Observation of Nature in my backyard. With my notebook in hand‚ I sit down on the swing bench on my back porch. Tuning into all my senses‚ I close my eyes‚ I slow my breathing‚ and I deepen my concentration. Free from visual distractions‚ I calm my mind and lay down to take in what I could observe through my auditory senses. I feel the warmth from the sunshine above. I feel the gentle breeze. I open my eyes and squint at the change in light. Eyes narrowed‚ I survey my surroundings. The
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commission. It has steadily decomposed. The story is situated in a terrace row. It begins on Christmas Eve. Poppa’s music on the harmonica also sets the mood. The house is a normal‚ stereotypical Italian household. The play is mostly set in the Bianchi’s backyard. The play begins with
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structuralism used by Dillard would be her lists. The most appealing one in this story would be‚ “He chased Mikey and me around a yellow house and up a backyard path we knew by heart; under a low tree‚ up a bank‚ through a hedge‚ down some snowy steps‚ and across the grocery stores delivery driveway. We smashed through a gap in another hedge‚ entered a scruffy backyard and ran around it’s back porch and tight between houses…” Dillard believes that the action in a story should not
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passing by and started shooting at a guy that was about 10-12 feet away from me‚ I jumped and started running and since I couldn’t run all the way home I ran into someone’s backyard and stayed there to hide for a good 5 minutes‚ afterwards I ran home and then my parents called the cops and if it weren’t for me running into that backyard I would’ve been shot. Also‚ my parents used to be friends with this guy that got shot at a park around midnight‚ I don’t know the whole story but the guy was really drunk
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“Jinxed Emotions” In the short story‚ Jinx‚ Aimee Bender focuses on two young girls‚ Tina and Cathy‚ who are inseparable. They enter a poster store to discover a very cute boy. One of the girls ends up kissing the boy and the other girl goes home. This act ends up ruining their friendship. Bender carries the reader through the life and mind of these teenage girls. The language in this story presents a sequence of emotions and issues that range from body image‚ insecurity‚ betrayal‚ and jealousy
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Outline for “The Psychological Impact of Dejobbing” • “You are what you do” – most Americans are defined in terms of their jobs‚ connected to a wider community through their jobs‚ and provided with structure and purpose by their jobs. • What you must learn‚ for today’s job environment – learn to live with work situations that are not framed by job descriptions and clear reporting relationships. We will have to learn to live with multiple roles‚ where the role mix changes frequently
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nights coming home tired and just lying on my soft bed and feeling the cool breeze that would come through my broken window. Outside my broken window‚ I could hear my dog scurrying around in the thick bushes looking for toys that he had hidden. The backyard stayed pretty much the same through most of my life. There were always over grown weeds outside my window and a lawn that was more dead than alive. On hot summer nights‚ my friends and I would sit outside on a big cushioned swing and smoke while
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August Wilson did not name his play‚ Fences‚ simply because the dramatic action depends strongly on the building of a fence in the Maxson’s backyard. Rather‚ the characters lives change around the fence-building project which serves as both a literal and a figurative device‚ representing the relationships that bond and break in the arena of the backyard. The fact that Rose wants the fence built adds meaning to her character because she sees the fence as something positive and necessary. Bono
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dogs and then putting my football stuff on for practice. The wind was picking up‚ and a cloud had briefly blocked the direct sun. I had gotten to my house and seen my mom in a lawn chair drinking water in the backyard‚ which was unusual as she was still typically at work. I walked into the backyard and said hi when she said " Joe‚ Wade is dying." To say it was like someone took a sledgehammer‚
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courage to face the oversize tree the infestation of wild animals taken refuge in the backyard threatens to unleash their own attack. In my hasty attempt for revenge‚ I trip over a footstool near the back door catapult face first into a pile of angry bees nest near the huge tree trunk. The collusion tosses me backward the chopper flew out my hand marginally missing a squirrel and disappearing within the feral backyard. There was little time to get my bearings as a cluster of bees launch their attack
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