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    Ode to the West Wind Explication Percy Bysse Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind is a dramatization of man’s useless and “dead thoughts” (63) and Shelley’s desire from the Autumn wind to drive these “over the universe” (65) so that not only he but man can start anew. The thoughts are first compared to the leaves of trees but as the poem progresses the thoughts are paralleled with the clouds and finally the “sapless foliage of the ocean” (40). Shelley personifies himself with the seasons of the Earth and

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    remembered, that day, out of the window of the white, the wind was like a whip on the street. At seven o'clock, we started going out. The white bicycle seems to have been integrated with the road, and only my grandfather and I was marching along the road. The wind was so strong that the bicycle was constantly blowing on the slippery surface of the road. My grandfather and I, thought wearing a raincoat, could only stand in the snow, and the wind was flowing in the raincoats, and my hands were red. "Tingting

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    On August 29, 2005 the Gulf Coast was awakened by a malevolent storm named Hurricane Katrina. It was a category three storm with winds up to 125 mph that destroyed Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida all in under a week (E. Kolbert). Hurricane Katrina was classified as one of the deadliest hurricanes in history (University of R.I.). The damage of Katrina overall costed over about 100 billion, being the costliest hurricanes in the United States(University of R.I.). Overall Hurricane Katrina was one

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    Typhion Reflection

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    name was Typhion, son of commoners—Agenor and Agathe—whom passed during his seventeenth year. Alone in the latter part of his life, he became inevitably appreciative of his natural surroundings...particularly the wind and the water (as he lived by a great ocean). Typhion thought of the wind as his supreme companion, for it always held him, guided him, and swept soft music through his ears. He would smile as the sky wept, its tears dancing down, performing for his unaccompanied self. In the town which

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    in the urban environment. At the beginning of the passage, Petry uses imagery in order to set the environment in which the main character is introduced. Petry starts off with “a cold November wind blowing through the 116th street” in order to show the environment as cold and breezy by saying the “cold” wind that is blowing around they urban city and the “dirt blowing around into people’s eyes” to introduce the setting. She then goes to further introduce the setting by talking about the scraps of

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    Hayao Miyazaki’s 1984 post-apocalyptic and animated film Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind appears to be a standard epic that involves a bigger than life hero who ultimately demonstrates their heroism when they encounter trials and disasters. But what Nausicaa does differently from a typical post-apocalyptic tale is introduce several key themes and techniques that are uncommon in these heroic epics. Particularly, the change in gender structures and use of feminism, relationship of nature between

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    Today, the weather was very humid and warm outside for mid-October. It was a comfortable temperature outside, so I decided to take my fall jacket off because I did not want to be too hot as I was walking around the market. I’m estimating that it was approximately mid to low 20’s in temperature today, so whenever a breeze arose, it was refreshing because it was pretty warm outside. I decided that today I would take a walk through the dessert sections of the market before going to sit by the outdoor

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    Descriptive Essay

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    instantly knowing who it belongs to. A storm of butterflies erupts in my stomach as my eyes flutter open. The bitter cold forces me to take in my surroundings. Grayson smiles back at me, and the world begins to spin all around me. The sharp whip of the wind makes everything seem colder, but I don’t feel cold. I notice that I'm wearing my favorite coat; the white one with my name engraved on the inside. It was a gift from my mother when I turned fifteen, and it's all I have left of her. The absence of

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    The aftermath of natural disasters are heartbreaking as well as devastating People have lost their homes, belonging, and sadly their loved ones. That’s why meteorologists stay on the clock when storms start to develop. They try to warn the public about what’s stirring up in the gulf and get them out before it too late. When the general public receives photos of damage that has been done it’s heartsick. What’s even worse when citizens of the U. S. see these pictures is that majority of them are of

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    what he had to do. There was no escaping to windward of the Gravestone Rock. Since Petrel could never make headway back into the teeth of the storm, he now had no choice. He must fall off to the leeward side of the rock, sailing a dead run before the wind, directly into the waiting jaws of the Seven Devils! Nothing else for it, he thought, more grimly determined than ever. From the crest of the wave, Nick had seen a small .ash of white on the rocky shore dead ahead. It could only mean a sandy cove,

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