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attacked and raided by the pirate, Henry Avery. As a result, Avery obtained riches, glory, power, and all other things bestowed by this green earth. But there laid one golden power hidden amongst the fleet that made him stand above all others, ‘the shard of unity.’ Before Avery,

In this chapter of A Single Shard, Tree-ear has finally reached the Rock of Falling Flowers. It was not like he thought it would be. From his place on the top of the cliff, he was able to imagine the women jumping off the cliff, knowing it meant death, with their silk dresses billowing a they jumped. They displayed great courage that day, and as he stood on the cliff, he remembered Crane-man’s words: jumping off the cliff was not the only way to show true courage. He was still enjoying the view when

After reading “A Single Shard” and reading “Orphans’ Lonely Beginnings” there are some comparison and contrast in both. An orphanage is a residential institution for the care or education of orphans. In “Orphans’ Lonely Beginnings” name Ruckel also in “A Shingle Shard” there is a boy name Tree-ear, but both grew up differently. Tree-ear grew up without any parents, as they had unfortunately they died when he was two years of age. Ruckel’s parents left, when they found out he had got polio, he was

In the novel A Single Shard there are several characters have their personalities change as the story progresses. One of the characters that this happens to the most in Tree-ear. At a young age, Tree-ear’s parents got sick and died, then Crane-man takes him in to be his father. Tree-ear is a humble child; who can understand people’s hardships, seeing as his parents died. Tree-ear sees the potter Min as a perfect potter who makes amazing works and never makes mistakes. He looks up to him as a role

Subsequently, starting a fire, Tree-earA Single Shard: Chapter 10 Summary Chapter ten vividly describes the journey Tree-ear is embarking on. Sue Park provides clear details in order to visualize the events that are taking place, which allows the reader to understand the material being read. This Chapter begins six days into Tree-ear’s peregrination. The jiggeh containing the precious cargo was still intact, and Tree-ear was faring well. As Crane-man had advised Tree- ear in Chapter 9, Tree-ear

They say human beings need to learn from a teacher to achieve great success; however there is much more to a success than a teacher, or a person can teach. In Linda Sue Parks book A Single Shard, the main character Tree-ear never goes to school, never meets a teacher, and instead learns from his friend, Crane-man. Tree-ear faces challenges which lead him into a road of success. Throughout the book, Tree-ear faces interpersonal, emotional and physical conflict. Tree-ear faces interpersonal conflict

earlier Middle and Early Frenetic periods. Stratum 6 has many shards of orange glazed pottery, which is characterized in the Middle Frenetic period, and yellow glazed pottery, which is characterized in the Early Frenetic period, as well as a

hair, a sharp contrast to our dyed neon hair, and he refused to dye his to match. He had stormy green eyes and a sharp tongue that got him into more trouble than it was worth. He insisted on being called Rhys, though the Doctor told us his name was Shard. He was a mostly good kid, although he harbored an unnatural hatred towards the Doctor. He never said anything about it to the Doctor's face, I think partially because the Doctor was often away, partially because he found the Doctor to be terrifying

while different plastic shards surround the rocks. When thinking abstract, the rocks represent the wholesomeness of a person’s character. The rock structure is complete and consistent, while impenetrable. The plastic shards represent variables and change. The shards collide with the rock structure, however, they are unable to penetrate. When creating this artwork it occurred to me that this would be a more effective piece in motion. Ideally my art would depict these plastic shards colliding and bouncing

Enclosure system Eight “splinters” angled glass panels define the shape of the Shard and result in changes in the diversity of the skin patterns. This curtain walling system consists of 11200 glass panels with the area of totally 56,000 square meter, which is equivalent to eight football pitches. The glazing element comprises a standard high specification double glazed unit inside with the addition of glazed spandrel panels outside in a silver opaque colour. These spandrel panels not only increase