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    why nature? Humanity’s progress‚ particularly since the mid-19th century‚ has been largely the result of our ability to get and use what planet Earth has to offer. All told‚ the food we eat‚ the timber we cut‚ and the water we draw amounts to an astounding one-third to one-half of global ecosystem production. But humans are part of nature‚ and like every other species on the planet‚ we depend upon healthy ecosystems for our survival. Nature provides us essentials like clean water‚ food‚ medicines

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    The Broken Wings Kahlil Gibran The Broken Wings Table of Contents The Broken Wings..............................................................................................................................................1 Kahlil Gibran...........................................................................................................................................1 FOREWORD.......................................................................................................

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    Self-worth is one of the many things people strive for‚ to either feel like they have a place in their town. Santiago‚ the main character in “The Old Man and the Sea”‚ feels like he needs to prove that he has a place in this town by catching a fish. There are many ways to show one’s self-worth‚ either by action or by their own words. Some may even feel desperate to show what they can do mainly because they’re either lonely or wish for the respect they want. Respect is what everyone would like

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    The Connection between Man and Nature The poem‚ "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud‚" tells of a poet’s wanderings and his discovery of a field of daffodils by a lake. In the poem the speaker is able to escape reality through nature because it is his memory that is being written about. The reader can use the poem to escape reality through nature because of the imagery and figurative language Wordsworth uses. This poem also deals with the speakers state of mind as he wanders and discovers the field

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    Defeat is a decision. While people may not prosper in every battle they fight‚ their defeat is not necessarily inevitable. This is true for the protagonists in the parable The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and the boxing drama Rocky directed by John Avildsen. Although Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea lives in a fishing village near Havana‚ Cuba in the 1940s‚ he faces a conflict remarkably similar to that of Rocky Balboa‚ despite the fact that his story takes place in Philadelphia‚

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    “As Man progresses scientifically‚ he has also become more destructive.” Examine the statement with respect to events and happenings around you and giving sufficient examples wherever necessary. Man has‚ over the ages‚ been progressively moving towards a world and life of destruction. What most people fail to realise is that this destruction is not only the destruction of the world around us‚ but also a systematic destruction of the universe inside ourselves. Man has been destroying trees

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    “ A man can be sestroyed but not defeated.” (pg.103) The ultimate challenge of faith is____________________________. In the novel The Old Man in the Sea by Ernest Hemingway an old Cuban fisherman‚ courageously and willing to fight‚ sacrifces several days on the water with a fish he could not let go. Throughout the harsh journey of thirst‚ and starvation having the necessities in life is upheld by through the powerful act of faith. (something about ymbolism) The characters in the story prefigure

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    Lord of the Flies: The Nature of Man William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a gritty allegory of adolescence‚ innocence‚ and the unspoken side of human nature. Countless social issues are portrayed‚ however one of the most reoccurring is the nature of man. Throughout the novel there is an ever-present focus on the loss of innocence amongst the boys‚ shown by the deterioration of social skills and their retrogression into a barbaric form of society. Also portrayed is the juxtaposition of a cruel

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    The Relationship between Man and Nature People valued passenger pigeons and were a part of many aspects of human life and culture. Passenger pigeons populations were estimated at five billion individuals in North America during the 19th century. People ate their fatty meat‚ they used the feathers of passenger pigeons to stuff pillows and mattresses‚ people also hunted them for sport. In the end though‚ the last passenger pigeon in existence died at the Cincinnati Zoo in the spring of 1914. There

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    In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ the author tries to show the true nature of man by using the play ’s main character‚ Macbeth‚ as an example. He is overly ambitious‚ courageous‚ and self-doubting. Throughout the play‚ Shakespeare displays these characteristics to the audience through Macbeth to show the true nature of man. At the end of the play‚ these characteristics ultimately lead to Macbeth ’s downfall. In the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth is described as being "valiant".

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