...look up to them. My friends push me when I cannot and help me to be a better version of myself. My friends have helped me more than they probable know, and because of that I will always be grateful towards them and will always have a passion for them. My most important passion of all is my family, especially my parents. They raised me and made me the way I am and for that I must also thank them. They raised a daughter that I hope their proud of because I do my very best just to make them proud. I owe everything to them, they are the reason that I am here today. I love them and I will always love them. I am very passionate about these things, they mean a lot to me and I do not want anything to change that. These are the things that I live...
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...such as girl problems. The two choruses are about mothers’ putting all of their fear into their children. The song deals with some various themes. Motherhood is the main theme, why it’s mentioned several times in the song, and the song often asks the mother what to do. It also deals with isolation, upbringing and overprotection. As children we always ask our mother what to do in different situations. We recognize her as an omniscient figure who always knows what’s best for us. So when we’re in doubt we always turn to our mother. But when we grow up we start to take care of ourselves and become independent. The song tells us about a person who hasn’t become independent. The mother has been overprotective, and hasn’t been able to let her son live his own unprotected life. This shows in the two verses where the song keeps asking the mother questions. In the first chorus, line 3, it says that “Momma’s gonna put all of her fears into you”, which means that even though we overprotect our children in good faith, we are might doing them a disservice by transferring some of our fears and nightmares. This will stop the progress in our community since nobody would dare to seek their own ways and develop their own ideas. Everybody would walk around like programmed robots, looking- and acting like each other. We would all just be another brick in the wall. The song also talks about a wall being built, and in the end it asks: “did it need to be so high?” This indicates some kind of isolation...
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...away. In poetry they use metaphor. An example : “you are like a red rose”, a red rose is a metaphor for beauty. Line 1-2: ‘’One day I wrote her name upon the strand, but came the waves and washed it away.’’ The speaker and his love are at the beach (strand) and the speaker is in a romantic mood, because he writes her name in the sand. The waves wash the name away. Line 3: “Again I wrote it with a second hand,” The speaker writes the name again. Second hand is the same as again. The line needs to be complete and he had already used “again”. Line 4 : “But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.” Tides: the periodic variation in the surface level of oceans. The tides are a metaphor for life and death, often used by poets, because it´s one of the cententies of life. The tide is presented as a predator. His pains (efforts) are the prey of the waves. Death is also a predator, the tides are life and death. Line 5-6: ‘’Vain man, said she, that doest in vain assay, a mortel thing so to immortalize.’’ Vain has two meanings here, Vain (man) = you think too highly of yourself. Vain (assay) = useless (try). It´s useless to try and make her live forever, to make her immortal, she’s telling him. That´s impossible. In doing so he´s proving he´s vain, because he thinks he can do that and he pretends to be God. God will make you live forever when you´re in heaven, only God can make you immortal. Line 7: “For I myself shall like to this decay.” = I, myself will have...
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...immortalize his beloved subject. At first he compares his love to a summer's day, which the speaker sees as most beautiful. However, he finds the metaphor imperfect so he decides through internal debate and poetic expression that the best way to immortalize his love is through his own poetry. This method eternalizes both his love for her and her beauty in written words. By exploring the contrast between the subject's beauty and a summer's day, the author proves that love can withstand the course of time. The line "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" (1) opens the speaker's debate with a comparison between his love and the season of summer; the author questions whether the beloved subject should be compared to a summer's day. In the consequent lines, the narrators begins to compare his subject to a "summer's day" and answer the question posed in line one, and right away makes the point that the subject is superior to summer, with the line "thou art more lovely and more temperate" (2). The faults of summer continue to be proven with phrases such as "rough winds" which describe summer's temporary nature. Unlike summer, "rough winds" do not shake the subject's beauty .The examples made regarding summer in the first quatrain show that summer's beauty does not last forever, it is merely a time of year that passes within a short period of time . Each subsequent comparison between his lover and the summer fails in immortalizing his lover's beauty as each comparison is imperfect...
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...Every sound we hear around us is also part of our lives. If we look at the other side of sound, it could be our memory or rewind us back to our childhood time. Sounds come from everywhere, everything, and such as: animals, nature include weather, or objects in the environment. For me, I hear a lot of sounds in my whole life. Some of the sounds I hear can make me think back of my childhood’s memories. Summer season almost approach to us. Sound that most reminds me of the summer are related to insect, weather, and natural. Surprisingly enough, insect is the most annoying bugs at night in the summer. They are everywhere, from the grass to the trees. One night in summer day, I was sitting outside in the balcony in the dark and couldn’t see things well because I lit the candles. I heard the “buzz, zee” sound around my ear; I knew some kind of bee around me. I was terrified that night because I would look horrible if I got stung. I immediately blew the candle so the bee couldn’t see me. Lucky me, it flew away after a few minutes. Bumble bees are a big nightmare to me. So every time I see bees, I remember that night. It was a scary night but also a memory in summer. Bumble bees are friendly to some people but it is my enemy. Summer is the season of rain, thunderstorm and lightning. Everyone likes rain because it cleans out all the dirt and pollen from the trees. When I see rain, I remember my six- grade school year in my country. Back then, we wore uniform when we went to school...
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...Shirley Jackson’s short stories The Lottery and The Summer People have many similarities. One of those similarities is the idea of mans inhumanity to man, which is prominent in both the short stories. The Lottery is the story of a village that takes part in the sacrifice of one of their neighbors. The Summer People, also set in a small village, follows the story of a group of villager’s who will go to any lengths to exclude two new members of their community. Both stories teach us about mans inhumanity to man. Learning about mans inhumanity to man is important in The Summer People and The Lottery because we see that the characters in each of the stories are willing to be inhumane in order to be accepted. In The Summer People Mrs. Martin, a “new comer” in the town, learns that Mr. and Mrs. Allison are staying on at the lake. As Mrs. Martin is new to the town she has probably been treated badly herself and realizes what will happen to the Allison’s but she does not stand up for them as she wants to be accepted in the town. She tells the Allison’s “I don’t guess anyone’s ever stayed so long before”. This shows that she feels hesitant about taking part in what will happen and almost wants to warn the Allison’s about what is going to happen but doesn’t because she wants to feel as if she is accepted in town. In The Lottery we also see this in Mrs. Hutchinson. The day of the lottery in the town is a very important day and not one someone would easily forget, but when Mrs...
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...scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet: abab cdcd efef gg. The metrical aspect of sonnet 18 is that the poem got written in iambic form with one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. The sonnet has five feet in each line and therefore it is under pentameter. For example if the 2 first lines in Sonnet 18 should be divided into the rhythm of five in stressed and unstressed syllables it would look like this: The stressed syllables, is the ‘green’ ones and unstressed syllables is the ‘red’ ones. Shall I - compare - thee to - a sum - mer’s day? Thou art - more love - ly and - more tem - perate. Shakespeare starts the poem with the question ‘shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ What actually is an actual and evident question. Shakespeare’s poem, Is about a girl, which is more lovely than summer due to the fact that she has no flaws. Through the poem William Shakespeare presents various flaws that summer has, like rough winds and also in the lines 4 & 5: ‘And summer's lease hath all too short a date’ which means the...
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...Geraldine Connolly’s poem The Summer I Was Sixteen (The Summer for short), a day is exciting and passionate. On the contrary, in Jane Kenyon’s poem Otherwise, a day is simple and peaceful. Though both poems flash back the memory, they have a lot of differences in tone, descriptive style and depiction of life. After reading these two pieces of poetry, the most direct difference is the tone. Even though both poets use relevant words and phrases to set the tones which not only reflect the artistic conception of poems, but also leave some room for imagination. The base for The Summer is in warm colors. “Turquoise”, “beer cups”, these words let people feel excited. Besides, like “spread our chenille blankets across grass, pressed radios to our ears”, it creates an active atmosphere and reminds readers of their precious youth. In a word, the warm tone brings much energy to readers. Unlike The Summer, Otherwise cools down the settings. “At noon I lay down with my mate” and “dinner together”, these phrases show that a day is very simple. It’s closer to one’s daily life. In addition, the poet repeats “it might have been otherwise” again and again like a hint to make readers calm and think deeply. Although the two poets both describe a day which presents deep thoughts in small moments, they choose two different styles to describe it. Connolly organizes her poem into 5 stanzas and each line is full and long. It seems that she tries to use this style to make a day looks longer in order to show...
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...The Tundra About a fifth of the land surface of the earth is tundra. The tundra is found next to the icy zones in the arctic. The temperatures on the tundra are below freezing and can drop to as low as -70 degrees F. There are winds that can blow up to 100 miles an hour. Temperatures are so cold, the water in the ground freezes, up to a depth of 2000 feet or more. It can reach temperatures of up to 50 degrees F on a warm summer day. There are a few places where only a few inches on the top layer of ground will thaw. This part of the thawed ground is called the active layer. This active layer is always wet because the water from the melted ice cannot drain. The frozen ground that never thaws is called the permafrost layer. The tundra may get less than five inches of precipitation a year, but it is still very wet in the summer. The water that comes from the melting ice has nowhere to go. During the summer, the tundra is one big open, rolling area of ground, covered with many small lakes and ponds. During the summer, days are close to 24 hours long. This is when there is light for the little plants that grow. The plants in the tundra are only about four inches high, many being perennials. The plants consist of grasses, sedges, mosses, little flowering plants, and tiny dwarf willow bushes. They grow in dense round cushions or mats that hug the ground. Hugging the ground helps protect them from the cold and drying winds. In the rocky area, lichens grow on the rocks...
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...In All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury uses symbolism, metaphors and similes to show the children's connection to the sun. The kids can only explain the sun by comparing it to things they know. They always compare the sun to positive things in their life. While some may say All Summer in a Day is about personification and imagery, there are more examples of symbolism, metaphors, and similes in the story. In the kid’s mind the sun can do no wrong, this shows the sun importance to them. In All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury uses symbolism, metaphors, and similes to show the children's connection to the sun. Since the children have never fully experienced the sun, they compare the sun to things they have experienced.“It's like a penny, she said”,...
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...Experience the Joy of Making a Difference Teachers get incredible joy in seeing the difference they make as students gain new insights, become more interested in a subject and learn about themselves. Every day, teachers mold the future through impacting their students’ views and understandings. Teachers foster creativity, develop character, give students lenses with which to view the world and provide students with the skills they need to reach their potential and lead productive lives. Many individuals are attracted to teaching by a sense of service, because they want to make a clear, tangible difference in the lives of others. As a teacher, you see the fruits of your efforts everyday as you use your intelligence and creativity to help students become excited about and learn about the science in their lives. Have a Vocation, Not a Job For many people, their work is a means to an end. They work for a paycheck in order to live their lives. But those called to teach have a true vocation. To those with whom you interact most during your day of teaching - the students - you are not an employee but a friend, a mentor and a guide to the world. A teacher makes a difference in the world by enabling each of his or her students to fully maximize their talents, imagination, skills and character. Enjoy Interpersonal Interaction Teaching science provides those people who want to work in science the ability to do so while also enjoying a high level of interpersonal...
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...SONNET 18 | PARAPHRASE | Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? | Shall I compare you to a summer's day? | Thou art more lovely and more temperate. | You are more beautiful and gentle. | Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, | Stormy winds will shake the May flowers, | And summer's lease hath all too short a date. | and summer lasts for too short of a time. | Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, | Sometimes the sun is too hot, | And often is his gold complexion dimm'd, | and many times it is overcast, | And every fair from fair sometime declines, | and everything beautiful eventually decays, | By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd. | either by some unforseen circumstance, or nature's course. | But thy eternal summer shall not fade | But your beauty will never fade | Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest, | or lose its inherent loveliness, | Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, | even Death will not be able to claim you, | When in eternal lines to time thou growest. | when in my eternal poetry you will grow. | So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, | As long as there are people who see and breathe, | So long lives this and this gives life to thee. | this will live and give you life. | SONNET 29 | PARAPHRASE | When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, | When I’ve fallen out of favor with fortune and men, | I all alone beweep my outcast state | All alone I weep over my position as a social outcast...
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...and finally it would be the people. Oregon tends to have only two seasons. They are summer and winter, or as the locals say wet and dry. In the summer time it gets into the 90’s, yet at night it gets down into the 50’s, which makes for some nice sleeping weather. The summers are a very dry time of year in Oregon. There are no big thunderstorms, no lightening, and very little, if no rain at all. This type of climate makes it hard to grow certain types of crops. Do to the lack of rain and the cool temperatures at night. The one crop that grows best is grass. The Willamette Valley, namely Linn and Benton counties, is the world’s largest producers of cool- weather grasses. Now we come to the winter season. Ah yes, better known as the rainy season, during which it rains for eight months. Because of the amount of rain that falls, grass and fescue, grows very well in this region. The only problem with winter, other than the rain, is that the sun does not come out very often. With the lack of sun shine and over cast skies comes a feeling of depression. Oregon has one of the highest suicide rates in the winter as compared to other states. It is a very depressing time of year. Michigan has four seasons. They are winter; spring, summer, and fall. In the summer the days seem to be longer. The summers in Michigan are very hot and humid, both during the day and the night. This type of climate makes for a good growing season, especially for plants...
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...angle of approximately 23.4 degrees. Thus, at any given time during summer or winter, one part of the planet is more directly exposed to the rays of the Sun. This exposure alternates as the Earth revolves in its orbit. Therefore, at any given time, regardless of season, the northern and southern hemispheres experience opposite seasons. The effect of axis tilt is observable from the change in day length, and altitude of the Sun at noon (the culmination of the Sun), during a year. Summer: Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons. Summer is the warmest season of the year when the sun shines directly on one half of the world. Usually, July and August are the hottest months of the summer season. Crops, trees, and other plants reach their full maturity in summer. Summer is traditionally associated with hot dry weather, but this does not occur in all regions. Summer is one of the seasons of a year which is the warmest. It falls between the seasons of spring and autumn. Summer is generally known to be the season which has the hottest and longest days in a year. The summer nights are usually smaller than those of winter. It is a very good season for outdoor activities like vacationing, swimming or simply lazing on the beach. Various tropical summer fruits like pineapples, watermelons, mangoes, berries, melons, and vegetables are abundant in summer. Construction: In higher latitude locations, summer is the time for road resurfacing, as winter ice and snow leaves potholes...
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...lived to play, run around and do what any other twelve year old would do. Not a very physically fit person, but it didn’t really seem to matter. He was a person who got what he wanted, not by whining for it, but by keeping his mind on whatever he wanted and setting out a goal for it. He was a happy boy and not many problems, till now, and he had a younger brother named Tom. Tom Spaulding, age ten, did what other little brothers like to do, tag along with his older brother. He was never in the way of his older brother; in fact they liked being together. Tom took every day slowly, writing most everything down, the first day of summer, the first this, his first that. Dandelion wine took place in a small town called Green Town, Illinois. In Green Town the Spauldings owned a patch of land that they grew dandelions on. Every summer, Douglas, Tom, and their grandfather would pick the dandelions and bottle it for wine. Summers in Green Town were very hot and winters cold. It was a town where almost everyone knew each other like a big family. In this story many problems confronted Douglas. There were many deaths, Great-Grandma, Helen Loomis, Colonel Freeleigh and Elizabeth Ramsal, which were friends and neighbors of Douglas. A good friend of Douglas, named John Huff, moved away to Milwaukee because of a job opportunity for his father. Also, Douglas got extremely sick and was dying and there was no information on what kind of illness he had. Douglas took these problems hard. To many things...
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