The book starts with Odysseus‚ who is still dressed as a beggar‚ speaking to his son Telemakhos about their plan to kill the suitors out of spite for trying to marry Penelope. Odysseus commands his son to hide the suitor’s weapons so that will not be able to fight back. He also commands the maid Eurykelia to lock the women in their quarters so they will not witness the carnage. After Telemakhos obeys‚ a light brightens the room and Telemakhos believes that this is a sign from the gods of their approval
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Before the transcontinental railroad their was not a quick way to go to the west coast from the east coast. If you wanted to go across the country it was a six month dangerous journey that had many obstacles like rivers‚ deserts‚ and mountains. Their was another way to get to the west coast and that would take six weeks sail around Cape Horn but this way was very expensive so America knew that they had to come up with some thing so people could travel from the east coast to the west coast quickly
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The word enlightenment is a very broad word that usually means‚ ‘happiness‚ truth‚ reaching full potential’. However‚ it turns out new knowledge doesn’t come easily without the pains‚ rupture‚ awkwardness‚ and estrangements that come when seeking superiority. There are two main pieces‚ “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato and “Learning to Read” by Frederick Douglass‚ that describe how overcoming obstacles and hardships of losing love ones will come when reaching towards enlightenment. These difficulties
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Robert Smith American Literature Professor Liu 2/23/2017 Throughout American Literature characters are represented in many different lights‚ some better than others. John Oakhurst in “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” by Bret Harte is a old school western man who is an avid gambler. Morgan in “The Pupil” by
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In Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson the main theme is man vs. man‚ as the title character faces much bigotry and abuse because of her heritage. We can see this bias very early on in the story‚ even before Ramona is introduced: “The people of the United States have never in the least realized that the taking possession of California was not only a conquering of Mexico‚ but a conquering of California as well; that the real bitterness of the surrender was not so much to the empire which gave up the country
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Jedediah Smith was a clerk‚ frontiersman‚ hunter‚ trapper‚ author‚ cartographer‚ and explorer of the Rocky Mountains‚ the North American West and the Southwest during the early 19th century. After 75 years of obscurity‚ following his death‚ Smith was rediscovered‚ as the American whose explorations led to the use of the 20-mile (32 km)-wide South Pass‚ as the dominant point of crossing the Continental Divide‚ for pioneers on the Oregon Trail. Coming from a modest family background‚ Smith traveled
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Discovered in the Early 20th century‚ Ellison’s Cave is named after the individual who owned the cave and the surrounding land atop Pigeon Mountain in the early 1900’s. He and his family would use the cave for cold storage‚ however‚ no significant exploration of the cave was undertaken for several decades‚ and the cave became "lost." Beginning in 1968‚ in an effort to map and document all of Georgia’s karst features‚ cavers "rediscovered" the cave. At that point‚ realizing that the cave entrance
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In the 1930s‚ poor land management and neglectful farming practices led to severe soil erosion in the mid-western farming regions of the United States. Several non-eco-friendly farming practices led to severe topsoil erosion and depletion of minerals in the soil needed to maintain plant life. Without windbreaks to protect dry soil‚ lack of root systems to hold the soil into place; winds swept through the barren fields creating dust storms that carried precious topsoil across the country. The dust
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Discussion Questions 1. To what do you attribute the success of Southwest Airlines? 2. How significant is the 10 to 15 minutes turnaround time of Southwest’s aircraft in terms of savings in investment and utilization of its aircraft compared to competitors? 3. What challenges is Southwest facing in the future and how should they meet those challenges? 4. What should their business and operations strategy be for the future? 5. Has Gary Kelly‚ the new Southwest CEO since 2004‚ been able to maintain
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A Comparison of the Lincoln‚ Johnson‚ and Congressional Plans for Civil War Reconstruction After the Civil War‚ a great question arose. That question was what was to be done with the former Confederate States of Americas (CSA). Although there were a number of ways to address this critical issue‚ there were three major attempts: Lincoln’s‚ Johnson’s‚ and Congress’s. All three of them wanted to politically restore the USA‚ but did not pay much attention to the economic and social stability of the
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