What is the biggest animal ever to exist on Earth? By considerable measure‚ the largest known animal on Earth is the blue whale. Mature bluewhales can measure anywhere from 75 feet (23 m) to 100 feet (30.5 m) from head to tail‚ and can weigh as much as 150 tons (136 metric tons). That’s as long as an 8- to 10-story building and as heavy as about 112 adult male giraffes! These days‚ most adult blue whales are only 75 to 80 feet long; whalers hunted down most of the super giants. Female blue whales
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situations in a story. The tranquil diction used by Yukio Mishima in The Sound of Waves is very important to the calm island setting used in the story. The author’s smooth word choice complements the burgeoning love between Shinji and Hatsue‚ the two main characters. Mishima’s style also accentuates many instances of situational irony between the two young lovers and is only one of the many elements he uses in his composition. The Sound of Waves is a love story about Shinji and Hatsue and how they conquer
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CLIMB EV’RY MOUNTAIN Climb every mountain Search high and low Follow every byway Every path you know Climb every mountain Ford every stream Follow every rainbow Till you find your dream A dream that will need All the love you can give Every day of your life For as long as you live Climb every mountain Ford every stream Follow every rainbow Till you find your dream A dream that will need All the love you can give Every day of your life For as long as you live Climb
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BLACK THUNDER SUMMARY The Work Black Thunder‚ Arna Bontemps’ defining novel‚ is a fictionalized account of the early nineteenth century Gabriel Insurrection‚ in Virginia. The novel‚ which chronicles the Gabriel Prosser-led rebellion against the slave owners of Henrico County‚ was generally lauded by critics as one of the most significant black American works of fiction. Richard Wright praised the work for dealing forthrightly with the historical and revolutionary traditions of African Americans
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Throughout the story‚ Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry‚ many themes were stressed. Racism‚ family and community‚ and injustice and dignity were all shown in all of the chapters. The Logan family works with the community to impede the biased and racist society they are apart of. The characters who not only respected themselves but their family and friends as well were often more successful and actually contributed towards strengthening the community. Racism is truly an evil thing that no one‚ not even
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2012 Enc 1102 The Irony In "The Necklace"‚ by Guy De Maupassant As I worked on my pervious paper‚ I questioned myself if there was a literary term and if there was which one over powered the story. As I began research for this essay and typed in "The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant" in the Google toolbar‚ I saw the word irony and quickly came up with the question as to‚ where is the irony in the story "The Necklace"? To my surprise‚ this story surrounds itself with irony being found in the smallest
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ORT‚ successes and failures. Your essay is due in for two weeks time. Edexcel AS History Unit 1 Ideology‚ Conflict and Retreat: the USA in Asia 1950-1973 by Geoff Stewart ------------------------------------------------- Operation Rolling Thunder ------------------------------------------------- Programme of bombing of North Vietnam authorised by Johnson on 13 February 1965 but not begun until 2 March. It was hedged about with restrictions and designed to slowly increase in intensity.
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In "The Guest" Albert Camus uses irony to convey the existential theme of making what you believe to be the moral choice regardless of the consequences. This theme reflects Camus ’ existential philosophies‚ stressing free choice and responsibility for one ’s actions in addition to the inevitability of death. This philosophy plays a major role in the theme and structure of this story‚ and stresses the individual ’s unique position as a self determining agent responsible for the authenticity of his
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ALLEN| IRONY IN MACBETH There are many types of irony used in Macbeth.. Without the irony‚ the tragedy would not be quite so tragic. Verbal‚ dramatic‚ and situational irony was used in the story of Macbeth. One type of irony used in Macbeth is verbal irony. This is when a character says one thing and means the opposite. Examples of this are when Macbeth says to Banquo‚ “Tonight we hold a solemn supper‚ sir‚ And I’ll request your presence” or when he says “Fail not our feast". Verbal irony makes
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Many times authors use irony to prove a point. There are three types of irony: dramatic‚ verbal‚ and situational. Situational irony is present in “The Sniper”‚ “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ “Gift of the Magi”‚ and “The Necklace” to help create the theme in the stories. In the story The Sniper situational irony plays a major part in the story.”The lust of battle died in him. He became bitten by remorse” (O’Flanerty). This shows situational irony because he was ready to kill‚ but when the sniper
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