Emmanuel Gamboa Mrs. Lynch Short Fiction Period IV September 17‚ 2012 “The Blue Bouquet” and its Critics Short-short stories have been critiqued by countless writers and every single critic has a different mentality about what needs to be in a short-short story to make it a memorable one. There have been countless authors that try to create a short-short story but at the end of the day for one reason or another‚ their story was not considered a short-short. Through the critiques of Alice K
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Dear Mr. Meyer‚ In this urgent time of crisis and war‚ we must not forget the scenes our troops must forge through; images we might never experience as we sit in our living rooms with eyes glued to CNN. As part of our curriculum‚ we were asked to read “Dulce et Decorum Est” written by Wilfred Owen and this poem left such a lasting impression that I was shocked and upset to find out you may consider removing this poem from your textbook‚ The Bedford Introduction to Literature. I believe that such
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In Nathan Jurgenson’s The IRL Fetish‚ he makes it plainly obvious that the modern-day human is suffering from living online instead of being present in the moment. Every person‚ young or old‚ is constantly on an electronic device throughout the day. We try to distance ourselves from the internet‚ but we cannot help but think about taking photos for social media or the countless notifications they will have once they return to their device. The world is passing by us and we are no longer taking in
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Soil-transmitted helminthes(STH) are a group of parasitic nematode worms that cause human infection known as helminthiasis through contact with parasite eggs or larvae that thrive in the warm and moist soil of the world’s tropical and subtropical countries( World Health Organization‚ 2005). As adult worms‚ these worms live for years in the human gastrointestinal tract. Most Infections are caused by four main species of worms commonly known as roundworms( Ascaris lumbricoides)‚ whipworms( Trichuris
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Martine Moore The Angel of Death and The Sculptor By: Daniel Chester French The Metropolitan Museum of Art November 10‚ 2011 The work of art I chose was “The Angel of Death and The Sculptor” by Daniel Chester French. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website‚ he recreated this piece based on the authentic sculpture by Martin Milmore. Martin Milmore created the piece as a memorial in honor of his brother’s death. The original artwork was made of bronze‚ but French recreated
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its white sand beaches‚ friendly locals‚ and beautiful weather; Pacific Beach in San Diego is an extremely joyful place to be. At Pacific Beach the vast‚ white sand beach attracts many people from all over the world. Walking on this warm sand barefoot is like getting a little foot massage every time you take a step. Although you can barely feel the grain of the sand‚ it is not nearly enough to cause any discomfort. Pacific Beach at sunset looks like exactly like a scenic portrait that somebody
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that contrasts with Lena’s liveliness. It’s strange-- I dream the same dream “a great many times‚ and it [is] always the same. I [am] in a harvest-field full of shocks‚ and I [am] lying against one of them. Lena Lingard [comes] across the stubble barefoot‚ in a short skirt‚ with a curved reaping-hook in her hand‚ and she [is] flushed like the dawn‚ with a kind of luminous rosiness all about her. She [sits] down beside me‚ [turns] to me with a soft sigh and said‚ ‘Now they are all gone‚ and I can kiss
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The word “hippie” has been in existence since the 1960’s. The “hippies” were a large amount of people who believed in the same‚ basic‚ simple things. Everyone back in those days and still today have their own opinion on the hippies and what they stood for. The real definition of a hippie is: a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic; broadly: a long-haired unconventionally dressed
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Over the past 20 years‚ cellphones have developed at a remarkable pace. At first the production was carefree. People gave little thought to the wellbeing of the environment and its sustainability. In time came new technologies and new demands for mobility and functionality. This meant greater demand for telephones and advanced electronic circuits. In 2015 alone‚ there was sold almost 1.3 billion smartphones [14]. In all advanced electronic circuits‚ toxins and hazardous substance are utilized. [1]
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riding on five goats brought the first grain to the city. In 1959 PRPG consisted of a shed on the side of the street to repair pianos. Later a shelter was built to process the wood. At that time the pianos were carried in a cart with men walking barefoot to the port. During the tumultuous of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution in the 1960’s and 1970’s‚ few Chinese dared to buy a piano‚ which symbolized the West’s decadent and bourgeois society. Learning the piano was frowned upon at that time. The
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