From the Forest to the Round Table “Who in time became one of the noblest of all the Knights of the Round Table...Some call him simply ‘The Fair Unknown’ ” (228). In King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table edited by Roger Lancelyn Green‚ Percivale is said to be the son of Sir Gawain and Lady Ragnell. According to the tales he grew up isolated from the outside world in the forest of Wales with his mother. Percivale’s story ‚ like the majority of all heros’‚ can be broken down into a single
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There has been debate over the present-day characteristics of the biome of tropical regions. For some they are viewed as a natural response to the climate of the area. Whereas for others they are regarded as a product of human interferences. Discuss this statement in the context of the biome you have studied. The Amazon rainforest is affected by both human interference such as deforestation as well as the climate contributing to global warming and causing both harm and extinction towards the species
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The Big Forest By lena (marina) garcia Sometimes‚ hot and breezy summer days and sapphire blue skies as wide an ocean‚ can bring on childhood memories of long ago. For me‚ it’s memories of when I was a cub scout and proudly wore my dark blue uniform with the yellow bandana for a tie. I remember eating slices of bright red watermelon sprinkled with shiny black seeds; and mother and I lazily swinging in the cool of a front porch swing‚ sipping a glass of iced lemonade with lemon wedges that
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These woods‚ they’re not normal. Something is off about this place‚ and I can’t figure out what. I’ve lived in Washington for all my life‚ and I never thought the Tiger Mountain Forest would be this creepy. I live on my own‚ and there are things here that attack me. The only things that don’t hurt me are the voices‚ I don’t know where they come from‚ but they’ve been with me for years‚ even before I started living here. Life here isn’t the best‚ each day is a fight for food‚ for water‚ and for sanity
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Sleeping in the Forest by Mary Oliver is a poem which‚ as with other poems she has written‚ connects things in nature to human experience and feeling. The first line held my full attention saying "I thought the earth remembered me‚" as I did not know at first why Oliver included the word thought. After closer examination and re-reading responses to this poem from Discussion Number 1‚ I came to the conclusion that this line could be talking about some sort of death‚ or what happens in the mind directly
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Some things in our culture are real‚ while other things were formed into our reality based on ideas that people invented and somehow embedded in our norms‚ values‚ and beliefs. In Allan Johnson’s book The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life‚ Practice‚ and Promise‚ Johnson makes a claim to this idea that I completely agree with. Johnson States that “Most of what we take for “reality” consists not of things as they “really” are‚ but of ideas people have developed about things as they think they
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In his lecture “This is water” David Forest (2005) by an example with fishes illustrates the real goal of liberal arts education. He claims that the most important part of it is not to obtain knowledge but to understand a way to think. He recommends being more attentive about what is concealed around us as in the given example water for young fishes. He explained that mostly people unconsciously believe in something without even hesitating or considering the fact that they might be wrong. As he explained
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The animal I would like to speak about in the Deciduous Forest would have to be the White Tailed Deer.The White Tailed Deer is à mammal that is à herbivore‚ the White Tailed Deer stomachs only allow them to ingest certain foods. The foods they can eat are twigs‚ leaves‚ fruits‚ nuts‚ grass‚ corn and many more. The “white tailed” refers to the backside of the tail which displays when on à high alert. White tailed deer are mostly found in North America from Southern Canada to Central America. These
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having successful careers‚ managing the home‚ anger‚ and having friends to lean on during hard these times. It also has a great soundtrack composed by Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 romance and dramatic film directed by Forest Whitaker. The film is based on the novel‚ also titled Waiting to Exhale‚ by author Terry McMillan. It centers around four black women living in the Phoenix‚ Arizona area all trying to find the same thing‚ a successful and happy relationship. The characters
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reader must closely examine the style of the poem in order to comprehend the text better. In the poem ‘Ode to Enchanted Light’ by Pablo Neruda‚ the poet uses different types of style to create a pleasant image of his poem. In the poem ‘Sleeping in the Forest’ by Mary Oliver‚ the poet uses figurative language and sound devices to create a well organized and meaningful poem. When comparing poems a reader must always examine the text and look for specific word choice‚ sound devices‚ and form of structure
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