Whether writers engage in war as combatants or not is unimportant. What matters is the immediacy and actuality of what they portray.’ How far do you agree with this statement? In your response you should comment on and analyse the connections and comparisons between at least two texts you have studied. Writers who aren’t directly involved in combat can offer a truthful and accurate portrayal of war‚ equally writers who are combatants can equally do this. One of the actualities of war that is
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Why Preserve Biodiversity? ANSWERS 1. Define the term “biodiversity” Biodiversity‚ or biological diversity‚ is the term for the variety of life and the natural processes of which living things are a part. This includes the living organisms and the genetic differences between them and the communities in which they occur. The concept of biodiversity represents the ways that life is organized and interacts on our planet. 2. What is ecology? Ecology is the study of organisms and their relationship with
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Should A Fetus Be Considered A Human Being? There are many questions surrounding abortion‚ but the most prevalent question focuses on when the fetus is considered a person‚ and when does it acquire the rights that us grown human beings hold? In The Metaphysics of a Person: Why I Am Pro-Choice By Lode Cossaer‚ he asserts his opinion on this subject. Cossaer argues that a fetus cannot be considered a human being with the same rights we posses until the fetus can either: feel and sense pain‚ or can
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Should Scientists Bring Back Extinct Beasts? | | By: Megan Gannon Published: March 21‚ 2013 The Source: http://www.wunderground.com JONATHAN S. BLAIR/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC This photo shows a museum worker inspecting a replica of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)‚ a relative of modern elephants that went extinct 3‚000 to 10‚000 years ago. Biologists briefly brought the extinct Pyrenean ibex back to life in 2003 by creating a clone from a frozen tissue sample harvested before the goat’s
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Question: How should humans and animals relate? Objection 1: Animals have rationality. Their actions reflect their beliefs (MacIntyre 55). If animals believe humans are friends‚ their actions towards humans will be friendly. Humans should recognize their common rationality with animals and establish an interdependent‚ mutually beneficial‚ give and take‚ human-animal relationship. Humans and animals can provide eachother "protection and sustenance" (MacIntyre 1). Human and animal interdependence
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Human rights education and the United Nations The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed it as central to the achievement of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)[1]: “ Now‚ Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations‚ to the end that every individual and every organ of society‚ keeping this Declaration constantly in mind‚ shall strive by teaching
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Terrestrial biomes are characterized by their prevailing vegetation‚ and are primarily classified by rainfall and temperature. Biomes all have certain characteristics such as microorganisms‚ fungi‚ and animals which have adapted to their particular environment. There are eight major terrestrial biomes; tropical forest‚ desert‚ savanna‚ chaparral‚ temperate grassland‚ coniferous forest‚ temperate broadleaf forest‚ and tundra. The tropical forest can be separated into two categories; tropical rainforest
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Preserve the Forests In agreement with Kim Stafford‚ who opposes the clear-cutting of old growth forests‚ I feel that it is necessary to preserve the profitable lumber in its natural state for future generations. Currently‚ the tons of lumber produced from the Pacific Northwest region of the United States are taken for granted‚ and most people do not realize that the forests will be destroyed within ten years at this rate of exploiting our natural resources. We must make loggers a profession
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Oceanic Biome A Biome is a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat. There are a couple different types of biomes. There are six major groups of biomes which are; freshwater‚ marine‚ desert‚ forest‚ grassland‚ tundra. Then these six groups are broken down a bit father. In this paper we will discuss part of the marine biome which is the ocean biome. When one thinks of very large bodies of water such as the ocean‚ we are talking about marine biomes. Instead
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World Biomes Task 2: Main characteristics of grasslands. Grassland biomes are ecosystems predominantly consisting of a diverse range of grasses. Grasslands are generally flat terrains of rolling grass which are vast and continuous. The widespread of grasslands occurred during the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs in Western North America‚ where continental climates became favourable to grasslands as a result of the rise
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