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    Planet Earth Is Doomed

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    As Zelda and Lim woke up, Mateo was sitting on the edge of the couch. Zelda nervously asked Mateo what the news was about the meteorite and Mateo informed him about what was going on. At 7:00 that night the laser beam was due to be switched on. All three boys went outside and hopefully gazed at the night sky. All of a sudden, a bright green shine lit the horizon of the Earth. All three boys let out a sigh of relief. But no sooner had they begun to

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    sleepy town of Redmeadow. It had been rather overcast much of that morning, but the clouds made sure to clear up by mid-afternoon before allowing a small breeze to settle over the valley late into the night. The night. That was another detail she could remember quite clearly. She had always liked the night. The dark sky and cooler temperatures allowed her to think distinctly. Now after all the events that had recently unfolded, she didn't know how to look at the moon anymore. She always felt so hollow

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    Dickinson and Frost

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    A common motif established in Dickinson’s “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark” and Frost’s “Acquainted with the Night” is the concept of darkness and night, and how overwhelmingly consequential the effects of being submerged in darkness may have on a person. The concepts are intertwined within each poem, and can be compared and contrasted through the literary elements of point of view, imagery, and structure. A brief commonality between Dickinson’s and Frost’s poems is the element of point of view;

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    road, over 8500 feet above sea level, and I am hearing sounds of nature that I have never yet experienced. Before reaching the summit we set up camp. We brought almost nothing, not even tents, and we are learning to build a lean-to shelter for the night. The adults check the construction of our lean-to's before we start a campfire. Our camp was set up and we sat down for smores and dinner. Finally I climb into my sleeping bag, feeling proud for the shelter I created with limbs, leaves, and only a

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    Elie Wiesel was a prisoner in the concentration camps of Auschwitz and in Buchenwald as a young boy (“Wiesel, Elie”). He lost his father, mother, and sister during his time as a prisoner (“Wiesel, Elie”). In 1945, Wiesel was finally liberated from Buchenwald were he had witnessed pain and despair (Wiesel). Elie Wiesel had a speech called “The Perils of Indifference”. During the speech, Wiesel is able to influence the audience on his views of indifference. Elie show how indifference has a major role

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    Elie’s teacher. 4.1.2.1. Eliezer Wiesel Eliezer is a narrator in the story. The Night novel is written based on his life experience during Holocaust. Elie himself is a child from small town Transylvania, Sighet. He spends his childhood with his father, mother and three sisters. When the story began in 1941, he was thirteen years old. I was almost thirteen and deeply observant. By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to

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    How many times have historical events been forgotten? Night, which was written by Elie Wiesel, describes the life of a twelve-year-old during his time in the concentration camps in Poland. When Elie and his family get transported to Auschwitz, he is quickly separated from his mother and sister, which will be the last time he sees them. He is able to stay with his father, but they go through a lot of starving and abuse to stay alive. As Elie and his father are transported from camp to camp, the hope

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    Who Is Beno Mandelbrot

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    Benoît B. Mandelbrot was a French and American mathematician-scientist most widely recognized as being the pioneer of fractal geometry. Mandelbrot was born on 20 November 1924 in Warsaw, Poland. Mandelbrot came from a family of Lithuanian Jews where his mother was a dental surgeon and his father was a salesman of clothes. In 1936, at the age of twelve, his family emigrated from Poland and settled in Paris, France. It was in Paris that Mandelbrot would be introduced to mathematics by the Parisian

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    leaves crushed under worn out soles. the stars kissed the evening sky, as did the moon. the lamps that surrounded the landscape of freshly cut shrubs and cobblestone were set aflame and illuminated the pathway that led to the massive balcony that overlooked one of the most beautiful parts of verona. the youngest but astoundingly handsome son of montague peered upwards to find a window, a moving silhoulette and a candlelight obvious to the eye. "but soft, what light through yonder window breaks

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    “Hisssss!” The tram slid to a stop, hovering slightly above the track. “Welcome to Station 7.” An electronic voice said over the intercom. “Enjoy your stay in Nia.” Nicholas Pierce looked up from his tablet and grabbed his brief case from the seat beside him. Actively avoided eye contact with anyone, he shuffled out into the open square. The light from the giant solar lamps attached to the ceiling of the cave high above caused him to wince and look down into his tablet once again. It was already

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