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    Many believe by learning from the past‚ to move forward to the future. Mary Oliver’s poem‚ “Wild Geese‚” motivates individuals to join their past with the future in order to bring out the best in themselves. “Wild Geese” first appeared in Oliver’s Dream Work‚ published in 1986. This poem is one out of forty-five poems in Dream Work that encourages self-awareness. She explores the association between nature and the human mind—how the mind transcends through memories‚ separating us from society. She

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    Graded Assignment Unit Test‚ Part 2: A New Century Complete this teacher-scored portion of the Unit Test and submit it to your teacher by the due date for full credit. (20 points) |Score | | | 1. Yale University professor William Graham Sumner was an advocate of social Darwinism. Sumner said‚ “The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted‚ on the contrary‚ it is a necessary condition of many forms of social advance…. Millionaires

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    In a village; which is deserted far away from the main city‚ had a tragic news which buzzed around the village. The village was well known for its big ball of string made by a woman. It was heartbreaking for everyone to lose one of the famous artifact. This tragic was no ordinary accident‚ it was all set up. A non compose mentis lit the ball with gasoline in a silenced star night. The day broke out and a young man was standing near the unfortunate tragic. His name is Chris. Chris was an only child

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    Charles Darwin was an amazing author. He had amazing ideas and great way to study science. In his book‚ The origin of the species‚ he used one quote that stood out. It’s main focus of the quote is about a man’s creations versus the bounds of nature. In the quote he was basically trying to explain that some of man’s creations mess with nature. He wanted his readers to be aware that there is a difference from wisdom and being smart. In this chapter Calpurnia took a part in an extravagant tatting

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    Into The Wild Analysis

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    lead him to happiness. Chris McCandless was not crazy‚ he was a dreamer and an irrational one at that. Ultimately though‚ those qualities are what lead him into the wild. Chris McCandless was a do’er. He thought of something and then he did it. However‚ more likely than not the idea was irrational. On page 29 of "Into The Wild" by Jon Krakauer‚ Krakauer writes‚" He arranged all his paper currency in a pile on the sand- a pathetic little stack of ones and fives and

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    Was the media attention he received undeserving or unnecessary when the turned up of McCandless in Alaska the media report said “many people concluded that the boy must have been mentally disturbed” (70). Basically what they are saying that McCandless was mentally ill because the people within that area knew the dangers of going out there unprepared like he was and no one would dare to go. However‚ no one understands the decision or knowing his reason for wanting to go out to Alaska like that. All

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    There are certain people in this world that leave strong and lasting impressions on others. Chris McCandless was one of those people. "McCandless made an indelible impression on a number of people during the course of his hegira‚ most of whom spent only a few days in his company‚ a week or two at most (48)." Chris was a well educated‚ smart young man who seemed to catch the interest of three people: Jan Burres‚ Ronald Franz‚ and Wayne Westerberg. All three spent a good amount of time with Chris

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    The Call of the Wold

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    Explain the meaning of the following quotation: “And not only did he learn by experience‚ but instincts long dead became alive again. The domesticated generations fell from him. In vague ways‚ he remembered back to the youth of the breed‚ to the time the wild dogs ranged in packs through the primeval forest and killed their meat as they ran it down. …Thus‚ as token of what a puppet thing life is‚ the ancient song surged through him and he came into his own again” (18). Option 2. In the following quotation

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    Dylan Spurlock Gassel English 1101.22 14‚ September 2010 Close Call My day began like any other day. I had a friend stay with me the night with me‚ so we woke up‚ walked outside and smoked a cig. We were just standing talking about how wild the night before got. I asked Slim‚ “You ready to do it again tonight?” He said‚ Hell yea! You already know!”(Laughing and smiling while saying it). After we got done smoking we walked inside and ate us some breakfast .For a while we just sat around

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    Advanced Hypothesis Testing This report is a continuation from the previous week statistical report and entails more detailed information concerning the mean costs of the average rent price for office spaces in and around the Sacramento area. A business plan is being designed to include financial coverage and location. This report¡¦s primary focus is to base the cost of office space strictly upon price‚ to ascertain the startup and ongoing costs of the short-term business plan. However‚ certainly

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