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    Trees Our Friends

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    criterion we may regard trees as our best friends‚because they have stood by us for centuries‚providing us with food and fuel‚and meeting many of our other needs. Trees serve us in a variety of ways.They provide us with medicinal herbs‚fruits‚nuts‚rubber‚oil and many other useful articles.They keep our environment clean and fresh.They use up the carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and give out oxygen.They give us shade throughout the year‚and attract rain clouds.The roots of trees also prevent soil

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    Binary Search Trees

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    Ordered Dictionaries Binary Search Trees < 2 1 6 9 4 = 8 Keys are assumed to come from a total order. New operations: closestKeyBefore(k) closestElemBefore(k) closestKeyAfter(k) closestElemAfter(k) 1 Binary Search Trees 2 > Binary Search Trees Binary Search (§3.1.1) Binary search performs operation findElement(k) on a dictionary implemented by means of an array-based sequence‚ sorted by key similar to the high-low game at each step‚ the number of candidate items is halved terminates

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    Characterization of Jay Gatsby In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Jay Gatsby is portrayed as a successful‚ larger-than-life young man‚ representing the “American Dream.” He is a romantic idealist who wishes to fulfill his dreams by amassing wealth in hopes of impressing and eventually winning the heart of the love of his life‚ Daisy. Jay Gatsby is a tragic hero in this novel‚ whose flaw lies in his inability to accept reality. His own corruption suggests the dishonesty of the current

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    Gone with the Wind

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    Overview • Setting (time): 1861–early 1870s. • Setting (place): Atlanta; Tara‚ the O’Hara plantation in northern Georgia. • Major conflict: Scarlett struggles to find love‚ trying out Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler‚ while simultaneously trying to adjust to the changing face of the South. • Rising action: Scarlett confesses her love to Ashley; Scarlett marries Rhett; Scarlett and Ashley embrace. • Climax: Bonnie dies while horseback riding‚ breaking the tie that binds Rhett and Scarlett.

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    Gone Fishing

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    GONE FISHING We have all heard the saying “Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day‚ But teach a man to fish‚ and you will feed him for a lifetime”. Now imagine if feeding the man wasn’t why the man went fishing in the first place. What if men taught men to fish not only because it delivered a satisfying fullness to their bellies‚ but because they knew that it also meant they would get to enjoy a emotionally fulfilling unexplained feeling they had all once felt. Beneath the obvious

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    Jay Gatsby Influence

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    and novels. Even though most of us learn frok the past‚ there are also some who do not‚ and are stubborn enough to resist change. In the novel " The Great Gatsby‚" there is a character named Jay Gatsby‚ although his real name is James Gatz. He is the perfect representation of this prompt because he has gone through many past experiences that influence his life in the present‚ which ironically the book is not told by really two years in the past. James Gatz was poor before his journey‚ but he met

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    Essay on the Bean Trees

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    correct. A novel must entertain the reader before a novel teaches the reader... If not‚ the reader would have no interest in finishing the story. Barbara Kingsolver did not live up to her contract. The Bean Trees is a down-right uninteresting novel and has no relation to any normal person. The Bean Trees tells a heart warming story about a woman and her daughter trying to get away from town and start a new life. Going by that perspective you could say that this novel could be slightly relatable to some

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    Essay On Jay Gatsby

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    Jay Gatsby‚ otherwise known as James Gatz‚ (Fitzgerald 9899) is the definition of larger than life. He is the type of person that has a cool‚ calm‚ and collective personality that everyone wants to be around. Gatsby has an elegance about him that everyone craves to have. He has his own swagger‚ and more money than anyone could ask for. It seemed as if it was impossible for Jay to die‚ but he did. George Wilson shot him. Even though Gatsby died from Wilson’s bullet (Fitzgerald 161162)‚ he created

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    Jay Twistle's Decisions

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    of his decisions that affected his happiness was that he caught a ride in the same taxi as Jay Twistle. Chris tried talking to Jay‚ but Jay kept telling Chris that he had to go to a meeting. Chris then says that he is going the same direction as Jay is anyway‚ so Chris catches a ride with Jay. Chris goes on to talk to Jay‚ but Jay gets distracted by his Rubix cube. Chris solves the Rubix cube‚ which leaves Jay baffled. The quality time they spent together in the cab leaves Chris with a shot at getting

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    Carbon Dioxide and Trees

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    “Greenhouse Effect.” Trees naturally remove CO2 from the atmosphere during the state of photosynthesis and use the gas to form carbohydrates utilized in the plant’s structure/function‚ and in turn releases the pertinent gas‚ Oxygen (O2) as a byproduct. It is considered that trees act as what some call a Carbon Sink‚ storing the gas in its branches‚ trunk‚ leaves etc. instead of leaving the gas to become free floating and further polluting the atmosphere. In this natural function alone‚ trees directly reduce

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