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    This literature review for Chemistry is to help answer the question how does the amount of air pressure in a soccer ball affect how high it bounces when dropped. I think the ball will bounce higher when it has greater air pressure. We will explore atmospheric pressure‚ “which is the pressure exerted by the weight of the atmosphere”. www.kids.earth.nasa.gov And air pressure‚ “which is the force exerted on you by the weight of air molecules”. Other items in play will be gravitational force and

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    How Does The Giver Change

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    At the beginning of the book‚ The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas was just like everyone else‚ but in the end he ended up being very different. In this essay the author will explain how Jonas changed in the beginning‚ middle‚ and end of the book. In the beginning of the book Jonas thought Sameness was the only thing there was. (p.16) “ It was one of‚ the evening telling of feelings.” This is a tradition in Jonas’ community where the family share all their feelings at dinner time and it’s normal to them

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    How Does Holden Mature

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    adulthood. Even though Holden doesn’t want to grow up‚ he still develops maturity through three symbols: the museum‚ the idea of being "the catcher in the rye‚" and the carrousel and gold rings. The museum holds many fond memories for Holden that he does not want to let go of. He loves this museum because he feels that it never changes. Holden says that every time he goes into the museum‚ the Eskimo is in the same place and the women are still weaving baskets; it is always the same. Holden doesn’t

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    Pokhom's Greed

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    How Much Land Does a Man Require “How Much Land Does a Man Require?” by Leo Tolstoy is a story about greed. In the story‚ Pokhom‚ the main character stated that “Ah! If only I had enough land‚ not even the Devil could defy me.” The Devil used his greed against him and leads him to his own death. Pokhom deserved his fate because he succeeded off others failure‚ he disregarded the Devil’s warning and let his greed get the better of him when it mattered most. One of the reasons Pokhom deserved his ending

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    How does Fitzgerald tell the story in chapter 2? In chapter 2 Tom takes Nick to meet Myrtle‚ his lover‚ in the Valley of Ashes‚ where her home is. They all then go to New York‚ to the apartment bought by Tom for Myrtle‚ and Myrtle organises a ‘party’‚ during which she argues with Tom‚ which ends with him punching her. The purpose of this chapter is to show what Tom Buchanan is like‚ and how he acts towards other people and his money. Also‚ the reader is prepared to meet Gatsby as the party

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    Character Development drives Conflict All stories are about people‚ even when they’re about rabbits. And the stories that move us most‚ the ones that stick inside years later‚ are those inhabited by characters we can connect with and admire. And no characters resonate more than those who in the course of a story learned how to transcend their own flaws and weaknesses to do something great—this is known as a Character Arc. And by great I don’t mean saving the world‚ for often the quietest

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    FHow does Fitzgerald tell the story in chapter 3? Chapter three is written in 1st person narrative‚ meaning that you only get one viewpoint‚ the narrators‚ making is difficult to believe everything the narrator is telling you. Also‚ because it is written in a retrospective narrative‚ Nick could choose to give away or keep information for however long he wants‚ meaning he has full control over what information the reader gets. Just before the start of chapter 3‚ Nick has woken up after a very drunken

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    It was a beautiful day‚ the sun beaming bright. Her footsteps sounded off the walls of the alley. Uproar of cars and angry drivers in the distance.The pounding of footsteps against the pavement somehow carrying a hurried sort of nervousness‚ but she didn’t know why she was so disturbed. It was barely the afternoon. Her parents were on a trip‚ out of town‚ and won’t be back for another week‚ and she considered herself lucky. Still‚ something today was making her skin crawl. She got the chills and

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    right? Had Balinor been a noble lord‚ not just a Dragon Lord? The lands of Gedref‚ between Camelot and Nemeth‚ were where Anohora resided and guarded over the unicorns and the labyrinth that led out to the sea. He’d watched as Arthur had drank the poison along the shoreline in order to prove his worthiness after killing a unicorn. Even parts of the Valley of the Fallen Kings had been marked on some older maps as part of the lands. His mind reeled and began to wander. Just outside of Gedref was

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    How Does California Exist

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    graffiti‚ it has California pizza‚ sunshine‚ movie stars‚ Hollywood‚ wine and movie stars. However‚ how do we know‚ that that all exist? The answer is not very easy. Everyone of us knows something about California. Maybe he has heard of California on the radio‚ has watched films about it on TV or has read something in the newspaper. There are many ways of finding out something about California. But how do we know if this is true? Maybe the news is wrong‚ maybe the radio is telling us something to make

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