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“The Cartographers” is a very intriguing read, which takes place in the distant future. The future described is a seemingly realistic possibility, which gives the entire story more gravity. The main character, Woods, struggles to balance his high-tech programming job with his real-life relationships. This dilemma grows and grows when he meets a woman named Cynthia, and fails to effectively find time for both her and his profession.…
It is not a geography of any of the countries my experiences will be about. In fact, I don’t intend saying nothing else, other than the names of the countries and a few towns which I sincerely hope the censor will pardon my mentioning and overlook them.…
Dear Vector, In sublette we have the 5 themes of geography and you do too so I challenge you to find out what your themes are. One of our themes is place it talks about our human/political and natural/physical characteristics. The human and political characteristic are the post office and the courthouse they are our connection to the outer world. The natural and physical characteristics are the crops and Mount Sunflower.…
The way Carter writes about this land and its uniqueness, shows that this is not a sight you can see just anywhere. Carter uses phrases such as “ magnificent area “ to really shows readers it is not just a park or plot of grass and trees. Some time it can be difficult…
Due to maps, school assignments, and scale pictures I’ve observed Africa at its proper mass. However, many people may not experience Africa in it’s right proportions, so this map may be surprising to others. Either way, I would not have considered this illustration remarkably surprising because the other four maps and charts were much more unexpected and interesting.…
Burn Your Maps, by Robyn Joy Leff, provides an excellent example of how the character’s inner personality could be completely different than what it appears to be on the outside. Specifically, Wes, the child of quarreling parents Alise and Connor, fills this roll. On the outside, Wes seems to be a Mongolian wannabe child with insanity problems. But if one would take a look at the quotes mentioned throughout the story, it would become evident that is not the case. Wes is actually traumatized by the death of Connor’s father, who, due to Alise and Connor’s quarreling, formed the strongest bond with Wes. He mentions the “slow white death” (Leff, 52) of his grandfather towards the beginning of the reading. This is extremely important to his character, as it gives the reader some background as to why he dresses and acts as a nomad; without his grandfather, Wes develops feelings of loneliness, chill, and self-dependence. These characteristics, rather than pure insanity or the enjoyment of a Discovery channel program, lead Wes to “be” a Mongolian Nomad. He expresses these traits by wearing Mongolian clothing, sleeping out of comfort, separating himself from his parents, and even by hiding his true feelings from them. His dishonesty to his parents not only shows off his loneliness, but also reveals the true innocence and kindness found in his spirit. By saying “You guys always think it’s ‘cause of you. But sometimes that’s not true” (Leff, 60), Wes, in sympathy for his mother’s worrying, tries to calm his mother with words of assurance. These passages explain that, before the realization of his parents’ acceptance and love in the conclusion to the story, Wes is just a kindhearted child who feels alone in a world with no boundaries.…
Hardy, J. (n.d.). Suffering and the Problem of Evil.In Patheos. Retrieved September 2, 2014, from http://www.patheos.com/Library/Taoism/Beliefs/Suffering-and-the-Problem-of-Evil…
Africa but also fail to fully address the significance of their position within the political…
“There seemed to be nothing to see; no fences, no creeks or trees, no hills or fields. If there was a road, I could not make it out in the faint starlight. There was nothing but land: not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made” (10).…
When a person thinks of a historian they would probably say they are a museum curator or someone who just studies the past. However, they truly do not understand what it means to be a historian. In the book The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past, John Gaddis goes into explicit detail on what it takes for a historian to properly and accurately present the past to the public. There are three main elements that I found interesting in this explanation. They are the fact that the historian must use time, space, and scale. As such, we shall delve into this for further examination.…
Australia and New Zealand are two illustrious countries with Anglo-European legacies that are now being infused with new cultural views and restraints. Though they are both intriguing and are similar in many ways, there are many geographical features that account for their cultural differences. Additionally, there are many differences that account for Australia 's relationship with Indonesia. In each aspect, geographical features play a significant role (Blij, 2012).…
parts of the world have the same options or opportunities as someone else may have on the…
Our world is filled with many undeniably, fascinating geographical anomalies and mysteries. So many so, that we may never truly unlock all of the secrets it holds. The Earth is constantly changing, shifting and exposing new secrets for us to wonder at; It is that curiosity that captures and fuels my imagination.…
America is a wide range of cultural, environmental, and geographical landmarks, but yet they are skimmed over every day. “Beneath the Smooth Skin of America” is an essay written by Scott Russell Sanders about his understanding of regions. According to Sanders, we have a problem in which we have turned into one big region, a global village, and that we don’t know about our homelands.…