This extract from “The Moon and Sixpence” by W. Somerset Maugham is written by vivid‚ ironic language. It is about a poor artist‚ whose paintings were considered by contemporaries absurd. And they were much surprised when dealers from Paris and Berlin began to offer for them the huge sums. Strickland didn’t make impression on people‚ for islanders he was just a “beach-comber”‚ differing from others only that he drew strange pictures. It is impossible to tell that he formed relationships with people
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While the conquest of the moon was in the offing‚ although the limelight was on the astronauts manning the space ships‚ yet the ultimate glory was not theirs alone. It equally belonged to others who had risked their lives in the quest. In an equal measure‚ it also belonged to men like Euclid‚ Archimedes‚ Copernicus‚ Kepler‚ Newton‚ Tsilkovsky‚ Oberth and many others who had blazed the trail with ideas and experiments which made the feat possible. And in the ultimate analysis‚ it was a victory
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The Sun and the Moon I make my way over the grass‚ which is covered in freckles of frost that make a soft crunch with each tiny step I take. The trees that surround me are clustered together in company‚ yet look lonely without their companionship of leaves. They stand tall and strong‚ like an army of ghost warriors that are ready for battle. I walk amongst them‚ lightly brushing against the rough and unkind bark as I go. There’s no sign of life in the park besides myself and the typical flock of
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During the day there is a bright sunshine that is never hot‚ but warm and cozy. The sparkling clear blue sky is spattered with just the right touch of billowing white clouds that you can reach out and touch; cool‚ misty cotton. At dusk‚ the sun gradually hides and leaves behind a trail of magnificent colors‚ bright pinks‚ dark purples‚ oranges and the blues that slowly loosen their grip on the day to the moon and stars. At night everything is surrounded with the faintest soft white glow. Just enough light
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All Summer in a Day The short story All Summer in a Day‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ is a fictional tale with a theme based upon friendship and childhood experiences. The reader delves in to this world and we’re faced quite early on with the harsh realities that not all childhood experiences are good ones‚ especially not for the main character in this story. In this instance‚ we follow the hardship of the lead character as she faces bullying from her fellow students and this of course leads the reader to
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between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. They have orbital periods of three to six years. Some asteroids have very eccentric orbits and travel very close to the sun‚ and a few larger ones regularly pass close to Earth and the moon. Many of the most recent impact craters on the moon and Earth were probably caused by collisions with asteroids. Many asteroids have irregular shapes. Because of this‚ planetary geologists first speculated that they might be fragments of a broken planet that once orbited between
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Haruki Murakami‚ a contemporary Japanese writer‚ confronts the contradictions of modern Japanese identity in his novel‚ The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle‚ to depict the desolate mood of Japan after World War II. Identity loss and solitude surfaced due to the drastic decrease in population following the atomic bombings in Japan. As argued by Historian Rielly (2010) in Kamikaze Attacks of World War II‚ this loss of identity has resulted in countless suicides across various regions of Japan‚ such as the Okigahara
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first layer in a sequence of the heavens‚ Earth‚ and the underworld. It is envisioned as a large wheel surrounded by a divine water known at the teoatl‚ which extends to the horizon. The second layer‚ known as the Ilhuicatl metzli‚ consists of the moon and clouds. The fixed stars make up the third layer‚ called Citalco—home to the deity Citallicue‚ “She of the Starry Skirts.” The fourth and fifth layers are comprised of the sun and Venus respectively. The Ilhuicatl Mamalhuazocan is the sixth layer
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Mission Timeline Launch date:October22‚ 2008 Journey to the Moon: Five-and-a-half day geotransfer orbit Nominal mission: Two years About the spacecraft The craft will be cube shapes‚ with a length of 1.5 meters on each side and a total mass of 1‚050 kilograms. The satellite’s design is based on ISRO’s Kalpansat meteorological satellite‚ launched in 2002. It will also carry a 30-kilogram probe that will penetrate the lunar surface. A 750-Watt solar panel together with a Lithium-Ion battery
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deserted‚ like everyone just stopped whatever they were doing and left. If I was to judge the time by the light‚ I would say it was day. But the street-lights are on. Looking up‚ I notice it is actually night‚ but the stars seem so much brighter and the moon so much bigger! Confused and with questions spinning in my head‚ I decide to walk and explore. While walking down the street I see images you would expect to see in horror movies. A phone dangles off its receiver‚ giving a busy tone; the soda machine
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