Commentary: The Crest By Amy L Humankind’s threat to the earth and the natural world has been a common theme of writing since the industrial revolution and underpins The Crest. Kinsella’s forboding poem presents a powerful analogy with man’s pastoral development and it’s intrusion into the natural world. Kinsella’s message is made clearly and strongly in the first few lines; “that at high speed this rise moving away from town can so much epitomise the age”. Here the truck represents the
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Prometheus‚ a Titan in ancient Greek mythology‚ stole the fire from Zeus‚ the ruler of all Gods‚ and gave it to humanity‚ even when Zeus strictly told him not to. As punishment‚ Prometheus is bound to a rock. Every day‚ an eagle swoops in to eat his liver‚ but Prometheus does not die. His liver regenerates only to be eaten again the following day. Because Prometheus “carried the fire” to humanity‚ his days are forever filled with torture. Similar to the situation that appears in the Cormac McCarthy’s
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Ian Lee Classification Essay MW 11:00-12:20 25 March‚ 2013 Types of Drivers You are driving down the highway when suddenly a car comes speeding past in a blur and zips from lane to lane like a hot potato. Then there is a car that signals a lane change in order to let the daredevil through and avoids an accident. Then you notice a car timidly veering into another lane continuously looking back and forth with no car in sight. Anyone that has been driving for a while has likely experienced these
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Road Safety Why think of road safety at all? It is because of the accidents that occur everyday on the road‚ in which all sorts of vehicles and human beings and even animal are involved. These accidents mean loss of life and loss of property and more often than not obstruction to traffic. In this age of speed and fast moving vehicles and with the congestion on roads‚ these accidents have became almost an everyday affair. So unless everybody is educated on the importance of road safety‚ the loss
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Dialectical Journal Entry #1 The Road by Cormac McCarthy Quotation: “Look at me‚ the man said. He turned and looked. He looked like he’d been crying. Just tell me. We wouldn’t ever eat anybody‚ would we? No. Of course not. Even if we were starving? We’re starving now. You said we weren’t. I said we weren’t dying. I didn’t say we weren’t starving. But we wouldn’t. No. We wouldn’t. No matter what. No. No matter what. Because we’re the good guys. Yes. And we’re carrying the fire.
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The Road Essay The thought of death is different for every person. Some look at it as peaceful‚ while others are scared of leaving their lives behind. Death is a strong theme in the book‚ The Road. The man and the son are faced with death on a daily basis‚ in their own lives‚ and in watching others lives on the road. The theme of death in The Road‚ by Cormac McCarthy‚ is very prominent and the father and son deal with it in different ways as time goes along. The father and the son encounter death
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I have been trying to get success ‚ but there had always been something at the back of my mind questioning whether I really can be who I want. 我一直在向着成功努力迈进，但是脑子里总是存在着一个声音，质疑着我是否能成为一个自己想成为的人。 It was like a shadow‚saying you can only go so far. 它就像是一个影子，嘲笑我如此碌碌无为。 You never know the answer until you try. 在你努力去尝试之前，你永远都不会得到答案。 Only you steps on the road will lead you to the end of your dream. 你只有勇敢地迈出了脚步，才会达到你梦想的彼岸。 I want to become this man. 我想成为我要成为的人。 “FOR MY DREAM”为了我的梦想。（片子的主题） Hi
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Explore the use of setting in the novel ‘The Road’ The novel ‘The Road’ opens after great disaster has struck leaving many barren lands and few living beings. Within the first few pages we are introduced to this on-going long road of travel which will supposedly lead them to safety in the south‚ although the two main characters of this novel - the man and the boy – encounter very low temperatures and scarce necessities (food‚ water‚ clothing and shelter) they do not seem to find danger just yet
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Set in an almost lifeless post-apocalyptic world‚ “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy follows a father and son’s struggle for survival through chaotic situations while walking towards south on “the road” with very limited resources‚ where they encounter numerous difficulties‚ including having to deal with cannibals who patrol the road; food shortages which cause them to have to go on for days without eating; and inclement weather conditions. The author uses the obstacles the father and son face on the
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my mouth as I pushed myself upward. My sunglasses had fogged up so badly that I had to remove them and put them into my pocket in order to see the road. As I turned the fourth corner‚ I knew that I was almost to the top. My heart was pounding out of my chest. It rang in my head like a gong as it pumped blood throughout my fatigued body. I could start to see the hill gradually cresting at the top. This meant I was almost there. My legs were now struggling to turn the pedals‚ but I knew that
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