writing my essay on The City of Ember By Jeanne Duprau. It is an excellent book with many twists and turns that keep you reading. This book is staged in the wonderful city of Ember the only light in an endless darkness. The main character is Lina Mayfleet who is a young spirited girl who loves to explore. The plot is about how Ember is dying and only one note which Lina finds can save them all. Remember if you intend to read the book there will be more spoilers if you continue forward. The City of Ember
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Joe Parise Coms 356 2/18/10 Static and Dynamic Composition In the film Turtles Can Fly we are introduced to a girl named Agrin. She is with a small child around the age of three named Riga. We see throughout the film that Agrin has a strange hatred for the child and wants to rid him from her life. As a viewer we are left to assume that the three-year –old Riga is Agrin’s son‚ a product of rape when her village was invaded. Ghobadi‚ the film’s director‚ uses one scene that really stood out
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Kimberly Buonto I am presenting my essay on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s poem “Yuba City School.” This poem details the account of an Immigrant mother and son from India who are dealing with the cultural differences faced in their new American home. Many of Divakaruni’s poems are about immigrant experiences. Divakaruni is an immigrant from India who draws from her own personal experiences to write her poetry. “Yuba City School” is a poem that captures the darkness that encompasses the situations
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Stillwater‚ Oklahoma to attend Oklahoma State University I could immediately feel change. Coming from a place like Oklahoma City‚ Oklahoma has very many differences than Stillwater. Most people actually say once you move off to college you will lose things like personal space‚ personal property‚ privacy‚ etc. In some cases‚ that is not always true; for example‚ I never really had my own personal space until moving to college. Moving to college is like having your own living space to get away from the
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The Busy City Life New York City can be a beautiful place to live in although at times it can become very hectic and crazy. As the morning slowly comes to a dawn and the sun begins to beam through New York City‚ posing statues and all the buildings begin to glow. Looking out the barred up window of my friends’ 25th floor apartment reminds me of a prison cell. I’m able to look down on the NY streets around all the buildings‚ you see people rushing out of them like waves of tides. The street becomes
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Original Composition Essay Topic 3: Sometimes lying is acceptable Introduction: As a child‚ we were all told at least once that lying is something we should try to avoid. Of course lying is an act we try to avoid‚ but there are certain situations where telling a white lie would be acceptable. Specific situations where lying would be better than the truth would be for self-protection‚ the feelings of others‚ and urgent situations. Topic 1: Self-Protection: In a scenario where you were about to
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The setting of my book is at “The Domed City” on top of Wyoming‚ and at Nuku Hiva Island. All the action takes place at Nuku Hiva Island and at “The Domed City”. The time of the year in this book is in the future about 2080. The main characters of my book are: Corgan‚ Sharla‚ Brig‚ Seabrig‚ Brigand‚ Grimber‚ Delphine and Mendor. The characters are believable in my opinion‚ maybe if we could live in the future I would believe in them more. The character I liked the most was Corgan‚ because he is a
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It’s better to live in a big city than a small city All most people like live in a small city‚ but I love places where there are good transportation systems‚ where you have better chances getting jobs and where you can easily enjoy cultural life. So I would like to live in a big city. There are good transportation systems in a big city .It will be very comfortable because you can go to any places really quickly‚ and you save money riding on buses and subways because these are days’ oil prices
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A few months ago my father and I visited Singapore‚ one of the most famous cities in Asia. Singapore‚ a small island‚ lies at the southern and of West Malaysia. A long and narrow piece of land joins Singapore with Johore Hahru‚ the southern-most town of West Malaysia. Singapore is now an independent state. The city of Singapore is extremely beautiful. It is well known for its centers of business and other activities. There are many places of interest such as the Tiger Balm Garden‚ the Botanical
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Descending over the San Gabriel mountains into LAX‚ Los Angeles‚ the gray rolling neighborhoods unfurling into the distant pillars of downtown leaping out of its famous smog‚ one can easily see the fortress narrative that Mike Davis argues for in City of Quartz. A city that has been thoroughly converted into a factory that dumps money taken from exterior neighborhoods‚ and uses them to build grand monuments downtown. One could compare the concrete plazas of Downtown LA and the Sony Center dominated Postdamer
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