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    In The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephen King, the gunslinger tries to catch the man in black. The novel is 305 pages long. The book is set in a dystopian parallel universe. The world is similar to our own, having the song “Hey Jude” and its own versions of modern technology. The gunslinger crosses the desert with his mule and he encounters Brown. He tells Brown about what happened in Tull. He questioned the townspeople about a man in black, where he discovers that he brought a man back to…

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    1-The Eiffel Tower(Paris) It built in 1889.The Eiffel Tower (nickname the iron lady) named with it’s engineer.His name is Gustave Eiffel.It built for Expo 1889 Paris Fair.It has became a global icon of France.It’s three hundred meters high and one hundred twenty five meters wide.It is the tallest building in Paris.Every day millions of tourists visit here and see this wonderful structure. 2-The Great Wall of China Chinese Emperor Si-Huangti constructed the great Wall of the China in B.C(Before…

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    there was no need to use different dialects. They were proud and wanted to show their achievement by building a great tower that would reach the heavens. But, the tower was a symbol to God of their arrogance and he saw one language as the culprit of this arrogance. By God’s creation of multiple dialects he shattered the dream of the tower and the harmony that existed. “…the Tower of Babel presents multilingualism as a divine curse meant to hinder our understanding” (McWhorter). A person living…

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    In The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephen King, the gunslinger tries to catch the man in black. The novel is 305 pages long. The book is set in a dystopian parallel universe. The world is similar to our own, having the song “Hey Jude” and its own versions of modern technology. The gunslinger crosses the desert with his mule and he encounters Brown. He tells Brown about what happened in Tull. He asked the townspeople about a man in black, where he discovers that he brought a man back to life.…

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    Movie clip: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - The Cure of Theoden Amongst a vast plain lies the bustling city of Rohan. This city not alike others as it houses the greatest riders in all the lands and a grand wooden hall that houses the king of all Rohan; King Theoden. On most days people would go about their own humble business and avoid conflict within the city. This was not like most days. A entourage of two men (Gandalf and Aragorn), an elf (Legolas) and a dwarf (Gimli). Each with…

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    The story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11 of the Hebrew Bible is a brief but complex moment within the larger story of human development throughout the book of Genesis. At first reading the story appears entirely pessimistic in nature, but through close reading of the text, the nature of the story begins to change. In this essay, I argue that humankind’s creation of the Tower of Babel was motivated more so through an unconscious desire to be closer to God, who had become physically absent…

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    The Two Towers

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    The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (240-260) In the black, volcanic plain of Mordor, the Dark Lord, Sauron, forged his most powerful weapon in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there could it be destroyed. In The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien, Frodo and Sam must trust the foul creature Gollum to lead them to Mordor. With each step, the burden of the ring grows heavier and heavier for Frodo. In this…

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    North Church Case Study

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    The North Church located in Market Square of Portsmouth, NH was originally built in 1657 and was rebuilt in 1854, with the latest restoration in 1978 (CITE). The church was primarily built using brick, wood, and stone to commemorate the colonial style of Portsmouth and its ancestors beforehand. Brick is the primary material used to give the building a more structured look and show that the town has not drifted from its colonial roots. The brick also provides the building at the time a more…

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    Devil's Tower Essay

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    The main topic of discussion in my topic is the rights to the land surrounding and the Devil’s Tower itself. The Devil’s Tower is a monstrous rock formation that seemingly comes out of nowhere in the middle of a forest, and is said to have spiritual value to the native tribes that live in the surrounding areas. There are many tribes, such as the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Crow, Kiowa, Lakota, Sioux, etc.,(Hanson) that claim the exclusive rights to the use of the land for ceremonial purposes, as well as…

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    The Red Tower Essay

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    de Chirico’s painting The Red Tower shows an urbanscape of the typical Italian square with the traditional arcades in shade bordered on both sides, the mysterious box object at the front, the warrior statue with elongated shadow being cut off at the right, the huge red tower at the distant centre, and the farms with natural landscape behind in the background. The whole painting is in dark tone, with only light in the centre focusing viewer’s attention on the red tower and the sculpture. The…

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