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    Richard Brautigan’s short fiction stories incorporate protagonists that are recognizably fictionalized versions of the author himself. He writes in order to extract his own struggles of the past and the difficulties of discovering himself in the present. Through the characters in The Weather in San Francisco and Corporal, the portrayal of his optimistic view of life as a consequence of the rigors of daily life, and the use of symbols, Brautigan presents his personal story through the words on the

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    highlighting the significance of atmospheric pressure in a cloud`s formation. Clouds form when warm, moist air rises in the atmosphere. On its way up, it cools so that the water vapor condenses into small particles such as airborne dust, thereby forming water droplets. This is exactly what a cloud is, a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals. This process is known as cloud formation and is affected by temperature since clouds are occasionally produced by the mixing of warmer and

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    progressively moving towards a system of oligopoly. Similarly, aristocrats are able to control society by molding the political agenda to fit their needs, intellectuals use rhetorical skills to get away with their bidding. In this essay I will argue that Clouds by Aristophanes captures the corrupt nature of individuals who try and remake laws or customs for the purpose of gaining money and power. Through the the implications that arise from a democratic political framework, and the transition between the

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    point. The ITCZ appears as a belt of clouds, which is responsible for the wet and dry season in the tropics. This area is also known for its strong convective weather. Any aircrew that is travelling through this region needs to be aware of the conditions associated with ITCZ and the relative tradewinds as it can jeopardize the safety of the aircraft. An active ITCZ has strong tradewinds causing solid lines of active Cumulonimbus (Cb) with other types of clouds at higher levels. Due to the instability

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    Aristophanes describes him as a impatient and narrow mind thinker and he also not consider Socrates as a teacher but just a normal thinker who tries to convey his ideologies in typical way. Aristophanes pointed Socrates as evil person who just try to be a great thinker and wanted to give their teachings to other. Aristophanes describes Socrates very ironically and revealed many controversial facts about him in his works. But on the contrary Plato also describes Socrates in a very critical way and

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    Cumulus clouds gather in the east and stand towering like pillars from a mythological age. Crashing together, the friction causes the huge clouds to glow eerily from the inside out. They quickly grew angrier, launching their bolts of lightning toward earth. The air becomes thick with humidity and the wind starts to blow. The ground trembles from the claps of thunder that echo past and reverberate back off of the mountains; it’s a deafening roar. Here in the Southwestern United States in late summer;

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    The cloud is a commonly seen design and when repeated in a pattern symbolizes never-ending fortune. Clouds represent divinity, pure thought and pure being, emptiness and everything. Clouds are creations of polar opposites existing as one in such a freedom of being they never become fixed in form, just like the flow of water clouds tell us to be free from everything yet as pure as

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    was a fine day. In the west there was a massive stand of cumulus cloud so like a city seen from a distance”, marking the beginning of the storm (726). Looking into the West, a place of death and misfortune, are where fluffy and cotton-like clouds are on display. In literature, the West is often symbolic of death and dying since the sun sets over that horizon. A time where leaves and plants die, and the start of darkness. Those clouds may look peaceful, but they represent the beginning of a storm coming

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    and displays progressive ideas. Socrates does not have good citizen characteristics in Aristophanes’ Clouds , for, he behaves outside the political community. The primary example of his individualism is his disregard for the common beliefs of his society. Greek gods get credited for many of the societies occurrences, yet Socrates tries to disprove the work of the gods throughout his life. In Clouds, Strepsiades goes to Socrates to learn unjust and just speech. The first lesson Socrates teaches him

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    photo are models, sand, fake fog, etc. Photographer just needs a little bit of tricks to create a deep meaning of the photo. The first photo shows a mysterious wardrobe that stands in the middle of some nowhere desert. The wardrobe is surrounded by cloud and fog. The sky is not clear, and it does not present the sky blue color. Instead, the sky is cloudy and gloomy. It seems like some important but mysterious event is in prepare to happen. Then suddenly appears a mysterious wardrobe on the desert under

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