World Lit. On the Road to Destruction As years and decades come and go the lifestyle of the people who inherit the earth evolve ever more rapidly. The majority declares it ’s views for changes in styles‚ beliefs‚ and "norms" of what humanity‚ or at least what "civilized" people‚ should value. Because of the actions of living up to the newest fads‚ pollution‚ power‚ and greed will continue to be contagious cancers that
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Destruction and Defeat Could you imagine catching an 18 foot long marlin? The marlin‚ eaten by a shark on the way home‚ could not defeat the fact that catching the great fish is a victory. Santiago did this in the book the Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway. He is victorious at the end of the story for multiple reasons-he has endurance‚ he is never defeated‚ and he does not lose faith throughout the entire story. Santiago’s ability to endure the harsh life he lives gives even more meaning
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thousand years ago forests covered 14 percent of the Earth ’s land surface‚ or 5 billion acres. Humans already have destroyed half of this rain forest area‚ with most damage occurring in the last 200 years. Many of the main causes of the rainforest destruction include: logging‚ agriculture-shifted‚ cultivators‚ agricultures-cash‚ crops and cattle‚ ranching‚ fuelwood‚ large dams‚ mining and industry‚ colonization schemes‚ and tourism. In most cases‚ this is untrue due to the nature of rainforests
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Destruction by Darkness As the famous saying goes‚ “You cannot judge a book by its cover”; the purest of people could come along with the deepest mind. The forces of wicked darkness in Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Macbeth‚ reveal the immoral intentions of characters’ minds and deterioration of their souls. Mysterious witches‚ full of supernatural power‚ use their evil instincts to bring chaos over Scotland. Macbeth is adequately disturbed by the sinful night‚ slowly turning him away from sanity.
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The Destruction of Biodiversity Why should you care? You should care‚ because there exists a chain to which all life is linked. Humans stand not apart‚ and there is no beginning or end. Extinction is like a trickling stream that grows to threaten riverbanks before drowning the world with oceans. We are foolish and naïve to assume that our creek can be maintained as we constantly introduce new species into foreign ecosystems‚ and destroy biodiversity with the detrimental effects of human integration
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natural environment. Science makes our lives more comfortable through inventions such as air conditioners‚ heaters and cars. We do not realise that our comfort as human beings has come at the expense of nature. According to a UN report‚ continuing destruction of the natural world is affecting the health‚ wealth and well-being of people around the globe. Hurricanes and typhoons‚ storm surges‚ tsunamis and the like can cause massive‚ though usually temporary‚ disruptions in the life cycles of ocean plants
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Tone and Mood Tone and mood greatly affect the way readers precieve a poem‚ essay‚ story‚ etc. Tone is how the author feels about what he/she has written. A tone can be either positive‚ negative‚ or neutral and is given through context clues such as setting and word choice. Tone may change throught a piece of writting. Moo is how the writer wants the reader to feeland is generated through the setting‚ dialouge and plot. Mood can either be positive or negative and like tone can change throught the
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Essay: Diction and Tone in Poetry In the field of literature‚ authors use various forms of writing techniques to create diction and tone. One way that the author‚ Andrew Marvel‚ of “To His Coy Mistress” uses a unique way of diction to portray several styles of tone‚ in which they shift from one another‚ through stanza to stanza. His diction creates a variety of literary styles that most authors use as a way of conveying a personal message. This diction creates a multitude of imagery that the reader
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The Seeds of Destruction The main objective of my project is to explore in depth‚ how the bio-piracy and biotech patent system affect the life of indigenous people of Third World countries‚ in relation to their rights to natural resources and knowledge that they have developed in common over centuries. I would focus on few important issues‚ including the enclosure of natural commons‚ such as seeds and plants on one hand‚ and the exploitation of the worker‚ his labor and knowledge about them‚ on
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criteria one can use to evaluate it. Historical significance‚ tone‚ and subject matter can all be used to evaluate a work of art. For example‚ all of these criteria can be used to evaluate the poem‚ “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley. The circumstances surrounding the creation of the poem are significant because of the state of modern medicine at the time. The subject matter is one that many people can and have related to over the years. The tone is gloomy‚ yet inspirational. “Invictus” is a poem written
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