The Broken Vase

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    The man had stopped crying hours ago. He was nothing more than a shaky vegetable, when Lily opened the door to the next section of Hell, and kicked him though it. She closed the door against his screams, and went to work on her new mask. Some time later, Lily felt her chair rock as the gray earth broke into a sandy beach. Coconut, banana and mango trees shot up and boxed in her workshop, which was now a small hut with a thatched roof. Dainty little flowers, and lush green plants also popped up,

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    look of the entire house and gives it that cohesive and strongly consistent Japanese theme. Structural Elements The interior architecture of a Japanese house is mainly defined by linear elements. The wide ceiling made up of indigenous materials is broken into separate parts with the use of wood beams. The Shoji screen doors slide horizontally and separates each area of the house. The architecture has a certain element of fluidity to it. When all the doors are opened which is done frequently, it suggests

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    down the phone slowly, and wondered what he could do now. The next morning Mr. Brunner woke up to the sound of a vase breaking. “ SHADOW! ” he yelled. He stumbled into the kitchen, where he saw Shadow waiting in the kitchen sitting patiently with broken ceramic pieces all around him. Really? I did not need that. He thought. “ BAD DOG! “ he said. That was the vase that his mom had given him when he moved out of their house. Mr. Brunner realized that Shadow was not trained and was

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    In the book Twilight New Moon Bella is worried that she has grown another year, making her to be older than Edward Cullen, her boyfriend. Bella does not know that Edward is a human vampire. He stopped counting his age when he turned 17. After school Bella agrees to go to the house of Edward to enjoy her birthday, but this is because she watches a movie about Romeo and Juliet during class today at school. In the movie that she watched it shows someone who is killing theirself. Edward finally tell

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    scene that features Lester, his wife Caroline and his daughter Jane. When the scene starts, Mendes uses a background music that sounds just like elevator music; Beli high: musical Pacific, with close-up shots of pictures when Jane was younger and a vase full of red roses. However, as the scene continues Mendes uses a wide shot to show the entire dining room, this frame was then gradual zooming in up until the frame stopped in a position where you could see a mid-shot of each character sitting at the

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    The three Newberry books I chose to read were, The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman, A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park, and Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. All three of these books were appropriate for the age group I desire to teach. That age group consists of ages 11-13 year old’s. I believe that these three books will not only be interesting to children ages 11-13, but fun and educational as well. In the following, I am going to share a brief synopsis of each book. I will also include why I selected

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    Manipulation is an action of human nature which we must all at points make use of in our lives to convince them. Famous director, John Boorman once said "It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people like that are not critically attuned and are aware of manipulation in the film." The Matrix (1999) is a prime example of how high profile directors, the Wachowski brothers, are able to manipulate 3 key scenes in which they showcase

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    material, usually plastic, to form models (see Figure 1). The models could be representative of real objects, like a human skull for use by a teacher when covering the anatomy unit. The models could also be functional, like a prosthetic hand, flower vase, hinge, or toy for donation in a toy drive.

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    Disabilities may seem like a big deal, and they are, but they have nothing on the love of two brothers. “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst explains brotherly love perfectly. Although the brothers may not directly show it, they love each other immensely. The symbolism in the story reveals that nothing can get in the way of brotherly love, not even death. Everyone thought he wouldn’t survive, but Doodle beat the odds. Some think he survived because of a superstition. He was born caul made from Jesus’

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    with a shield and other weapons also shows her three basic characteristics. There is no visible relationship between the function of the artifact, a vase, and the scene of Athena other than the scene on the vase being able to tell a story and show Athena. Other than that there is no visible relationship between Athena and the use of the vase. This vase could have been used for decoration in

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