Aunt Jennifer must find a way to deal with her unhappy and submissive place in life, and she does so by sewing exciting and memorable works of art. ... In three small stanzas of just four lines each, the poem craftily builds toward the welcome conclusion that no matter how much life has to dish out to a person and bring a person down, each of us can still achieve some small measure of respect and immortality if we just have the discipline to do what we know we can do well. I agree with this conclusion; however, I feel as though Aunt Jennifer successfully overcame the load that she was forced t...

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INTRODUCTION Long-term ecological research is particularly valuable for understanding disturbance dynamics over long time periods and placing those dynamics in a regional context. ... However, the undisturbed forest was very thick with trees, which would make it more difficult for small plants to thrive on the forest floor. ...

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The second chapter starts off talking about the birth of Kurt Cobain in Hoquiam; a small logging town 110 miles southwest of Seattle. Kurt Cobain's father, Donald Cobain, describes Hoquiam as "the bleakest single spot on the west coast" and "a place that was still stuck in the 50's and not ready for the 70's". ...

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Thomas Moore's The sacred arts of life, invites us on a journey to a place hidden by fast paced, ego driven society, and exposes us to a practical, leisure way of life which he proposes will reanimate the imagination and mystery that each of us seek in our daily lives. ... The idea behind strengthening of this immortal aspect of ourselves requires that we assimilate the small practical things. ... "When imagination is allowed to move into deep places the sacred is revealed," (Moore 1049). ... Aside from the importance of consciousness, Moore also suggests the importance of the unconscious...

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Something small to the everyday person on the inside is extraordinary to us now who are from the outside looking in. ... What Adams did was give the viewer change to imagine the experience of life in a location and period of time even if the photos involve very bland and boring places you can connect to that with personal interaction by feeling that life is more than what you see. Photography plays a roll in history by preserving topics of life from the people to the places photos bring insight to what life looked like and what it may have been like. ... I think by further breaking down the ph...

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The symbolism of colors relates the novel to our society as our world is a colourful place, and by reinforcing the symbol throughout the novel Zusak has continually expressed humanity on a colour spectrum of life and death and how that is relative to mortality. ... The reader can relate to this hope in an inanimate object because as humans we often place importance and meaning into an object, creating our own symbols just as characters such as Max and Hans do with the accordion. ... Death states about Liesel "One such word shaker was a small, skinny girl. ...

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Everything in this house is described as being "little"; "small"; "narrow", this probably meant that Edna wasn't interested in the grandness and the outward look of her life but instead she longed for a small and willing full life of her own. ... There has been quite an emphasis on the water as well in a number of places. ...

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It is clear she wishes her life remained unchanged as she attempts to rekindle her youth a small pilot light burning' however, she realizes it would be ridiculous too many things are tying me to the ground'. ... This was also done in Hardwoods Father in order to contrast the change that takes place. ...

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The idea that Chandler knew this man before his days of prosperity makes him feel important int the run of life, and allows his ego to weigh the advantage of having a friend in high places. ... As Gallaher begins to go into the details of naming the places he has been to (at the same time noting that he names the locations more than he gives any sort of personal reaction to them, an observation which says something about Gallaher as a sheep blindly attracted by reputation, and thus expecting others to know of the same reputation), such as the Moulin Rouge and "all the bohemian cafes,"" Chandle...

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