doctor will be ready soon. While I wait for the dental assistant in her crisp white uniform to call out my name‚ I look at the fish in the large blue tank in the corner of the room. The sleek fish dart about playing hide and seek with the plastic mermaid at the bottom of the tank‚ while tiny silver bubbles slip to the top of the tank’s surface and break silently. I then turn and see a photo album sitting on a coffee table; I pick it up only to see pictures of decaying teeth and gums. I quickly close
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Everyone faces struggles at some point in their life‚ no matter if you are a hero from an old mythical story or a modern day person living in Iowa. Even though the struggles faced by Odysseus and me are different‚ they have a common overlapping theme that ties them together. Which causes them in turn to be in fact very comparable. Both Odysseus and I face obstacles such as temptation‚ laziness‚ and distraction. Although his obstacles come from his want to go back home to Ithaca‚ mine are from my
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seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us‚ and we drown.” The last stanza of the poem “The Love-Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” indicates that the narrator was just dreaming. By referencing sea-girl it could show Prufrock’s romantic idea of mermaids and beautiful ocean views. The last stanza of the poem could refer to the character waiting on his love to come‚ and when she doesn’t show he decides to commit suicide seeing as he wasn’t living happily and believed death was the only answer. It
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When you think about what you want for your future is there someone you look up to for inspiration? For me this person is Lin Manuel Miranda. Lin is a triple threat; playwright‚ singer‚ and actor which are all things I aspire to be. He proved that no matter where you’re from‚ if you work your hardest you can achieve great things. From a young age Lin’s parents encouraged him to start piano and theatre‚ which eventually lead to his starts on Broadway and Disney. Lin Manuel Miranda was born January
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University of Massachusetts Boston ScholarWorks at UMass Boston Africana Studies Faculty Publication Series Africana Studies 1-1-2011 ‘The Mystic Drum’: Critical Commentary on Gabriel Okara’s Love Lyrics Chukwuma Azuonye University of Massachusetts Boston‚ chukwuma.azuonye@umb.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.umb.edu/africana_faculty_pubs Part of the African Languages and Societies Commons‚ Comparative Literature Commons‚ and the English Language and
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their worshippers as it allowed them to see the power it has. Today we obviously don’t see powerful people carrying it around; however‚ it is still seen in animated TV shows and movies to give a meaning to the character. It is seen in the little mermaid where King Triton bears it on him to convey his power to the rest of the creatures of the sea. Also in the Lion King‚ the monkey who is characterized to be an influential persona popping up when someone needs advice amongst the animal kingdom bears
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The Fairy Tale Tradition Fairy tales occupy a unique niche in the literary world. They are the subject of intense and extensive academic discourse at the same time as they are animated and commercialized for children by major production companies. The identity of the fairy tale as literature is hotly contested. Angela Carter’s view on fairy tales was that they were on the same "cultural level" as classic works like Paradise Lost. In contrast to Carter’s view‚ an experienced librarian at a major
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and twists in the water beneath her‚ more natural and stronger than her legs ever felt. She runs her webbed hands over her dark sea green scales‚ the same shade as the surface in a storm. She smiles with sharp canine like teeth. Siren‚ she thinks‚ mermaid. Sister of the sea. The captain was right‚ a ship is no place for a woman. This is the place for a woman. And when she drags him and his crew screaming down into it‚ they will realise‚ the ocean may be cruel… but her sisters are worse. The girl smiles
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BMC 1-3 Ms. Grace Muncada I Public Relations‚ what they call "PR"‚ has always played a tremendous part of our daily lives. It is present in many simple ways such us riding a public vehicle‚ buying from stores‚ and even doing simple tasks at home. Public Relations (PR) as defined by Wikipedia is the practice of managing the spread of information between an individual or organization and the public. It is comprised of two bodies‚ which are the organization and the public. Without
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“Gender” How is Barbie influencing girls around the world? How many girls grown up playing with Barbie dolls? A lot. Statistics show that two Barbie’s are sold every second somewhere in the world. In fact‚ the average American girl from ages 3 to 11 owns 10. Whenever I hear the song named “Barbie Girl” by Aqua‚ I think of my niece. My niece was the type of person that loved to play with Barbie. She wanted to become like Barbie and looked like her. She could spend hours and hours playing with these
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