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…Island (a chief U.S. reception center for immigrants from 1892 to 1924) in New York Harbor. Even as the boat was docking, these immigrants discovered that life in America was going to be a battle for survival. Hundreds of runners, typically large greedy men…

…to cheer themselves up, to feel better, or just because they want a good laugh. “The Loony Tunes” is something that is a cartoon that is loved by everybody. There is always something to make you laugh. Whether it’s the Coyote trying to catch the Road Runner…

…was astonishing. But remarkably, not only did they survive but also created diaries, poems, and drawings while in most ghettos and concentration camps. Surviving in hiding, children participated in the resistance as messengers, runners, and smugglers. It is truly…

…, a large percent of the mothers choose to ignore the outcome and either abort or give their children up for adoption. Olds compares the lovers with “great runners.” (Line #18) In this simile, she implies that lovers are alone with their own pleasures. Olds…

…depicts the urgency and shortness of life better than death. Images that are implied in the last stanza are those of a race against time. The goal is to try to beat time, and though time will eventually win, the “runners” must try to keep up with time…

…a righthanded hitters' shoetops. But on occasion he also will try to throw a backdoor slider on the outside corner. And he has added a couple pitches that he'll use a handful of times per game a split-finger pitch and a two-seam fastball. With a runner on first base…

…framing. A strong illustration of the classic spider women is Pris (Daryl Hannah) in Blade Runner. Unlike the male androids that use their strength as protection, Pris uses her sexuality to get what she wants. Through out the movie, she is fighting for her own…

…it is just a part of her daily routine. Ida’s dresser is covered in a worn lace runner and has two glass containers, but the containers are as empty as her life has become. There is a crystal vase with flowers in it. The flowers are dead and ignored…

…struggles. He eventually became a nationally ranked runner, so he knew a lot about the sport, and once again, he would teach me everything he knew about training and racing. I would in return give him full support, and go to every one of his races, whether I…

…. On approaching a replicant unknowingly, a person of the time in the film Blade Runner, would not easily be aware that they were, in fact, a replicant. On the surface, leaving aside physical strength and agility, the stature of a replicant is very alike humans…