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    The first portion of this reading is an excerpt from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ in this excerpt the author tells the story of Frankenstein and the creation of his monster that did not end the way he had dreamed of. This excerpt begins with Frankenstein deciding that he wanted to create a brand-new living species and went to work right away to bring a dead corpse alive and to achieve this dream. He worked on this project on his own‚ secluded from all people. Because of the strenuous hours put into

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    Benjamin Banneker Excerpt The Declaration of Independence‚ a well-respected document responsible for seceding the United States of America from the oppressive Great Britain‚ had a false allegation written in it: that all men were created equal and endowed with unalienable rights. The only men who proved to be equal in the eyes of society were the property owning white men‚ and slaves‚ after some of them having had helped their American allies achieve freedom‚ were once again subjugated to the

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    The Despair Of Dawn The harness that restricted my body tightened until my flesh was rubbed raw‚ dyeing my silver mane scarlet. Forced to work until our bones snapped‚ we dragged the chariot from sunrise to sunset‚ being no more than mere slaves. A persistent cloud of melancholy leisurely sipped my spirit like tea. Death was our only salvation. “How dare they humiliate us!” My prideful brother hissed with rage. “If it’s any consolation‚ I think you’re cool‚ Brother” I neighed. He whined

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    Indian movement to free India from British rule. He was able to accomplish this through nonviolent civil disobedience acts by himself and by others who followed him. These are excerpts from Gandhi’s writings conveying how he was able to win over the British government as a spiritual leader through nontraditional means. These excerpts are part of Gandhi’s biography and serve as a way to preserve Gandhi’s message to the world. It introduces us to his beliefs‚ political viewpoints‚ and philosophies as well

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    In the excerpt The People of the Abyss London conveys repulsion by providing imagery and descriptions of the disgusting acts he witnessed. The excerpt starts off with Jack London standing in between two men who vaguely remember each other from the smallpox hospital they stayed at. After the two men get acquainted‚ they start talking about their nauseating experiences. The author shows this by notably giving us descriptive text about how the two men made him uncomfortable. As a matter of fact‚ we

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    “Fire is catching! And if we burn you burn with us!”. A quote from Mockingjay written by Suzanne Collins. That quote shows how the main character Katniss is fearless and how she wants to destroy Snow and take down the capitol. She goes through many changes. Katniss ends up being a person who goes kind of crazy and wants to die. But that’s at the end of the book at the beginning she was fearless‚ strong‚ and caring. Katniss Everdeen is a fearless girl‚ and doesn’t really fear anything. She

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    Matt Jarrett p.6 Author Excerpt "Lennie!" he said sharply. "Lennie‚ for God’ sakes don’t drink so much." Lennie continued to snort into the pool. The small man leaned over and shook him by the shoulder. "Lennie. You gonna be sick like you was last night." Lennie dipped his whole head under‚ hat and all‚ and then he sat up on the bank and his hat dripped down on his blue coat and ran

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    After reading the excerpts of Braudel available on the web-site‚ what could you say in general about the geography of the Mediterranean and adjacent lands? In addition‚ discuss in detail two of these issues: 2) the relationship between mountain and plain 4) compare the geography of north Africa to that of southern Europe 2) Mediterranean has two faces first is a series of rigid mountains that overlap with each other. These mountainous peninsaula have flatlands in between them in places such

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    MOCKINGJAY Ladies and gentleman of the jury I find the book mocking jay by Suzanne Collins in 2010 to be very good at keeping me in suspense and keeping me interested. However‚ there were areas in which the book was not quite as good such as giving all the details‚ being too violent‚ and isn’t good for little kids. The book is a good book and I liked it but I didn’t like it as much as I did the first 2 books and this last book disappointed me. I was expecting some amazing ending to the series of

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    The Cosmos excerpt contained a lot of humbling information about the ways animals communicate. The article focused on whales and how many years they have had to perfect their communication routes but reading how easily humans tampered with their hard work was upsetting. Sagan suggest that before we try to communicate with extraterrestrial beings‚ we should try harder to communicate and understand the other animals on Earth. He then goes on to describe how much information smaller organisms such as

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