Similes were strategically placed throughout the passage to maximize the impact on the reader. For example: The first simile, “The desperation in his voice, like a man about to sob, surprised him,”helps the reader understand how incredibly important winning this championship is to him. Okimasis is extremely weary but relentlessly carries forward. Another example would be, “The shafts of vapour rising from the dogs’ panting mouths, the curls of mist emerging from their undulating backs, made them look like insubstantial wisps of air,” simile adds to the passage’s imagery. This comment is also ironic because the dogs are not at all insubstantial.
They are sick of the mounting pressures put upon them; sick of working long hours for little pay, sick of obeying the law when the law is nowhere to be seen for them when they may need it the most. Yet, step outside the barriers of society and one is looked upon as strange, as someone not to be trusted and looked upon with suspicion. Those who are on the fringes of society, those who live by their own rules and regulations, need no government to govern them. They are their own law, and so their minds are free to discover other things. Indeed, they receive their education by experiencing life.
That hero is Atticus, who fights for racial justice. Atticus seems like a sort of “Superman” in the county of Maycomb, as he does many things that other people don’t want to do or can’t do. For instance he is the one who has to take care of a mad dog who is loose on the streets, and he guns it down in one shot. People call Atticus names because he is not racist, and his daughter Scout retaliates against them. “Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting any more.” (99) Scout thinks.
I am thinking of the terriers that I train who constantly demand their handlers to issue precise, up-to-the-second commands or face the wrath of the yap-yap-yap. Other breeds such as the Cavalier King Charles Spaniels seem to have a flip switch which determines whether it is their ears or nose which is taking priority. Then you have the Pugs. This delightful breed can be very successful in agility but can have a tendency to be very stubborn and demand a patient, enthusiastic handler. Of course, these traits are not set in stone, and every individual dog has its very own district personality, as every dog owner knows.
The overnight shift at the front desk of Concord’s Colonial Inn is a lot like most small inns. After the last guest is checked in, restaurants and bars closed, there’s paperwork, reports and printing out bills for those checking out in the morning to keep you busy during those hazy hours of sleeplessness. One evening, the quiet of the lobby was interrupted by a woman, whose attire made it fairly obvious that she had dressed in a hurry, running wild-eyed into the room. She conveyed in no uncertain terms that her room was haunted, that she would not be spending the night anyplace in the inn, and that someone was going to have to go up to her room and pack her bags, as she was not going back under any circumstances. The staff at the Colonial
The third reason for choosing this book is its many twists and turns. As a result, once I started I did not put down the book until the end as I kept anticipating the next event. For example, when the angry she-bear was about to claw Arliss and I thought that would be the end of him, Old Yeller suddenly leaped out of a nearby bush and saved the boy. However, when Travis commanded Old Yeller to chase two fighting bulls away and I thought he would obey, he just ran off instead. The atmosphere in the story is both tense and exciting and the plot is well-paced.
Tania Mesa. ENGL 135 Research paper A Research paper: The Pit Bull A General Framework Since I have memory, my father has love dogs, and to be more specific Pit Bulls. He has told me many tails about this amazing dog. Over the years, I have learned to understand and also love Pits. The Pit Bull is a dog that generates huge controversies, on the one hand, their popularity is constantly increasing, perhaps more than they really deserve their own characteristics, and secondly, his reputation as a killer, infuse fear in the great majority of the people.
Catherine would “forget” to feed him breakfast, and at dinner time he was to stand in the garage or the basement while the family ate. David began stealing food from kids at school just to survive. That didn’t last long, as the school started to catch on to the missing lunches, which led to phone calls from the principal home to Catherine. That led to less food at home for David, as well as many more beatings. David no longer existed in his family, and he was now referred to as “The Boy”.
It feels like all of my energy has been sucked right out through my fingers and toes. Walking to the bathroom is exhausting, sometimes even changing my clothes is too hard. My husband will bring me a t-shirt to sleep
It also sounds like they are running down the hall throughout the night and slamming the door leading to the stairs loudly. It is totally understandable that freshman are new to college and are excited to be on their own but they have to keep the noise to a minimum. The noise is very disturbing. When students have 8:00 a.m. classes every day. They are very tired and are preparing for class the next day and they should not have to deal with the noise all night and this causes them to