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    Essential Question: How was the character(s) affected by the oppression of apartheid? In Chapter The Gun‚ of Out of Bounds‚ the main character Esi is affected by the oppression of apartheid. One good example is “...the the white authorities had declared Mapoteng part of a “homeland” to which black people had been sent in their thousand when their homes were not wanted close to the towns and cities of whites”(100). This means that Esi and his family lived in homelands. Blacks were forced by whites

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    are just some of the riveting questions Jared Diamond attempts to answer in his book‚ GunsGerms‚ and Steel. This Pulitzer Prize winning document is different from the rest as it explores several worldly themes and factors to support his thesis‚ such as racism‚ conflict‚ technology‚ and political and social structures. Diamond’s book is a monumental historical text that delves deep into time to unravel the evolutionary mysteries of the modern world. In the prologue of his book‚ Diamond introduces

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    Ryan Maierle/Global 2H/GunsGerms and Steel What is “Yali’s question”? “Yali’s question” is “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?” (Diamond 14). By “cargo‚” Yali is referring to wealth and technology‚ which leads to power and dominance. Essentially‚ Yali wants to know why was there is such a disparity between the lifestyle of the average New Guinean versus the average European or American? In other

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    GunsGerms and Steel GunsGerms and Steel is a documentary based on Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the 13‚000 years journey of man kind’s evolution and societal development. Diamond’s book has been praised by many however‚ it also created controversy among scientists around the world. According to many scientist believe his theory of the geography and the environment being the main caused of shaping of the world as we know it today should be criticized. Diamond takes upon the

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    Review Katrina Yurkiw GunsGerms‚ and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond W. W. Norton and Company April 1st‚ 1999 480 Pages ISBN: 0393317552 GunsGerms‚ and Steel is a fascinating perspective taken by Professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA‚ Jared Diamond. Diamond’s purpose was to explain why Eurasian civilizations have had such immense success conquering people and land other than their own. Diamond’s aim is to answer Yali’s question: Why is that white people have

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    Reflection on GunsGerms‚ and Steel Jared Diamond: A Genius or a Nut Case? My Review of GunsGerms‚ and Steel It was the prehistory of the world that drew attention to Diamond’s brain that gave him the wonderful thought of writing this book about how our world is today‚ with the differences of culture‚ cargo‚ religions‚ skin color‚ etc. One simple question his friend Yali asked‚ “Why is it that you white people develop so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little

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    I first read Jared Diamond’s GunsGerms‚ and Steel in the Fall 2003 based on a recommendation from a friend. Many chapters of the book are truly fascinating‚ but I had criticisms of the book back then and hold even more now. Chief among these is the preponderance of analysis devoted to Papua New Guinea‚ as opposed to‚ say‚ an explanation of the greatly disparate levels of wealth and development among Eurasian nations. I will therefore attempt to confine this review on the "meat and potatoes"

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    GunsGerms‚ and Steel Essay GunsGerms‚ and Steel is an amazing book. When I first looked at it I told myself I would never be able to read it because it was so big‚ but I knew I had to. By the title I thought it was going to be about the Civil War. When I began reading Yali’s question I realized that it was about early civilizations and their advancements. When I started reading the book it was very boring and I didn’t know how I was going to finish it. As I got to around page 75 I began to

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    GunsGerms‚ and Steel Episode Three: Into the Tropics This episode was actually rather interesting. In general‚ it basically discussed how gunsgerms‚ and steel have affected and influenced the shaping of African societies as it is today. Diamond’s main quest is to answer the question: why did the world become so unequal? In the mid-1600s the Europeans first arrive at the southernmost tip of South Africa. The southernmost tip of Africa and Europe are almost identical in latitude‚ with

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    [pic] Guns Germs and Steel Humans have lived on this planet for thousands of years. Over the time‚ they learned‚ developed‚ acquired knowledge‚ and civilized in the process. Yet‚ this learning can’t be construed to be complete‚ leaving a lot to be learned. Along the way‚ human race has evolved by generating vast amounts of food‚ domestication of plant and animals‚ along with battles and illnesses. The primitive human who survived on hunting has reformed into modern human as we

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