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Pull Out My Pistol Flapping Of Wings Time
880 wordsIt's 2139 and Charles Stimatra, head of the ITEDRC (International Time Exploration and Defense Research Company), has figured out a formula and machine enabling one person at a time to be transported to another time. The glitch he is working on is the person can only be estimated where he will be when he gets transported. The closest they can get is three kilometers within the configured destination. Seven out of twenty three men have been lost and killed because one ended up inside a rock, anot...
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Humans And Animals Timothy Findley
1,466 wordsSigmund Freud once argued that "our species has a volcanic potential to erupt in aggression... [and] that we harbour not only positive survival instincts but also a self-destructive 'death instinct', which we usually displace towards others in aggression" (Myers 666). Timothy Findley, born in 1930 in Toronto, Canada, explores our human predilection towards violence in his third novel, The Wars. It is human brutality that initiates the horrors of World War I, the war that takes place in this narr...
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Darkness And The Prisoner Of Chillon Comparing Contrasting
1,484 wordsH 2 > Introduction In this essay I will be discussing the similarities and differences between two poems written by Lord Byron in 1816, Darkness and The Prisoner Of Chillon. I expect the poems will be very similar, as Lord Byron was inspired to write both of them on real events. Darkness was inspired by three volcanic explosions in different parts of the world in 1814 and 1815, which threw up masses of dust into the upper atmosphere, which made the summer of 1816 one of the darkest and w...
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Darkness And The Prisoner Of Chillon Comparing Contrasting
1,466 words... it conveys that no one cares about each other any more. It is all one-man-for-himself and dog-eat-dog as they all battle for food in their desperation: With blood, and each state sullenly apart Gorging himself in gloom: no love was left; lines 40 + 41 In The Prisoner Of Chillon love is also mentioned in a similar way, that he has no love left, and that he has had to deal with such a traumatic experience that he thinks that he will never be able to love again: I learned to love Despair. secti...
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Wooden Structural Frame Traditional Chinese Architecture Structure
471 wordsThe basic feature of Chinese architecture is rectangular-shaped units of space joined together into a whole. Temples in ancient Greece also employed rectangular spaces, but the overall effect tended to austerity. The Chinese style, by contrast, combines rectangular shapes varying in size and position according to importance into an organic whole, with each level and component clearly distinguished. As a result, traditional Chinese style buildings have an imposing yet dynamic and intriguing exter...
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The Life Of A Fly Named Bill
636 wordsSafe and warm under the stinking, rotting, festering pile of compost, wriggled a little brown maggot called Bill. Life was very nice for Bill, eating decomposing vegetables all day, while he was slowly morphing into the fly that he was soon to become. He lay there dreaming of all the adventures he would have when his wings finally took him away from the stink he called home. The day finally came. Bill crawled and pushed his way up through the mountain of compost till he reached the peak. After h...
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Romeo And Juliet Queen Mab
830 wordsO, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. This powerful statement is the beginning to one of the most historic and significant poems in Shakespearean history, Mercutio's famous Queen Mab speech. Various reasons can be given as to why Shakespeare would place such a lengthy poem in Romeo and Juliet. This talk of dreams is essential to the play as it develops theme, foreshadows the story, and ultimately alters the entire pace of the play. Also, Shakespeare uses many literary devices to make this ...
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Dragons Are Portrayed Korean Or Indonesian Dragon
639 wordsThere are about seven or eight basic kinds of dragons. First there is the Western Dragon when most people think of the word Dragon, this is it. This dragon has scaly skin that swords cannot break through. A good example of a Western Dragon is the one of Dragonheart named Drake. But in myth these dragons are portrayed as mean, blood thirsty, and evil. Knights eager to prove their faith to their religion, then found that dragon slaying was very profitable soon destroyed these dragons. But these dr...
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Yellow Throated Toucan Tail Is Nearly Square Bill
936 wordsToucan is the Brazilian name for a bird of the family, Ramphastidae, with approximately 42 different species of the bird. These peculiar birds belong to the order Piciformes, whose members have feet with the first and fourth toes reversed and are all cavity nester's. The toucan is an unusual looking bird, characterized by an enormous but light-weight bill, that has many useful qualities. Most species, posts a brilliant solid or multi-colored bill. They live in the tropical and subtropical forest...
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Tundra Swans Tundra Swan Feet
743 wordsThe Tundra Swan is the most widespread and numerous species of swan in North America. Though the Tundra Swan is mostly found in Alaska or Canada, many flocks are now been speed in Oregon. Tundra swans, once called whistlers, are winter visitors to Oregon. More and more are now seen in the Willamette Valley and along the Columbia River northwest of Portland. With a wingspread to about 7 feet, males weigh around 20 lbs. Tundras vary in size from 4 to 4 1 / 2 ft. long. Females are slightly smaller ...
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Order Of Angels Powerful Angelic Cherubim
701 wordsCherubim: the Cherubim are the second mightiest order of angels. Unlike the common depiction of these angels in art, their 'actual' appearance is not anything like it. The Cherubim have four wings and four heads. The four heads point out in the four cardinal directions. So much for child likeness! Cherubim is plural for the word Cherub, and derives from the Hebrew word Kerry meaning knowledge or one who intercedes. They are the next closest to God in Christian mythology and are also the bearers ...
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The Fossil Record Of Order Chiroptera
710 wordsThe Fossil Record of Order Chiroptera Bats are the second-most species group of mammals. In some tropical areas, there are more species of bats than of all other kinds of mammals combined. Bats, small mammals of the order Chiroptera, are a diverse group of over 1000 species living around the world. The fossil record of bats is poor when compared with that of most other kinds of mammals. This is probably because of their small size, typically low population densities, and habitat selection. Their...
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Hart Crane Quot Poem
629 wordsThe first thing that comes to mind upon reading this poem is a sense of calmness and relaxation. Described well is an attempt at reminiscing at ones past, and how it may have affected life at present. It is a poem of truth, and the joy that comes with the realization of ones self, the inner being. In the poem is a character who has injured himself during work, and has taken a recess to tend to the wound. During this time the character is able to find it within himself to discover a truth within ...
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Forward Swept Wings Swept Wings Book
435 wordsI have chosen to do my book report on the book? The Grumman X- 29? , by Steve Pace, for a couple of reasons. I? ve seen the X- 29 in flight at an air show and was mystified by its wing design. I asked myself how could something like that fly at all? This book shed some light on the mysteries of how the X- 29 flies and performs. I am going to tell you a little about the book and the X- 29, so sit back relax and enjoy the fruits of my reading labor. The X- 29 is a single-engine aircraft 48. 1 feet...
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Dragon And Beowulf Grendel Mind Reality
547 wordsWere back to the question of the tree in the forest Does it make a sound if no one is around to hear it? I dont know, I wasnt there. Would Beowulf and the Dragon have existed if Grendel had never met them? Yes and no, in a sense. The monistic theory would hold that they would have. But of course! Just because I dont know a Bob Johnson, doesnt mean that he does not exist. Or at least thats the monistic view that there is only one kind of substance, only one reality; the only thing that varies is ...
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Winesburg Ohio George Willard
1,229 wordsWinesburg, Ohio, Hands Winesburg, Ohio Winesburg, Ohio, also known as the Book of Grotesque is a modern American classic by Sherwood Anderson. He came to be known as the? Father of Realism? , as he left his mark on literature, being the first one to portray authentic moments in American life. He tells the stories of many? faces? he saw in his dreams, describing their deeply moving lives filled with secrets. The twenty-one stories in the novel are united through the setting, Winesburg, and the ma...
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Heart Of The Wood Lighting Lamps Eyes
945 wordsHeart Of The Wood The mole reached his porch by late afternoon. The door was neatly built into the hollow of an old tree, with double steps fitted into the thick roots, upon which new fallen leaves lay in all shades of green. He swept them away with his foot and turned the key. The entrance hall was round and wide, rising twenty feet to a second hollow. Warm sunlight shone through this window, dusky rays of soft gold. For a moment he saw her there, gliding in, downy wings of purest white. He sig...
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Narrow Minded Didn T
855 wordsMy Inspirational Awakening How do you describe one of your best friends? Do you talk about his natural talent? Do you say how great a guy he is? Or do you say how he is just a dork? Cody Werner, is someone who I can say a lot about, and still not even come close to describing him adequately. He is a renaissance man, an individual who possesses a distinct personality that sets him apart. Simply put, he is like no one else I have ever met. Cody keeps it real in the face of opposition, even when no...
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Mitch And His Family Sounds And Silence Birds
532 wordsThere are many aspects of a movie that relate the feeling and emotion to the viewer. Music, or lack there of, is one of the more prominent. In the film The Birds, different bird sounds and silence are used to illustrate the action, suspense, and anxiety of the scenes. This rare technique allows the viewer to be drawn into the intensity of the birds and their attacks. The Birds, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, uses a sequence of silence and bird clamor to create an extravagant feeling of uncertaint...
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Modern Day December 1998
324 wordsNike: Goddess of Victory Who was Nike? Nike, according to Greek mythology, was the winged goddess of victory. Nike was the daughter of Athena and the god of the River Styx. Nike sat beside Zeus in Olympus. She helped in the battle with the Titans, and helped Zeus achieve victory. The Titans, according to mythology, created the earth, and ruled it till they were overthrown by the Olympian gods. The statues and pictures of Nike show her with wings and a wreath for a crown. This wreath symbolizes t...
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