covered each day? How does the crew seem to feel about this voyage? On what evidence do you base that conclusion? Columbus decided to lie to his crew members the distance he covered each day so they may not be dismayed if the voyage proved too long. The crew men seem to feel that this voyage is lagging on for quite a long time and are starting to become discouraged. One can base this conclusion through the reasoning behind why Christopher Columbus decided to keep it a secret of how much the ship traveled
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What do you think is the importance of Inspector Goole and how does Priestley present him? In JB Priestley’s play ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ Priestley portrays Inspector Goole as a dominant‚ forceful‚ admirable character with strong socialist views‚ just like the views of Priestley. Many say Inspector Goole is a voice of Priestley and others say he is used by Priestley as a vehicle to deliver socialist views‚ he’s the engine of the play‚ keeping things rolling by asking pushy questions. Inspector Goole
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annoyed at times. Often I hear my classmates complaining about her during break. They nag about how much she interrupts class with her foolish questions and interpretations‚ yet no one complains about the male classmate. I thought to myself‚ “Maybe he asks better questions than she?” But after a few weeks I began to realize that the intelligence of their questions and comments tends to be the same. So why do my classmates favor the male student’s remarks over the female student’s? Everyone has their
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Humanism‚ Printing press‚ and Renaissance art changed Europe Europe was changed by humanism‚ the printing press‚ and Renaissance art. Humanism stressed the study of classical subjects. The printing press had a good impact on Europe. The Renaissance also had a good impact on Europe‚ it resulted in unique works. Humanism is a Renaissance cultural movement that turned away medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought. The goal of humanism was to make good people.
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Wednesday. You do not have to write down your responses‚ but you are to remember them. So‚ if you can’t remember‚ take notes. Chapter 1 1 Catcher in the Rye‚ is a novel that has a frame structure‚ which is a story within a story. 2 What is the setting at the very beginning of the book? 3 Who’s speaking and why is he speaking to us? What does he want us to know? 4 Why do you think Salinger picked this point of view to narrate the novel? 5 After reading the chapter‚ why do you think Salinger
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children’s riddle1 (and please do not read ahead until coming up with an answer): • How do you get an elephant into a refrigerator? The answer to the riddle‚ quite simply‚ is you open the fridge‚ put the elephant inside‚ and close the door. This solved‚ consider another riddle: • How do you get a giraffe into a refrigerator? Readers might be tempted to reuse the previous answer for this second riddle‚ but this turns out to be too simple. The correct answer is you open the fridge‚ take out the
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History of World Literature World Literature started as early as years before Christ’s death. The earliest forms of world literature were oral and passed on by word of mouth. As time passed‚ forms of writing were developed and were pictographic. Writing was not invented for writing down literature but it was invented for more administrative and political purposes. The first literary work was a heroic narrative named Gilgamesh. This work nearly vanished from history when it was not translated
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Do you agree: Australian media representatives of Asian society are biased? Give reasons by way of examples. Mired in debt in Europe together with North America being under the background of weak economic recovery‚ the Australian government would link the future development and boom of Asia closely and it is undoubtedly wise and far-sighted. In fact‚ the "look Asian" and "embrace" in Asian policy had been proposed by politicians decades ago. As the financial turmoil sweeps the world‚ Australia
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Ancient warfare and its impact on daily life and the views of people RQ- To what extent did the warfare of these ancient civilisation impact everyday life and the views of people? Warfare was one of the main causes for the expansion of a civilisation. Some civilisations were lucky to some find land uninhabited and ready for urbanisation‚ whilst others had to conquer land and the people of the land. Even after the land was conquered‚ armies fought to defend the newly conquered land from different
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Many countries were affected by the first World War. The Treaty of Versailles wasn’t very helpful either. Some countries benefited‚ some didn’t. There were even countries where it didn’t effect them at all. The time between the years 1919 and 1939‚ was a period of great change. Some were for the better and some for the worse. The United States‚ weren’t affected by the Treaty of Versailles at all. President Wilson and Congress refused to sign it. Our culture and society changed dramatically. People
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