As I walk through the Minnesota woods, I breathe in the crisp fall air. I see and hear the sounds of the chickadees, gliding and chirping through the tops of the trees. I am engaged in the specific deep reds, blues and yellows of these intricate creatures. Leading me, a man gets into his light blue, 1987 GMC Sierra. The truck smells of Copenhagen tobacco, along with Johnny Cash’s hit single “I Walk the Line” on cassette, playing in the background. As I get into the truck, I study the man’s stone-cold
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By the time Mike had gotten out of the guidance counselor’s office, it was time to go home. Mike still couldn’t get over how crazy the day was, he needed to get home to his mother. He hopped onto Bus 98 and it pulled out of the campus, past the varsity baseball field, and turned left on Richardson Rd/Rt. 34. The Decatur Campus was one of two Campuses in the Decatur School District and this one contained a Middle School and a High School, a baseball field, and a football field. As the bus passed the
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CHAPTER TEN The tires, skid to a sudden stop pushing the loose dirt ahead producing a momentary cloud of dust shielding the vision of the chained-off area. As the blinding headlight centers on the hole Detective Jenkins dug just a few nights ago. Exiting the car, the two approaches the mysterious trail in total silence, watching the area in anticipation of a spectacle neither wishes to observe. Ominous shadows unrecognizable throughout the troublesome trail cast a lasting impression in the midst
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Comment: I believe that your counterargument is effective because you give two reasons why neglecting to use the turn signals is okay. However, I suggest you go back and read what you have to organize the paragraph, and I would also suggest you go in depth with your two reasons and show how it is still not okay to neglecting to use the turn signals. Maybe give examples of how it is dangerous. Counterargument: There is a law that states the turn signals must be used when driving and parking
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Streets have brought people, economic, art, and so more to this historic neighborhood. These aspect apply to every neighborhood in the city, but it is particularly address to Wicker Park most recognized intersection, the six-point intersection of Milwaukee, North, and Damen Avenue. More importantly, the rich history of this intersection has to do with Milwaukee Avenue District. Milwaukee is and was a main commercial corridor for the neighborhood and the city. The street first knew as an Indian path
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The description in the opening paragraphs of Chapter 2 are appropriate to the atmosphere because everything is dark and bland. The “valley of ashes” symbolizes how vacant the area is and feels but it also implies that it is a place of death and a space that must be passed through to get where you want to go. It is the ugly passageway between the west and the east and the rich and the poor. “The eyes of T. J. Eckleburg” symbolize the eyes of God and how he is watching over them. Myrtle tries to justify
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Making choices in life has proved to be universally difficult. Everyday people make choices that could impact their whole lives. In The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, the speaker utilizes an extended metaphor, and repetition to convey the speaker’s thoughtfulness and understanding attitude towards making decisions, and how the reader should understand the power that decisions have on their future. As a whole, the poem itself is one extended metaphor, using the choice between two paths to display
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MEMORIES - For those who did not have the opportunity to spend time or meet Noah, I must tell you that Noah was a very loving baby, who easily received and gave love to everyone around him. He had grace, great looks, awesome hair, unique eyes, a distinctive nose, and a great smile. Every time Noah smiled, he illuminated the entire room, attracted everyone’s attention, and stole the show. One thing that surprised me the most about Noah was his early interest in football. When most babies his age
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Everyone in life will have to make a decision, some are easy and others are difficult. In the poem " The Road Not Taken” a person is presented with two roads, which symbolize two choices. In my life I'm am going to have to make an important decision. I have to decide what I want to go to school for and what school will be right for me. As my high school journey is coming to an end, I have many important choices that will affect me for the rest of my life. Everyone is presented with a choice; each
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Journey of Transformation 8 December 2016 Hope Where All Hope Is Lost The novel The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, is a post-apocalyptic story that consists of underlying biblical references. McCarthy, with or without intention, incorporates themes and stories directly related to the Christian Bible. The boy and the man are living in a seemingly godless world trying to survive, and the novel describes this as “On this road there are no godspoke men. They are gone and I am left and they have taken with them
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