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A Feminist Reading of The Awakening   The Awakening is not new to me. However, in the class when I read it before the instructor refused to entertain a feminist criticism. The theory presented was that Edna knew what kind of man she was marrying and all these things she went through: her friendship with Madame Reisz leaving the house, entertaining her friends at the party, her situation with Robert and Arobin were all selfish efforts toward the ultimate freedom which is death. I feel

In his poem “The Great Scarf of Birds”, John Updike uses a flock of birds to show that man can be uplifted by observing nature. Updike’s conclusion is lead up to with the beauty of autumn and what a binding spell it has on the two men playing golf. In Updike’s conclusion and throughout the poem, he uses metaphors, similes, and diction to show how nature mesmerizes humans. In John Updike’s poem “The Great Scarf of Birds”, he uses diction and figurative speech to depict the beautiful autumn season

There are over 1000 species of birds found in the United States that are federally protected [1]. Those that are endangered or threatened need and deserve our special help and steps must be taken to protect them from population declines and extinction. However, hundreds of species--not considered to be in danger-- are still protected by federal law in a way that can prevent economic growth and the expansion of renewable energy in the United States. The 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and related

rapidly declining, such as Least flycatcher, field sparrow and cerulean warbler. Professor Lockwood made it her goal to find an urban area that would allow these bird species to thrive, and affordable cost of acquiring the land. Methods: Professor Lockwood used distribution maps from MAxent software for each of the 17 species of birds and then overlaid these distribution maps unto the maps of land use/land cover in the study region. In order to build a protected areas network in the New Jersey

picture Psycho, released in 1960, contains peculiar placement of predatory birds and other fowls with corresponding lines regarding birds from Norman Bates, the primary antagonist. Throughout the movie, various references concerning birds are can be drawn through the use of bird’s eye view camera angle, location names, and character names. As the movie begins, the first camera angle used is bird’s eye view. Viewers venture, bird-like, into Marion Crane’s apartment complex where she and her lover, Sam

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 thriller, The Birds, is known as an apocalyptic masterpiece. Advertising campaigns screamed, “The Birds is Coming” to entice the people into watching the movie. The reason for birds all of species flocking together to kill and to cause chaos still goes unknown today. Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor star in this disastrous horror film that throws the viewer for a loop at the end of all the slaughtering and disorder in a small ordinary town in California. Through choosing a specific

Conflict Between the Multiple Theories of Bipedalism Why early hominins, the evolutionary ancestors of Homo sapiens, originally became bipedal is a source of contention among many physical anthropologists both today and in the past. There are multiple theories and models that have surfaced over the years to explain why these early hominins evolved to become bipedal, but because there is limited fossil evidence and very few intact pelvises from that time period to study, it’s difficult to conclusively

Creek After the winter, people look forward to having all the flowers begin to bloom again and birds begin to fly, announcing the start of spring. The grass turns green and people begin to be outside without five layers of clothing on and snow falling from the sky. Spring is when everything comes alive after the winter hibernation. My favorite time of the year is spring, when you wake up to the birds chirping outside of your windows. It is the time of year when you walk outside and smell the fresh

General Description I visited the Newport Back Bay Visitors Center. It is located in the Newport Back Bay for people to visit and learn about the wonderful Back Bay that is only steps from our very own school, CDM. The history of the Back Bay goes back a long time. In the 18th century when the Spanish arrived in California places like the Back Bay were very abundant. However by 1975 less than 10% remained in-between Santa Barbra and Mexico. In 1960 plans were made to make the back bay a large

The evil step-vultures laughed as Cindahen fell down the stars carrying a big bag of soot, they all laughed harder as one of the vultures kicked the soot into her beautiful honey-gold feathers. The soot reduced Cindahen’s beautiful golden feathers to a grey smudge and made her beautiful iridescent outline, dull and dirty. “Go clean our phones. NOW,” demanded one the vulture in a tone that tried to relay self-importance but failed miserably. Cinderella barely concealed a sigh, the vulture’s eye’s