crashing down around me. I could not absorb the fact that I hit a biker while I was driving. I used so many “if” statements. If only I would have put my phone down‚ if only it were not dark and storming‚ if only he had been wearing lighter or brighter clothes. I am only just accepting that what I say now does not matter; I cannot change the past. I made a stupid decision‚ and I must accept the consequences. You must also be able to forgive others‚ to realize that they also make mistakes. For 1 Peter
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“Clothes” By naming the story “Clothes” Divakaruni takes the titles and turns it into a symbol for something in the story. In this instance Sumita’s clothes symbolize her journey from her old naitve country traditions in India to her new independence in her and her husband’s new apartment in America. Divakaruni writes this story to show the readers that most Indian country tradition is for the daughter to have an arranged marriage‚ with someone she may not know and love at the same time but will
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Using natural energy resources doesn’t necessarily mean you will conserve any energy‚ yet we do advise every household to research the possibility of implementing natural energy resources to influence their home power supply. This will conserve the fossil fuels we are currently consuming at an alarming rate. Many little things can be done in an attempt to conserve energy in the home. It is knowing how to do these little energy conservation processes that many people do not know about‚ understand
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David Mach David Mach is a Scottish sculptor he is also an installation artist. Mach’s artistic style is based on flowing assemblages of mass-produced objects. These include magazines‚ vicious teddy bears‚ newspapers‚ car tyres‚ match sticks and coat hangers. Here are two sculptures of David Mach: Sculpture 1: Gorilla Materials used: -He has used wire hangers in his pieces of art. Mach first creates a plastic base of the figure he then wraps in coat hangers. Hundreds of basic hangers are welded
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Laundry Shops can be seen like mushrooms popping in and out of the metropolis. If you take a look closer‚ these laundry shops are mostly full of laundry either packed in plastics ready for pick-up‚ sorted in baskets ready for washing‚ or inside the machine spinning. A laundry business is one of the simplest business that you can think of since it doesn’t require a lot of skill to operate and manage. A simple individual can be one of your staff and anyone can manage this business because it is not
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The short story “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is about a young Indian woman‚ Sumita‚ and her cultural transition to America that is symbolized by her clothes and the color of her clothes. The traditional Indian attire for a woman is a sari and each one has its own purpose. Her clothes also indicate her progression from daughter‚ to wife‚ to woman‚ which is why this story embodies Mordecai Marcus’ description of an initiation story. The story starts off with the bride to be in a yellow
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Washing Clothes When people are growing up they often take everyday duties for granted‚ never learning how to perform them. This lack of information does not cause a problem until they realize they lack the knowledge to perform everyday tasks. Washing clothes"¦ sounds simple right? Well if you mess up the steps‚ or forget to put one in‚ you may end up with pink underwear and that is never good. One certainty is that everyone will have to wash their clothes at some point in their life. Having the
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ONE’S CLOTHES 1. Make sure you put your clothes on a hanger when you get undressed at night if they are going to be worn again. Put everything else into the hamper to be washed. Never just put your clothes into the floor. 2. Prevent getting food stains on your shirts or blouses. 3. Dab ice water or seltzer onto food stains immediately‚ so it does not set. Do not rub. 4. Wash your clothes often. Separate colors from whites. 5. Try not to use a dryer at all. Dryers wear out clothes and
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that the famous designers just magically came up with an idea to make a whole collection on their own. Well‚ in some cases that is true but in most cases it’s not. A lot of our clothes that we wear now are actually influenced by the clothes from the 15th/16th century. That’s why the clothes from the 16th century and the clothes now are very similar in some ways through the way women wore then and the way they dress now‚ the way men dressed and the way men dress now and how the children dressed then
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Clothes appear to have significant meaning in The Awakening‚ enough so that they are mentioned at almost every description of the characters. Edna Pontellier starts the novel fully dressed and appropriately dressed for a woman of her responsibilities‚ however‚ at her final moment‚ she is naked on the beach. Other women in the story also represent their ‘position’ and the way they feel in the way they dress. For example‚ Madmoiselle Reisz never changes her clothes. This could possibly symbolize her
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