Brandon MacPherson 9/7/08 Gates of Fire The book I read during the summer for world history was Gates of Fire‚ written by Steven Pressfield. Essentially‚ this book is about the Battle of Thermopylae and the events that took place during those times. The author is trying to tell the story through one’s perspective. In this book‚ one learns of the conditions at the battlefield during war and how it was to go to war as a young man. This book highlights many details in the battles fought
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self-select book‚ I chose Catching Fire‚ by Suzanne Collins. It is about an oppressive government that forces citizens to fight to the death in an arena every year. I selected this book for a number of reasons. First‚ I read the prequel to this book‚ The Hunger Games‚ a couple of years ago and loved it. Also‚ while researching this book‚ I found that it would probably match the theme of honor/loyalty that we have been talking about this year. Overall I am very pleased with my choice of Catching Fire and
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“MATHEMATICS” Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma‚ "knowledge‚ study‚ learning") is the abstract study of topics encompassing quantity‚ structure space‚ change‚ and other properties; it has no generally accepted definition. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proof. The research required to solve mathematical problems can take years or even centuries of sustained inquiry. Since the pioneering
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His family seemed to receive the raft of Snow due to his victor. Katniss seems to pull off the same stunt in Catching Fire‚ and the only reason her family aren’t slaughtered in retribution is that the Capitol has bigger fish to fry‚ what with the revolution and all. Another quality of why the audience likes Haymitch so much is that he knows how to work the system and
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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness is an autobiography by Susannah Cahalan documenting her month-long stay in a hospital‚ where later she had no memory of being. Before her hospital visit‚ Susannah found two red bumps on her arm‚ but being in New York City‚ she assumed that they were bedbugs. She became obsessed with the idea that her apartment was infested‚ but an exterminator confirmed that she didn’t have them. Next‚ Susannah began to have aching pains in her body‚ along with nausea and migraines
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55 Candy Lane New Hyde Park 3/28/13 Dear Mrs. Caggiano‚ I read the book "Catching Fire" and it was very fascinating and mind blowing. "Catching Fire " is about a young girl named Katniss who has won the recent Hunger Games and goes back home victoriously. What she doesn’t know is that her decision to suicide with Peeta in the last Hunger Games created a thought of rebellion throughout all the districts. After finding out about the outbreaks of rebellions‚ Katniss realizes
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Wrangham is a Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University. He had a long term study in Kanyawara chimpanzees and he was well known for his work in the ecology of primate social system. The book Catching Fire refers to the activities of our human ancestors when they began to use fire to practice cooked diet. Although the topic is pretty academic‚ but Richard used simple sentences and words to explain his ideas well. Yet the proof is still preciseness with provided evidences‚ and the
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Perspective Journal Gale Entry 1: Today Katniss and Peeta were at the Capitol for the Victory Tour. When they were being interviewed Peeta proposed to Katniss! Even worse Katniss said yes! I thought all of it was an act for the Games. Katniss said it was so why in the world would they be getting married now? The Games are over. Their strategy shouldn’t be needed anymore. Katniss can’t really be in love with Peeta can she? She couldn’t have lied to me that it was all an act during the Games.
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“Catching Fire” by Richard Wrangham theorizes a correlation between the evolution of Homo Erectus from Homo Hablis and the discovery of fire. Wrangham uses evidence from human evolution‚ anatomy‚ and primatology to support his thesis. Wrangham concludes that the morphology of modern humans is attributed to consuming cooked foods. The purpose of this paper is to analyze Wrangham’s argument regarding physical changes‚ social changes‚ and infertility. Wrangham states that the evolutionary benefits
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In Frank Pacetta’s book‚ Don’t Fire Them‚ Fire Them‚ Up: Motivate Yourself and Your Team‚ Frank Pacetta presents his unique style of leadership principles which can be utilized in both a military and civilian work environments. While Pacetta identifies his leadership principles‚ he stresses that motivation is one of the most vital aspects of leadership and critical to success for any business or military organization. Our textbook states that motivation is “the process of stimulating an
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