Questions for Close Reading (p. 435) 1. The thesis is clearly stated in the first sentence of paragraph 4: “We believe in Type A—a triumph for a notion with no particular scientific validity.” Prior to paragraph 4‚ Gleick illustrates the cultural pervasiveness of the Type A category and traces its identification to Friedman and Rosenman’s studies; these studies attempted to link heart disease to a set of personality traits clustered around the “theme of impatience” (paragraph 2). Following the
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Frankenstein Close Reading This passage‚ the paragraph located at the bottom of page 138‚ and bleeds over onto page 139‚ comes from the part of the novel in which Victor Frankenstein is almost home from his ordeals in Ireland. While in Ireland‚ Victor promised to make a female companion for his Creature‚ but then throws his work into the sea‚ as he realizes that he does not actually want to create this second being because of the chaos it may cause. Enraged by this‚ the monster murdered Victor’s
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1. Identify the ideology of kingship during China’s Shang dynasty. How did it compare with that of the Zhou Dynasty? - Early China’s cities‚ Shang and Zhou‚ have very distinctive features in the ideology of kingship. In the Shang dynasty‚ the king and his administration were the controllers‚ where the king was the intermediary between the people and the gods. However‚ in the Zhou dynasty‚ the ruler was chosen by gods to justify power‚ and if he/she misbehaved or acted inappropriately‚ they would
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The case under study highlights how interpersonal conflicts can exist within organizations or any setting of two or more people. The conflict took place at the replica of the Mir space station in Russia where international participants were to spend 110 days in isolation adjacent to Russian participants who were already in isolation for 240 days. The conflict took place on New Years Eve where two Russian cosmonauts got into a bloody fight and immediately after the brawl‚ the
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Close Reading In the play‚ Othello‚ by William Shakespeare‚ a character named Iago‚ manipulates people to get what he wants. One character that is manipulated the most by Iago is Othello. The reason why is because Othello made Cassio his lieutenant and there were rumors that Othello has been sleeping around with his wife‚ Emilia. Iago involves Desdemona‚ Othello’s wife‚ in his plan by making it seem that Desdemona and Cassio are having a relationship. Iago convinces Othello about this relationship
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The Raven: A Close Reading The entire poem including the first stanza‚ as scanned here‚ is octametre with mostly trochaic feet and some iams. The use of a longer line enables the poem to be more of a narration of the evening’s events. Also‚ it enables Poe to use internal rhymes as shown in bold. The internal rhyme occurs in the first and third lines of each stanza. As one reads the poem you begin to expect the next rhyme pushing you along. The external rhyme of the "or" sound in Lenore and nevermore
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A team of psychologists at Moscow’s Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP) wanted to learn more about the dynamics of long-term isolation in space. This knowledge would be applied to the International Space Station‚ a joint project of several countries that would send people into space for more than six months. It would eventually include a trip to Mars taking up to three years. IBMP set up a replica of the Mir space station in Moscow. They then arranged for three international researchers from
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During his short life‚ Georges-Pierre Seurat was an innovator in an age of innovators in the field of art. This french painter was a leader in a movement called neo-impressionist in the late 19th century. Unlike the broad brushstrokes of the impressionist‚ Seurat developed a technique called pointillism or divisionism. In this method‚ he used small dots or strokes of contrasting color to create the subtle changes contained within the painting. Seurat was an art scientist in that he spent much of
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unsophisticated life. George is far from a common man‚ in this movie George role presented an extraordinary man. George was a very special person towards his family and others around him. In the movie‚ It’s a wonderful life‚ he had an opportunity to own a bank‚ be a homeowner and marry his children’s mother. During the movie George had his head on right and he never let his insecurities come before others. An uncommon man has privileges‚ a great heart‚ and is an outgoing person. George had the privilege
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for desperate measures‚ as in killing a person who is close to you in order to save them from further danger. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ two characters‚ George and Lennie‚ are best friends. They travel together‚ and work together. George is faced with a tough decision‚ and of course he would only do what was best for Lennie. Wouldn’t a friend always do what was best for a friend? George killed Lennie out of mercy‚ not murder. George was only meaning to end Lennie’s suffering of his mental
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