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    worked hard to ensure the comfort of his son, and to ready him for the adult life. This is understandable since parent child relationships often go through phases. Robert Hayden used strong language to create a tone that shifts from gratefulness to regret, painting a picture of his relationship with his father over a lifetime. In stanza 1, Robert Hayden used detail and imagery to portray the grateful tone. Hayden’s father worked hard in any conditions to bring comfort to the household. “Sundays

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    Not comfortable 1 5.9 - - - - - - - - - - 2 11.8 - 2 11.8 3 17.7 4 23.5 1 5.9 Table 6: Subjective measurement of thermal preference MAY’13 JUN’13 JUL’13 AUG’13 SEPT’13 OCT’13 NOV’13 DEC’13 JAN’14 FEB’14 MAR’14 APR’14 N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % Much warmer - - - - - - 15 88.2 - - - - 2 11.8 5 29.4 4 23.5 - - - - - - Warmer 15 88.2 14 82.3 15 88.2 1 5.9 13 76.5 14 82.3 8 47.1 8 47.1 7 41.2 - - 3 17.7 4 23.5 Slight Warmer 2 11.8 3 17.7 2 11.8 1 5.9 4 23.5 3 17.7 5 29.4 3

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    The boys comfort each other in multiple ways with the most common way of comfort being through words. At the dump, when Milo and Teddy have the whole name calling incident, Teddy is cut deep emotionally by Milo’s rude comments about his father. This is where King implements the first dose of parental comfort from a friend into the story. Walking along the tracks after leaving the dump, Teddy breaks down and begins to sob, this is when Chris steps in to comfort Teddy. Chris comforts Teddy by telling

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    Having a Home People cannot be fulfilled without a home, because a home is a place people can go back to, a place that gives them stability, where people can have their own privacy, gives them comfort, and can symbolize something different. Without a home, people cannot be fulfilled, there are only places in which they can rest, but never sleep; there is no place that they can call their own. People with a home always have a place to go back to, they know that no matter what happens that place

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    house and there are tons of people there, but only you are able to focus on the small things that not even half of the guests notice. While this is going on you feel peace through it all; and never once feel anxiety or overwhelmed because of the comfort of

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    the way they happen in life. This illustrates the importance of patience. Laux uses alliteration to express the woman’s gratitude that the man was able to stop fighting and avoid a serious injury. The repeated ideas of unity, gratitude, destiny, comfort, and serenity convey that the couple is happy and thankful that destiny brought them together.  Laux suggests that patience is the key to happiness and that the journey is hard but to be thankful for the end

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    Gaby Rizk Mrs. Trimble ELA 20F/10-2 27 October, 2016 Comfort in Nature In the horrible first war, soldiers often found peace and comfort in nature. In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front many soldiers are often drawn to nature to provide comfort and peace. Young Paul Baumer, the central character in the novel, frequently looks to nature for comfort in the midst of the war going on around him. Remarque reveals in this novel that it is possible to make a connection to something

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    person has their own way of finding comfort in difficult situations. From finding comfort in simple things like eating a cupcake to harmful and unhealthy ways like self-harm. As readers read through Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy, they witness the cruelty and pain Lucy goes through as she gets treated for her cancer and how it drastically changes her appearance and affects her whole life. When Lucy was young, before she was diagnosed with cancer, her comfort was being an excellent tomboy because

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    Reliable AC Repair

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    AC Repair Reliable comfort is an important aspect of your home. When you find yourself in need of reliable AC repair, ensure you call a reputable company, with well trained, certified HVAC technicians possessing industry expertise. Jackson Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning can provide the professional solutions and expertise you require. Our experienced technicians will promptly have your air conditioner working again. The following are a few of our services for AC repair: AC Unit Cleaning

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    Those comfort women had to serve more than 40 men every day. If they could not meet the minimum, they got brutal punishment and sometimes died. As stated by Tanaka in her book, “The Japanese military plan devised in July 1941, 20,000 comfort women were required for every 700,000 Japanese soldiers, or 1 woman for every 35 soldiers daily” (Tanaka 99). Japanese soldiers targeted the age between 13 to 18 years old young girls, and dragged them to their bases. Therefore, young girls in Korea during the

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