The Handmaids Tale The first two paragraphs of the book The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood have great importance to the rest of the book. It introduces the main character and the world that she used to live in. The two paragraphs are written with many clues that suggest what time it played in and what it was like in those times. The first page of the book explains the situation that she is in and what she thinks of it. The narrator explains in great detail without using many words what
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As an interior design student at Kingston University‚ I have gained practical skills and a heightened awareness of the made environment and how we inhabit it. The design ethos at Kingston University is summarized as ‘thinking through making’‚ which illustrates that experiencing and experimenting is the essential route to learning. We design and make cities and environments that structure our lives‚ and those of others. As Winston Churchill once stated‚ “We shape our buildings and afterwards our building
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AP English October 4‚ 2009 Morning in the Burned House Margaret Atwood is a contemporary Canadian poet‚ story writer‚ and essayist whose Canadian background is present in her writings. “February” is a poem in which death is discussed and pondered. Despair‚ death‚ and destruction seem to be the theme of this poem. The poem opens with a single word in the first sentence: “Winter.” With this being the first thought in the poem it gives the delusion of cold but happy times for many people; such
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tend to focus on. Culture affects growing up‚ race‚ gender‚ class‚ family and language. Canadian Culture and Identity What does Canada mean to you? Hockey. Maple syrup. Tim Horton’s. 4 seasons Groups of 7 Snow. Margaret Atwood Understand your culture is important in understanding other cultures. Canada is a multicultural country. Literature is used to define a culture. It is easier to explain what we are not than what we are. Hard to define a culture.
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analysis of a potery metaphor Journey through the Waves : An Analysis of the Poem Fisherman ’ by Kurt Brown [Thesis Statement] The poem Fisherman ’ by Kurt Brown is a figurative writing of one person ’s journey towards self discovery and self acceptance . Also ‚ it is an optimistic poem that speaks of hope and persistence . Here ‚ metaphorical phrases are used to convey the thoughts and emotions of the writer . In addition ‚ the chosen metaphors are meant to guide through the emotions and to give
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“History in the Making; Another First‚” by Michael Leunig. Not all journeys are contented and pleasurable; there are those who experience slow and difficult journeys. Journeys can be problematic and challenging‚ as it is conveyed through this cartoon created by Michael Leunig. This cartoon is called “History in the Making: Another First‚” and conveys a fact that a journey is a goal; there are always other people who want or thrive for the same objectives as you. This cartoon particularly‚ is very
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well written well written Dutch Interior by Mark Santangelo Joan Miro created a surrealist painting‚ a style that expresses the subconscious using imagery in the subject matter‚ Dutch Interior shows a man playing the guitar at a table. There are animals and a women sitting around him listening to the beautiful sound. Miro used a wide array of colors especially green and white to emphasize a happy day. He uses complementary colors to allow the colors to clash and have things stand out and
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Joost Ulrich Gijs Bok Leticia Grinuva Zubayer Hossain Dumitru Chicu Alexandra Katanaev Space Planning & Interior design Submitted by: Class: IFM1A2‚ Group-2 Name and surname: Student number: Zubayer Hossain Dhali 396152 Joost Ulrich Leticia Grinuva 396499 Dumitru Chicu Alexandra Katanaev Gijs Bok 393211 Submitted to: Couch: Mrs. Trude Roelofsen School: School of Facility Management. Subject:
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5. “eight dancers dressed as swans.” – Mary Cornish Numbers 6. “Always wants a hug and never gets enough”- Ronald Koertge Sidekicks 7. “whose perfume swayed in the air‚ turning the modest flowers scarlet and loose.” –Peter Meinke Love Poem 8. “Their whisper rises from beneath the stones to fuse into a single… light.” – Yves Bonnefoy Passer-By‚ These are Words… 9. “He wanted to go inside them and live.” Naomi Shihab Nye Rain 10. “But listen harder‚ use your imagination…”
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tells about human appearance‚ sex (both difference and the act of)‚ sunbathing‚ sleeping‚ death‚ and many other human functions in a scientific way. This story takes a step away from the normal way of describing these objects. For example‚ Margaret Atwood talks about eating and describes it by saying "I destroy and assimilate certain parts of my surroundings and change them into myself." Most people who have had human contact their whole life consider eating putting food in their mouths‚ chewing‚ and
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