The chapter in Stephen J. Gould’s Bully for Brontosaurus titled “To Be A Platypus” touches on the discovery and classification of the duck-billed platypus native to Australia. The chapter opens with a note on the origin of the telegram‚ in which the platypus was first described using the four words “monotremes oviparous‚ ovum meroblastic” by Cambridge biologist W. H. Caldwell. Fundamentally‚ this translates to the platypus being a mammal that possesses a duck-like bill and lays eggs. The “duckbill”
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aggressive due to these genetic issues. With this in mind‚ why do you think those children are typically bullied rather than bullying others? There is a drive and purpose behind why bullies exhibit the behaviours they do. It can be concluded through looking at the evolutionary theories of why people bully‚ that bullies behave in the way they do to reach a goal‚ whether that goal is to gain recourses‚ to achieve good mental health or to gain physical protection (Koh & Wong‚ 2015). When children with
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and stupid.” Both pieces show people to stop bullying. That’s why the two artworks are the same. The theme of “All Summer in a Day‚” by Ray Bradbury‚ is treat others the way you want to be treated‚ it could also be‚ stop bullying. After you bully
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One’s perspective of the World around them is shaped by their education‚ childhood‚ and their experiences. All of these factors culminate to form some sort of final opinion for the person; that encompassing opinion is the person’s thoughts on every country‚ every culture‚ and every country’s people. This opinion is often difficult to shift‚ as it has been formed under many years‚ and is the basis for many stereotypes‚ racial prejudices‚ and bigotry. Jenny Boully‚ a Thai-American author‚ confronts
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One of the dictators of the 20th century is Jose Eduardo Dos Santos (J.E. for short). He is the president of Angola know but I want to go back to the start of his life to find out what might have led him to be so powerful. He was not born in Angola; he was actually born in Luanda on August 28 of 1942 (2). His father is Eduardo Avelino Dos Santos and he was a retired mason. His mother is Jacinta Jose Paulino and she was a housewife (1). He finished his elementary schooling in Luanda. In 1950 and got
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Alex Belinger Independent Study World History 7/28/02 On November 1923‚ German army veteran and leader of an extremist party‚ Adolf Hitler climbed onto a table and fired his pistol. "The National Socialist revolution has begun!" Hitler’s rise to power is one of the most significant events of our century. People today still debate how and why Hitler’s totalitarian dictatorship in the 1930’s was such a big success with support of many Germans. At the time of Hitler’s rise‚ Germans were in
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For this assignment‚ I chose to evaluate Charlie Chaplin’s final speech in the movie‚ “The Great Dictator”. The movie was meant to parody Adolf Hitler and to condemn the Nazi party and it’s beliefs and values. The plot focuses on how a barber gets mistaken for the dictator and the barber is made to give a speech. The barber takes advantage of this opportunity to express how he feels about World War II and everything else that has happened. The purpose of this speech was to persuade. His character
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Mussolini was one of the most famous dictators of the 1900’s. He came from small to big within years‚ of being a politician‚ with the help of good connections. He was a very strong politician‚ and seemed like a good leader‚ but did not follow his word. The way mussolini fought wars‚ and ran the government were different then anyother leader. Mussolini had many opportunities to do different things‚ but he never decided to change his ways. He left his country with shame‚ and bring humiliation to his
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Since the twentieth century‚ there have been a lot of comparisons between Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Notably‚ both of these dictators are known for their pitiless behaviour. As a result of an unparalleled level of authoritarianism‚ propaganda and endeavours to manipulate the citizens‚ these two dictators both possessed outright power. Each of these tyrants was compelled by innovative‚ debatable and exploitative ideologies about the supposed structure of the society and the world power. While
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Adolf Hitler was one of the most powerful dictators of all time. Adolf tricked an entire continent into believing that anyone not of pure white‚mostly Jews‚ were bad. He made death camps where he sent the Jews to be murdered. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20‚ 1889‚ in Braunau Am Inn‚ Austria. He lived a horrendous childhood‚ being abused by his father and witnessing multiple siblings die. Adolf was the fourth of six children‚ although three of his older siblings had passed away in infancy
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