More importantly Thoreau depicts the clouds as "ethereal gauze,"" illustrating the sheerness of the clouds, yet how too the clouds partially conceal the sun from the eye. ... First, as the source of rivers, it gives rain to the streams. The phrases "dew-cloth- and "dream drapery- represent a veil-like effect of the cloud: the cloud is transparent to see through but is too opaque to see anything clearly. ... The man not having the "courage to unbar the door- presents his inability to go outside his immediate, comfortable surroundings. ... In Thoreau's poetry fog serves as a metaphor of a s...

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He is an old man who remembers that "the grass is rich and matted." ... His prayers are answered when clouds begin to appear in the sky. ... The rain improves the condition of the land so that it may be adequate for successful farming. ... Many children are malnourished and Jarvis sends milk in order to ease the suffering of the people. ... Kumalo sends a letter of condolence that touches Jarvis and he returns with a letter with his thanks. ...

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His girlfriend is cheating on him, he's stressed out, and his life has all the color of a rain cloud at night. ... He glances out of his blind spot and notices the old man with a walker, moving at a snail's pace, is making more locational progress than he is. ... Instead of just firing Milton and letting him know why, they just would stop sending him paychecks and let him continue doing whatever he wanted till he realized he was let go of. ... According to Chapter 8 in the business ethics book, the way Initech stopped sending paychecks to Milton and continued to let him work would be...

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Only a few decades after the first telescope was invented, a whole literature of space travel had emerged, mixing fiction with newly acquired astronomical knowledge (Man and Space 9-10). ... There is no doubt that the powers that are now coming into our hands will be enough to reshape this solar system like we have already reshaped the Earth (Man and Space 153). ... The immediate effects of a major impact, including firestorms, acid rain, and the destruction of ozone layer, coupled with the possible triggering of volcanism and seismic activity will cause a huge environmental disaster and ...

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