the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article is about the fruit. For the technology company‚ see Apple Inc.. For the apple genus‚ see Malus. For other uses‚ see Apple (disambiguation). "Apple tree" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Apple tree (disambiguation). Apple A typical apple Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked):
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A Puritans FollyNever forget that only dead fish swim with the stream. -Malcolm Muggeridge. This famous quote justifies that to be an individual‚ one must break from society and think for himself‚ and only when he has done this‚ is he truly alive. Nathaniel Hawthornes novel The Scarlet Letter is about a courageous woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ and her struggle to split from society in order to live the loving life she has always wanted. By the use of symbolism‚ Hawthorne is effectively able to portray the
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The Walnut Tree In my grandparent’s backyard‚ there is a huge walnut tree containing two trunks at its base—I have never understood whether it was only one tree or two‚ planted right next to each other. It is as if someone has cut the tree into two unequal pieces with a huge sword. If I wrap my arms around the thicker half of the tree‚ my hands barely touch each other. Some of the branches that are grown out of the thinner trunk crossed over to the neighbor’s house‚ who is always complaining about
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Trees for Life - Grow a Tree (Fourth Project) Region: China Author: Zhou Yun‚ Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Consortium Member: Green Earth Volunteers (China) Status: Funded and Ongoing Budget: $1430 Collected: $1430 Needs: $0 Result: To continue this education and reforestation project‚ in response to increasing interest from new schools in the Beijing and Xinjiang areas. Donors: Ron Blum‚ Massachusetts [September 2002]; Lydia Thompson and the 6th floor MADEP‚ Massachusetts
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The Tree of Knowledge It is important for society to find a reliable source of knowledge‚ as it is a powerful factor which helps society to attain success. As a good example of the significance of knowledge for society‚ the Tree of Knowledge from the Garden of Eden represents‚ not just a source of absolute knowledge‚ but how desperately human nature seeks that perfect source. However‚ the Tree of Knowledge does not exist in the real world. Thus‚ society is facing a problem of finding the most effective
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MANGO TREE Once a child threw the stone haphazardly on the ground after eating a mango. It got buried under the ground. As it remained in the soil‚ a sapping sprouted out of the stone. That was many years ago. An old man saw the newly sprouted sapping. He knew that it was the one of a mango of good quality. He took it to a garden and cultivated it there. There it grew into a plant and then into a big tree as I am today. My leaves are green and thick. They protect those who sit under me from the
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master’s works. As a man writing in the literary era of Romanticism‚ many commonalities of the time present themselves throughout his short stories and poems. An excellent model of this is “Annabel Lee‚” one of the last poems written before Poe’s death in 1849. It is about the speaker’s undying (literally and figuratively) love for the late Annabel‚ whom he loved as a child. Several of the main building blocks of traditional Romanticism shine in this piece‚ especially aspects of the supernatural
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India - Chipko Anti-Logging Resistance by Amanda Suutari This was a defining moment in India’s environmental movement‚ and a modern application of the Ghandian principle of satyagraha‚ or nonviolent resistance‚ which has characterized many later Indian grassroots movements including‚ for example‚ protests over the damming of the Narmada River. It has also launched the careers of high profile Indian environmental activists including Vandana Shiva. While forests are critical for subsistence
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Dahl‚ a famous short story writer‚ uses multiple literary devices in his short stories. Dahl developed a very effective writing style in his short story‚ “Poison” through his significant uses of irony‚ realistic imagery‚ and especially‚ engaging symbolism. In Roald Dahl’s short story‚ “Poison‚” the plot includes various examples of irony. “Poison” is one of Dahl’s most famous stories‚
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Romanticism is an artistic‚ musical‚ literary and intellectual style used by different persons to emphasize the state and quality of being romantic. From the song “Southern Sun” there are several elements of romanticism used to enhance the theme of the music. From the video‚ the element of nature is evident in the display of mountains and valleys with flowing rivers. This symbolizes emotional liberation from the artificial constructs of civilization when the singer gets out of the house and takes
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