The theme in the story Powder is that you have to live life on the edge sometimes you can't always be a goody, goody, but you cant always be living it on the spur of the moment and always taking risks.
In Powder the boys father is very unreliable, financially unstable, likes spending his money like on expensive sport cars, and always going things on the spur of the moment. Like skiing on Christmas Eve when he probably knew he should have left to bring his son home. He also likes taking risks like when he called in the false report to get the sheriff watching the closed road to leave. Then he takes an even bigger risk when he drove down the closed snow covered road to bring his son home.
On the other hand the boys mother is totally opposite of his father. She is very organized. She was going to have a nice Christmas Eve dinner with her son with the china set out on the table, turkey, holly leaves, the whole nine yards probably. She likes to keep things nice and clean. She is also very reliable she would always do what she said she was gong to do. She always plays it safe and probably would have never driven or even thought to have driven on a closed off road with snow on it. His mother is very very opposite of his father. .
The boy in the story is very much like his mother. He is very clean and organized. He keeps his clothes on numbered hangers in his closet for proper rotation. He wouldn't even wear a shirt he wanted to if it wasn't on the next number hanger. It says that he is probably more of an adult than his father.
In the story at the very end the boy says, "If you haven't driven fresh powder, you haven't driven." It means if you haven't ever lived life on the edge or done things at the spur of the moment you haven't lived. He realizes if he is like his mother always playing it safe and is always organized life is dull and boring doing the same thing over and over all the time.
Powder Horns As with most inventions, the creation of the powder horn was born out of a basic need, to convey small amounts of gunpowder by a soldier or hunter in the 18th century. ... Powder horns were usually made from the horns of cows or oxen. ... Miners used powder horns to hold explosives. ... The powder horn because part of their proud heritage. ... Today powder horns are mostly seen as a craft. ...
Powder Throughout the movie Powder, there exists a certain tension between the main character, Jeremy or "Powder-, and the society around him. This tension is made up of fear, intolerance, prejudice, ignorance and plain stupidity. The society sees Jeremy as a hermit, someone not worthy to live in...
Explosives are referred as energetic materials used to be known as black powder or gunpowder (Thompson, 1940). At the onset of development of explosives, black powder was used in mines, drilling boreholes, propellants, military explosives and guns. ... An example of propellants is smokeless powder and black powder. Energy levels produced depend on the type of powder, slow or fast (Davis, 1941). ... The hot gases expands in all direction thereby warming the next black powder portion until the temperature reaches kindling temperatures. ...
In the short story Powder by Tobias Wolff there is an irrefutable relationship that is quite dissimilar. In these two characters of father and son we see a reflection of many modern day "broken home" situations. The standard role of father and son has been reversed in this story. Reversed in a way...
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Each gram of powder produces approximately .89 grams of crack. ... For five kilos of powder cocaine and 50 grams of crack, the penalty is 10 years. ... Powder cocaine is usually snorted, which gives a slower and less intense high. ... But when powder cocaine is injected it produces a fast, intense high similar to crack. ... These numbers are due to the drastic difference in price between powder and crack cocaine. ...
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Gunpowder comes in many forms from a dirty burning black powder to a smokeless variety of powders. ... Corned or granulated powder overcame serpentine powder in the use of weapons because of its increased stability. Corned powder had much more force behind its explosion. ... This early mixture of gunpowder was called black powder. ... In colloided powder the main ingredient is nitro glycerin. ...
