site‚ which leads to well-known phrase “the beauty of nature”. Within an excerpt of Silent Spring‚ Rachel Carson asserts that nature has become the state that it is currently that due to mankind . Carson confidently argues through the use of imagery and ethos‚ alongside with the effects the settlers had on nature. She begins by describing the appeal of nature. Carson applies a vivid imagery condensed at the beginning of the excerpt of Silent Spring. Carson states “countless birds came to feed on the
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Virginia used information to inform you about what scientists are finding out about elephants. Some of the information she provided was‚ “The study ‘adds to the growing body of evidence that elephants show some impressive cognitive abilities.’” This excerpt can help relate to the author’s purpose of wanting to inform you about these elephants and tell you about their newly-found intelligence. Another quote that can relate to the author’s purpose is‚ “That shows the elephants understood why the partner
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One excerpt that demonstrates this can be found in an exchange between Damis‚ Orgon‚ and Cléante after Orgon reveals Tartuffe as a hypocrite and Tartuffe threatens him. This quote is from Cléante reacting to Damis after he threatens to kill Tartuffe. “What a display of young hotheadedness! Do learn to moderate your fits of rage. In this just kingdom‚ this enlightened age‚ one does not settle things by violence” (86). In this excerpt‚ Cléante is portrayed as a peaceful
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was insane. Both genocides were not only almost unfathomable in scale‚ but also extremely efficient. In the Holocaust many neighbors and friends sold others out to the Nazis just like how those in Rwanda went to kill their neighbors. Both of the excerpts contain many differences and similarities between the details of the genocides First‚ the resources that both of the protagonists had to survive were completely different. Although they were anticipated to be ineffective‚ Rusesabagina had armed
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Lee offers land for super-size elderly home Tuesday‚ November 19‚ 2013 Tycoon Lee Shau-kee has donated to Pok Oi Hospital land in Tuen Mun for a 2‚000-bed home for the elderly. The home‚ if approved by authorities‚ would be equivalent to 20 standard facilities for the elderly and shorten waiting time for such services. Henderson Land revealed that as the land is a gift from its chairman‚ he will pay the company its estimated value of HK$107 million. It is now listed as farm land though used
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Why was slavery popular in the nineteenth century? Just because the rich could afford a slave‚ does not mean it was necessary to have one. In the excerpt‚ the selfish lives of gentlefolk are tantalized. The author utilizes tone‚ point of view and imagery to emphasize the life of the rich. First‚ the narrator uses a satirical tone to create humor about the naïve lives of gentlefolks. The tone is also serious to emphasize the theme of socioeconomic status. One sentence says‚ “You dabbled in nasty
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Based off the three excerpts I chose from the book‚ "Stiff"‚ by Mary Roach‚ I decided to rename the title‚ "How to Use Your Cadaver". The passages I chose all relate to the title since they deal with the different uses of cadavers. My first passage from page 87 explains how cadavers have been used in car crash simulations to determine the force of impact during the crash. Most people‚ including myself‚ don’t realize this even though we ride in a car almost everyday. Because of these cadavers
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Elaborating on the Buddhist concepts of Anicca and Samsara‚ the passage from the novel Siddhartha resonates with me because of the many levels to its description of Buddhist ideas. Firstly‚ the excerpt elaborates thoroughly upon the Buddhist concept of Samsara‚ or rebirth. At first‚ one might notice that the quote deeply describes that it takes thousands of lifetimes to reach a state of happiness‚ and these lifetimes often strongly contradict with each other. All of this depends on the Buddhist idea
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will need to be familiar with Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ Cohen’s “Monster Culture (Seven Theses)” article (starting on page 11)‚ and the excerpts from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (in the Monsters anthology‚ pages 79-93). Prompt: Using your understanding from “Monster Culture (Seven Theses)‚” apply three or four theses to Shelley’s Frankenstein and excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Explain how the application of this information furthers understanding in both texts
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but watching movies and playing outside‚ but even with those things going on‚ the day can go by really slow. In the stories “Emancipation - A Fable Life” & an excerpt from “A Boy’s Life” the characters like me just want to get away from something. This essay will compare and contrast the development of the theme of freedom in the excerpt from “Boy’s Life” and “Emancipation: A Life Fable.” In the beginning of the story “Emancipation: A Life Fable” the theme of freedom is not found at first because
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