Wood types differ considerably in properties such as color‚ density‚ and hardness‚ making timber a resource that is valuable in a wide variety of contexts. Each of the samples of commonly used woods shown here has distinctive characteristics. Mahogany is a tropical tree prized for its heavy‚ strong‚ easily worked wood. Hickory is a tough‚ hard wood used for tool handles‚ furniture‚ and smoke wood for meat. Instrument makers favor the strong‚ richly colored wood of the cherry tree. Yew is strong‚
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#1 Nathaniel Malcolm Mr. German ENG4UAN-a July 10‚ 2013 The Futility of the ‘American Dream’ The ideal of the ‘American Dream’ has hardly changed over the past century. The dream is a unique American phenomenon. It represents a nebulous concept that is exemplified by a number of American values. Many deem wealth and success to be the means to this paradigm. When stability‚ security and family values also become part of the suburban lifestyle‚ the American Dream
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Into the woods Into the woods is like a fractured fairytale. It has little red riding hood‚ Cinderella‚ jack and the bean stalk‚ and the baker. Little red riding hood stops at the baker’s house for some sweets for her grandma who is sick in bed. Then the witch from next door to the baker comes over and says that there was a spell on his family and the spell was that he couldn’t have any kids. The baker and his wife really wanted a kid. So the witch told them that they would have to get certain
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Into the Woods Play Review Zachary Martin Before Grimm‚ before Supernatural‚ and even before Wicked‚ there was one “reimagining of classic fairy tales with interwoven plots and grey scale characters” and that was Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. Sondheim uses four familiar stories to set the scene for his overarching plot allowing him to concentrate on jokes and creating new relationships between old characters. He also uses familiar characters in ways that blend categories. Through
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In the Woods by Tana French takes place in a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984. There were three children who went in the woods to play. When their mothers begin to call them to tell them to come home none of the children answered the call. When the police came‚ they find only one out of the three children holding on a tree trunk in terror‚ sneakers are filled with blood‚ and is not able to remember any details of what happened earlier in the day. The boy the police found was Adam Ryan
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Compare how poets present World War 1 in ‘Mametz Wood’ and one other poem you studied Sheers wrote ‘Mametz Wood’‚ reflecting on the death and remains of solders in World War One contrasted to Hughes who wrote’ Bayonet Charge’ after war but set it during war‚ presenting the uncertainty of the soldiers. Having the two poems set in different times‚ contrasts how World War 1 is presented both during and after. Bayonet Charge has many examples of similes to give vivid detail to the reader‚ helping
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Comparison of ‘Futility’ and ‘Poppies’ The two notorious war poems Futility by Wilfred Owen and Poppies by Jane Weir are poems that are different in many ways. Although they are both based on war‚ the theme of each poem is different. It is clear that ‘Poppies’ is about a mother talking about her son leaving her‚ whilst ‘Futility’ is about a man grieving the death of a comrade in battle. Whilst both poems share a sense of loss‚ in ‘Poppies’‚ it is more a fear of the possibility of loss rather than
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Socheata Sin Oct. 30 2012 English Lang & Lit 11JMc The commentary on the poem “Futility” by Wilfred Owen The poem titled “Futility” meaning uselessness or pointlessness. Owen is trying to say this war is the pointless war. The soldiers are useless that they’re dead. No matter how much the soldier work‚ it doesn’t worth it. The poem is written in fourteen lines and divided into two verses. The two verses are contrast each other. The first verse’s atmosphere is quite‚ soft‚ tender and
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his thoughts because of the contrast between the beauties of nature‚ meaning nature created life and the horror of war which was destroying lives. The two poems which help Owen use nature to the most powerful are ‘Spring Offensive’ and ‘Futility’ The poem ‘Futility’ is suggesting by the title and letting the readers know that it was futile for the colleague of the soldier who was killed in war to attempt to revive him. Owen wanted to tell through the title that war itself was also futile. Owen made
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Wilfred Owen’s poetry usually describes the grotesque reality of the frontline of WWI; however‚ this poem concentrates on the meaning of existence‚ and the futility (pointlessness) of war and inevitability of death. The narrator of this poem is having an existential crisis; what is the point of being born if you are just going to die a few years later? It is common for people to question death and what comes after death‚ especially if that person is surrounded by death or on the verge of death themselves
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