A Day in the Life of a Doorknob Well it’s another day. There is a chill in the air The sun is rising and shines on me. That warms me right up. Let me introduce myself. My name is Daisy and I am a doorknob of a car. We belong to a woman named Melanie. She has a little daughter named Sophie. I am sitting in the parking lot waiting for Melanie. It’s about seven thirty and time to drop Sophie off to school. I see them
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floods through TV shows and my mother’s bedtime stories. The sight of a flood was even more horrible when I went through the massive flooding during the 1998 summer. I was playing with my sisters upstairs while the thunder was roaring and the rain was pouring. We were used to staying at home since it had been raining for almost a week. Suddenly‚ I heard strange splashing noises downstairs. I stopped playing and decided to take a peek over the railing. The sight that greeted me made me gasp. The water
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understand Greene’s character. The setting that Mandel creates takes place behind Iselin Hall‚ the main building of the school. Its set late at night and all the boarders are about to go to sleep‚ except for David Greene who is standing outside in the rain challenging someone to fight him. Its pitch black in the background but the foreground is lit with old street lamps and the boarding room lights. Tall trees hang over Greene‚ but nothing terrifies him because that’s the character he is‚ a strong and
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So‚ it was a couple days before we left to go to Roaring River State Park and My brother and I were told we get to go this year. Usually the people that get to go are my dad‚ his brother/my uncle John‚ my dad’s dad‚ and my dad’s sister’s husband/my uncle Andy. It was the Brooks family guys trip. This year was time for us kids to go be with our Uncles‚ dads‚ and Gramps. My brother and I had no clue what trout fishing was like. It was a time to spend with family‚ experience something we had never
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Number One In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ rain is used as a symbol to represent the washing away of Victor Frankenstein’s false beliefs. Thomas C. Foster explains in his book‚ How to Read Literature Like a Professor‚ that the weather in a story plays a significant role in the meanings of events and the moods of the characters in stories (Chapter 10: ‘It’s More than Just Rain or Snow’). He describes how “Weather is never just weather. It’s never just rain. And that goes for snow‚ sun‚ warmth‚ cold
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my keys? Where are my darn keys? As I turn around in the pouring rain I see my keys hanging from my front door. “Oh great‚ I said “I am going to be late.” I walked back to the door grabbed my keys and walked back to my car‚ and off I went. Once I arrived at the doctor’s office‚ the pain was so unbearable that I could not even get out of my car. At this time it was now 9:35 and I had to do something. I opened my door thankfully the rain had quit; I once again tried to stand up. As soon as I stood
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myself out of the flat and in a moment I was already in front of my building. Now it was possible for me to actually feel the outside atmosphere instead of just sensing it by observing through the window. The weather was really foul. There was a heavy rain splashing trees and cars at the parking next to the building‚ splashing me myself while standing
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small one drips slowly into the large one); some fresh ash from burning hard wood (you can even burn some hard wood to get this); gallons of rain water and a handful of straw. Now to the step-by-step process: 2. Make a few holes in the small bucket. Better if the holes are tiny enough to allow only liquid stuff through. Check after you make holes by pouring some water through the bucket. 3. Now set the small bucket inside the large bucket. See to it that there is some space between the base
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Fitzgerald uses weather and pathetic fallacy to carry us along the chapter and further exaggerate the fading awkwardness to a place where Gatsby and Daisy can relive their love for each other. At first Nick makes it clear that ‘the day agreed upon pouring rain’ and he uses this visual senses
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Gatsby were all getting together for tea at Nick’s house: “The day agreed upon was pouring rain . . . An hour later the front door opened nervously and Gatsby in a white flannel suit‚ silver shirt and gold colored tie hurried in.” (88-89) The fact that it was raining when these characters first interacted gives key insight into the mood of this small get-together and how each of them is feeling. Typically people relate rain to sadness but in this case it’s used to describe how Gatsby is feeling nervous
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