Odysseus is the hero that the Achaeans most admired. His intelligence‚ wit‚ and morals of the day allow the Greeks to look up to him as a role model. Perhaps the greatest characteristic that separates Odysseus from the suitors and his fellow shipmates is the wit and ability to trust the gods with their advice. The Odyssey begins 10 years after the Iliad had left off and Odysseus is trapped on an island with Calypso. Odysseus then has many hardships upon which he overcomes through his intelligence
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3.) List four facts that characterize the oceanic ridge system. Four facts that characterize the oceanic ridge system are: firstly‚ it represents 20 percent of Earth’s surface‚ the oceanic ridge system winds through all major ocean basin like the seams on a baseball. Ridges vary in width from 600 miles to 2500 miles. The mid-ocean ridge represents an area where‚ lithospheric plates move apart and new crust is created by magma pushing up from the mantle . Also‚ the mid-ocean ridge system is an example
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traumatic memory of the Biafran war in the Novel Half of a yellow sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. All of the characters in the novel deal with the war in different ways. “’You’re burning memory‚’ he told her. ‘I am not.’ She would not place her memory on things that strangers could barge in and take away. ‘My memory is inside me.’” (Adichie‚ 2014: 432) This quote occurred at the end of the novel Half of a Yellow Sun in the very last pages. This is a great way to end off the novel because
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Response to the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas Frederick Douglass was a slave for about seven years in Master Hugh’s family. In the beginning‚ his mistress was such a kind‚ loving‚ gentle‚ and giving person‚ and treated him as she would anyone else. She taught him the alphabet‚ and that was the beginning of his desire to learn to read. Realizing this and because of her husband’s influence as a slaveholder‚ she gradually changed her ideas of trying to help Douglass. As a result‚ she became
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Plants and Life on Earth What is the environment? The environment is everything that lives on Earth plus the air‚ sun‚ water‚ weather‚ and the Earth itself. Sing a Song about the Role of Plants! Teachers—download lesson plans to use in your classroom! Plants help the environment (and us!) in many different ways: Plants make food Plants are the only organisms that can convert light energy from the sun into food. And plants produce ALL of the food that animals‚ including people‚ eat.
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‘The pioneer’ by Frederick McCubbin is a painting portraying the real Australian bush life during the 19th century. Each panel conveys different notions of Australian bush life such as human spirit and strength as well as isolation and loneliness. Within panel one the body language of the woman depicts the harsh dense environment in which she’s settled in the middle of the panel‚ explores the loneliness and isolation. The use of colours and the darkness within the bush creating the image and notion
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Why is family the most important relationship to Mama in A Raisin in the Sun? Mama is a character in A Raisin in the Sun who tries to keep everyone together because family is important. She believes it’s the most important relationship because she’s the head of the family‚ she strives for happiness‚ and she wants to follow her husband’s values. First‚ Mama is the head of the family and she makes most of the decisions. The decisions she makes in this novel are for everyone’s happiness. Her decisions
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The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises demonstrates elements of weakened masculinity throughout the novel. The lasting effects of WWI on the characters‚ Jake Barnes’ insecurities‚ and Lady Brett Ashley’s non-conformity all contribute to the minimized presence of masculinity. Hemingway began writing The Sun Also Rises in 1925 and it was later completed in 1926. Much like the novel’s protagonist‚ he too resided in Paris working as a journalist‚ after fighting in WWI. Hemingway
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Keren Wallace Mr. Dement US History January 21‚ 2015 The Significance of the Frontier in American History 1. How does Frederick Jackson Turner define “frontier”? He gives a definition of the frontier: “it lies at the hither edge of free land”‚ meaning that he considers the Indian territory to be free land. According to him the frontier is the “meeting point between savagery and civilization”‚ “the most rapid and effective Americanization”. 2. What does Turner mean when he says that American development
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In his MINI CRITIQUE column that appears in The Philippine Star‚ October 14‚ 2010‚ Isagani Cruz summarized the following pros and cons on the K+12 debate: The PROS (which is basically the side of the government‚ well-heeled and articulate leaders from the academe‚ the business community and the media): 1. “Enhancing the quality of basic education in the Philippines is urgent and critical.” 2. “The poor quality of basic education is reflected in the low achievement scores of Filipino students
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