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    Beauty over Pain: Getting Rid of Animal Testing “The question is not, can they reason, nor, can they talk. But, can they suffer?” -Jeremy Bentham. By a show of hands, how many of you would cause your pet intentional pain? Would you prod them, lock them up, or inject them with possibly toxic products? That is what most reactions would be. Well, it turns out you may be using one or more animal tested products a day without knowing. Today’s society will do just about anything to get rid of basic…

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    I have chosen a place where its located inside Parks Library due to its valuable position in my heart. When I saw that I had to write a letter describing a place which I like in campus, a hall in Parks Library instantly came into my mind. Basically, this place reminds of everything I like in terms of architecture, its quite zone, and fancy murals. I have shared a glimpse of my memory to my friend through writing a letter directly speaking to her in words. Reminiscing the old days where she and…

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    and theme. When describing the atmosphere and environment during a birthday party, I use sensory detail, “The roller skating rink was a frenzy of lights and sounds from arcade games and 70’s music playing” (Gyawali). The reader gets a nostalgic, but excited mood from the auditory and visual imagery. This established mood allows for the reader to comprehend as well as empathize with the emotions of the narrator. A similar effect is used in the vignette “Red Clowns” when describing the world after…

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    At the start of the poem it seems as if the author describes the lake in the quarry to be quiet and lifeless yet inviting. Then suddenly the author introduces the woman with metaphors to water like creatures. This makes the reader keep guessing what the author is talking about, but after they realise that the woman is being described like an animal, because she’s eager to dive into the water. This leads to one of the themes of life and a new adventure. As the author describes the woman's descent…

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    Describing the artwork Title: The blue rider – 1903 Artist: Kandinsky Date: 1903 Medium: Oil on cardboard Size: 55 x 65 cm Created: the blue rider (German expression) - The artwork to be analysed in this essay is blue rider by Kandinsky, it was created by using oil on cardboard in 1903. - Created in a German expression style this artwork depicts landscape. - Kandinsky has selected to place the main subject in the right hand side. Analyse the technique used - The blue rider has been…

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    of “The Lottery” helps create the surprise ending for the reader by showing members of the village happily and excitedly getting ready for what seems to be a happy tradition when in actuality it’s a sacrifice. For example, the story starts out by describing it to be a beautiful summers day and the children of the village were out of school and happily playing with one another. The boys of the village were described to be playing a game of collecting and protecting stones they found around the…

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    The narrator uses imagery in this passage when describing the room and the yellow wallpaper. When describing the yellow wallpaper the narrator describes it as, “ the color is repellent, almost revolting; a smoldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the unclean yellow strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight.”(Stetson 649) She relates the wallpaper to a school, this helps the reader have a better connection to the image she is analyzing. “ The paint and paper look as if a boys school had…

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    For example on page 186 Martin says ‘ I won't be sorry. I'm part of this place now. I'll have to learn, though. Will you teach me, Ted? About this place? About how to keep it safe?’ This clearly states that Martin wanted to keep the land and stay there until he does the same to his son of grandson. Also on page 184 Martin also wants to stay because he gets to walk…

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    different types of people and hears their opinion in issues, and Scout is amazing at describing people and situations. Scout is a reliable narrator because she is young, which means she is learning new things about her town and about people, Scout’s view on things change as she learns, and Scout’s childhood could be comparable to the readers childhood. Scout is learning things about Maycomb which make it a bad place, “Maycomb’s usual disease… people go stark raving mad when anything involving a…

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    as to what may be going through their head as the hyperthermia progresses and how they may be feeling in a certain situation. By using this technique Urrea again attempts to bring the reader to a more personal level while reading the text. While describing heat syncope he not only explains the symptoms that go with this stage of heat death, he adds excerpts of thoughts a sufferer may be having such as: “Where’s the water?” and “Follow the leader” (123). Using these phrases humanizes the medical…

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