AirBorn By: Kenneth Oppel Summary: Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora‚ a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean‚ ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt’s always wanted; convinced he’s lighter than air‚ he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship. One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies. It is only after Matt meets the balloonist’s granddaughter that he
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Kenneth Burke’s Dramatism Life is drama; playing roles in relation to other people. Interest in the interaction of language and action. Symbolic Interactionist—Language is symbolic action. “Verbal symbols are meaningful acts from which motives can be derived (Griffin‚ p. 329).” “Human beings…are a symbol-creating‚ symbol-using‚ and symbol misusing animal (Littlejohn‚ 1978‚ p. 69).” A theory of Motives—why do people act (particularly rhetorically) the way they do? Assess motives
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In The Beach Boys song “God Only Knows‚” the singer declares his everlasting love and contemplates life without his partner. Several literary elements demonstrate that the lyrics could very well serve as poetry. The song is told from the first person point of view. "Poets who write in the first-person point of view allow the reader to experience the imagery of a poem through the direct perception of the narrator" (Cascio). These lyrics are written so tenderly and deeply that you feel like a private
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EN 115 23 October 2012 Essay Two: The theme of ‘Illusion versus Reality’ in Matthew Arnold’s ‘Dover Beach’ ‘Dover Beach’ is a poem by the English poet Matthew Arnold. The locale of the poem is the English ferry port of Dover Kent‚ facing Calais‚ France. This was the place where Matthew Arnold honeymooned in 1851 (Wikipedia Contributors). In Matthew Arnold’s ‘Dover Beach’‚ the speaker draws visual imagery to show that what is generally perceived is false and hence an illusion
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Dover Beach Mathew Arnold Time and Place Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) wrote "Dover Beach" during or shortly after a visit he and his wife made to the Dover region of southeastern England‚ the setting of the poem‚ in 1851. They had married in June of that year. A draft of the first two stanzas of the poem appears on a sheet of paper he used to write notes for another work‚ "Empedocles on Etna‚" published in 1852. The town of Dover is closer to France than any other port city in England. The body
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suitcase‚ sitting near the black colored T.V‚ and grabbed my bright orange swim trunks. I ran like a cheetah catching it’s prey‚ into the tiny cramped bathroom to change. I sprinted out of my beachfront hotel and onto the golden brown sand of the beach. The sand wasn’t too hot since it was still morning. I love the feeling of the rough‚ grainy sand sliding through my small toes and I smell the gentle breeze of the clear‚ blue ocean. In my mind I know the ocean has to be freezing cold‚ but I can’t
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Rhetoric and Composition Compare/Contrast Beach vs. Mountains Everyone always looks forward to their vacation periods‚ no matter what age they are. There are many locations from which to choose‚ but the most common tends to be the beach or the mountains. The beach offers activities and climate that the mountains cannot and vice versa. The beach and mountains are polar opposites. Although they are different‚ people can enjoy what both have to offer. In the mountains‚ the climate most often
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KANU KENNETH NDUKA 2‚ Dr Bode Olajumoke Street‚ Ogidan Bus Stop‚ Off Lekki- Epe Expressway‚ Ajah‚ Lagos State MOBIL PHONE: +2348034137352 E-MAIL:kanukenneth@yahoo.co.uk OBJECTIVE: * To be committed to actualizing the company’s goal and objective through effectiveness‚ accountability and professionalism. BIO-DATA: * Date of Birth: 25th July‚ 1977 * Sex: Male * Marital Status: Single * State: Abia EDUCATION: * 2007: B.sc Hons Mathematics
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Beauty and the Beach My favorite place is called Sunset beach‚ It is a place to be free and have fun‚ enjoy the beauty‚ and happiness it brings. This place makes me feel welcome‚ I can enjoy the view‚ and relax on the sand. The feeling of just letting go of all my worries comes past me like whispering winds sway across the tree. There’s nowhere else I’d rather be than Sunset Beach. As I walked down the side walk my nose picks up the salty scent of the sea breeze. The pavement is full of sand
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The Story Roger Malvin’s Burial by Nathaniel Hawthorne contains a strong focus on the themes of guilt and sin. The main character Reuben Bourne was heading home wounded from battle through the woods with his soon to be father in law‚ Roger Malvin. Malvin then made the decision that he could not travel any farther without hindering the chance of Reuben’s survival‚ as well as his own. The two men quarreled for quite a while before Reuben finally agreed to Malvin’s request‚ to continue on alone‚ and
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