Ernest Everett Just‚ an African American biologist‚ was born on August 14‚ 1883 in Charleston‚ South Carolina to Charles Frazier Just Jr. and Mary Matthews Just‚ who gave birth to a stillborn child and both a boy and a girl before Just was born‚ making Just the youngest of three children. Sadly‚ however‚ both of his older siblings died approximately two months after he was born due to disease. His father‚ Charles Just Jr. died of alcoholism when Just turned four and his widowed mother was left to
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Everett Gray couldn’t tell you the last time he could properly breathe. Even during hockey competitions‚ there had always been an issue where he couldn’t quite get the amount of air that he really needed to keep going. Sweat would run down his cold skin‚ as he pulled at the collar of his uniform. His chest would heave‚ yet all the air seemed to get stuck in his throat‚ turning into a suffocating lump. He felt his phone vibrating in his pocket‚ but he refused to make a move to look at the messages
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In Homer’s The Odyssey Odysseus can perceived in many different ways from heroic adventurer to a conniving liar. The same goes for Polyphemus. He is referred to as a ruthless brute in the beginning of book 9‚ the quotation I will be using is from the end of chapter 9 lines 490-514 and percives him in a different way. Polyphemus is much more than a heartless monster like he is often thought of as. In my opinion Odysseus is more of a monster than Polyphemus. The passage I chose starts out
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Pride is one of the seven deadly sins. Its effect on people‚ however‚ is often subtle at the start and hard to detect. Most proud people will never consider themselves to be truly proud until they come face to face with the consequences of their pride. Sophocles and Shakespeare both address this dilemma in their plays Oedipus and Othello. Through their nobility‚ their tragic flaws‚ the fall these flaws cause‚ and the suffering and wisdom they derive from these falls‚ Oedipus and Othello reveal the
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traits of an epic hero by using his ability of strength to help him overcome evil. Beowulf kills Grendel and some of the rest of the men‚ by using his strength. Odysseus shows traits of and an epic hero by inspiring all his men to fight the cyclops. Odysseus uses his cunning sense to be an epic hero. Furthermore‚ while Odysseus was on his journey he completed the following: won the Trojan war‚ went to the Land of the Lotus Eaters‚ battled with a cyclops‚ love affair with a witch goddess
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an analysis of the similarities and differences on all three versions of Cyclops Polyphemus. In Homers’ Odyssey‚ Homer wrote about the story of Odysseus and his crew‚ who went on an expedition to find out whether the Cyclopes are “wild savages with no sense of right or wrong or hospitable folk who fear the gods” (Homer 303). On their expedition‚ Odysseus and his crew came across the cave where the Cyclops Polyphemus lived. When they went inside the cave‚ they found “crates of cheese‚ and pens crammed
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Esmeralda Frias Jim Schrantz English Composition I February 27‚ 2010 Copyright Law The copyright form is a type of protection that the law of the United States provides to the authors of original work‚ such as literary‚ dramatic‚ musical‚ and artistic‚ composers‚ poets‚ and other intellectual work. Even for the published or not published works the protection it’s available to them too. Piracy is used mostly comes from the United States. That is why the United States decided to make a Copyright
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three words that describe Odysseus. The readers of his adventure learn that he is intelligent and always has a plan. In “The Odyssey”‚ Odysseus is seen preparing‚ Leading the win at Troy‚ and fearing nothing. His amazing skills show his heroism in the poem. Odysseus is a hero because of his leadership‚ bravery‚ and his planning. Odysseus is a hero because of his leadership. Odysseus led his men out of the Cyclopes cave and chose to go home instead of being immortal. Odysseus and his men were stuck
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Odysseus‚ a hero? What comes to mind when we think of a hero? Generally‚ we think a hero is someone with some super powers‚ and has the ability to save the world. The Odyssey‚ by Homer‚ a Greek mythical epic‚ includes Odysseus‚ someone who would be considered a hero‚ by what bravery he had shown. But as his life and the epic progresses‚ almost every time Odysseus faces a difficulty‚ he chooses to do the right thing‚ yet his pride and selfishness always get in the way‚ bringing him down and
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“Odysseus is too thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful to be a real hero.” How far do you agree with this view? Yes‚ I do agree that Odysseus was thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful but these qualities were necessary for him to complete his journey and be seen as a hero on his return to Ithaca. Greek heroes like Odysseus were greater than the average man and achieved much notoriety and fame by being thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful. Inevitability Odysseus‚ curiosity led him to make bad decisions after
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