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    bonds but you can't break free. Chains rattling. Walking behind the two-way mirror staring into the interrogation room You see yourself being escorted to the sole table in the center of the room. You are each person that is seen. The officer. The prisoner. The lawyer. Each personality twisted and warped into one body. You see the interrogation underway. Arguments ensuing without an end in sight. You are unable to control the situation behind the glass. Knowing you can't see through the aluminum powder

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    On one side of the glass is the harsh reality that is Paul’s life, while on the other side is the fantasy that Paul pictures himself fitting into. The flowers in the story symbolize Paul’s place in the dream. He sees himself as the final piece his perfect life. When Paul

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    against the muddy dirt, I am shoving myself skyward. I am reaching to the sun, flying up. The ground is no friend of mine. Each step I am taking, I need to force myself to take. I am walking along the bay. I hear a noise, the sound of sweet serenity. It is a bar. I need a drink, I need to smother a parrot. I am walking through the door, and I hear the sweet, melodic, tune, sung by none other than a true church-bell. Not even god can save, him. I am looking at the man in the corner booth, he has a

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    Essay 1 Rhetorical Analysis A 1800 Tequila television advertisement from June 1, 2014 titled, "Perfect Match", demonstrates a handsome caucasian man walking into a boxing match after the main audience has taken their seats. After sitting in a front row seat, a waitress with a bottle that says "1800" serves him a glass of tequila. He stands for a few seconds while holding his drink in his hand, while he and a attractive female create an instant attraction towards one another. The boxing match is

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    Sarthak Chawla Nathanial Hodes Composition 16th September The Odd One Out On the most famous street in Boston, Newbury, there lays two architectural opposites just across from one another. The Church of the Covenants a great historical church built in a gothic architectural style where you would see historians, tour guides or school field trips and a Victoria Secret store that covers an entire block and is build on the bases of modern architecture where friends and family would go shopping or for

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    Coffee Scheduling

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    activity simply for enjoyment. 4. Procedure: (include steps of activity) 1. First clear a table where you want to create your mug. 2. Put a towel down where you will paint. 3. Walk into the kitchen. 4. Open the kitchen cabinet. 5. Pick out an empty glass from the cabinet. 6. Shut the kitchen cabinet. 7. Turn

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    back, bored. Chip’s dad comes up to offer Tyler a landscaping job at a nursing home. One of the waiters tripped and flew the tray of glasses in the air. When they fell, they broke and glass shattered everywhere.

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    associated with the setting of the movie in the 1920’s; old yet full of colour and life. Glass Shards: The glass shards often symbolize negativity, broken promises, shattered dreams, and disappointment in life. It also may represent a broken heart of a relationship that has ended. Walking on broken glass is often associated with emotional pain due to the difficulties and obstacles in life. In relation to Daisy, the glass shards are a perfect example of the fragility of her character. She is in a broken

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    The play The Glass Menagerie, written by Tennessee Williams, is told as a flashback from the point of view of the character Tom Wingfield. He narrates the play as well. It is set in St. Louis in the year 1937. Tom works to support his mother, Amanda, as well as his sister Laura. Laura is extremely shy, and her mother is not happy with her because she does not attract any “gentlemen callers.” Laura gets enrolled in a business school by her mother, in hopes that she will go into a business career and

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    Beowulfs Narrative

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    Picking up a napkin, he then proceeded to tuck one corner of it in the front collar of his shirt. The mayor picked up his glass and before taking a drink asked, “Where shall we began?” “What can you tell me about the dragon that is terrorizing this area?” Titus asked. “He’s big, mean, and he shoots fire out of both nostrils," the mayor said as he set his now empty glass on the table. With his eyes wide open, and wrinkled on his brow, the mayor said, "His teeth are enormous, nearly the size of

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