who was the greatest explorer Christopher Columbus or Zheng He? Tristan Stanchfield A great explorer in my mind requires being a visionary thats willing to pursue his goal despite the challenges faced‚ supported by high risk undertakings where the winnings are all or nothing‚ set on the uncertain future with a non back looking persona. That‚ and if the outcome is great is what my judging is based on. Zheng He‚ originally named Ma He‚ was born into a Muslim family just
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Explication of "The Man He Killed" by Thomas Hardy 1. "Had he and I but met 2. By some old ancient inn‚ 3. We should have sat us down to wet 4. Right many a nipperkin! 5. "But ranged as infantry‚ 6. And staring face to face‚ 7. I shot at him as he at me. 8. And killed him in his place. 9. "I shot him dead because- 10. Because he was my foe. Throughout the poem it is easy to tell that the flow of this poem is non-traditional‚ for example‚ Hardy expresses hesitation in lines one and
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is Hamlet crazy or is he just acting? In my opinion there are many things throughout the play that make me tend to believe that he is crazy. When Hamlet enters Opheliu’s room and she has the question if he is truly mad or if he is just acting. Hamlet is proven to be crazy in this play and statements and actions he days and does are the thing that prove this. <br><br>There are many things that make me tend to believe that Hamlet is crazy. There are also many things that he does that does not want
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Jin-Ho Lee IB History – Mr. Wade 28/01/14 How successful was Lenin (1917-1924) in solving the problems he faced? With the October revolution in 1917‚ Lenin managed to execute a successful coup d’état against the provisional government of Russia and with the death of the constituent assembly early 1918; Lenin and his Bolsheviks had finally control over Russia. However this was just the beginning of various problems he would be facing. This raised the debate on whether Lenin could deal with
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2012 Narrative Essay 6th Period Ms. Tuck He Kills‚ She Kills She knew he was hiding something‚ but she just didn’t know what it was. She tried her best to figure it out but she couldn’t put her finger on it. Macy looked at her husband in worry. It seemed like something was wrong‚ but she would ask him when the time was right. Macy is 35 years old with two adorable kids. The oldest‚ Naveah‚ is eight years old. The youngest‚ Brian‚ is five; However‚ the man Macy is married to is not their
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Paraphrasing S. Kathleen Kitao Kenji Kitao When you write a paper‚ you use some information that you have read in books‚ journals‚ on the Internet‚ etc. Your teacher might have told you‚ “Use your own words.” In other words‚ even when you use someone else’s information‚ you are not allowed to use the words they wrote. You have to use your own. You have to say the same thing in a different way. This is called paraphrasing. For example‚ if the book you are reading from says‚ “John Adams‚ who was involved
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‘He was the worst possible teacher for me.’ Do you agree? Teachers are an essential elements of any society‚ and although their actions and intention are often positive there are nevertheless scenarios in which they fail at their task. Within ‘Maestro’‚ Peter Goldsworthy portrays how a teacher can have both positive and negative effects on their pupil‚ how they can succeed in one element and wane in another. In some respects‚ Paul Crabbe’s teacher‚ Eduard Keller‚ has a devastating effect on his pupil’s
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Okonkwo was well known through out the nine villages because of his achievements in the tribe. Okonkwo had a great fear of becoming like his father. This had a rather large impact on his life and how his personality. Okonkwo’s father‚ Unoka‚ was a lazy man whereas Okonkwo was a hard worker‚ Okonkwo ruled his house with a heavy hand and he was a man of war. Okonkwo’s father was a man who was not looked up to through out the village. This was because he was a man who was lazy and would not think
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the Odyssey and how he overcame his flaw After the Trojan war all of the Greek warriors had made it home‚ except for Odysseus and his men. For them the journey home had many twists and turns that caused them to be away from home for more than 10 years after the war. Their delay was caused because of their inability to follow direct orders and resist the temptation of disobedience. It was for this same reason why none of them made it home‚ except for Odysseus; although he was the main culprit for
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John Plano di Carpini was a Franciscan friar and one of the first Europeans to travel to the Mongol Empire. He wrote his History of the Mongols‚ who he called the Tartars‚ after his mission and is one of the first attempts of recording the history of the Mongols. In 1241‚ the Mongols crossed Russia and invaded Eastern Europe. They destroyed the areas of modern-day Poland‚ Hungary‚ and parts of Germany. Four years later‚ Pope Innocent IV sent a mission to try and convert the Mongols‚ but to also learn
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