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    Phoebus was the sun god and Phaeton was his son. Phaeton wanted to drive his father’s magnificent sun carriage across the sky. Phoebus forbade this because he deemed it too dangerous, but his unruly son ignored and did it anyway. Phaeton loses control of “the fiery footed steeds” and crashed tragically killing himself and scorching the earth. This foreshadows the lover’s death

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    categories. An example of assimilation would be a child being outside during the day and seeing the bright circle of light coming from the sky and being told by their parent that it is the sun. One night the child is outside and sees the bright circle of light coming from the sky and says it is the sun. The child associates any bright circle of light coming from the sky the sun. The child has not yet distinguished between the sun and the moon. As this period shifts over to the next stage

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    sure no one saw. After shaking his legs to try and get the water out of his shoes he headed up the stairs to Andy’s house. Andy Her hair was long and sandy brown and smelled of cherry blossoms with eyes like green olives that sparkled in the morning sky. She had skin as golden as the top of freshly baked biscuits. Being tall only enhanced her beauty. When she smiled you could not help but feel her joy. And her laugh, how could you forget her laugh? Andy came into this world with music in her mind and

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    have been, but still waiting for his life to become of what he had been eagerly awaiting for the past five years. But as the sun began to set, Daisy did not come back. As the yellow and orange glow of the setting sun began to become prominent in the sky, it made the green light invisible to the eyes of one who is seeking it. Gatsby’s eyes continued to stare passionately with great sorrow across the sound at the currently invisible green light. His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly

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    Ray Bradbury’s theme in Fahrenheit 451 is that a hero is one who makes a change for the better in society. In my rewritten version, my theme is that one who fails to change society is never a hero. Before my essay begins, Montag is running from the police/government. His occupation as a fireman is to incinerate books and he fails to do so by saving a couple of books before anyone sees them. As he reads the books, he learns about the tragic endings which used to be real. He wonders why the government

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    of the boats in the distance is a large boat that gives the illusion of being three-dimensional. The form gives this illusion because of the reflection in the sea. If you look in the lower-right, you can see the light from the sun illuminating the sky. This light is hidden behind a large mountain that also has a three-dimensional form. There is also lots of texture in the painting. Some texture is seen in the mountains and ground giving a rough look, and some is seen in the sea in the form of ripples

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    In the short story, The Rocket Man, an adaptation of, The Illustrated Man, the author Ray Bradbury describes the life of an astronaut who is torn between living an ordinary life with his family and traveling through space on a rocketship. The story, written in 1951, is based around how the father’s space travel affects his son, Doug, and the father’s relationship with his wife. The Rocket Man, was written during the modern period of literature, a time when science fiction and new technology was up

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    sun made the ocean glitter as if someone poured a bucket of sparkles into the water. You could hear the distant calls of seagulls every now and then. Obsidian colored cliffs were so high that they looked as if they were going to touch the pale blue sky. I felt something brush up against my ankles as a small tide came in. I looked down to see what the ocean brought to me. It was a green glass bottle and inside was some paper rolled up neatly. “I wonder what it could be,” I wondered. I was hesitant

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    My Experience In My Life

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    amazed. After watching the movie 2012, I was wondering why hasn’t the world ended since 2012 went by. Now that it’s 2015, I wish that was true. It was 1st period science class. The sun had not yet raised up and high in the wonderful black and cloudy sky. All around me I could hear classmates bickering and yelling. I mean, that’s what kids do. I see people hanging out with their friends; I also see boyfriend and girlfriend hugging. The bell had rung like it was a siren for a war call, super loud. All

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    My Happy Place

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    place. My happy place is nature. I walk along the uncut grassy meadow that is spotted with subtle yellow flowers. I look out over rolling hills standing tall in the distance. The grass is damp with morning dew and the sun is just about to rise. The sky is painted with a light pink, and the grass randomly spotted with golden light. The only sounds I hear are nearby streams and rivers running through the deep forest. Pine trees surround me, and the air smells like christmas morning. Humming birds fly

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