In 2010‚ a huge earthquake hit Haiti and almost flattened the tiny country. A year later‚ in 2011‚ an equally huge if not bigger earthquake hit Japan. Many people were affected in Japan but now the country is running smoothly again while Haiti’s poverty rates are still as a high as 80%. Why did these earthquakes have such different effects on these countries? The most significant reason these earthquakes had such different effects is the simple matter that Japan is just much more prepared than
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Chief Seattle’s inspirational oration delivered to Governor Isaac Stevens in 1864 is an attempt to manipulate the whites to fairly deal with the Native Americans in regards with their land‚ despite their inferior status. Although the Indians were separated from their motherland‚ their spirits are everlasting. Chief Seattle accomplished his purpose through countless rhetorical devices‚ most notably through establishing his authority‚ rhetorical questions‚ and similes. Chief Seattle begins his speech
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LOBSTER´S En junio 2005 la empresa Lobster´s tenía ya 12 años de actividad pionera en el sector de la pesca de langosta de altura. Esta empresa‚ con sede en Massachussets‚ capturó el 16% de langosta de altura en 2004 y era el mayor productor individual de langosta en América del Norte. J. S. Graciano‚ gerente desde 2002‚ anticipaba una posición todavía más dominante y‚ a largo plazo‚ contemplaba una integración mayor de la que ya había iniciado: “ Estamos tratando de revolucionar la industria de
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Fatima Meeting Santiago- When I first met Santiago‚ there was something about him. I could not explain it then‚ and I doubt I ever will be able to. His eyes entrapped me‚ and he looked so gentle and sincere I could not help but smile! The way he looked at me was unlike anything else‚ it was almost as if he looked into my soul. We understood what the other was thinking without speaking any words. It was what the strange old man‚ the Alchemist was always talking about‚ the language of the world
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Body of a Woman Body of a woman‚ white hills‚ white thighs‚ you look like a world‚ lying in surrender. My rough peasant’s body digs in you and makes the son leap from the depth of the earth. I was lone like a tunnel. The birds fled from me‚ and nigh swamped me with its crushing invasion. To survive myself I forged you like a weapon‚ like an arrow in my bow‚ a stone in my sling. But the hour of vengeance falls‚ and I love you. Body of skin‚ of moss‚ of eager and firm milk. Oh the goblets
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In the poem "On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City" by Sherman Alexie‚ the speaker is portrayed as a Native American Indian whose apparent wish is to retake and make known his ownership of Indian land‚ which was stolen by white people. However‚ his sympathy towards his rivals seems to keep him from accomplishing these goals. First‚ we can see his Native American heritage in the language of the poem. For example‚ he refers to the elderly woman whom he is conversing with as "white" (line 1)‚
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Response to “A Meanes to Knitt Them Togeather”: The Exchange of Body Parts in the Pequot War A Meanes to Knitt Them Together was written by Andrew Lipman and published in 2008. The paper focuses on both the meaning of‚ what seems to us‚ the gory practices that both the Native American Indians and the British historically tended to use‚ and how those practices created a bond between the two peoples both in war and in a type of kinship. When one looks back to English history‚ the removal of various
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Sergio Vodanovic fue un dramaturgo‚ un periodista‚ un profesor y mucho más. Nació en 1926 en Croatia y murió en 2001. Él escribió 16 reproducciones y 5 telenovelas. Su primeras obras fueron comedias ligeras pero en 1959‚ comenzó a escribir en un estilo diferente. Escribió en un estilo neorrealista‚ que representa diversos aspectos de la realidad socio-política de su país a través del drama y la comedia. El primero de estos‚ fue el drama social “Deja que los perros Ladren” que analizó desde una perspectiva
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Reflective Statement: Question: How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral. The interactive oral discussion that took place in class today on the infamous Chilean writer‚ Pablo Neruda‚ significantly increased my background information of the poet and has shed light on aspects of his life that I was not aware of. During the discussion a fellow classmate discussed Neruda’s childhood and it was made evident that his childhood
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Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación Facultad de Historia‚ Geografía y Letras Departamento de Inglés Metodología de la Investigación – Profesora Luz Pamela Díaz Tamara Sepúlveda Chandía Research Methodology Problem When people start their English program at UMCE‚ they do not manage the language completely‚ so they tend to speak Spanish (mother tongue) to explain things they do not know how to say in English. So‚ there is a persistent use of their first language in the
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