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    the sunset as “wonderful” and says that the “red hue brightened into gold,”. The author continually uses phrases that express how he finds the river as well as nature to be beautiful such as “radiating lines”, “graceful lines”, “graceful curves”, “shone like silver”, “that glowed like a flame”, and “enriching” to name a few. This, however, was how

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    rest of her life so that she can be easily identified as an adulterer, and shamed for it. However, she appears to be unashamed of her vibrant and indelible mark of sin, and as she stands in front of the crowd, one member of it observes, "her beauty shone out, and made a halo of the misfortune and disgrace in which she was enveloped" (37),

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    tall hands and hairy arms. Her friends saw her as a cuddly, cool carer. Once, she had even helped mysterious young kids cross the road. That's the sort of woman he was. Cal walked over to the window and reflected on her gross surroundings. The sun shone like rampaging badgers. Then she saw something in the distance, or rather someone. It was the figure of Cody catlin. cody was a ruthless brute with strong hands and ample arms. Cali gulped. She was not prepared for Cody. As Cali stepped outside

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    In the article of Omelas by Ursula Le Guin (1973) the social institutions belief is shone once more. This story is about a beautiful city called Omelas where everything was joy and happiness. Except for in one part of this town where a boy lived locked away in the basement of a house. The people of Omelas knew about his existence but refused to accept the terms to free the boy. The Authors words were “Those are the terms. To exchange all the goodness and grace of every life in Omelas for that

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    My favorite constellation is Capricornus, because in Latin it means "The Goat". I chose this constellation because goats are my favorite animals and I even own a goat at my muggle house. Capricornus is one of twelve constellations in the zodiac family, and is the 40th largest constellation in the sky. Capricornus's brightest star is Deneb Algedi, Delta Capricorni. This constellation is found in the southern sky. In a Greek myth, the Greeks identified the constellation Capricornus as Amalthea. Amalthea

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    It was a chilly 35 degrees fahrenheit, a fairly cold temperature for the suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina. The moon and the stars shone brightly, or as brightly as they could through all the light pollution in the area. There were about 20 of us there, all bundled up in fuzzy blankets, and thick jackets as we walked down the crowded neighborhood sidewalk towards the houses of friends, family members, and even strangers from our community. We were an all female choir of high school students from

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    conquer his fear of the brothers. He did that, and that picture that he had in his head of him running away forever was thrown away. He took that picture of him being weak and used it as motivation to overcome his fear. This is where his true courage shone through. Another example of this is in paragraph 14 where he is facing the brothers, “I couldn’t make myself walk

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    Ray Bradbury’s use of diction creates tones that are hard-hearted, acerbic, and judgmental in Fahrenheit 451 when, the firemen show up to “fix” the old woman’s library. First, Bradbury creates a hard-hearted tone when he writes, “He sapped her face with amazing objectivity and repeated the question” ( Bradbury 33). Beatty slapped a woman to get information out of her. The author’s word objectivity create a hard-hearted tone when Beatty slapped a woman because Beatty did not even feel bad for hitting

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    The Downside to Hope The world can be a gloomy and heinous place. Everywhere, humanity is suffering. Living a privileged life, people often suggest to try not to think about the evil that is taking place all around the globe, because, as the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind. However, there are plenty of others that work to expose these evils to people that are able to assist those facing hardships. First-world countries such as the United States are then able to learn about the horrific events

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    North Wind Vs Persuasion

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    resolved to select by striping a wayfaring man of his clothes.The north wind failed to blow away the man's clothes although he tried with might and main.Feeling so cold,the man wrapped his cloak around him instead of taking off.However,the sun just shone out with all his warmth,making the man feel genial,finally: unfixing his cloak.From this story we can draw a conclusion that persuasion is better than force.When we are in want of other's help,it will do better to say please with sincerity than nothing

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