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    own inevitable mortality. The child is the mirror, which reflects the dissipation of the cloud. Plath seems to then have a change of heart. She creates a fragile, beautiful image of her child; "All night your moth-breath / Flickers among the flat pink roses." Use of consonance in "moth-breath" and alliteration in the line "Flickers among the flat pink roses" constructs the soft sounds of the infant's breathing. It is interesting how she utilises the flower imagery which is similar to her other

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    Agriculture of the United Nations “United States Department of Agriculture, one third of agricultural production in the U.S. depends on pollinators”. Most of our food comes from pollinators. Pollinators can be small insects, such as a bee or butterflies, moths or even mammals such as bats. They are important for the functioning of many ecosystems for many of agricultural crops. Apples require pollination because they are self infertile, which means that the pollen has to come flowers of another variety.

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    Life. Life drills a hole in the souls of the men and women before and after us. The choices we make and the actions we don’t take hold of our median between our world and the souls of the men and women lost to war. We hold a picture of the face who we want to be across our own, so people will be blind to who we really are. Our logic is based in the scare tactics the media has bestowed to the world to make us feel safe in our homes and jobs, so we don’t think about what really happens in the world

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    Ecology and biology: An overview Ecology has been defined as "the branch of biological sciences dealing with the interactions between living beings and their environment," versus the study of the morphology or behavior of species in isolation (Nahle 1997). Another definition of ecology is that it is "the scientific study of interactions of organisms with one another and with the physical and chemical environment" (What is ecology, 2012, Science Education). Ecology has become associated with the

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    A lot of people try and hide the emptiness and loneliness they feel by using their wealth and social status, showing it off on social media to mask their real feelings. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby’s flashy parties and wealth hide a deep loneliness as he chases the idea of being socially accepted by the people around him, and winning the love of the girl he is obsessed with, Daisy Buchanan, showing how trying to appear successful can mask inner emptiness and isolation. In the novel The Great Gatsby

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    The novel “I am the King of the Castle” clearly explores the themes of loneliness, sadness and depression in its plot. All of the main characters have difficulties with relationships and end up facing depressive moments and experiences, some insignificant but some crucial and terrifying. Joseph Hooper (father), Edmund Hooper (son) and Charles Kingshaw are three characters showing explicit loneliness almost throughout the whole novel. Their loneliness is shown by several reasons and caused

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    A sudden noise woke Clemmie. A black dream swirled in her head, but no matter how much she tried to grasp it, she could not hold on to the nightmare which tainted her dreams. Then, from out of nowhere, her tummy grumbled and growled, but since she had amnesia, she could not even remember the last time she ate. A small chunk of bread, or even an apple would be enough to stave off her hunger pangs for now. Where could she find food at this time of night? One eye, then the other, poked above the covers

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    Similarly, the use of simile to describe those who congregate nightly at the Gatsby manor shows that Gatsby has accomplished his goal of establishing authority over his fellow New Yorkers. By comparing the people who swarm his home for his parties to “moths among the whisperings of the champagne and the stars”, Fitzgerald conveys the concept that Gatsby’s party guests are mindless

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    In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby’s greatness distinguishes him from other characters like Tom Buchanan. Tom leads a hollow life while married to Daisy, unlike Gatsby who leads a life of purpose. Even though Gatsby outwardly seems hollow because he believes he can repeat the past, his actions prove otherwise. Through his relentless pursuit of self-improvement, generosity, and kindness, Gatsby demonstrates his greatness. In contrast to Tom Buchanan’s hollow lifestyle, Jay

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    Analysis Of Snow Country

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    Snow Country is a novel written by Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata. This romantic fictional novel is about a rich man named Shimamura, who travels to a remote mountain area for a retreat and ends up meeting a woman named Komako who later becomes a geisha and Yoko who does not really appear as much but has a huge influence on Shimamura. Komako begins to fall in love with Shimamura, and an affair starts to blossom between Shimamura and , but this ends in a disaster due to Shimamura's apathetic

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