“He just stared at me‚ and I saw that he had no idea of what late was. Glendine‚ his mama‚ probably lets him fall asleep in front of the set every night. I pictured him crumpled up on that smelly shag rug she keeps in front of the TV to catch the spills and crumbs” (2) The Author uses very strong and suitable words in this passage. For example he uses the word crumpled to describe the little boy laying on the rug. He could have used curled up or bundled up. Those words would have a warm cozy feeling
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The Symbolic use of Motifs in “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” by Milan Kundera. Looking at “motifs” in general may at first seem vague‚ yet Kundera places a large amount of weight on the way motifs shape us as human beings and construct the way in which we identify ourselves or rather choose not to identify ourselves. From the beginning of the novel‚ Kundera readily admits to the fictionality of his characters that he has constructed‚ stating that they arose from several “basic situations”
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taking an abdominal x-ray is a task which consists of many processes. The author will‚ in this essay‚ describe many of these processes‚ including patient care‚ radiation protection and descriptions of projections required for the case study. The information will be divided into the following headings: Case Study‚ Patient Care Plan‚ Radiation Protection and Descriptions of Projections. 2. CASE STUDY A 24-year-old female patient was referred for an abdominal x-ray to the diagnostic x-ray department. The
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Biographical information about the author: Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan‚ Illinois on August 22‚ 1920. He was an author of many great novels as well as a poet. He wrote fantasy and horror‚ Fahrenheit 451 was one of his most famous novels. At a young age Ray was a fantasy fiction lover and liked magicians. He chose to be a writer when he was about 13 and then later moved to Los Angeles‚ California. During the great depression he couldn’t pay for college‚ instead went to the library. His first
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Ray Bradbury was born on August 22nd‚ 1920 in Waukegan‚ Illinois. In 1931 Bradbury began to write some of his first stories and in 1938 his first story "Hollerbochen’s Dilemma" was published in Imagination‚ an amateur fan magazine. In 1942 Bradbury writes "The Lake" the story in which he feels that he discovered his unique style. During his early adult years his work was routinely rejected and not until the late 1940’s did he breakthrough with the publication of his horror and fantasy stories in
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Carl Sandburg’s Motif of Blood as a Symbol of Both Life and Death The image of the color red is presented in at least 25 of the poems of this collection. In some instances‚ red is a symbol of passion and life‚ but in others it is offered as a symbol of suffering‚ death‚ and waste. Sandburg frequently presents this motif with the image of blood‚ especially in War Poems. The blood image also has a dual meaning for Sandburg. He uses it to represent both life and death as well. While these two images
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Marilyn Ray and Jean Watson’s Caring Theories Compared Winifred Hernandez National American University Abstract How is caring defined? In nursing‚ caring is an essential part of our profession. It is the foundation and initial approach used in our daily practice. There are many belief systems in which caring is examined. The two theories discussed in this paper are Marilyn Anne Ray’s Theory of Bureaucratic Caring and Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring. The Theory of Bureaucratic Caring was
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As a young scientist‚ Ray Cronise always had the ambition to one day float on a plane. At this time‚ he pictured this being as if in space. During 1987‚ he had the opportunity to experience this weightlessness reality that NASA equiped. Twenty years later‚ Cronise had the opportunity to talk his family with him to experience floating on a plane. However‚ he also mentioned that in-between these twenty years‚ he gained fifty pounds. Although the process was slow‚ he put on pounds yearly and his BMI[body
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Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope OBJECTIVE: To learn how to operate a cathode-ray oscilloscope. APPARATUS: Cathode-ray oscilloscope‚ multimeter‚ and oscillator. INTRODUCTION: The cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO) is a common laboratory instrument that provides accurate time and aplitude measurements of voltage signals over a wide range of frequencies. Its reliability‚ stability‚ and ease of operation make it suitable as a general purpose laboratory instrument. The heart of the CRO is a cathode-ray tube
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Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith was born in September 24‚ 1969 in El Paso Texas and joined the U.S Army in 1989 soon after graduating from Tampa Bay high school and received Engineer training at Fort Leonard Wood‚ Missouri. Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith was the first Soldier
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