Text A is a story called “Everyday Use”‚ written by Alicia Walker‚ where she examines the theme of heritage‚ through three main characters‚ which are a mother and her two daughters‚ Dee and Maggie. The author achieves this by contrasting each character’s interpretation of heritage and culture. Text B is an extract of the last scene from a movie that adopts the story of “Everyday Use”. Both Text A and B share the same theme and storyline‚ but deliver it in different ways. Text A and B are similar
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politics‚ resides on three islands where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean (Hawkinson‚ 2014). Access to this major shipping port offers New York City many economic opportunities‚ but expansion is putting the city at risk for disaster. Hurricane Sandy struck New York City with record-breaking force on October of 2012‚ claiming many lives and causing billions of dollars in damage. According to National Geographic (2012)‚ the super storm killed over one hundred people in Haiti and the Caribbean
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converge on the Northeast to restore electricity.” (The Atlantic; In Focus with Alan Taylor.) Many people may be asking‚ what is this horrible thing that happened to the East coast? But unfortunately thousands of people are living this tragedy today. Hurricane Sandy struck on October 29‚ 2012 and destroyed most of the North East Shoreline‚ especially New Jersey. We need help from everyone‚ especially you‚ to rebuild the Jersey shore where millions of memories are lost. Living in a place my whole life
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communities that are less fortunate especially after Hurricane Sandy. I felt that as a citizen who live in the downtown region and have been impacted by Hurricane Sandy‚ it is an important duty for me to lend a hand to my neighborhood. For a while now I have been helping my neighborhood which is located in the Lower East Side by fixing up the park down in the East River Park. The East River Park‚ not only have been hit really hard by Hurricane Sandy but it is also a park that is less funded by the
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"My house has been destroyed multiple times‚" is the quotes of people who have been affected by tornadoes and hurricanes each year. At up to 150 m.p.h. (Source 4)‚ hurricanes are deadly‚ and definitely with tornadoes who sweep in at a whopping 300 m.p.h. (Source 3)! These storms are life-threatening! Their characteristics‚ cost and damage‚ and their formation have a lot to do with their danger that can approach on you when you least expect it to. If you live in a mid-western state‚ you may be in
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Running head: Hurricane Katrina: The Economic Impact of Natural Disasters Hurricane Katrina: The Economic Impact of Natural Disasters Timothy T. Boyd Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract Major natural disasters can do and have severe negative short-run economic impacts. Disasters also appear to have adverse longer-term consequences for economic growth‚ development‚ and poverty reductions. Natural disasters cause significant budgetary pressures‚ with both narrowly fiscal
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The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 still stands as the most devastating natural disaster in the history of the United States‚ with casualties reaching at least six thousand. Many houses and buildings did not stand a chance against the high velocity winds that the storm put out‚ and the huge waves caused massive damage‚ nearly submerging the entire island. To prevent such devastation again‚ Galveston had two engineering marvels put in place‚ the seawall and the grade raising of the island. This
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deadliest and most intense hurricanes was Hurricane Mitch. According to the article "Monstrous Mitch" by Mace Bentley and Steve Horstmeyer‚ and Graphs A and B‚ show the conditions and effects that made this hurricane one of the greatest natural disasters of the 20th century. Certain conditions such as pressure and wind speed made this hurricane intense. At first‚ warm ocean water was around 86 degrees fahrenheit‚ which was most important for making this hurricane disastrous. As the warm water
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“Hurricane Katrina was the 3rd strongest and largest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the US” (dosomething.org)‚ with storm surges up top 20ft and wind speeds up to 175 miles per hour the final death toll was 1‚577 in Louisiana and another 238 in Mississippi for a total of 1‚836 deaths. Hurricane Karina reached up to a Category 5 hurricane‚ hurricane levees set up in New Orleans were only made for a Category 3. At one
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occurred after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Even though New Orleans had been struck by Hurricane Katrina‚ the damage and fatalities were adding up. Although there were levees in place along the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal‚ flood waters still managed to rise above the levees and poor into New Orleans. Even though New Orleans had levees and other flood protection mechanics‚ there was no way for sure to predict and determine the severity of Hurricane Katrina. What is most striking about Hurricane Katrina
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