____ 1. Which of the following are possible advantages of asexual reproduction? a. It allows the species to endure periods of fluctuating or unstable environmental conditions. b. It enhances genetic variability in the species. c. It enables the species to colonize new regions rapidly. d. Both A and B are true. e. A, B, and C are true. 2. Why is sexual reproduction important? a. It allows animals to conserve resources and reproduce only during optimal conditions. b. The resulting diverse phenotypes may enhance survival of a population in a changing environment. c. It can result in numerous offspring in a short amount of time. d. It enables isolated animals to colonize a habitat rapidly. e. Both A…
The book Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina is historical fiction which is loosely based on real people. The book discusses the trials and tribulations of the Coal War in West Virginia and the surrounding areas. The book takes place during the late 1800s and the early 1900s. Storming Heaven is written from perspectives of different characters. This gives the reader a broader perspective of the events of the time. Since the characters are both male and females the readers learn to understand the struggles each gender had to deal with. Giardina wrote the book to educate others about the Coal War and the coal workers fight for better living and working conditions. Storming Heaven shows how the theme the Land and its People throughout.…
The play Inherit the Wind, was written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee to inform its readers about the injustice of a law that limited the freedom of an ordinary citizen. This play is based upon actual events that happened to an individual, John Scopes, in Dayton, Tennessee during the 1920's. This famous "Monkey Trial" not only allowed people to begin to accept new theories about the origin of man, but also showed that they did not have to limit themselves in other areas of life.…
Wigger, John H. Taking Heaven by Storm. New York ,New York of publication: Oxford University Press, 1998.…
The Divine Wind’ is a book/novel written by Garry Disher. The novel is set in the Pearling town of Broome which is located in the North-western region of Australia. The novel explores prejudice, friendship, love and betrayal. The novel is mainly set in World War 2, with Hart as the main character. Hart is the narrator of this story, he is retelling his story during WWII with all the problems that he faced. The novel displays “ the dislocation and emotional suffering people experience when their lives are severely disrupted”. There are two main characters that endure this feeling of isolation, dislocation and severe disruption. Ida Penrose and Mitsy.…
13. Rev. Brown uses words such as vicious and a Godless man to describe Drummond.…
Inherit the Wind is written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Bertram Cates is an evolutionist who plays a big part in the story. He and I have many similarities and differences.…
Even though 12 people say you're wrong and you broke the law, millions of other people are standing behind you saying you won. In the book Inherit the wind a man of the name betts cates was against the whole world. The two side are fighting over if Evolution should be taught in the classroom. Cates shows that he helped the world against a law that really showed up the facts about the past. I even though he didn't win the case, he won by gaining millions of people support.…
The authors, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s, main purpose through Inherit the Wind is proving that humans hold the right to think. Henry Drummond is vital in this discovery because of his firm belief that one should hold this right. Drummond’s hero archetype is the cause for his strong feelings, and he succeeds when convincing the audience of his beliefs by revealing the contradictions underlying his witnesses’ inherited religious beliefs.…
It is common knowledge that winners write history. In Inherit the wind, by Lawrence and Lee, this is obvious by how they portray religion and sciences. Theology, the side that lost the case, is shown as a deleterious force, smothering all ideas that disagree with it without reason.…
“We often make friends for the weakest of reasons – proximity for example, or shared…
The Book by Miller Williams is a poem shrouded in creepiness and mystery from the start. The author, which you can assume is narrating by the use of ‘I’ throughout, is telling a story about a man who discovers a blank book a decided to use it as a diary for some time before discovering a true horror about it, the book was made from human skin. The theme of human ignorance is conveyed thoroughly throughout the poem, along with imagery of the old, creepy past of the book, and eerie diction. The theme of The Book is hard to decipher at first glance. After thorough reading the most logical theme comes down to the human tendency of ignorance, of which can be clearly seen from the final lines, “I stared and a horror grew, which was, which is, how…
In Garry Disher's 'The Divine Wind,' it sends across a strong and important message that in a time of horrific war, everyone loses-including the so-called 'winners'. This message is conveyed throughout the text as Hart's mother loses her life in the surrounding circumstances of war. Hart also loses his life-long love, Mitsy, not by death but by the alienation of the Japanese.…
Summer Reading Response This summer I read “The Shadow of the Wind” written by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, a spanish author, which tells the story of Daniel Sempere and his journey to undercover one of the most literary mysteries in all of Barcelona. The tale begins just after the Spanish Civil War, with Daniel’s father transporting him to the Cemetery of Forgotten books, where he is to pick one book and swear to protect it forever. Daniel chooses The Shadow of the Wind and instantly falls in love with it. When he researches the author, Julian Carax, he discovers that his location has been unknown for years, all his literature has been destroyed and he might possess the last existing copy.…
The friends, the lifestyle and the beliefs of a Skateboarder are unique, its something you have to live to understand. The tattered shoes, the countless wounds all spark memories, the past, present and future are all embraced. Its roots began in surfing in the 1960’s the look, the lifestyle all say one things and one thing alone; “I’m an individual and I will prevail”…