driving home and spotted a turtle. Soon‚ when Leo got home he named the turtle Charlie. In the end‚ he was considered “Slower Than The Rest.” this story shows that no matter how hard you try not to be noticed‚ you will eventually end up being noticed and you might even get rewarded for it. One reason Leo and Charlie are alike is because‚ Leo was lost in a huge world where nobody understood him. Leo was put in a special class‚ for special needs. In the story‚ Leo found a turtle on the side of a road.
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itself does not have any holy or sacred qualities; rather it is merely the representation of the totem that holds these characteristics. For example‚ if a society’s totem is a turtle then an actual turtle would merely be a turtle‚ but when the turtle is presented as a totemic emblem then this symbolic representation of the turtle is sacred. Durkheim argues that‚ because the totem is a socially constructed representation of god then the totem itself represents society as well. Durkheim makes this assumption
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What makes a good mystery? A good example of a mystery would be The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. Over the past two months‚ GLMS 6th grade students have watched and read The Westing Game. At some points in the movie‚ the class wondered why so many good parts of the book were missing from the movie? The Westing Game book contains book contains many similarities and differences that are worth explaining. The Westing Game was created by a dying Sam Westing who was looking for someone smart enough
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reptiles‚ and one third of the world’s birds live in the Amazon. Although they all live in the same general area‚ animals have different habitats‚ diets‚ and life spans. A few of the many animals are the Scarlet macaw‚ Anaconda‚ Giant Amazon River Turtle‚ and the Howler Monkey. One of the many kinds of birds found in the Amazon is the Scarlet Macaw. Macaws are the largest parrots in the world‚ having a body from beak to tail that can be as long as 33 inches (Jukofsky 1). These particular birds can
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American and the Pacific‚ Barbra Hayes and Robert Ingpen‚ tell the story of the Giant Turtle. The folktale is believed to explain how Tongo people migrated to Fiji. The story begins with a fisherman named Lekabai from Somoa. The fisherman was saved from drowning in the ocean. He climbed to the top of a rock in order to speak to the Sky King. The Sky King gave him another chance and sent him back to land on a giant sea turtle. The Sky King sent the young man back with one condition; he was not to open his
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Throughout history‚ human beings have been incessantly cruel and violent towards each other. It has happened so much so‚ that some have argued human nature is intrinsically violent and aggressive. This can be seen in chapter 25 of The Grapes of Wrath: the mindless destruction of resources ultimately amounts to nothing productive. In his novel‚ Steinbeck expresses harsh criticism and disapproval toward humanity’s self-destructive and violent nature. Man’s cruelty to his fellow man‚ a major theme
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you to help you on your journey. Playa Los Tortugas One of the best things about this area of the Riviera Nayarit is the beautiful beaches that accompany it. It is named for the sea turtles that make their nest on the beach and encompasses 11 miles of the Riviera Nayarit. The turtles actually make their home in a turtle farm‚ where they are protected since they are endangered. They are then hatched and released back into the ocean with the hopes of repopulating the planet once more.
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creation story or how man came to be on earth. In the Iroquois story ‚“The World on The Turtle’s Back”‚ sky woman falls from the sky world and is saved by the creatures of the sea‚ specially a sea turtle. As sky woman fell she grabbed some roots from the sacred tree‚ she would plant them on the back of the turtle. The Lakota story‚“How the World Came to Be”‚ on the other hand begins with a flood caused by the water monster. A girl was the only person to survive the flood and she was rescued by an eagle
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the clue‚ or there might be places where Sam Westing could be. In the apartment complex they live in‚ Sunset Towers‚ is right across the way of Sam Westing’s house… coincidence? I think not. One of the characters is Turtle also known as Tabatha‚ a troublemaker and a stock freak. Turtle lied to Flora telling her that her real name was Alice. As good a liar as she is‚ every second of the day she knows the stocks
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Plastic bags cause bad damage to our see life. Plastic bags also cause a serious danger to birds and sea creatures that often mistake them for food. A large amount of them die each year after swallowing or choking on discarded plastic bags. To sea turtles a floating plastic bag looks like a jellyfish. The small hard pieces of plastic from which plastic products are made can look like fish eggs to seabirds. Drifting nets entangle birds and end up making it hard for them to move or even eat.Plastic bags
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