individual with moral strengths and high spirits. These qualities helped him endure‚ when he knew that each day could have been his last when living through the Armenian Genocide. In the beginning of the novel “Forgotten Fire”‚ Vahan is described as the youngest child of a wealthy‚ Armenian family. He was very careless and would always need guidance from his family who was afraid of Vahan’s lack of character and discipline. When the Armenian Genocide began‚ Vahan’s personality slowly started to change as
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Write about a time when you went on a holiday that turned out to be disappointing. The November holiday had finally arrived after a long wait. I had finished my N level examination and could finally pamper myself for a holiday trip with my friends. While I was pondering over which destination we will be heading for‚ I came upon an advertisement on the internet‚ promoting on a holiday trip at Malaysia. The advertisement caught my attention and hence‚ I decided to go ahead for it. It was the
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The fire service has been around for over 2‚000 years and there are fire departments all over the world. Regardless of the location of any fire station every firefighter shares the same roots. The fire service first started back in rome in 6 AD. Emperor Caesar Augustus formed the first fire fighting organization called the Vigiles. The Vigils were former slaves and also served as watchmen who patrolled through the city during the night. Each crew member had a certain job some of which included removing
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Lit. & Comp. “Nighttime Fires” pg. 587 “Nighttime Fires” “Nighttime Fires” is a narrative poem written by Regina Barreca. The poet uses powerful imagery which vividly illustrates the lasting impression made upon a girl whose father seeks satisfaction through witnessing the destruction caused by nighttime fires. The poem creates a picture in the reader’s mind of the father’s character as his grown child still remembers from when she was five years old. Although it is obvious that the
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The Great Chicago Fire was one of the largest U.S. disasters of the 19th century‚ and destroyed much of the city’s businesses. This disaster and the rebuilding of the city made Chicago one of the most important American cities. Mrs. O’Leary’s cow is blamed as the most common cause of this fire. The fire started at about 9 P.M. on October 8th‚ 1871. The reconstruction of Chicago started a rapid increase in economic development and population growth. The fire was around a small barn belonging to
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In the short story to build a fire by Jack London‚ we are introduced to an unnamed character who can be described as ignorant and carless. The man has to travel through the deep snow for several miles with a dog to meet with the boys. Later on in the story‚ he is troubled by the harsh weather and is forced numerous times to build a fire. The man is considered to be the dynamic character due the drastic changes he undergoes such as how he becomes more cautious in the decisions he makes. The author
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Forgotten Fire‚ written by Adam Bagdasarian‚ the main culture presented to the reader is the oppressive Turkish culture. The idea of this culture being dominant can be identified through the distinctly negative behavior towards Armenians. The culture affects the plot of the story by impeding Vahan’s goal to survive properly. Within the novel‚ the Armenians in the novel struggle to survive in this state of oppression from the Turkish. The Turkish can be seen exhibiting these violent acts when a “bullet
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’Out of the Blue’ is a dramatic monologue spoken by one of the people inside the twin towers on 9/11‚ from inside the burning building. The effect is of extreme close up on a tiny point in space in time‚ almost in a 1to1 narrative time. The event is narrated as it happens an appeal to a second person who could not be listening. This creates an weird effect‚ of an event we cannot touch‚ of lost people who could not speak to us‚ even though we watched at the time or later: the flames‚ the people who
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1975 GULF OIL REFINERY FIRE In the early hours of August 17‚ 1975‚ a tragic disaster occurred on the Gulf Oil refinery in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. This horrific disaster took the lives of eight firefighters‚ and potentially could have taken more lives if it wasn’t for the help of many surrounding fire stations. The cause of the fire was the overfilling of Tank 231. While no crude oil escaped from the tank as a result of being overfilled‚ large quantities of hydrocarbon vapors were trapped above
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September 18‚ 2011 To Build a Fire: An in-depth Analysis To build a fire is a wonderfully written story draped in imagery. The author describes the story so vividly that it really brings out the setting of the story. The tone is a somber one‚ and even though it is predictable what will happen the way it is written keeps you interested as to how it happens. Setting and tone are two key elements to this story . Without them the reader is left with
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