grip the bull by the horns and make it work for her and her children. Her higglering days earned her money; portions of which she saved for herself. Ma Bell’s biggest dream is to have a proper burial when she dies. She dreams of a fine coffin‚ not the “plain cedar coffin” that most people are buried in. She feels that she deserves a proper way of leaving this earth since she came in through poverty. To Ma Bell this dream‚ this vanity‚ represented a final checkpoint – ironically she looked forward to
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William Shakespeare is widely regarded as one of the most influential playwrights in history. Believed to have first been performed in 1600‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar quickly gained recognition‚ and has been recognized since as one of Shakespeare’s more famous works. The play revolves around its three central characters‚ Julius Caesar‚ Mark Anthony‚ and Brutus. In the play Mark Anthony delivers one of the most famous speeches ever given; better known as the "Friends‚ Romans‚ Countrymen" speech
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Day of the dead How to make your own altar The Day of the Dead The Dead of the Dead altar is a prehispanic tradition that has lasted throughout the years. It has become an integrated part of the Catholic religion in Mexico. Every year it becomes a bigger and bigger event‚ with school classes‚ government employees and artists throughout Mexico competing for the most creative and interesting altar. Halloween is not a tradition in Mexico‚ and every year the Catholic church fights against the celebration
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is the greatest war novel of all time. This is not true because it is a cliche story about a war hero who saves many lives‚ but rather because it illustrates the true horrors of war and its effects on the soldiers. This book demonstrates the bloody and dehumanizing effect that was has on a soldier such as Paul Bäumer. Paul Bäumer is the protagonist in this novel‚ a nineteen-year-old boy who enlists in the army with his school mates at the encouragement
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Never Have Too Much Pride The insult had been done‚ and Montresor was out for revenge on Fortunato. Not a soul but Montresor knew what the insult may have been‚ but this is what makes the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is about a man‚ Montresor‚ who receives a wine that Fortunato‚ the wine expert‚ is looking for. During a carnival‚ Montresor persuades Fortunato to take him to his personal wine cellars‚ located in the catacombs. Fortunato became impaired‚ Montresor
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TEDURAY ECONOMY The economy of Teduray is agriculturally based. Farming is their basic means of livelihood. Their other subsistence are fishing‚ hunting and mini handicraft production. Most of the farmers still practice swidden cultivation or slash-and-burn (kaingin) in farming. Thus‚ most of them get marginal production which is not enough to cater the wants and needs of their families. Planting star is one of the traditions still practiced by the Tedurays. This is observed during the months
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English Wilfred Owen Speech Good morning/afternoon‚ my name is ________ and I am here to discuss the question that‚ Composers have the power to engage the interest of their readers. I will be answering this question with several references to my chosen composer and well known poet‚ Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen is a World War One poet‚ with many poems such as Dulce Et Decorum Est and Anthem for Doomed Youth‚ two very influential poems about different sides of the War. Owen was very skilled in
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Tom Dacre‚ who cried when his hair was shaved to prevent vermin and soot from infesting it. The speaker comforts Tom‚ who falls asleep and has a dream or vision of several chimney sweepers all locked in black coffins. An angel arrives with a special key that opens the locks on the coffins and sets the children free. The newly freed children run through a green field and wash themselves in a river‚ coming out clean and white in the bright sun. The angel tells Tom that if he is a good boy‚ he will
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“The dehydrated internal organs are wrapped in linen and returned to the body.” (ancientegypt.co.uk). The embalmers want the body to look lifelike. They stuff it with sawdust‚ leaves and linen. Again‚ they cover it with oils then with linen. “In the past‚ when the internal organs were removed from the body they were placed in hollow canopic jars but over the years embalmers changed that and returned the organs back to the body.” (ancientegypt.co.uk) The canopic jars have different gods’ heads
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Losing Ones Identity Through HardshipsThe poetry involved in Yusef Komunyakaas Dien Cai Dau is about the hardships of the Vietnamese War. It involves the experiences of both black and white soldiers as well the Vietnamese people. The experiences that the soldiers had in wartime are expressed through the feelings of war. These elements convey the loss of individuality of the soldiers. The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell‚ conveys the idea of lost identity through the sacrifice of
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