According to “Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World” by Jack Weatherford‚ it is no doubt that Europeans were influenced by Indians’ ideas. Especially‚ they knew much more about the concept of liberty. First of all‚ ideas about liberty of Native Americans are the premises of European Enlightenment. Early Europeans defined liberty as freedom of whole communities. They considered freedom as an intangible thing people can get after being released from the domination of
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A Brief Encounter The poem “Summer Love” by Marilyn Chin written in 1994 uses descriptive emotional imagery through various tones to illustrate short lived relationships during the summer of a woman’s life. The situations and settings of the poem add to the theme of the poem as well as her use of figurative speech to describe the emotions she experiences during and from these relationships. The author Marilyn Chin has expressed several emotions within the poem through the use of descriptive
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ENCOUNTER WITH THE WEST 10. THE TRAIDING ROUTE • In the last two centuries of the Middle Ages‚ the Europeans‚ while regaining the Holy Land from the Muslims‚ were able to establish commerce with the Orient through trade routes. The goods the Europeans wanted were gold‚ jewels‚ silk‚ perfumes‚ especially spices like: *pepper *onions *ginger *nutmeg *garlic is the most important items of trade from East. • Owning to the desire of the Europeans to enhance the taste of food and to preserve
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The book further explains how after her father suffered a long illness and as a result failed in business‚ he went to America (Antin‚ 78). His family followed him to Boston‚ where Mary grew up. In America‚ she felt freer then she ever did in the Old World. She could get free secular education‚ free choice in marriage‚ and a “brimful womanhood” (Antin‚ 187‚ 277). The public schools of Boston‚ she felt‚ opened new intellectual windows for her. She also had access to public libraries and settlement houses
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reside in cages. Road Signs of Pigs Eating Pork Frank Montesonti If a cynic were asked why the world was created they might say it was so the goddamn car could break down in this small‚ Texas town with a clapboard sign of a pig taking a bite out of a ham hock; hell‚ they might claim Texas itself is a cosmic joke to turn urban sophisticates selfless‚ stuck five-hundred miles from the real world for eternity. For the cynic‚ any sort of hell would suffice‚ I suppose‚ as long as it was properly unpleasant
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stiffness of Professor Eisenbart • Prof. E. Represents the world of Science/Academic. • FEMINIST INTERPRETATION: Headmistress wants the Professor to be a role model to the girls‚ as he is a leader in his field. She’s a woman who admires male achievements and is therefore stuck in the old world. She has to go out of her way in order to get him‚ through persuation and manipulation. She has learnt‚ therefore‚ how to survive in the male world. The girl who wins the music awards represents the new hope
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70 Cambridge Checkpoints HSC Advanced English Sample response: Film Prescribed text: Strictly Ballroom‚ Baz Luhrmann‚ 1997 Related text: A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Tennessee Williams‚ 1947 (drama) Introduction names the texts and links them directly to the question Develops a thesis which applies to both texts The topic sentence on not belonging connects the next two paragraphs which are about the same idea but discuss the different texts separately Using supporting evidence
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Age of Exploration DBQ Essay • Introduction: The Age of Exploration (1400-1700)had a tremendous impact on the history of the world. Before this‚ there had been no lasting contact between the New World (the Americas) and the Old World (Europe‚ Africa and Asia). Beginning with the Portuguese in the mid 1400’s‚ European explorers went on voyages of discovery‚ in search of gold and glory. The places and people that they came in contact with‚ as well as the exploring nations themselves‚ were
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beginning of the novel‚ the people of Prentisstown were introduced as people from “the old world” who had “wanted to start over”. This shows that the people who first landed on New World never had the intention of forming a civilisation similar to Prentisstown‚ instead they had the intention of finding somewhere to live new lives‚ in safety. The primary reasons the people of Prentisstown began civilisation on New World was definitely not corrupt‚ instead reasonable. Throughout the novel‚ Patrick Ness
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not true. In this novel‚ a sachem decided to befriend the pilgrims who came to America on the Mayflower. He saw the pilgrims settle down and decided it was time to learn about them and trade with them. When the pilgrims first arrived at the new world‚ they saw Native Americans who attacked them and tried to kill them. Once they moved locations‚ they were still nervous about the Natives. When one of the members of a near by tribe came to make peace‚ the pilgrims were scared. Once they saw they were
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