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    History of Cleansing Soaps Early History The earliest recorded evidence of the production of soap-like materials dates back to around 2800 BC in Ancient Babylon. In the reign of Nabonidus (556–539 BCE) a recipe for soap consisted of uhulu [ashes]‚ cypress [oil] and sesame [seed oil] "for washing the stones for the servant girls". A formula for soap consisting of water alkali‚ and cassia oil was written on a Babylonian clay tablet around 2200 BC. The Ebers papyrus (Egypt‚ 1550 BC) indicates

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    Food processing is taking something that is edible or not edible‚ then processing it to make it last longer or make it taste better‚ or to make it safe to eat. Food processing can be great or it can be bad. When they process a turkey they take all of the feathers off‚ then they cut all the inside out and put the giblets in a bag. But it can also have some downsides. When they process food sometimes‚ they may take out some of the nutrients. Like when you heat something‚ to can it‚ you are killing

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    Presenters | B u i D i e u Ly Tr a n H o a i T h u Hoang Thi Phuong Anh H a n o i U n i v e r s i t y‚ A p r i l ‚ 2 0 t h 2 0 1 5 Outline Part 1:Introduction - Plots - Characters Part 2: Influences on the novel - Historical context - Similarities between author’s life and the novel Part 3: The American dream - What is the American dream? - Reflection of American dream on the Great Gatsby - What can we learn from the Great Gatsby? References Nick Carraway  Novel’s narrator‚ from Minnesota

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    "How Mosquitoes Came To Be": The Giant Lives On Ben Daily Carolyn Kremers English 213-002 February 10‚ 1997 Every time I read the Tlingit Legend‚ "How Mosquitoes Came To Be‚" there are certain questions that come to mind about where the legend came from and who wrote it. The legend was first published in 1883 and later found by Richard Erdoes‚ who included it in one of his publications‚ American Indian Myths and Legends. Why is the human race so selfish to think we can be the hunter and not

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    Irresponsible relationships(Great Gatsby) A responsible marriage is when both sides of the relationship take responsibility for their actions‚ for one another and most importantly are not having affairs with others. When there is lack of responsibility‚ things are at risk to be destroyed or lost. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald all of the marriages fail to show any signs of responsibility through their actions. We see three main relationships throughout the novel that

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    many pieces of symbolism throughout The Great Gatsby. Three examples of symbolism are the valley of ashes‚ the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock‚ and Daisy’s voice full of money. Fitzgerald uses these three examples to depict the desire for money and its effects on people during the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald states in The Great Gatsby‚ “This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens…and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with

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    The Great Gatsby is a cynical novel To what extent do you agree with this‚ following you reading of chapters one and two? In the novel “The Great Gatsby” we see many references to cynicism. For example in the first chapter we hear from Nick Carraway the narrator of the novel who‚ himself reveals that he has a tendency to be quite cynical towards others. This is because he has “feigned sleep‚ preoccupation‚ or hostile levity”1 when he realises that for “some unmistakeable sign that an intimate revelation

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    “The Great Gatsby is a story of infatuation and disenchantment”. How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of The Great Gatsby and one other novel you have read. The Great Gatsby is a novel that‚ superficially‚ seems like the tragic story of infatuation and misunderstanding. However‚ set in 1920s America‚ it can be read in a number of different ways. This post-war period was a time of economic boom and rapid change in technological advances led to fashionable‚ more affluent and carefree

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    GREAT GATSBY: SYMBOLISM (Original Essay) The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1927 about corruption‚ murder and life in the 1920’s. The true purpose for a writer to compose any piece of literature is to entertain the reader‚ and this writer does this to the best of his ability. In this well-crafted tale‚ Fitzgerald presents a fast moving‚ exciting story‚ and to any typical reader it can be enjoyed; however‚ if the reader takes the time to analyze his

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    Symbolism is the practice of representing things by symbols‚ or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. Fitzgerald uses symbolism throughout The Great Gatsby to show many ideas of the 1920’s life and who Jay Gatsby and the other characters really are. The symbols that are most present are colors‚ the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg‚ and Gatsby’s books. Fitzgerald uses the symbols; colors‚ The billboard‚ and Gatsby’s book to show America its idea of money and people. Colors such as green

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