runs 161 m south‚ so that the magnitude of the ostrich’s resultant displacement is 226 m. Calculate the magnitude of the ostrich’s eastward component and its running speed to the east. 1. Kangaroos can easily jump as far as 8.0 m. If a kangaroo makes five such jumps westward‚ how many jumps must it make northward to have a northwest displacement with magnitude of 68 m? What is the angle of the resultant displacement with respect to north? 2. In 1926‚ Gertrude Ederle of the
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The author begins by discusses the effect of Europe on the Congo and people of it. It elaborates in different ways that Europe worked to exploit the resources and work to cover it up. For example‚ when King Leopard overtook the Congo‚ he claimed that his reasons were strictly philanthropic and that he wanted to extend civilization. However‚ he along with other travelers and companies‚ created systems that only allowed select few to benefit from trading while taking advantage of the natives of the
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A Place I Will Hold Forever In My Heart There is one place that I always enjoy going to. In rain or shine‚ on a weekend or weekday it did not matter to me. This is a place where I grew up ever since I was born‚ or actually I should say it also was my first home. This is a place where all my family would get together for all different types of events like holidays‚ birthdays‚ and just any excuse for the family to get together. That place is my grandparents old home‚ but that place is gone now. The
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formation‚ displacement‚ and sublimation. Listed are the defense mechanisms used by the ego to avoid recognizing ideas that cause anxiety‚ and can be considered‚ negative coping strategies for stress. J.K. Rowling stated‚ “According to Madam Pomfrey‚ thoughts could leave deeper scars than almost anything else.” Sigmund Freud would support this statement‚ dissecting the true impact thoughts can leave on a person using his found defense mechanisms. One Freudian defense mechanism‚ known as displacement‚ is
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Often an author uses a character to represent the ideals of a society through their work of literature. However‚ in both Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ the authors also use their characters to represent the corruption within the ideals of both colonialism and Victorian hedonism. In Heart of Darkness‚ Kurtz is the ideal colonialist; he gives the impression of maintaining honorable intensions while also being "of value" to the Belgian trading company
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1. Write an essay (with an informative title) in response to the following question: In Wole Soyinka’s The Swamp Dwellers‚ what does Igwezu learn about place and displacement given his experience of life in the swamp and in the city? The play‚ “The Swamp Dwellers”‚ which was written by Wole Soyinka‚ explained the life of an African American man who was caught between two opposing cultures. Iqwezu grew up in a culture that went about doing things in a certain way. The people who took on this culture
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Welcome to the heart of darkness where dreams go to die... Marlow is fascinated by the wilderness and he always wanted to explore it. He always sensed a connection to it. In Joseph Conrad’s‚ Heart of Darkness‚ Marlow embarks on a journey where he is changed forever. The wilderness had a mind of its own‚ it did not care for anyone‚ once someone corrupted it‚ it fought back. It was alive. It is a character of the story in and of itself. In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ he demonstrates the power
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people to shape their perspectives of the world. In the novels Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad readers are able to see the postcolonial literature perspective in similar stories from different sides. This essay will analyze speech in Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart in order to prove how Achebe’s novel exposes the racism found in Heart of Darkness. Stories are important because they shape a person’s mind by influencing their lives. Stories arise
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Heart of Darkness "As we sat over our vermouths he glorified the Company’s business‚ and byandby I expressed casually my surprise at him not going out there. He became very cool and collected all at once. ‘I am not such a fool as I look‚ quoth Plato to his disciples‚’ he said sententiously‚ emptied his glass with great resolution‚ and we rose” (Conrad 11). In this quote‚ two main characters have a conversation about venturing into the heart of darkness. In his novel Heart of Darkness‚ author Joseph
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African Colonization through Literature: Things Fall Apart Vs. Heart of Darkness History is an extraordinary mix of truth and fiction. The dichotomy that is bred from different historic al perspectives opens the eyes of those who study history to the semi-fabricated nature of much of humanities past. For most of recorded history‚ events have been recorded and retold through the eyes of the victors. Only recently have people had the opportunity to view both sides of issues. The Western practice
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