A novel of love and destruction, Snow Falling on Cedars is satiated with underlying plots and morally exigent themes. ... Snow Falling On Cedars is crawling with decidedly vivid setting descriptions, sometimes with hidden meanings, which contribute to the intelligence of the novel. ... The mention that his house offers "no affront,"" perhaps emphasizes Carl's own understanding of chivalry to the world that had foreseen his creation. ... Subplot, as well as underlying qualms instilled by difference in cultural influence, plays an imperative role in the full understanding of David Guters...

• Word Count: 950
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate

A novel of love and destruction, Snow Falling on Cedars is satiated with underlying plots and morally exigent themes. ... Snow Falling On Cedars is crawling with decidedly vivid setting descriptions, sometimes with hidden meanings, which contribute to the intelligence of the novel. ... The mention that his house offers "no affront,"" perhaps emphasizes Carl's own understanding of chivalry to the world that had foreseen his creation. ... Subplot, as well as underlying qualms instilled by difference in cultural influence, plays an imperative role in the full understanding of David Guters...

• Word Count: 955
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

First, Enkidu prevents Gilgamesh from entering the house of a bride and bridegroom; they fight and then they embrace as friends: Stormy heart struggled with stormy heart As Gilgamesh men Enkidu in his rage. ... While everlasting life is not his destiny, Gilgamesh will leave behind him a name that endures. "It is Gilgamesh who will venture into the Forest and cut the Cedar down and win the glory" he tells Enkidu (Gilgamesh 17). ... "At the end of five leagues, the darkness was thick and there was no light, he could see nothing ahead and nothing behind him. At the end of six leagues the ...

• Word Count: 1360
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After his father's death in 1901, the Wood family moved to Cedar Rapids where Grant attended school and even at an early age revealed his artistic talent. ... Later, after serving in the Army as a camouflage painter, Wood once again returned to Cedar Rapids and taught art in the public schools.(Cedar Rapids Museum of Art 1) He served as artist in residence at the University of Iowa from 1935 to 1942. ... In this, he was severaldecades behind European painters but current with most American artists. ... The house is distance expressing how far they have come and what it ...

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This will be in an attempt to help gain some insight into why he had the political ideas that he had, how he contributed to the American Revolution and what his motivation was behind it. Patrick Henry was born on May 29th 1736, in Cedar Hill Virginia. ... Patrick Henry was elected to the Virginian House of Burgesses, in Williamsburg in 1765, the same year British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. ... In 1773 he persuaded the House of Burgesses to employ a committee of correspondence for Virginia which was to co-ordinate actions against Britain. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Never did I imagine I would love the move since I was leaving behind all my other relatives and friends. ... We met when her family was in the process of moving into a new house in Cedar Brook Estates and my family was looking at our house in the process of being built. ...

• Word Count: 731
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This interested me, in the movie they used the cedars to protect them from the prejudiced society, the trees became a place they could live without fear of being torn apart by an unjust world. ... When the two young lovers left the shelter of the trees they also left behind they"re innocence. ... They used the lumber to construct they"re first houses, and other essential buildings. ... Veneers can also be glued together to form plywood, which is a cheap building material used as the backbone of walls in countless houses around the world. ...

• Word Count: 1934
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• Grade Level: High School

Nestled on a quaint 24 perches, my backyard consisted of all 4 sides of my house. ... Situated in the very end corner of the south yard was the cubby-house, made of western red cedar, with a pitched colour bond roof. ... We rode around Matt's house instead. ... Afterwards we continued riding, around my house. ... The bike landed with a gentle thud, my mind exploded with success, but before I had time to come back down to reality, I had already plowed into the garden behind the jump. ...

• Word Count: 1151
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• Grade Level: High School

We see a similar premise in The Graduate, where Benjamin's parents are happy with his graduation and give him a car, a house to stay in, and so many other things. ... If we take a moment to look at the symbolic meaning behind the Garden of Eden, we might get some insight on the symbolic and literal meaning behind The Garden of Eden is seen as a symbol of paradise on Earth, and we see even more symbolism throughout the Bible. In the Book of Ezekiel, Assyria is described as a tree in the garden: "Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with fine branches that shaded the forest, and of high stature ...

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They go on a quest for everlasting life, which involves trekking into the wilderness to defeat Humbaba, the monstrous Guardian of the Cedars and representation of nature. ... "We will go to the forest and destroy the evil; for in the forest lives Humbabaa ferocious giant", Gilgamesh announces when he decides on impulse to establish his name and conquer death, "Then if I fall I leave behind me a name that enduresLong after the child has been born in my house, they will say it and remember" (The Epic 71). ... The Mesopotamian people know, just as gods do, what they are and w...

• Word Count: 1399
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The two books were the first works by an African American to be published by a major publishing house. ... These works were Followed by the novels: One House Behind The Cedars, The Marrow of Tradition, and The Colonel's Dream. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It was hard for her to have been an only child for four years and now to have an infant sibling in the house (Ball & Hoffman 5). ... Ed was never mean or abusive, but his presence in the house was shadowy. They barely had time to get aquainted with him before he and DeDe went to Detroit to look for jobs, leaving Lucy and Freddy behind. ... With no experience behind her and very few acting roles for women available, Lucy took a job as a model, using the name Diane Belmont (Lucille Ball/Entertainers). ... One week after undergoing open-heart surgery, on April 26, l989, Lucille Ball suffered ...

• Word Count: 1937
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• Grade Level: High School

It was hard for her to have been an only child for four years and now to have an infant sibling in the house (Ball & Hoffman 5). ... Ed was never mean or abusive, but his presence in the house was shadowy. They barely had time to get aquainted with him before he and DeDe went to Detroit to look for jobs, leaving Lucy and Freddy behind. ... With no experience behind her and very few acting roles for women available, Lucy took a job as a model, using the name Diane Belmont (Lucille Ball Entertainers). ... One week after undergoing open-heart surgery, on April 26, l989, Lucille Ball suf...

• Word Count: 1623
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the south the forest is taller and is mainly oak, pine, and cedar. ... It killed more than 300 people, and destroyed seventy-five percent of houses and business in Belize City leaving thousands of people homeless (66). ... So pack your bags, leave your worries behind, and come to Belize, where you would want to spend time with family and Be yourself....

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We had our picture stop at the city limit sign and we had lunch right down the road at a "friend's- house. ... The trail that was used to walk behind the falls had closed a few years back due to erosion. ... We checked in at the Cedar Motor Inn in Marquette. ... DAY 3 We packed up and Left the Cedar Motor Inn at 7:00 AM. ...

• Word Count: 2058
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• Grade Level: High School

Refer to the Bible: "And he (Solomon) spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes. (1 King 4:33)" The artistic value of the poem lies in its imaginative figures. ... Two paragraphs of figure of the same girl: 1) 4:1Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil. ... Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil. 4:4Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armory, Whereo...

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Their belief in the rebirth after death became their driving force behind their funeral practices. ... The wealthy went through the full process while the middle was downgraded and the poor were done very minimally, only enough to preserve the body by injecting cedar oil into the bowels through the anus. ... Although the basic function of the coffin was to protect the body from violation by animals and thieves, it was also regarded as the house of the spirit. ...

• Word Count: 1856
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• Grade Level: High School

The secession of deep south states and the firing at Fort Sumter prompted Abraham Lincoln to call for volunteers to supperess the rebellion and in reaction Jefferson Davis called on volunteers. While the states of Virginia, Tennesee, North Carolina and Arkansas, disgusted at the idea of attacking t...

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Introduction Raymond Carver is said to be one of the most influential American short-story writer and poet in the second half of 20th century, a major force in the revival of the short story in the 1980s (Kennedy, X. J. and Gioia, Dana, 2005). In this essay, we aim to analyze the main characteristic...

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It was hard for her to have been an only child for four years and now to have an infant sibling in the house (Ball & Hoffman 5).Lucy"s mother became more and more depressed after Fred Henry was born, so it was decided she would go away for a complete change of scene. ... Ed was never mean or abusive, but his presence in the house was shadowy. They barely had time to get aquainted with him before he and DeDe went to Detroit to look for jobs, leaving Lucy and Freddy behind. ... Though she auditioned repeatedly, Lucy was never accepted to the school (American Masters).With no experience behind...

• Word Count: 1769
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