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Personal Response To Orwell's "Shooting An Elephant"
Words: 551 / Pages: 3 .... the same table during our lunch break, which was nothing unusual.
It was not extraordinary for extraordinary things to happen in our part of
the campus, wherever that may be. The table we sat at happened to be smack
in the middle of the lunch area, oftentimes becoming entertainment or
speculation for fellow students. My friends might do anything from
standing on top of the table and striping their clothes off to jumping in a
near-by garbage can. None-the-less I tried to stay away from such oddities
and keep an observatory posture, which in turn happens to be what Orwell
would have preferred. All of these maniacal actions undoubtedly spawned
from .....
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Scripting
Words: 1714 / Pages: 7 .... created your script file, you can then assign it to a specific Dial-Up Networking connection by running the Dial-Up Scripting Tool.
2.0 Basic Structure of a Script
A command is the basic instruction that a script file contains. Some commands require parameters that further define what the command should do. An expression is a combination of operators and arguments that create a result. Expressions can be used as values in any command. Examples of expressions include arithmetic, relational comparisons, and string concatenations.
The basic form of a script for Dial-Up Networking follows:
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; A comment begins with a semi-colon and extends to .....
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Cry The Beloved Country
Words: 502 / Pages: 2 .... smoothly at others. Long hyphens throughout the poem slow down reading speed. This could be compared to the rate of decay. Sometimes decay is rapid, sometimes it is slow. the last three parts of the poem’s structure help create its figurative meaning.
Imagery is Dickinson’s main figurative tool in this poem. the idea that crumbling is progressive is supported by the last two lines of the first stanza, which state,
"Dilapidation’s processes
Are organized Decays"
This means that crumbling is a result of dilapidation, which is caused by gradual decay. The deterioration that results is progressive: one stage of dec .....
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Franny And Zooey: Franny
Words: 529 / Pages: 2 .... was] not as egotistical and self seeking as everybody else.”(Salinger, 149) Instead of looking for the positive qualities in others, she made a generalization that all people are egotistical and self-seeking. Additionally, she “raved and bitched about the stupidity of [her] audiences [and their] unskilled laughter.”(Salinger, 199) Despite the fact that the audiences were supporting Franny by watching her perform, she insists all audiences are stupid. Franny’s religious quest caused her to view her surroundings pessimistically.
Franny was worried by her questions concerning religion. These questions caused her to be extremely .....
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Winter
Words: 356 / Pages: 2 .... to the tree branches looked like filed of crystal surrounding me.
The sounds of echoed around me. The wind whistled through the creaking branches and the birds sang a somber song. I heard the icicles falling into the slow-moving river as Canadian Geese made their presence known. Their honking voices made my spine shiver with the reality of the dreary season upon me. From afar I heard the faint whisper of car engines driving slowly on the slippery roads. The silence of the fields immediately surrounding me was broken with the roaring of snowmobiles making trails and children’s laughter as their sleds neared where I was standing. The laughter .....
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A Comparison And Contrast Of The Supernatural's Active Role In The Lives Of Mary Rowlandson And Benjamin Franklin
Words: 921 / Pages: 4 .... the
churches hierarchy and ritual.
Mary Rowlandson, a puritan in Lancaster, Massachusetts was captured by
Indians, along with three of her children in the year 1676. In her narrative
she relates the story of her survival in the wilderness for a period of three
months. She is taken away from her home and husband, "all was gone (except my
life); and I knew not but the next moment that might go too" (127).
Benjamin Franklin's The Autobiography is an account of his life and begins
with his boyhood life in Boston. He later flees to Philadelphia to escape his
brother's rule over him. He relates how he was "dirty", "fatigu'd", and "Want of
Rest" (22 .....
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Beowulf
Words: 572 / Pages: 3 .... for him. This also foreshadows that they will be waiting a very long time.
In some cases in literature, an idea can only be conveyed properly if those on the receiving end of the idea are able to experience the feelings that a character is experiencing in the work. For example, in order for a reader to feel how and understand why Vladimir and Estragon feel as though they do while they wait, it is essential for that reader to either understand or experience the same feelings that Vladimir and Estragon are experiencing. Vladimir and Estragon are waiting; waiting for Godot, to be exact; and Beckett wants the reader to feel as if he or she were waitin .....
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Censorship In Fahrenheit 451
Words: 559 / Pages: 3 .... Houses were made fireproof in order for the firemen to
burn the books inside the house without causing too much destruction. Immediately after
the books are burned, the offender is arrested and taken to prison. Although book burning
was the most abrupt and outlandish form of censorship, people experienced mind
censorship in their homes every day.
Parlor walls were walls in a room used for watching television and specially
designed “interactive” programs, designed to provide people with pleasure. Shows
written for the soul purpose to please people in their parlors were watched on the walls.
A script would be written w .....
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Hamlet - The Death Of Young Hamlet
Words: 270 / Pages: 1 .... set by Claudius and Laertes) there were steps leading up his death which could have easily been avoided.
Probably Hamlet's most tragic flaw is that he becomes too involved in his thoughts, it is his tendency to ponder upon the possible outcome of every situation and scenario that he faces in his life. Imagine playing a game of basketball with a friend and whenever that friend touches the ball he runs through every possible outcome of every action he could take. Well by the time he takes his first dribble (depending on weather or not your running with real ballers) its stolen and your opponent has just run up the score by two more points. This game .....
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The Awakening
Words: 762 / Pages: 3 .... her to subconsciously think of suicide. She holds the hopelessness at bay by moving out and
getting her own apartment, while trying to find a man who will accept her, but in the end she succumbs.
Edna's closest physical brush with death occurs one night at the beach, when the summer residents decide to take a midnight swim. Despite having had a hard time learning to swim, she realizes her ability and swims farther out than she ever had before. She overestimates her power and almost doesn't make it back. She has a "quick vision of death". The experience scares her, but she has tested her limits and survived the sea for a while. Metaphoric .....
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