Hurricane Dancers is primarily poetic fiction. For example‚ Bernardino de Talavera‚ the pirate who captures Quebrado‚ Ojeda‚ and other slaves‚ says “I offered the illusion of mercy/and Ojeda was desperate enough/to believe me.” (10) The author portrays Ojeda as an assassin killing for glory. But Ojeda seems weak in Talavera’s flashback‚ falling for his “fake mercy”. If the author kept Ojeda’s killer trait‚ Ojeda wouldn’t have certainly fallen for Talavera’s lie. But instead‚ Ojeda does fall for his
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between Tsunami and Hurricane Tsunamis and hurricanes are nature’s furies. They both create disasters and destruction in the world. But‚ tsunamis and hurricanes are different in their respective ways. A tsunami is a series of ocean waves‚ which is caused by surges of water reaching heights of 100 feet or more. A hurricane‚ on the other hand‚ is a powerful storm. When talking of the origin of tsunamis and hurricanes‚ they are formed by two different forces. Hurricanes are formed over warm
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Hurricanes and Tornadoes Where did my house go! Hurricanes and tornadoes‚ you don’t want to be in either of them. They are both very destructive. If your in one‚ you will more likely die. When you see get protected or sprint away. They are gigantic‚ form in different ways‚ and cost lots of damage. To begin with‚ tornadoes come in very fast and some times with no waring. Tornadoes can be 2.6 miles wide and 6‚000 feet tall. According to Source 3‚ they can last a few seconds or more than a hour
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Hi‚ I’m Lilly. I am ten years old. I live in New Orleans on 22nd Avenue. I heard that there’s a hurricane coming and it is called Hurricane Katrina. It is also a category five hurricane. Two days later mom‚ dad‚ Cleo‚ and Michael woke me up and the house was full of water. Dad told us to get on the roof. My best friend‚ Claire‚ lives next door to me. I saw her on the roof. I yelled her name and asked her if she’s okay and she said she was. I was very nervous. I could hear the wind blowing in
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Hurricane Irma was a natural disaster that mainly affected the Caribbean and Florida. Irma had struck the Florida Keys as a category 4 hurricane on September 10th‚ and was reduced to category 3 when it struck mainland Florida later that same day (Manzo‚ 2017). Prior to making landfall‚ the path that Irma would take was unclear. This uncertainty lead Governor Rick Scott to issue an evacuation order for 6.5 million residents (The New York Times‚ 2017). In the days preceding hurricane Irma‚ roads
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Hurricanes are storms that form over tropical parts of oceans‚ once they hit land they can be disastrous and wipe out people‚ cars‚ and even buildings! Some hurricanes will form in the ocean and never actually hit land. Hurricanes are more common to occur during hurricane season which starts in June and ends in late November. If you live in a tropical area near an ocean then you will likely experience hurricanes more frequently even if it isn’t hurricane season. Hurricanes begin as tropical depressions
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Planned Economy: "The social good" In a planned economy‚ the factors of production are owned and managed by the government. Thus the Government decides what to produce‚ how much to produce and for whom to produce. Features: • All resources are owned and managed by the government • No consumer OR producer choice • The market forces can’t set the price for goods or services • Profit is not the main objective‚ the government aims to provide services and goods to everybody • Government decides
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Hurricanes are powerful atmospheric vortices that are intermediate in size. Hurricanes are unique and powerful weather systems. The word "hurricane" comes from a Caribbean word meaning "big wind". Views of hurricanes can be seen from a satellite positioned thousands of miles above the earth. Hurricanes originate as tropical disturbances over warm oceans with trade winds. The tropical turbances intensify into tropical depressions‚ and eventually into a tropical storm. They only originate
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In the late 1800-early 1900’s‚ immigrants began to settle in cities in large numbers. As a result of this increase in population‚ cities began to grow and change. People who come to life perinatally in a foreign country are known as immigrants. Immigrants came to america to start new and better lives. Immigrants came from all different countries but in the late 1800-early 1900’s immigrants mainly came from europe and asia. Immigrants would take a long journey to ellis island‚ where they would take
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"Crack!" Down goes an immense tree. Hurricanes and Tornadoes are lethal catastrophes that are strong enough to destroy anything in their paths. They have similarities but have differences as well. To start off‚ Hurricanes and Tornadoes are similar because they scaled on a one to five scale. Also‚ wind‚ rain‚ and hail are crucial fragments of these fatal natural disasters. Likewise‚ they both are cyclonic‚ and they contain harmful rotating winds. Similarly‚ they both spin counterclockwise in the
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