Frankenstein Project: Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the ideas expressed in each work. Themes: • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818) -Dangerous pursuit of knowledge -The nature and importance of friendship and love -Obsession and the consequences and causes -Outcast and monstrosity‚ secrecy -Creature tries to fit in to society‚ and is still shunned by differences -Prejudiced • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932)
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Augusta Savage Research Augusta Savage was born on February 29th‚ 1892 in Green Cove Springs‚ Florida. She developed a love for sculpting at a young age. Being born into a Methodists Family‚ her father disapproved of her sculpture‚ believing that they were Pagan. For the duration of her childhood her religious family suppressed her‚ but she followed the Great Migration and found sanctuary in 1921 in New York. She was looking for recognition and inspiration along with the resources to pursue professional
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gathered around a bizarre‚ godly man‚ who was riding a marvelous creature. As my tribe first glimpsed these people‚ we all taught that our god had heard our prayers and has come for our salvation and a stable life‚ but little did we know that these savage men came for our destruction. At first we praised and honored this “godly” man and his companions. The clan introduced our traditions‚ literature‚ and religious practices and permitted them trust‚ and as time flew by it revealed our vulnerabilities
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In Jonathan Kozol’s book Savage Inequalities he discusses the differences in education between schools from different races and wealth communities. Kozol did observations on a variety of public schools in St. Louis‚ Bronx‚ and Rye both in New York. Kozol visits the areas where he explains how it is unsanitary and very low on staff that lacks the basic tools and supplies for teaching. For some schools it has very outdated equipment that has been there for at least 40-50 years old. Kozol adds on and
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consequences of foreigners’ interaction with their culture. In the case of the Huaorani two foreign groups‚ the oil companies and the missionaries‚ invaded their land and gravely affected the life they led in the Ecuadorian amazon. In the book Savages Joe Kane gives a firsthand account at how the Huaorani fight to preserve their land and traditional way of life. ‘’We live with the spirit of the jaguar. We do not want to be civilized by your missionaries or killed by your oil companies.
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asked an African American church member what he could do to help; the man replied with become a teacher (Jonathan Kozol at BOOST Conference). This was the beginning of a long and passionate journey into education. The “Savage Inequalities” Kozol has written a book titled Savage Inedualities: Children in America’s Schools to help share with the people of America what is truly going on in the schools. Kozol (2011) shared in his speech at the BOOST Conference that one of the biggest inequalities that
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Reading Savage Inequalities made me think of my school experience in DeKalb County. I lived in South DeKalb where the school was made up majority African-American students. The socio-economic status of the school population ranged from low to high. I had classmates who were homeless‚ but I also had classmates who lived in near million dollar homes. It wasn’t until I began traveling for sports that I began to notice the inequalities in the school district. Our school was dilapidated‚ infested with
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Through the use of anecdotes in the article “A Savage Life”‚ Suzanne Winckler effectively points out that it is important to understand where your food comes from. Winckler helps convey to readers that while butchering animals is no fun‚ it is necessary for the survival of omnivores. She argues that meat-eaters are out of touch with reality; instead of recognizing that an animal must be sacrificed for their meal‚ most consumers mindlessly devour the food on their plates – without a thought of where
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Savage-Rumbaugh Aim To investigate the capacity of pygmy chimpanzees to learn language compared to common chimps‚ and without being trained Participants The two pygmy chimpanzees‚ Kanzi and Mulika‚ were reared in a language rearing-environment‚ with access to their mother. Kanzi was age 4 and his sister‚ Mulika‚ was 3. The two common chimpanzees were also reared in the same environment. However‚ they were ages 9 and 10‚ called Austin and Sherman. Methodology The data was gathered across a 10 year
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The author of Savage inequalities is Jonathan Kozol and this chapters describes life in East St. Louis. East St. Louis is a black community on the Mississippi floodplain. Kozol states that East St. Louis is the most distressed small city in America. The people of East St. Louis are exposed to the burning garbage and foul chemicals from nearby industries. The people are also exposed to toxic waste‚ raw sewage‚ and the dangers of lead poisoning. The city‚ which is 98% black‚ has no obstetric services
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