and his words and actions clearly show. Book 1 of the Odyssey starts with “Sing in the‚ Muse‚ and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending”. Introducing Odysseus as “a man skilled in all ways of contending” shows Homer‚ author of the Odyssey clearly wanted Odysseus to be seen as a hero. After all‚ they were both Greek‚ and the Greeks held a lot of pride they needed to protect. This makes me believe that the story behind The Odyssey was twisted so that the reader was forced
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Amari‚ a fifteen year old African girl‚ taken from her village‚ and forced to work on a rice plantation‚ finds her strength by not giving up on life. Copper Sun by Sharon Draper talks about how Amari endures life on a rice plantation‚ and all the pain she goes undergoes. At first‚ Amari needs strength to survive her horrible trip to America. For three months‚ Amari faced so many challenges on her trip to America‚ to become a slave. The ship was a disgusting place with no clean places to sleep‚ no
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Dear Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott‚ Ever wonder how to increase the graduation rates and set students one the right track with their education? Young students love to use technology and allowing students to use it in class will motivate them to do their work.I would like to introduce my opinion about digital natives to you. I believe that being a digital native can help a person in a variety of ways socially and educationally. Being a digital native can help a student‚ such as I‚ with
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1. In Chapter 5‚ of Supercrunchers‚ "Experts versus Equations"‚ the author makes a great case for the fact that equations predict better than humans. What reasons does the author give that illustrate why a human cannot make predictions as well as an equation? Reason 1: the human mind tends to suffer from a number of well documented cognitive failings and biases that distort our ability to predict accurately. Reason 2: Once we form a mistaken belief about something‚ we tend to cling to it. We are
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Human society fears what they do not understand. When we observe something as unfamiliar we perceive it as a threat. This is what occurred in Salem‚ as dozens of people were hanged after being convicted of witchcraft. During Miller’s era Americans were persecuted by their own countrymen for believing in Communism. America feared Communism would take over the world just as the inhabitants of Salem thought evil spirits would overwhelm their mind‚ souls and eventually Salem itself. Fear can quickly
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Many do not think a modern movie could resemble an epic poem written around the time of 700 B.C. However‚ the movie‚ O’ Brother‚ Where Art Thou?‚ written and directed by the Coen brothers‚ and the poem‚ The Odyssey‚ written by Homer‚ are similar in multiple ways. The themes‚ plots‚ and characters are some of the ways these two pieces of literature are alike. In both stories‚ there are a group of men trying to make it back home. In the poem‚ the main character‚ Odysseus‚ along with his men‚ are
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The Odyssey Books 1-4: Notes due Friday 1/10 (3/5) and Monday 1/13 (2/4) An Uncertain Identity Prince Telemachus is the first human character whom the reader meets. He is the son of the long-missing Greek warrior Odysseus‚ King of Ithaca. Telemachus is too young‚ too untested‚ too unsure to have a firmly established sense of identity. Having grown up fatherless in a household full of insolent men who are besieging his mother and consuming his inheritance‚ he feels totally powerless. The goddess
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SHANGHAI GIRLS‚ BY LISA SEE BOOK REVIEW I. INTRODUCTION A. Review Lisa See is an American writer and novelist born in 1955 in Paris‚ and grew up in the Chinatown section of Los Angeles. Her great-grandfather left his village in China to immigrate in Los Angeles at the beginning of the last century. Although she is only 1/8 Chinese‚ she spent he childhood in the Chinatown of Los Angeles‚ and her familial background has given her roots in Chinese culture and has had a great impact on her
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Odyssey is one of the famous ancient greek epic written by homer. I think that it was really interesting. Before maam conte taught us the story of odyssey im looking forward to it. Maybe‚ because ive got curios when i read the iliad. it such a great thing that we/i can watch some scene in history of the greeks. for me who really like knowing about greeks god and goddesses was happy about the movie. I see that the greek epic was indeed rich in culture. In this movie i can have an idea of what happens
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States. Ninth Edition. Allyn and Bacon. (text book referred to for integrating concepts). NOTE: If you purchased an earlier edition of the Parrillo text‚ be advised that the material will in places be on different pages from the 9th edition and you are responsible for the material as it appears in the 9th Edition. Raymond Krech. The Ecological Indian. The Ecological Indian Book Review: For this assignment you will be required to answer five questions (20 points each) and integrate concepts‚ theories
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