on‚ which allowed her to expand her mind. Growing up she spent countless hours reading in her friend’s library. There‚ she met her lifelong best friend Fanny Blood. Fanny was skilled at several tasks such as drawing and playing the piano. She ultimately inspired Mary to “...take initiative cultivating her mind” (Powell 8). This friendship with Fanny would prove to be valuable later on in Mary’s life. When Mary turned eighteen‚ she left home in an attempt to escape her family’s financial issues and
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Chapter 29 An Overview of Land Plant Evolution 1. Describe four shared derived homologies that link charophyceans and land plants. a. The complexes that produce cellulose are rose shaped in both charophyceans and land plants. Next both have peroxisome enzymes that help minimize the loss of organic products from photorespiration. The structure of their flagellated sperm is very similar. Finally‚ both form a phragmoplast during cell division. 2. Distinguish among the kingdoms Plantae‚ Streptophyta
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Do you remember your first dog? Also‚ do you remember the devastation you felt when this beloved animal died? Billy‚ an adolescent‚ in Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls saves up money for two years all in the hope of purchasing two coon hounds. After getting these dogs‚ Old Dan and Little Anne‚ he endures many exciting adventures with them but in the end Old Dan is killed by a vicious mountain lion. Soon after Dan’s death Anne dies along with him because she cannot bear the loss of her brother
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and Discussion Table 1.a Biotic components of natural ecosystem Biotic component Habit or type Number Distribution Pattern Physical Factors Affecting Organism Autotroph Plants 1. Banana 2. Palmera 3. Fern 4. Moss 5. Algae Tree Tree Shrub Moss 4 2 3 Too many to count Random Random Random Random Sunlight‚ soil‚ water‚ temperature‚ weather Sunlight‚ soil
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Angiosperms 4. Phylum Gymnosperms These four main groups were classified based on: The presence/absence of vascular tissues (xylem and phloem; transport of nutrients) The presence/absence of seeds Two types of plants 1. Non-Flowering Mosses (Bryophyta) Ferns (Pteridophytae) Gymnosperms 2. Flowering Angiosperms Monocotyledon Dicotyledon Vascular tissues and the seeds play a vital role in transporting substances (water‚ minerals‚ and sugars) throughout the plant. Seeds are structures‚ which contains an
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Brave New World Essay In his novel Brave New World Aldous Huxley tells of a future world where there is no individuality but instead a world of science and uniformity. In this dystopian world there is a character named Bernard Marx. Huxley used Bernard Marx to show the power struggle humans face. He did this by showing Marx in the beginning as a person with little power and an outcast to the others. But through the book gains power but his grows a large ego because of it. This shows that the World
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of irony occurs at the expense of Fanny. Throughout the novel‚ it appears as if Fanny has an irrational distaste for the Dashwood girls. We first encounter her feelings towards them when the girls’ father dies; Fanny talks John out of giving his sisters any money from their father’s estate. From there‚ her distaste only seems to grow for the Dashwood sisters. It all comes to a head when John suggests they invite his sisters to stay with them at their house. Fanny becomes desperate to avoid spending
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Brave New World FRQ #2 In the novel Brave New World‚ author Aldous Huxley utilizes techniques of presenting multiple‚ differing ideas in short quips in order to foreshadow coming events during the third chapter. This is done first by pairing Lenina’s and Henry’s relationship with Mond’s ideas of both parents and homes. Then combining the thoughts of the assistant predestinator with several characters to create a disruptive thought process which matches that of the past which Mond simultaneously
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The Themes of Lenina and Bernard In the dystopian world of Brave New World‚ characters act as more than just three-dimensional people‚ Huxley also uses them to build theme within the novel. He uses all of his characters within the novel to achieve his theme by giving them different attributes to help mold their world and their perception of the world around them. The characters‚ Lenina and Bernard‚ are the most influential towards the central theme of the novel‚ which is the idea of conformity vs
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beginning of the book‚ Fern is the one who saves Wilbur’s life by arguing with her father and then looks after Wilbur‚ even after he is to live with Fern’s uncle. "Fern loved Wilbur more than anything" (2.1). this shows that Fern really liked Wilbur and cared for him. However‚ as the book progresses‚ Fern changes into a different person‚ mainly after meeting Henry Fussy. She abandons Wilbur for him‚ and this contrasts to the role of Mrs. Lennox in the secret garden‚ who neglects Mary. Fern is a motherly figure
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