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And the greatest of these is love...or is it pride?

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Author: World Wildlife Fund Date: 5/5/2016 http://talentista.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/05/Effective-Advertisement-For-Saving-Animals-29.jpg Denotative: When first glancing at the picture, my eyes immediately went to the cute baby cheetah walking beside her mom. Then I saw the two sizes small and extra large written on a tag which is placed on both of the cheetahs. The background is pretty simple; it looks like the animals' natural habitat with lush greens. In the corner there is a sentence that states, "Fashion claims more victims than you think.", followed by the organization that posted the ad: WWF. Connotative: This picture is very powerful and eye-opening. The tags on the animals that I mentioned before, represents the tags that would be on people's clothes in a clothing store. This shows living, breathing animals in their environment and ultimately show that the buyers market just sees them as shirts or coats. The organization (WWF) is a nonpr...

What's in a name?

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BRIANNA HELEN My first and middle name come from both sides of my family. Brianna stems from my dad's name "Brian", and my middle name Helen comes from my aunt; whose middle name is also Helen. My aunt was named Helen after the Greek God, Zeus's daughter Helen of Troy. She was known as the most beautiful girl on the planet and was respected by all. My dad wasn't named Brian for any significant reason other than the fact that my grandma liked the name, but he named me Brianna after himself. I believe that since that it comes from my entire family, my name symbolizes me. Family means everything to me, and the fact that I am a symbol of them because of my name, it means even more. As Anna Quindlen said, "there are two me's, the me who is the individual and the me who is a part of the family of four..." Beowulf is also shown battling between his two characters. He is a strong and powerful hero, while at the same time fight so many monsters a...