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Who was this first-century fashion designer who scorned the red carpet crowd? Dorcas, also known as Tabitha, means gazelle. What a picture of delicate beauty! And the meaning of her name fits her well. Social animals, gazelles prefer to live in large herds. Similarly, Dorcas loved being around people and was beloved by the community. There are only seven verses dedicated to this exceptional woman, but we can glean a lot from them. Scripture says she was a skilled seamstress who used her talent

The poems “Fire and Ice” and “The Rose That Grew From Concrete” are very great poems with lots of meaning even though they are very short. “Fire and Ice” is a poem of desire and hatred, while The Rose is a poem about growing and being strong even when everyone else doesn't think you can. Even though these poems are different they are still very much alike in many ways. While the lesson in Fire and Ice could mean don't take what you've got for granted and always appreciate others and what they and

School and sports are the most important activities in my life at the moment but it wasn’t always this way. Back when I was in elementary school The only value I had in my life was video games, I didn’t care about sports,schools,or having friends. I would lie to my parents about my grades my life was go to school which really wasn’t anything it was all a reviere and would go by quick, then I would go home and play video games all day and night even on weekends. I look back at who I was and all I

“Come here right now, Gale!” My step mom yells. Ugh. What does she want this time, I mean seriously, the worst thing I’ve done recently I overfed the cats by like 2 treats. I run upstairs and yell, “what do you want?” “Why are you talking to your mom about being suicidal? There’s no way that you are, I mean there isn’t anything to even be depressed about.” “Having to listen to you all day is bad enough. First you try to put my mom in jail for “not liking you”. Then you yell at me for

I attempted to run out the circle, yet something held my feet down to the ground. It felt like my two feet were appended to the ground underneath me. My feet were ardent, yet I had control of whatever remains of my body. My arms were swinging forward and backward and my hips were contorting toward each path attempting to pry my feet away from the ground I looked Charlie, who standing now beside Aura. His face was all written with fear starting from his trembling lip, to his wide grey eyes "Get

Curiously, she took a moment to look at the coat while wearing it. It was old and brown but not to a point where it had tears just a few little scuffs on the sleeves. The zipper was broken, jammed actually. With two pockets where April reached into to warm her hands. Ow… her finger was punctured by a small gadget she pulled out making her bleed. It was a strange machine, unsure of what it was she put it back in the pocket. She thought of turning back around to return it but weariness won her over

Historically, gladiator battles were a very complicated issue. This is because most people think that the gladiator battles were completely fair. However they weren’t. This topic is misguided because no one thinks about how the gladiators were chosen, the equipment they used, and finally how the audience influenced whether they died or not. Gladiator battles were unfair because the gladiators didn’t have a choice. When gladiator battles started, the people that were the gladiators were either

When I was young I heard red chrysanthemums symbolize love and deep warmth. And Yellow chrysanthemums symbolize neglected love or sadness. Thus, I picked the story" the chrysanthemums" which was composed by John Steinbeck。 The story is recited from a third person; we are confident that we are sharing with a narrator, who is far away from the character's feelings and emotions. Likewise, the story focuses on Elisa. It allows us omniscient access into Elisa's thoughts, but for the most part, it does

In “Parker’s Back” by Flannery O’Connor, the protagonist, Parker, deals with an internal struggle with religion. Throughout the story, Parker controls his mixed feelings by getting tattoos. Parker openly refuses God, but agrees to marry a religious woman and gets a religious tattoo. How does the author use symbolism to add significance the Parker’s actions? O’Connor portrays Parker’s changing relationship with religion by adding symbolism to the most important aspects of his life. From a young age

Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour was first published in 1894 (The Story of An Hour). The main theme of this story is oppression and loss of freedom for people, especially when they are married. In the Era this story was written marriage bound a couple together in a union that could not be undone except through death. The oppression happens to both women and men. This theme is demonstrated many times throughout the story. Chopin keeps us in Mrs. Mallard’s head through the entire duration of the