As you walk through the dusty‚ pothole cover parking lot‚ you will see two things: small waves breaking on the shore of a beautiful‚ glimmering lake and off to the side‚ a rusty‚ green shipping container with a boarded up window. If you look at the container closely‚ you can see a faint sign scratched into the paint that reads “Sharon High Sailing.” Four years ago‚ inside that grimy old container‚ I met my team. They were motley group of individuals‚ the valedictorian‚ a jock‚ the chess team captain
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Alex Upton “1954” by Sharon Olds is a poem displaying the horrors of an instance of rape and murder of a young girl by a man named Burton Abbott in 1954. Olds uses a frantic and horrified tone highlighted by a careful choice of diction to express her messages that any ordinary-looking person can disguise evil and the current justice system has a hypocritical eye-for-an-eye mindset that only ends up destroying human life. The structure of “1954” is built on enjambment and broken sentences. This
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"Money Hungry" by Sharon G. Flake. The following book is about a thirteen year old girl named Raspberry Hill and her mother. Raspberry is known to be obsessed with money and will do almost anything to get it. Unfortunately‚ it’s not a rumor‚ but it is true for one reason. Raspberry and her mother use to be homeless‚ and when they finally got a place in the projects‚ she promised herself she would never go back to being homeless again. She starts to make money the best she can‚ saving and never spending
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Idealization and Dissappointed The speaker in "The Blue Dress"‚ by Sharon Olds‚ idealizies her father but is soon disappointed when she realizes her father is much different from what she picture. The girl is led to believe that a blue dress given to on her birthday was from her father. Later on she realizes that she was mistaken and that her father in all actually did not give her the blue dress. Instead of letting go of the facade her father had created she embraced it as an actual reality:
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Both not for profit and for profit companies have many similarity and differences. A lot of companies start with the intent of making a profit. These companies also pay taxes and are called profit or for profit companies (Rodwell‚ & Teo‚ 2013). Other companies‚ while they can make a profit begin with the intent of helping others. These companies are not for profit or non-profit organizations. Nonprofit organizations are not allowed to make a profit‚ and do not pay taxes‚ but they might generate
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In On The Subway by Sharon Olds the narrator contrasts two worlds to develop both portraits by comparing a white wealthy woman to a African American young man. By doing that she uses imagery by describing the appearance of both characters. Also she uses tone to explain the fear the white woman had because she felt threatened by the black man. He also uses organization to reveal how the white woman changed her mind from the beginning of the poem to the end. Olds uses imagery for the readers to imagine
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West Side Story No 10: Tonight (Ensemble) Maria‚ Tony‚ Anita‚ Riff‚ Bernardo‚ Jets and Sharks In this number‚ all the participants talk about the eventful evening they feel is ahead‚ each with their own thoughts on what will happen. There are three trains of thought: 1 Riff and Bernardo - thinking (in terms of their own gangs) of the fight arranged for later that evening 2 Anita - thinking about her ’nocturnal activities’ with Bernardo after the fight 3 Tony and Maria - more romantic love‚
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shape the viewer’s attitude toward specific elements of a film. Music‚ timing‚ camera features‚ setting and much more all influence the viewer’s outlook. The Battle of Algiers and Paradise Now and then both put their perspective on the struggle between two different groups and fighting techniques within the two sides. Each film takes a different approach to connect the viewer to the film. With only being exposed to twenty-six minutes of The Battle of Algiers‚ it was difficult to get on a personal basis
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The Forgetting‚ written by Sharon Cameron is a story about a young girl named Nadia‚ who is found in a great deal of trouble when she realizes that it’s up to her and Gray‚ the handsome young glassblower‚ to save their city from a memory washout that occurs every 12 years. The story takes place in a fictional city call Canaan where all things are pleasant up until the twelfth year when the Forgetting occurs and everything that is not written down is forgotten. The city of Canaan is portrayed as
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and hills‚ then the new ride Star Wars: Light Side vs Dark Side is for you. These dueling roller coasters are in a race to the finish‚ with identical tracks‚ and a random outcome every time. During the ride‚ you experience things such as hills‚ loops‚ twists‚ turns‚ as well as a corkscrew around the Death Star and R2D2. When entering the ride‚ you will have the choice to enter one of two lines. One line will take you to the platform of the light side. On your way to the loading area‚ you will
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