“Welcome to the Jungle; we take it day by day.” These are song lyrics from the song Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N’ Roses. It explains the McGhee family very well. Most of the time‚ my dad will say‚ “I can’t make any plans yet‚ we have to take it day by day.” Obviously‚ this quote is suitable for my family. My dad isn’t the only person who says it though. I consider my family to be a jungle because there are very many people involved in my family‚ whether it’s step relatives or very far distant
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In The Jungle by Upton Sinclair‚ the main character‚ Jurgis is the hero. He moves from Lithuania to America to give his new wife‚ Ona‚ so that she can live the American dream. Soon after their immigration‚ Ona and Jurgis realized that the USA wasn’t all it was said to be‚ Jurgis still fought and worked hard to give Ona the best life. Some of these things include‚ getting a bad job‚ putting a roof over Ona’s head‚ and always staying strong when bad things happened. Jurgis keeps fighting through his
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Upton Sinclair wrote this book for a couple of reasons. First and foremost‚ he tries to awaken the reader to the terrible living conditions of immigrants in the cities around the turn of the century. Chicago has the most potent examples of these conditions. Secondly‚ he attempts to show the advantages of socialism in helping to remedy the problems of a society such as the one that exists in Chicago at this time. Sinclair accomplishes his objectives with an extremely powerful story. Jurgis
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Mattie’s Life and Changes In Fever 1793‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ sixteen year old Matilda (or Mattie) Cook changes dramatically over the course of the book. In the beginning‚ she is portrayed to be a young selfish girl who was always too lazy to work. By the end of the book‚ she is shown to be a strong young woman. Her family of three consisting of her grandfather‚ mother‚ and herself runs a small coffee shop. Her family usually works relentlessly before‚ during‚ and after the shop’s hours
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Although Ebola is thought of as a very ancient virus‚ humans have only recently felt its presence on the Earth‚ and so its know history is brief‚ but significant. The Ebola virus was first recognized in September of 1976. (CDC "Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever" para. 1) The only thing we knew then was that it was dangerous‚ very dangerous‚ and although much remains to be known about this virus‚ we have also learned a lot about it since its initial discovery. Ebola originated in the African rainforest regions
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Title (1/4 index card) Part 1: a. introduction b. statement of the problem c. scope and delimitation PART1 a. Introduction Dengue Fever Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection that in recent decades has become a major international public health concern. Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world‚ predominantly in urban and semi-urban areas. Was first recognized in the 1950s during dengue epidemics in the Philippines and Thailand b. Statement of the
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David Harvey is a classical marxist concerned with inequality and the theoretical bridge between social theory and geography. Argues from a historical materialist perspective – how the society reproduces itself. Harvey on space: For Harvey‚ social practices and process create spaces and these spaces in turn‚ constrain‚ enable and alter those practices and process – what Ed Soja called a “socio-spatial dialectic”. Constant relationship between society and geography and they both influence eachother
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environment in which one develops is key to studying and comprehending humans overall. However‚ the notion of biology and environment intertwining isn’t always exemplified clearly in various aspects of people’s lives. This was shown in the case of David Reimer‚ the boy who was raised as a girl. In Reimer’s case‚ he was born biologically male‚ but due to an unfortunate circumstance involving
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Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic originated on July of 1793 and was one of the most significant American diseases in history. Yellow fever is known to be a contagious disease and at times transpired in mild provinces. Even though the first eruptions commenced along the coast and central of South America. It is proclaimed that Western Africa was the place where this disease primarily affected the people living there and later on spread to other regions. Not only does yellow fever contaminate humans
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hard at one point or another. Fever 1793 shows how Mattie and her family go through hard times. In the book Mattie is a teenage girl living with her mother‚ grandfather and a girl named Eliza who work in the coffee shop they own. Mattie faces some hard times when the fever strikes the town. Mattie is able to get through these hard times with the strength that she has gained overtime. Some people may say that the theme of Fever is family‚ or bravery. The real theme of Fever 1793 is perseverance and strength
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