Coradella Collegiate Bookshelf Editions. Around the World in 80 Days. Jules Verne. Open Contents Jules Verne. Around the World in 80 Days. About the author Jules Verne (February 8‚ 1828 March 24‚ 1905) was a French writer and a pioneer of the science fiction (scientific romance) genre. Verne was born in Nantes to attorney Pierre Verne and his wife Sophie. The oldest of the family’s five children‚ he spent his early years at home with his parents‚ on a nearby island in the Loire River
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In the short story “Examination Day” by Henry Seslar. A 12 year old boy named Dickie is going in for an exam. This exam will tell of his intelligence‚ what he doesn’t know is that he might not make it out alive. Selser‚ uses Dialogue‚ Multiple points of view‚ and setting a tone to show Dickie’s strength of hiding how he is nervous. In the beginning of the story‚ the author is using a lot of intelligent craft moves. Seslar‚ uses craft moves such as dialogue throughout the story‚ the author use short
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thinks that they have it the worst. That they’ve been through and seen everything. The truth is they haven’t and they will only realize that when they become an adult. I recently read a speech given by a man named Shane Koyczan. He titled it "To This Day". When I started it‚ I thought he was going to tell me about his childhood‚ but then progressed onto the life of teens and what they go through. I liked this speech because I felt like so many teens could relate to it and it got me hooked to the speach
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A Mother’s Day Kiss Off In the Article‚ Leslie Bennetts talks about women who have been given the wrong impression of life. The impression of life being a fairy-tale‚ in which the man is the breadwinner and the wife stays home and tends to the house and the children. She also talks about‚ the so called fairy-tale crashing when the prince leaves for good. The gender roles in the home are women being taken advantage of. Marriage in the American society has had clearly defined gender roles in the
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Dubois’s work which will be considered here is his painting of the St. Bartholomew’s day massacre of 1572. While he may not have been present‚ Dubois was a Calvinist‚ and his close relative Antoine died in the massacre. Fearing continued persecution‚ or at least a reigniting of the wars of religion which had temporarily abated‚ Dubois fled to Lausanne‚ then Geneva to escape. It was in Calvin’s capital where a Lyonnais banker‚ fellow Huguenot‚ and friend of Dubois’s commissioned the painting in order
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responsibilities. The first is to create science for only he/she is capable of it. By creating science‚ the scientist can strive to unite the world for good or for bad. The second responsibility of the scientist is to apply what he/she has learned (Day at Night‚ 15:30-16:30). Teller also criticizes the scientific community for not applying science into the real world‚ thus‚ allowing the Soviet Union to overtake it. Outside of these responsibilities‚ Teller argues that the scientist no longer be involved
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In the article‚ “The Day the Bomb Went Off‚” Knoll and Postol argue nuclear bombs are catastrophic. The event of a nuclear attack would send humans back to the stone age‚ and put a halt on any technological advances. Furthermore‚ the effects of radiation would harm the population within a broad radius of a nuclear explosion. Readers may wonder what America would do under nuclear attack‚ and draw the conclusion nuclear bombs would destroy everything our society has accomplished. To begin with‚ nuclear
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Malgudi Days is a very special book‚ but it also may well be a book for special tastes. A collection of thirty-two stories‚ most of which have been selected from two previously published collections‚ An Astrologer’s Day and Other Stories (1947) and Lawley Road (1956)‚Malgudi Days offers a mosaic of a life that seems to belong to a lost time. The tone of the stories belongs to the nineteenth century‚ to the world of Rudyard Kipling and O. Henry‚ to the days when stories were expected to have neat
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Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America Chapter Summaries Chapter 1: “Massacre at Mystic” May 26‚ 1637 was a fateful day in the history of America. The actions of Major John Mason and his Puritan men set a precedent for the next two hundred years of European and Indian relations. On that clear May night near the Mystic River of New England‚ hundreds of Pequot Indians were killed by the Europeans and their allies‚ most of the victims being the elderly‚ women‚ and children. This massacre was
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One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich: Summary In the book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich‚ the main character Ivan and the other prisoners in the camp are treated very badly. Ivan tries to make himself warm and to get enough food to keep himself alive. He does only what is necessary to please the guards and the commanders of the camp. Ivan uses his intelligence to make his life easier so he can save up more energy to face the work load. He and the members of the 104th group manage to survive
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