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    When you hear about Niagara Falls, what’s the first word that comes to your mind? Beautiful? Magnificent? Heaven on earth? Well, that’s three. But what if you look a little deeper? How about driving down the business strip of Niagara Falls towards the landfill? Now what word comes to your mind? If you’re thinking the word disgusting, you’re right. Niagara Falls is an amazing city to live in, but one thing that Bryan Taylor and Tim Storck can’t stand is the smell. According to many articles that

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    The Bell Jar by Plath

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    forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days" (Plath). Plath was in fact a schizophrenic, never really being cured and only receiving temporarily relief from her own mind with electroshock therapy. Her novel, The Bell Jar, is almost a self-biography with the veil of fiction over the story of Plath’s own life being so thin that her mother fought its publication (McCann 1631). Nevertheless, Plath’s immense hard work paid off and it was published. Writing was Plath’s

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    Biography of Sylvia Plath

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    sickness, and during the day she would have to deal with freezing temperatures, and nonfunctional electricity and heating. On top of no heat and power, Plath had to wait for a telephone that never got installed (Ames 211-215). Plath’s only book, The Bell Jar, revolves around Esther Greenwood, a typical teenage girl aspiring to be an English teacher. The plot, however, is atypical; instead of Greenwood coming of age with normal, positive scenarios, Greenwood descends into madness and graduates not from

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    In the novel, The Bell Jar, the main character, Esther goes through some deep depression that leads to attempts of suicide, and eventually lands her in several different private hospitals. In Esther’s life, there are many factors, internal and external, that lead to the collapse of her life. The majority of these factors come from her surroundings. A main part of Esther’s life is her writing and her future as an English major in college. Once she begins to lose her ability to read and write, it takes

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    Biography of Sylvia Plath

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    Critical Analysis Sylvia Plath, a great American author, focuses mostly on actual experiences. Plath’s poetry displays feelings and emotions. Plath had the ability to transform everyday happenings into poems or diary entries. Plath had a passion for poetry and her work was valued. She was inspired by novelists and her own skills. Her poetry was also very important to readers and critics. Sylvia Plath’s work shows change throughout her lifetime, relates to feelings and emotions, and focuses on day

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    (ECT). Luke Ferretter, author of Sylvia Plath 's Fiction: A Critical Study, argues that Esther’s description of her ECT is a way for Plath to tell her own story about the experience (21). Another validation of the autobiographical nature of The Bell Jar comes from an unexpected source in an unexpected way. Literary scholar Lois Ames offers a surprising insight into why many consider

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    duties in a very limited role. Although used extensively and often, the majority of missions that took place were either lift oriented, medical evacuation and in some cases reconnaissance. The helicopter most suited for this role at the time was the Bell H-13 Sioux. The H-13 saw its first flight on 8 December 1945, and marked the first large-scale procurement of a helicopter by the United States Army, being utilized from 1948 onwards. While great for its time, the H-13 was very limited in what it could

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    announced in April 2014 that the company will be cutting costs in factors of production, but no specifics were released. Yum! Brand doesn’t feel the heat with their worldwide sales growth of 4% in the 1st quarter of 2014; their brands include KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizzahut. Other chains are searching for alternatives to expand their companies and increase profit. Panera Bread and Chipotle have ventured into the catering industry, which at the fast food level has few competitors. They now offer their

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    The Telecommunications industry is evolving. In 2006, 98% of the wireless market was held by the big three, Rogers, TELUS and Bell. Today, due largely in part to recent government action, 25% of the market that was held by the big three, is now held by other competitors (Industry Canada, 2015). How are these companies performing in this new, more competitive market? TELUS and Rogers Communications are the two largest telecommunications companies in Canada and this will be an analysis and comparison

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    Sylvia Plath has become a well-known female author, her most famous piece of work being The Bell Jar. While the book has rose in popularity many argue that the sum of the reputation that the book holds is because of the story behind the author, and her own suicide. Yet, those who argue this fail to see how Plath is a revolutionary author for her time, through this piece of writing. The success of The Bell Jar is not held accountable to Plath’s suicide but on her actual writing, and how she speaks

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