The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ contains alternating views of sin‚ morals‚ and guilt. Society classifies Hester Prynne a sinner for committing adultery while her husband was gone. Although the town does not punish her with death‚ for the slight possibility that her husband might be dead‚ their treatment of her is grave and cruel. As part of her punishment‚ the townspeople require Hester to stand on the public scaffold‚ where she is humiliated and embarrassed‚ wear a scarlet letter
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The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1‚ 1999‚[8] with the first tropical cyclone developing on June 11.[9] It was an above average season in which 16 tropical cyclones formed.[10][11][12][13] Twelve depressions attained tropical storm status and eight of these became a hurricane. Five hurricanes further intensified into major hurricanes.[10] The season featured a record-breaking five Category 4 hurricanes‚[14] later tied in 2005.[15] A persistent La Niña that developed during the
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of focus captured by the well known quote: “Every man is in certain respects (a) like all other men‚ (b) like some other men‚ (c) like no other man.” (H.A. Murray & C. Kluckhohn‚ 1953). A man is like all other men because some features of his personality are common to the human race. That is‚ each man possesses certain features that are present in every other man in the human race. These include physical‚ emotional and mental features. Every man goes through birth and eventually learns how to move
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Why do we have seasons and how do they affect my life? We have seasons because the earth is tilted on its axis‚ as it makes its yearly journey around the sun. The Earth’s axis is tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees. This means that the earth is always ‘pointing’ to one side as it goes around the sun. So‚ sometimes the sun is in the direction that the earth is pointing‚ but not at other times. The varying amount of sunlight around the earth‚ during the year‚ creates the seasons. We have hot
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triumphed. In the present-day world almost all the countries have democratic form of Government. In democracy‚ ultimate power of a State lies with the people of that State. People rule their country through their representatives who form the Government and run the administration on behalf of the people. People choose their representatives by casting votes in their favour. Such act of choosing is known as election. Election in which representatives are chosen in all the constituencies of a state is known
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What causes the seasons? Earth’s seasons are created by the direct and indirect sunlight that locations on Earth receive during the year‚ which is caused by the Earth’s constant 23.5˚ tilt toward the north star‚ making the direct sunlight locations get differ throughout the year. The Angle of Sunlight Lab‚ measured the temperature of the Northern and Southern Hemisphere while a light source was directed at it for 8 minutes. The position of the Earth simulated what December looks like for Earth
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Jealousy and Guilt Distressing the Individual and the Community In the novel‚ “Beloved‚” Toni Morrison explores how human attributes of jealousy and guilt overcome individuals in the novel‚ ultimately leading to the contamination of an entire community. One can observe such idiosyncrasies from the beginning of the novel with Denver‚ an adolescent girl who quietly grows up in a spiteful home filled with sadness‚ guilt‚ and jealousy: Hot‚ shy‚ now Denver was lonely. All that leaving: first her
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In the novel ’Specky Magee and the Season of Champions’‚ written by Felice Arena and Garry Lyon. Simon (Specky) Magee injures himself and can’t play football for his school. he disobeys his parents and is grounded. He meets new people and faces the pressures that all teenagers face. I feel that this is a perfect book for all teenagers because can relate to at least one of the characters. Specky is a 13-year-old boy whose life is driven by Australian Football. He is a little bit rebellious and the
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Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”: A Story of Alienation and Guilt Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” is a short novel highlighting a Gregor Samsa’s struggle to make ends meet for his family‚ his struggle to overcome lonely feelings‚ the loss of his job‚ and his struggle of waking up one morning as a giant bug. This short story explores the themes of man’s self imposed alienation‚ alienation imposed by others‚ and the guilt imposed upon him when he realizes that‚ as a gigantic insect‚ he cannot
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Everybody is excited about the start of The Walking Dead Season 7 and wish to see who Negan will kill finally. At the end of The Walking Dead Season 6‚ Negan was seen swinging Lucille in the air and giving numerous blows to someone‚ who finally gets killed. However‚ nobody knows who this someone is and will have to wait till Season 7 premiers. Despite the obvious notion that Negan will kill someone in the upcoming season‚ speculations are that someone new might be arriving as well. According to
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