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the reach of almost all men.“ This quote comes from The Working Man’s Companion, a book written in 1831 (Noonan 4). In the time the book was written, the Industrial Revolution was still taking place. During the time of the Industrial Revolution, new ways of thinking, inventions, and innovations were taking place. The people had transitioned into a factory system, moving away from the cottage industry. This greatly improved the economy, and after this transition, new political ideas spurred. Not only

competitions I compete in happen to be for piano. For six years now, I have been taking piano lessons. I possess my fair share of performances.One festival I have attended several times is the Sonatina Festival. Sonatina Festival is not a normal common festival, it is a competition for first, second, and third place. The festival contains the categories of beginner, intermediate, late intermediate, and advanced. Taking place every February or March, Sonatina Festival comes to life. At the age of 12 or

New Me, New Year, New Zealand There were various places that I dreamt of visiting when I was a child. My whole life, I wanted to visit Spain because of it’s impressive architectural buildings, the culture, and history behind the whole country. Not to mention, the food in Spain is absolutely delightful. As I grew older, I became less fond of my desired destinations. I only cared to visit Spain because of its physical appearance other than to learn about the culture and history. I learned over the

high school. Being in the business academy was just a sophisticated way of saying that I was taking an online business course through a local community college. It also meant that I was automatically a part of a career and technical student organization called Business Professionals of America. For the three previous years, I had participated in the Regional BPA Competition, however, I fell short one place of qualifying for the State Competition each year. By the time the winter of my junior year

plaza. Yet as you draw nearer to this establishment, you seem to hear a quiet, but subtle sound of country music coming from inside. Upon entering you can't help but notice the pictures of all the smiling faces that are along the walls. This is a place that welcomes families and the whole community. Promptly before you have the chance to get too comfortable, you are greeted and then seated. Now, seated, you have the task of looking over the menu and all of its possible choices. Without fail, our

recreation, but more specifically a place attachment that can be associated with outdoor recreation, has had a huge impact on my life. Throughout my childhood, my family and I would constantly travel to many outdoor recreation locations including Myrtle Beach, Pinery Provincial Park, and St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market. These places hold special meaning and an emotional bond for me, because I associate them with youthfulness and happiness. While everybody views place differently, people form emotional

world or place, it unveils information and it is no limits to any status of reality. “A book is the magical

location may present us with the perception that we either belong or not belong however, it is the connections that we form with people in places, memories of previous places and ones response to experiences within places that heightens ones sense of belonging or alienation. The concept of belonging through connections with people, experiences and memories in certain places is explored in the texts Romulus my Father a memoir by Raimond Gaita and Oranges and Sunshine directed by Jim Loach. It is not a connection

Flannery O’Connor’s The Geranium and A Good Man is Hard to Find: Imagery in Flashbacks and Memories Many of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories take place over the course of one day. The length of her scenes, the description in which she fills them and her pristine use of dialogue makes her protagonists well developed. They do not feel like characters we have just met, but ones we have always known, making the stories feel longer than a day’s time, too. In studying a few O’Connor stories there is

the familiar, but then is juxtaposed with the alien forms holding other worlds. There are these places that wanted to be obtainable and entered into. The image is murky and mysterious. It is unobtainable and leaves the wonder and desire. Though it will never satisfy it. The audience is left to gaze continue that longing, still unaware of what is truly being sought after. The final room, the artist places the viewer into those worlds that were just previously unobtainable. They are suddenly under water