaks when you go to the bathroom. There are many noises throughout your day. The poem “Atoms of Sound” is about everyday noises are what form your days and nights. Throughout your day you hear many noises. The television turned up; chitchat on the telephone (lines 9-10). You can also hear your dogs. Their long claws clicking on the floor (lines 4-5).…

From toaster strudels to crescent rolls the flour is up! First, Charles Pillsbury was thinking big not small so, he wanted to start his own business and wanted that business to be large. After many attempts he didn't have it going so it was a failing flour mill and he hope to turn that around. Charles knew that he was investing in a tough business and that made him work even harder so succeed. Next, in 5 years the flour business was flourishing. In 1870 the flour barrels increased from making…

FIELD NOTES 3 In this situation, we can see that our context-sensitive action that is common in all three is raising one’s hand. This signals that the person intends to capture their fellow’s attention. In this situation, they wanted to obtain the waiter’s attention. However, considering that the waiters understand the gesture in a single context, they are prone to misunderstanding it in others, as shown in the context below. Excerpt 1: In the middle of their conversation, one girl was raising…

Energy, power, electricity all impose the same idea for us in today's world. We are in an ever ending loop of searching for a source of power that is both efficient and clean. As a child, the thoughts of how electricity powers everything from a toaster to our own brain sparked my interest in electrical engineering. The thoughts of creating light from a potato is unfathomable. I have burnt myself countless of times trying to connect batteries and other sources of power together and never…

Eric Elfman is about a kid named Nick whose mom died in a fire. The fire destroyed everything so they had to move. Nick moved into a new house where inventions of the mad scientist Tesla was along with his inventions. Nick went up to the attic and a toaster fell on his head and gave him a gash so he had to go to the hospital.Nick decided to sell the inventions at a garage sale because it all looked like junk. He also made new friends at the garage sale. He then realized that each item did…

At the beginning of my Christmas break, I was sitting by a smoky, hot fire with some hot coco with marshmallows in it with a warm blanket on a cold day.On the second day of break, I was riding my four wheeler drifting on the icy roads trying to go get more wood for my family's fire at my grandma and grandpa's house .But when I got there and there was a big puff of smoke in the back and it smelled like a fire so I ran back there, but it was just my grandma and grandpa making a fire so they could…

statement here draws the readers’ interest to learn more about the story. “Black” symbolize death, evil, and mystery. The description of “a black plastic box” further enhanced the truth of death. Also, with the additional description of “the size of a toaster” and “weighed three and a half pounds”, the box that contains Lola’s ashes appears in front of the readers’ eyes vividly. Before Tizon packaged the box into his suitcase, he put the box “in a canvas tote bag”. Instead of putting the box…

The strongest theme presented in Ray Bradbury’s book, “Fahrenheit 451”, is that technology, if abused, can have an immense hold on one's life. This concept of control on someone's life is clearly illustrated throughout “Fahrenheit 451”. In one such instance on page ten, Mildred is said to have “in her ears the little Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind.” Such…

quick, healthy, and most importantly delicious! Avocado Toast Such a basic breakfast but it really is so simple to make and you have so many different options of ways to make it. Take your 2 slices of wheat bread and popping them right into the toaster. Personally I like to mush my avocados up into a creamy texture to spread all over the…