I decided to base my clinical assessment of a movie character on Conrad Jarrett‚ the lead character of the film Ordinary People. Conrad is seventeen years old and is the only child of Beth and Calvin Jarrett. The Jarrett’s live in the affluent suburb of Lake Forest‚ Illinois‚ where Calvin works as a successful tax attorney. The Jarrett’s have just recently experienced a family tragedy‚ where their eldest son‚ Buck‚ drown in a boating accident‚ while Conrad witnessed the entire event. Six month
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usually the next day is sunny. Well‚ On the planet Venus it rains for 7 years straight. But‚ when the rain does stop‚ there is only an hour of sunshine. It had been raining for seven years on the planet Venus‚ and the rain has finally stopped. The kids had all never seen the sun since they were about two years old and we’re excited. But‚ one 11 year old girl named Margot stood apart from them‚ remembering when she lived in Ohio the sun was out almost all the time. She was quiet and did not want to
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The Rain Came Oganda could see the lake in the distance. She swallows her fear and walks towards it‚ like a cow led to slaughter. Singing quietly under her breath Oganda ignores the prickling of her skin as she makes her way through the sacred land. When at last she reaches the lake Oganda breathes a small sigh of relief‚ she is so thirsty‚ and her journey would be over soon. Just as she’s about to step a foot in the stretching expanse of the water a voice shouts from behind her. Startled
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Raining Bad weather/ rain makes me feel happy -weather has little effect on our mood. -Usually the rain makes people miserable‚ but it causes the total opposite to me. I love the rain‚ It makes me happy! Is this a strange thing? Especially considering that most people become sad when the weather becomes worse. - but when it’s all dark and gloomy with rain pelting down‚ I feel in a good mood. I don’t feel the same when the sun comes! haha. Although‚ maybe it’s because I don’t feel comfortable
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Eric McKenzie Geophysical Science Honors February 14th‚ 2014 ACID RAIN 1. Acid rain is rainfall created by pollution in the atmosphere. When the rainfall occurs‚ it almost always causes harm to the environment. 2. Acid rain is caused by the release of certain compounds into the air‚ including sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. These compounds mix and react with chemicals such as oxygen and water and form acid rain. 3. Acid rain can harm the environment by acidifying lakes and streams‚ which greatly
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possibly ‘Clairvoyant’ which is certainly supernatural. Also when thinking to himself about an ordinary horse the man says ‘this horse was nothing like that’ which suggests that the Rainhorse is out of the ordinary‚ therefore out of this world and supernatural. When the horse is around the rain seems to pour much harder and heavier‚ it is almost as if the horse has the power to control the element of rain. It is also describes as ‘nightmarish’ which suggests that it is supernatural as we can only dream
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often many recurring themes. One such theme is the freedom that African Americans yearned for. Two works that this theme is presented in is Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and the novel Raisin in the Sun‚ written by Lorraine Hansberry. One similarity between A Raisin in the Sun and Martin Luther King‚ Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is the dream of being treated equally. Walter and Dr. King both have big ambitions and are prepared to do anything to have their dreams recognized. “We hold
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An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow What significant ideas relating to belonging are explored in your related text? In the 1969 poem “An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow” by influential Australian poet Les Murray many key themes are explored‚ for example belonging. Significant ideas such as acceptance and fear of both individuality and conformity are intensely critiqued in this poem by using a grown man to depict the fear of abnormality and segregation within society. Belonging can be perceived as a sense
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Ernest Hemingway – Cat in the Rain Ernest Hemingway was a very famous American author who managed to publish seven novels‚ six short story collections‚ two non-fiction works; Win the Nobel Prize in literature‚ survive two successive plane crashes and be a part of three wars‚ before committing suicide at the age of 61 in 1961. “When less is more”- Ernest Hemingway’s career as an author was based on that phrase. Many‚ if not all‚ of his short stories have been written in a minimalistic writing
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Is there really such a thing as rain with acid in it? Yes‚ acid rain is a very real phenomenon worldwide‚ and it’s been documented since the 1800s‚ as the Industrial Revolution caused the burning of fossil fuels like coal‚ gas and oil. When these fuels or any other organic material like wood or paper are burned‚ they release compounds like sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrous oxides (NOx) into the air. Are SO2 and NOx the causes of acid rain? Indirectly‚ yes. When SO2 and NOx enter the atmosphere
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