Summer Reading Assignment 2012 A. Top Five Quotes 1. “’I volunteer!’ I gasp. ‘I volunteer as tribute!’” (22). This is the most important quote in the entire series. With these six words‚ Katniss Everdeen sets into motion the events of the entire Hunger Games trilogy. Katniss shouts these words out at the very beginning of Chapter 2; almost immediately after a Capitol representative announces her little sister Prim’s name as a tribute in the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers to take Prim’s
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Charles Richard Drew was a very famous and innvative surgeon and educator. He helped to create two of the larges blood banks in the world. not only did he create two of the largest bood banks‚ he developed a technique of plasma storage. This development is so significant because he helped to save the lives of hundreds of sodiers in World War Ii. Charles Drew was born on June 3‚ 1904 in Washington‚ D.C. He was the eldest of five children born to Thomas‚ carpet layer‚ and Nora Burrell Drew‚ who
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made the business unsustainable. At one point in the earlier years of Charles Schwab‚ the company faced an issue with under qualified employees. Schwab will change this by hiring better qualified financial advisors and a larger number of MBA’s. The business embraced several opportunities and considered implementing them all. The largest was its success in switching over a large part of the business to online services. Charles Schwab is the largest online brokerage firm as well as the largest service
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Lindbergh Kidnapping Charles Augustus Lindbergh was one of the most famous aviators in the world. He is most famous for his transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. Lindbergh also achieved fame for going through Latin America on goodwill tours. While in Mexico‚ he met Anne Spencer Morrow‚ the daughter of Dwight W. Morrow‚ the American ambassador there. Lindbergh married Anne Morrow in 1929. Other than politicians and war heroes no one surpassed his fame. He was a genius when it came to aviation
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He drew to his fist the cruel head of an arrow for Antinous just as the young man leaned to lift his beautiful drinking cup‚ embossed‚ two-handled‚ golden: the cup was in his fingers: the wine was even at his lips: and did he dream of death? How could he? In the revelry amid his throng of friends who would imagine a single foe- though a strong foe indeed- could dare bring death’s pain on him and darkness in his eyes? (Homer‚ line 1412‚ page 1009) Over a period of time‚ Odysseus develops a hatred
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Professor Micheal Shane Williams General Biology 93014 Colleagues of Charles Darwin Charles Lyell was a British geologist in the 1800’s. He got his education from Exeter college in Oxford. After college he went into law but became more interested with natural history. In 1827 Lyell quit his law practice to do geology full time. Lyell wrote a book called " Principles of Geology Vol.1". On Charles Darwin voyage on the ship Beagle he used Lyell book as a guideline durning his geological expeditions
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Transcendentalism Quotes Interpretation It looks poorest when you are richest. I: People who have enthusiasm in material possession usually can not suppress their endless desire of chasing wealth and fame‚ however‚ it shows the extreme poor inside of their spirit. They only pay attention on external possessions but never realize that the depth of thoughts and independence of lives reflect the real rich. The suitable simplicity is spirituality. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things
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Final Critique The topic of this critique about Charles Baudelaire is kind of an insight into the background of his life. His life was filled with an immense amount of mental and physical suffering. Charles was an alcoholic and had lots of drug addictions. He seemed to dwell in his own problems and self-pity (p. 93). In the poem "The Dog and the Scent Bottle" there are examples of his self-regard. This poem explained how his life went up and down and all the problems he had to overcome
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The man is Charles Darwin. Charles was born in the year 1809 in Enlgand. His main contribution to science was the Theory of Evolution‚ widely referred to as Darwinism. He is also the author of a book‚ On the Origin of Species. Darwin trained to become a doctor‚ but did not seem to have an interest in medicine. He also was trained to be a country clergyman‚ but was unable to suppress his scientific interests. He then trained as an entomologist‚ collecting beetles. Charles’ voyage as a naturalist
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Charles Darnay’s return to France is an example of fulfilling his fate‚ he’s acting as a representative of the St. Evrémondes and when he arrives in France‚ he’ll be considered an aristocrat and treated as such. Darnay renounces his family title and property‚ as he tells his uncle years before the revolution‚ that they have been “reaping the fruits of wrong” (94). Another reason why he does this is because he feels that he is “bound to a system that is frightful…responsible for it‚ but powerless
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