Essays on Backyard

Abstract

The spread of urbanization and industrialization has widened the bridge between human beings and nature. It is despite numerous studies illustrating that bio-aesthetics; a factor of nature has positive outcomes that include economic, psychological, spiritual, and functional outcomes. It is therefore imperative that targeted efforts be undertaken in order to improve the bio-aesthetics of various public and private spaces. The Mysore City Authority has identified the need to improve bio-aesthetics within the city through the development of parks. However, measures have to be undertaken to improve residential bio-aesthetics as well. It is especially the case considering that the number ...

Not since the Vietnam War had the United States been so dramatically divided over a foreign policy as it was over Central America. As a matter of fact, in the 1980s, Americans were extremely uncertain about its world role, especially about its involvement in Central America. “The Reagan Administration's strenuous efforts to combat leftist rebels in El Salvador and a leftist Government in Nicaragua provoked sharp splits not just within the policy elite but among the public as well” (Carothers). For the entire 1980s, Washington was involved in endless debates over whether the numerous leftist rebellions in Central America ...

A backyard is a compound found at the back of a house, it is common in Western world suburban. People living in cold-weather leave the land surrounding their houses and plant vegetables during the summers and allow sunlight to reach the house windows during winters. When people build and leave spaces behind the houses as yards, there are possibilities of keeping some domestic animals and at times, wild creators may enter the compound looking for food and shelter. Backyard critters are the living creatures that are either wild or domestic and are found around the yard compound around the ...

The Outline

Introduction The title, the author of the poem Introduction to the poem Thesis: In the poem, Mary Oliver presents a conflict between sentimental and practical and employs the literary and figurative languages to contribute to the central idea of keeping the family traditions.

The use of the literary language to present the logical and practical reasons

The use of the figurative language to depict the sentimental reasons The contrasting images in the poem Conclusion “The Black Walnut Tree” is a short poem of thirty-five lines by Mary Oliver, written in free verse. The poem is included in the collection called “Twelve Moons” that suggests Oliver’s searches for connections. The author continually ...

Ten years ago I was a 13-year-old girl and on one rainy day I was playing outside, in our backyard. That backyard from my childhood was full of trees, with a graceful view of small mountains. I used to love rain when I was younger. I was immensely enjoying every drop that was falling from the dark clouds. Also, I liked to observe how different birds, especially the little ones, were spending their busy days, singing all the time, and I was delighted to listen to their songs. I was spending that gloomy and rainy day outside the house ...

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When the Grimm Brothers wrote the story of Little Snow White, they didn’t know that this lovely little tale would capture the hearts of millions, and be translated into movies, and plays all over the world. Indeed, it is a story of various characters, and each character is so unique in itself that the plays based on Snow White have captivated the audience for decades now. (Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhem Grimm, 2014)

The story starts off with the queen of a kingdom sewing in the backyard of her palace. She accidentally hurts herself with a needle, and three drops ...

INTRODUCTION

The wider population and the government are aware that prompt action is necessary to lessen the human impact on the environment, which is the means to turn around the global climate changes as well as lessening the demands on natural resources. Much has been done concerning this issue but a lot more needs to be done in order to decrease consumption of resources and get better environmental management if we want to repeal the global climate change and spare some resources to the future generations. Humanity is running out of natural resources and the global climate change is not something ...

The book’s title gives a summary of the concepts explored in the book. Pollan creatively writes about nutrition to make the society acknowledge the need of assuming a habit of healthy living. In natural foods, the author means unprocessed food unlike the commonly consumed by the current generation that are highly processed. The author refers to modern day food as food- like substances. People eat these substances because they are edible and food-like (Pollan, 51). Pollan presents the modern day worry of food nutrition, regarding it as the American Paradox. He observes that the more people worry themselves about nutrition ...

The ‘Gift of Magi’ is a short story written by the celebrated American writer, William Sydney Porter. His pen name is ‘O. Henry’ and the story was created in 1906. O. Henry was a brilliant writer and most of his works are known for their exquisite charm, wordplay and excellent characterization with intricate story endings. His stories are commonly set during the early 20th century and deals mostly with the ordinary civilians. The Gift of Magi is a humorous and colorful love story that uses surprise endings and scenic coincidences. The story is about a young couple who are in love with each ...

Nature is structured into ecosystems that play an important role in keeping the environment and biodiversity healthy. Being a part of nature, humans too can help maintain the environment and wildlife health by creating the garden ecosystem. Building a garden ecosystem enhances biodiversity since it attracts a host of wildlife and provides them with food and a safe habitat for living and reproducing. Such an ecosystem also benefits the environment by limiting air, water and soil pollution. It also regulates local atmospheric temperature and flow of water. Specific types of garden ecosystems also allow for organic farming that permits the production of healthier ...

The Professor's name

The house that she bought is surrounded by freshly painted and perfectly arranged small houses. The houses reveal the real tranquility of the American dream come true. Everything smells fresh and peaceful, as if luring with its perfect setting to stay. Her house is similar to others, but it seems that the previous owner has left it in a hurry. The façade is not painted and the bench on the front porch is broken. The two rows of blossoming flowers with weed shyly emerging between flowers reveal the green thumb of the previous owner. The fresh scent of rambler ...

The fourth amendment to the US Constitution provides and ensures one of the fundamental human rights. This amendment guarantees freedom against unreasonable search and seizure by public servants and officials or any other agents of the US government. In order to conduct search and seizures legally, such officials and governmental agents are required to have reasonable ground, on the basis of which they receive specific warrant. There are many cases concerning this constitutional amendment that were considered and decided by the US Supreme Court. And the landmark decision in this sphere is Tennessee v. Garner. According to the ...

Interpretive

• What effect does Watson’s narration have on the reader’s perceptions of Holmes? ANSWER: Watson’s narration affects the reader’s perception of Holmes in that it makes it easier for the readers to believe that Holmes is more than just a character in a book while still maintaining the mystery of his identity.

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“How on earth did you know that?” I asked in astonishment. (p 17) Holmes was not a difficult man to live with. He was quiet in his ways, and his habits were irregular. (p 21) My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found I found ...

Games played at home

Generally, there are several types of games that are played at home and provide a wholesome activity for the entire family. To many people, time spent playing games together as a family adds to state of closeness among family members, thus giving them time to relax collectively and endorse familial relations. Over the years, there have been three games played at home that have not only remained popular but also gained prevalence. These are board games, backyard games and card games. Card games have continued to be common in many homes. With an ordinary batch of cards, hundreds of games ...

Chapter 3

Many people do not support the idea of going green if this will lead to an increase in prices of goods. Increase in prices reduces the purchasing power of people and as a result, people may prefer not going green. This is where the government should intervene for the benefit of the whole society. Recycling does not work. Even though there are recommendations that many items be recycled, there are no companies that can help recycle the various products and if they exist, the citizens are now aware of how they can recycle these products. Hugging a tree is very ...

The story “A very old man with enormous wings” is written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The story occurs when an old man drops in the backyard of a house. The house owner Pelayo found this man who dresses like a destitute. They noticed the old man is different with others because he has a pair of angle-like-wings. The people in the town were surprised by his appearance, including Pelayo and his family. This special old man attracts everyone’s attention. People were curious about the old man’s appearance. Normally, he should receive people’s care and respect, because his weak body ...

Abstract

It was on 3-07-2012, Sunday night and I was in the office at the time for my night shift duty. At around 24:00 I received a phone from a lady crying saying that she needed instant help if not they were all going to die. She gave me her location North Carolina estate 4B and suddenly hung up. Although I could fully enquire on the nature of her situation I took I the call seriously and tried to reach the patrol in the said area at the time. My efforts were all in vain due to some technical failure in our ...

Task 1

She called her mother again, updating her of the current situation because her mother must now come home to deal with the dead body. She had felt numb as soon as they ran into the bus. The pounding in her chest drowned out any other noise and the sickening feeling in her stomach overrode any sense that was coming back. She felt so angry at the dog that killed her beloved pet and seemed so happy about it. She just kept thinking that the fluffy happy cat couldn’t be dead. Cats were supposed to have nine lives, so ...