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    Touched with Fire: Behind the Curtain exhibition. Touched with Fire: Behind the Curtain featuring uplifting and life-affirming art alongside words and journal entries that reveal a harrowing darkness. See this piece from October 5th to November 20th at the Art Gallery at CCBC Essex. Elisif Bruun‚ daughter of New Day Campaign founder and director Peter Bruun and inspiration for the New Day Campaign‚ is one of five artists featured in Touched with Fire: Behind the Curtain‚ an exhibition that opens

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    Just like the story Confetti Girl‚ the story Tortilla Sun has tension between the remaining parent and child. This tension is caused by the different point of views between the two. In the story‚ Izzy and her mom seem to have a very close relationship. The author made it seem like nothing could ruin their special bond in the beginning of the of the passage. Shortly later‚ Izzy’s mom brings up that she is leaving for Costa Rica on Tuesday so she can finally get her degree. She says that it will change

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    and the soviets‚ was named the “Iron Curtain” made by Winston Churchill who was former wartime prime minister of Britain. This speech descended across Europe‚ separating the free west from the communist east and further divided the two groups. The Truman Doctrine of 1947 stated that the Cold

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    "Drawing Back The Curtain" by Denis Healey_ The text under the title "Drawing Back the Curtain" by Denis Healey begins with the description of Russia in the early years after the war. The author speaks about the changes in looks at the Soviet Union‚ about its generation which analyzed the nature of totalitarianism. Mr. Healey believes no power could destroy national traditions which were rooted in centuries of history. After Stalin ’s death the author says Soviet Communism carried the seeds of

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    Explanation for the poem "Curtain" A note: I stopped teaching CBSE 5 years ago and I’m out of touch. So I haven’t really worked on the explanations and edited them. You might find some of the explanations not up to the mark especially this poem. You will surely find better explanations on the net. One such site recommended by one of the readers which is really good and tailor made for CBSE is http://englishportal12.blogspot.in/?view=mosaic  The poem deals with the theme of separation‚ especially

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    passage “Tortilla Sun” paragraph 46‚ Izzy has a ball that connects her with her dad. The ball indicates that it is a memory from her dad. When her mom has to leave‚ Izzy asks if she can stay. Since she doesn’t have a dad no one can watch her. Both stories have single parent homes. In the story “Confetti Girl” says in paragraph 6 that she doesn’t cook as good as her mom did. Past tense shows that moms gone. She probably misses her mom and doesn’t connect with dad. In the story “Tortilla Sun” says

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    Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain Response and Summary Paper The sense of death crushes one’s heart‚ but what happens behind the scenes before a funeral‚ the author: Jessica Mitford was the one to bring this dark secret to light. She goes into great detail of the gruesome make over loved one’s go through. This response is a sort of recap on what she said through greater detail. Through reading this I believe some of this is simply to make money off of people deceased family members. I think this is

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    understand their children. Maybe they can see the conflict eye to eye. In both "Confetti Girl" and "Tortilla Sun"‚ the narrators both disagree with their parents point of views‚ ultimately actuating tension in the family. But they also have some differences too. In the story "Confetti Girl"‚ by Diana Lopez‚ a daughter does not understand her dad’s conflict of books‚ which she is bored at. And in the story "Tortilla Sun"‚ by Jennifer Cervantes‚ a daughter and a mom just don’t understand each other after they

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    26 Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain The drama begins to unfold with the arrival of the corpse at the mortuary. Alas‚ poor Yorick! How surprised he would be to see how his counterpart of today is whisked off to a funeral parlor and is in short order sprayed‚ sliced‚ pierced‚ pickled‚ trussed‚ trimmed‚ creamed‚ waxed‚ painted‚ rouged‚ and neatly dressed-transformed from a common corpse into a Beautiful Memory Picture. This process is known in the trade as embalming and restorative art‚ and is so universally

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    The Red Curtain Trilogy‚ upon first thought‚ could simply be seen as a marketing tool by Baz Luhrmann and the team at Bazmark - put your three popular films in a box set with some added features and set it upon the DVD buying audience. However‚ upon further inspection‚ the three films are not boxed together simply for marketing purposes‚ or just by the fact they have the same director and production team - Simply Ballroom‚ William Shakespeares Romeo & Juliet and Moulin Rouge! all have underlying

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