THE EYES ARE NOT HERE ABOUT THE POET: Ruskin Bond‚ born 19 May 1934‚ is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children’s authors and a top novelist. In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing‚ for his short stories collection‚ "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra"‚ by the Sahitya Academy‚ India’s National Academy of Letters in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children’s literature. He now lives
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surrounding the human eye‚ such as how an eye works and some of the diseases and conditions that affect someone’s vision. I also want to find out if myopia (near-sightedness) disappears by adulthood‚ considering my brother has just been diagnosed with it. Plus‚ I am curious to see if there is some type of cure for blindness‚ considering how many people it must affect. First‚ let me explain how the human eyeball works! The human eye works like a camera. The cornea acts like the window of the eye; when light
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e‚ L. (2016). Human Eye Anatomy - Parts of the Eye Explained. [online] All About Vision.) Lens: The lens is positioned behind the cornea. It has a nearly spherical structure that enables the eye to focus on an object either moving closer to or farther away from you‚ the lens focuses the light rays bouncing of the objects and onto the retina. It’s used to diffract light rays. It can only be damaged by a disease called”cataract”. The cataract causes clouding. lateral rectus muscle: This is one of six
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“Revelation” is a short story centered around racism and pride with several recurring images. The most important image pattern‚ however‚ is eyes. Even the title shows a relation to eyes‚ since a revelation is considered a ‘vision’. Mrs. Turpin’s eyes are the source of her arrogance and prejudice. Many other characters‚ including Mary Grace are defined by their eyes. Eyes are the window to the soul‚ and are how the reader comes to understand the characters better. When Mrs. Turpin enters the doctor’s
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The human eye and a camera lens have a few things in common most notably that they both use a converging lens to receive and project images. But human eyes and camera lenses have many things that set them apart from each other. “Retina Provides Color • the image an eye perceives is projected from the cornea to the retina‚ which absorbs the image and projects it to the brain. A camera projects an image on to film where it is captured and saved as a black and white image. The retina contains millions
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In the morning‚ have you ever had to grab your glasses to see the blaring alarm clock? Do you consider yourself "blind as a bat"? If you nodded your head to either of these questions‚ you’ve probably heard about the LASIK eye surgery that can‚ in some cases‚ fix all of those problems. LASIK is a relatively new procedure for select candidates who know both the benefits and risks of the operation. LASIK stands for Laser- Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis. This is an operation in which the shape of
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Aravind Eye Care System: A unique model It was year 1976. Padmashree Dr. G. Venkataswamy‚ popularly referred to as Dr. V.‚ had just retired from the Government Medical College‚ Madurai‚ India as the Head of the Department of Ophthalmology. Rather than settling for a quiet retired life‚ Dr. V. was determined to continue the work he was doing at the Government Medical College‚ especially organizing rural eye camps to check sight‚ prescribe needed corrective glasses‚ do cataract and other surgeries
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In the Eye of the Beholder Because the only reality we have is that which we see through a single pair of eyes‚ we are what we perceive ourselves to be. As for the Chief and as in reality‚ perception is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Once we begin to see something a certain way‚ that particular view becomes our truth. What is true about that particular object is simply what we can conclude by our own observations and biases. Thus our perception of ourselves completely dictates how we evolve as people
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Eye contact and eye expressions are arguably one of the strongest and most intimate forms of non-verbal communication through reading a person’s body language during face-to-face interaction. Eye contact can make or break a job interview or presentation‚ romantic dates‚ casual conversations and many other situations. It can show whether a person is feeling sad‚ happy‚ confident‚ excited or scared and so on. Experts say it is unclear whether it is a person’s eyeballs directly portraying the look of
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Claudia MacTeer Claudia suffers from the same mentality of most of the characters in the novel; she is insecure about materialistic things and knows that beauty belongs to white people. Claudia does not believe white is beautiful because she sees it‚ but because she is told and exposed to how others view beauty. Claudia believes white is beautiful because everyone who is older says it is. Claudia subconsciously defines beauty as having a good personality. When Claudia is given a doll for Christmas
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