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    Blue Wind Dancing

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    My Favorite Short Story My favorite short story in the anthropology by Dr. Lynn Fauth is “Blue Winds Dancing.” The author‚ Tom Whitecloud uses versatile formal-informal storytelling‚ descriptive language to immerse the reader in the moment‚ and resolution of self-identity conflict. These elements exemplify Whitecloud’s mastery of fiction writing. The role of an informal storytelling told from a first point of view is effective in describing the disparity between the

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    Ode to the West Wind

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    “Ode to the West Wind” The eighteenth century was a time of revolution in Europe; the French Revolution. It introduced a new era of enlightenment and individual freedom. This revolution led the poets to explore freedom‚ independent ideas and limitless imaginations on poems. This movement was called Romanticism and it was characterized by stressing new ideas of nature and change. Percy Bysshe Shelley took up these revolutionary ideas in his poems. In “Ode to the West Wind”‚ Shelley presented

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    The Accuracy of Inherit the Wind The movie Inherit the Wind gave an ample‚ in depth view as to what the Scopes Trial was all about. The film uses information about the trial and the law it was about‚ but most times misconstrues that information. The film does give a great perspective as to what the actual trial was all about‚ but it is not very factual. The movie portrays some in a positive way and others in a negative way‚ but overall the movie Inherit the Wind get its point across about the Scopes

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    Introduction to Wind Tunnel

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    ABSTRACT The basic concept and operation of subsonic wind tunnel was demonstrated in this experiment by conducting airfoil drag analysis on a NACA 0015 airfoil. The small subsonic wind tunnel along with apparatus such as‚ the manometer rake‚ the inclined manometer and the pitot - static tube were used with different baffle settings to record varying pressure readings. To achieve this objective‚ some assumptions were made for the lower range of subsonic flow to simplify the overall analysis. From

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    Evolutionists in Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ written in 1955‚ is an exceptional play that depicts the events of the Scopes Trial in 1925. The Scopes Trial or “Monkey Trial” was held in Dayton‚ Tennessee. Previous to the trial‚ the Butler Act was passed in Tennessee to ban the teaching of evolution. In an attempt to test the law‚ high school teacher John Scopes taught the theory of evolution to his class. After violating the act‚ Scopes was taken to

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    The divine wind racism

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    The Divine Wind ‘The Divine Wind shows how difficult it is for communities to accept cultural difference.’ Discuss. The community of Broome before the advent of World War II in The Divine Wind at first appears to be an idyllic town in which Malays‚ Koepangers‚ Japanese‚ Manilamen and Australians all work in relative harmony in search of the elusive pearl. Hartley Penrose‚ the central narrator of the novel‚ seems to enjoy describing the tropical existence of Broome and its harmony: “mangoes and

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    A High Wind in Jamaica

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    “God Save Us from People Who Mean Well” Is it really the thought that counts? In some instances‚ this may be true. However‚ throughout the novel A High Wind in Jamaica‚ several situations prove that it is not enough to simply think about doing the right thing and hope for the best results; a greater effort must be made to ensure actions speak louder than words. One tone-setting instance of good intentions gone wrong is the Bas-Thornton’s decision to send their children away from Jamaica to live

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    In the two notable novels‚ Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ motif of sexuality play a significant role in successfully illustrating the protagonists’ affectionate desire towards characters of the opposite sex – also acting as an indicator of the protagonists’ maturation to adulthood. Furthermore‚ as the novels progress‚ through the voyeuristic experiences‚ the characters gain a deeper sense of sexual consciousness‚ either covertly or overtly‚ showing development

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    The Wind Is Free Analysis

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    exploded soon after.” This story of humility and sacrifice can be compared to literary and also non-fictional people and can be applied in many different ways. The first things that Eva and Winkelreid had in common was their acts of sacrifice. In The Wind is Free‚ Eva’s mother had told her to go to the baker’s wife and tell her‚ “The bread is sour.” She was opposed to her request‚ but put her own feeling aside to carry on with her job. In this world‚ most anyone nowadays presumably would not accomplish

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    Blue Winds Dancing

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    In any story‚ the repetition of a word‚ theme‚ or symbol typically marks that thing as important to the author and reader. It reflects the message of the piece as a whole. In Tom Whitecloud’s Blue Winds Dancing‚ the word in particular is “home.” It represents more than where he grew up; more than just a birthplace. “Home” means family. It means friends‚ love‚ comfort‚ and protection. “Home is where the heart is” so the saying goes‚ and for Whitecloud‚ this couldn’t be any truer. Home is the most

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