Jake Parson’s mother called it the magic hour: the moment when a day passes into evening‚ when the earth feels suspended before darkness and slumber. In the gold and reddening light‚ an easy southwest breeze propelled Jake’s thirty-five-foot sailboat through the Beaufort Inlet for the first time. His arrival was a week late due to a storm‚ followed by a shift in wind that kept him off shore. He longed to see his brother‚ Glenn‚ who was waiting for him in port. From studying his chart‚ he knew he’d
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4‚ 2015 Manage Discussion Entry Reporting about the disease very late. One day‚ a husband asked the doctor if his wife could do the injection at home instead of coming to the hospital every hour. The doctor said yes‚ but both of you need to sign a paper that if something happens‚ it will not be our fault. They both agreed and signed the paper. In couple of hours on the same day her husband told her that she needs to do the injection on the hips. While she was doing it‚ her husband
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The Scarlet Letter – Journal #1 In chapters four through seven‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses a plethora of rhetorical strategies to convey his purpose of emphasizing the character’s opinions and also to describe what is taking place in the particular chapter. In chapter four‚ there are many times when Hawthorne uses parallelism to emphasize the character’s opinions. For instance on page 51‚ paragraph one‚ Hawthorne quotes Roger Chillingworth using parallelism‚ “…in the eyes of men and women‚ -in the
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Napoleon anxiously paced back and forth across his study. His window was opened slightly‚ and the chirps and songs of various birds could be heard echoing across the busy city of Paris. Often‚ Napoleon could hardly tell the difference between the songs of these animals and the countless conversations that all seemed to translate into one constant noise. These sounds only succeeded to aggravate him further‚ so he walked to the window and closed it. “Merde…” Napoleon murmured under his breath. “Where
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“Moushumi wonders how long she will live her life in trappings of student hood in spite of the fact that she is a married woman that she’s as far along in her studies as she is that Nikhil has a respectable if not terribly lucrative job. It would have been different with Graham-he’d made more than enough for both of them” (Lahiri 254) | One of the main themes in this story is pressure. Throughout the story Gogol feels pressured by his parents to follow the Bengali culture‚ to marry a Bengali girl
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Gatsby.....he was a mysterious person. After I got to know Gatsby more‚ it occurred to me what his real motives were‚ which was to invite Daisy‚ a married woman over to my house in order for Daisy to meet Gatsby again. I thought Gatsby living just across my cousin Daisy’s house was just a coincidence but this obviously wasn’t the case after Jordan told me that it was all for Daisy. Daisy was his only motive. He was madly in love with Daisy‚ yet it’s been five years they haven’t spoken. There was
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June 1642 What is it that I haveth seen today upon the scaffold? Could this be thy truth or are my own eyes deceiving me? I have fought grievous mishaps by the sea and by the land just to finally meet with my beloved Hester. After living in captivity under the heathen-folks for about a year or less‚ mine own eyes are completely drawn to her on the scaffold holding a small babe. My eyes were snatched by the infant only by the scarlet letter burning my once dearest wife’s bosom. It was as if the
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English 10 Honors Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen 1. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in wants of a wife” Chapter 1 | During the time period that this book takes place‚ this quote could be proven true. At this time‚ there were arranged marriages based on a mans place in society and his fortune. Today‚ people get married because they are in love. Some people may marry others based on their financial standings but there
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Chapter One I was running through a forest with the sounds of our country’s foreign enemies at my tail. It was especially dangerous for me because I skipped the armor in battle preparation due to my purpose in combat. I was know as a frate razboinic hydro sagittarius‚ or a girl warrior water archer‚ but when a lieutenant needed me they would say “Water Arrow”. My outfit was an olive drab button-up tank top with tan colored shorts. There was a belt with a pouch that was made of strong leather
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In order to speak on Humanities‚ there must be a clear view on what the meaning of it is. Humanities are a clear investigation of human beings and how they act‚ which includes their self-expression and their culture. The purpose of this paper is to explain how humanities replicate changing concepts of life and individuals in diverse historical periods. In today’s civilization‚ human beings are ignorant to the history of our people. Our ancestors have contributed too many areas that we participate
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