effects are slow to initiate‚ and prolonged in their response‚ lasting for hours to weeks. The nervous system sends information very quickly‚ and responses are generally short lived. These endocrine glands secrete hormones directly into the blood stream‚ rather than through a duct. That is the reason why‚ the glands are also known as ductless glands. Additional features of endocrine glands are‚ in general‚ their vascularity‚ and usually the presence of intracellular vacuoles or granules storing
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after the end of World War I. In a stream of consciousness narrative‚ Clarissa Dalloway’s party acts as the central focus of the novel. Mrs. Dalloway is one of Woolf’s novels that have generated the most critical attention and is most widely studied. The novel is composed of movements from one character to another‚ or of movements from internal thoughts of one character to internal thoughts of another. Virginia Woolf was skilled of the stream of consciousness technique in this novel exploring with
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J.D Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye and Burr Steers representation‚ Igby Goes Down are two texts that present a similar perspective toward the rejection of society’s values‚ mainly through themes. The two texts are of comparable nature and have distinct similarities and differences. Similarities between the texts include the rites of passage genre‚ the themes and the ideas conveyed about individuals in society. Both composers explore the themes of the corruption of the American dream‚ loss of innocence
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Margaret Atwood’s “You Fit Into Me” is remarkable in just how many Post-Modern devices are found in only four lines of poetry. Altogether‚ Atwood’s poem instantly seizes a reader’s attention with its economy of words‚ and peculiar structure. Noticeably‚ the two simplistic looking verses‚ zero punctuation‚ lack of capital letters‚ and bracketed title invite closer inspection. The unusual length‚ and form are true to Post-Modernism’s desire to bring awareness to the prose. In that regard‚ Atwood calculatedly
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Katherine Anne Porter’s style in “Flowering Judas”‚ is a little different from the other authors in “Short Stories for Students.” Porter main focused in “Flowering Judas” was that she explained loneliness and depression well. Her intense taste of the present and remark and her operative crisis in the story sets a pattern for readers. Porter made the story “Flowering Judas” on a real-life-based story because of the experiences of her life. With her lifestyle‚ she invests her life into the protagonist
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The Juggler “I want to believe in faith and risk and a world where you can stand beneath the grey October sky and flash your own colours through the air like a magician” (218 -221‚ p. 6). These beautiful lines constitute the final conclusion of the short story‚ “The Juggler”‚ written by Ursula Hegi and published in 2001. The story deals with themes such as beauty‚ letting go and being stuck in the past. The short story takes place in Coeur d’ Alene in the first weekend of October. An unnamed
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Review of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak It seems sometimes like the market for young adult literature is written down to the readers‚ almost in a condescending manner. That is why a book like The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is so refreshing in this sea of cookie cutter romances and fantasies. While classified as a young adult novel‚ it deals with very serious themes. The book’s cover comes printed with this label: “It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has
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Quan‚ 1 William Quan Matthew Piper MCWP 50 Sec 003 Consciousness: 823616/7 Annotated Bibliography: Draft 2 Due 1/27/15 Works Cited Question & Purpose: My overall question is whether Artificial Intelligence could evolve into an Artificial Consciousness‚ however‚ my in depth interests are whether cyborgs‚ half human‚ half machine‚ are possible in the next decade. Aside from the philosophical and moral issues that are brought up‚ and a slight tangent‚ I just want to know if it is possible based on Moore
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issues‚ is the undisputed assailant of this crime. It is believed that the assailant and the woman were sitting by a stream‚ when the assaulter‚ Small‚ grabbed the woman’s dress in a sexually aggressive manner. According to the victim’s retelling of this horrifying experience‚ the criminal held onto her dress tighter in spite of telling him to stop‚ until she lost consciousness. Sarah Clinton is a charming woman‚ who lives in the outskirts of Weed with her husband‚ Mayor Clinton. She is known
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Semaj Davis Tivey English 3 IB 29 October 2014 Word Count: 593 Existentialism in As I Lay Dying Existentialism‚ a philosophical movement that started in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ focuses on the connection between consciousness and existence. Its basic assumption is that reality is recreated for each moment a human being is aware; there is no real connection between the past and the present. In As I Lay Dying‚ characters like Addie Bundren grapple with questions and fears
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