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  • The Storm

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    It is now a category 5 storm with wind gusts up to 200km hr Severe flooding is expecting as it heads directly towards us The weatherman warned grimly It is expected to hit the Callahn area in the early hours of tomorrow morning with severe and devastating force Catastrophic damages are to be expected Hush fell over the three adults and four children as they all silently watched the TV in the cramped living room Grim faces watched mesmerised as the weatherman began to speak once more The storms

  • The Wars

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    The earth seems beautiful to the naked eye Not until the unseen forces of Mother Nature are kicked into full gear and a pounding life sucking form is created that is able to eat humans alive is the true nature of the earth revealed A nice sunny breeze is considered great until a strong gust of wind comes along and tears away anything in its path A gentle warm fire is always loved when the weather is cold until this warm fire is transformed into a scorching weapon of mass destruction The stunnin

  • Growth in Alice in Wonderland

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    When Alice first came to Wonderland she was very foolish and put herself in danger many times As the book progresses we see Alice becoming more mature When Alice needed to shrink to fit in the door she saw the bottle that said Drink me Alice looked to check that it wasnt poison When Alice was shrinking she forgot to bring the key with her If Alice remembered to bring the key with her she would have been able to go into the garden in chapter 2 In Chapters 2 4 Alice is still immature and nearly k

  • Wilderness

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    How we think of the wilderness is greatly varied Often distorted and Confused by Television and modern media The story wilderness by Roger Zelazny And Gerald Hausmsn describes two different stories of two mountain men between 1808 and 1823 The first is John Colter a trapper who was chased one hundred Fifty miles by Indian warriors in what is known called yellow stone national park The other man was Hugh Glass who was attacked by a bear and crawled one Hundred miles to saftey from the grand vall

  • Poison in The Poisonwood Bible

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    Love never dies a natural death It dies because we dont know how to replenish its source It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals It dies of illness and wounds it dies of weariness of withering of tarnishing Anais Nin Anais Nin is saying that love does not just go away there is a cause to its diminishing In the novel The Poisonwood Bible multiple betrayals partake within the Price family a family that went to the African Congo to take part in a religious mission Among the betrayed was Adah

  • I Have A Dream

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    I Have a Dream August 28 1963 a powerful speech I Have A Dream was delivered to over 200 000 people at the Lincoln memorial in Washington D C by Dr Martin Luther King Jr Not only a highly respected activist and heroic leader for civil rights he was a well educated and phenomenal speaker King captivated his audiences by using various strategies such as metaphors repetition historical and spiritual allusions and word choice Some of these techniques will be explained here Metaphorically Kings spee

  • Seekers in Dharma Bums

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    There are many ways to identify a seeker There is a hunger in their eyes a look of inquisitiveness and often skepticism They are looking for the answer and that search is rarely interrupted Every experience and every moment is analyzed and scrutinized for its application to their lives In Jack Kerouacs Dharma Bums Viking Press1959 we have a story chock full of seekers From the narrator Ray and his fellow bums to the poets and people he meets along his journeys across the country and back again

  • Brokeback Mountain: Short Story Versus Movie

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    The adaptation of Brokeback Mountain from short story to film was incredibly accurate It is the tale of two young men who find themselves alone in there respected lives and only find solace comfort and contentment when they are together The insurmountable odds against them individually are still not enough to bring them together They try to deny and ignore their attraction and need for one another in excuses of irrational society norms and mainstream obligations they have both accepted in order

  • Domestic Abuse in Woman Hollering Creek

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    Domestic abuse is more than just a good pilot on Lifetime television It is prevelant in society and the homes of millions around the world Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars It is devastating to be abused by someone that you love and think loves you in return It is estimated that approximately 3 million incidents of domestic violence are reported each year in the United States In the story of Woman Hollering Creek written by Sandra Cisneros themes

  • Commentary on Woman Hollering Creek

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    Waiting for Freedom In the story Woman Hollering Creek Sandra Cisneros discusses the issues of living life as a married woman through a character named Cleofilas a character who is married to a man who abuses her physically and mentally Cisneros reveals the way the culture puts a difference between a male and a female men above women Cisneros has been famous about writing stories about the latino culture and how women are treated she explain what they go through as a child teen and when they ar

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