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    until Old Major brought it up. 3. Because of his concern that he will die with out passing a message. 4. How their life was a misery‚ Metaphoric “keep the breath in our bodies” “Work to the last atom of our strengths.” 5. The rhetorical questions were asked to make them think about what they give and receive. “How many gallons of milk have you given during this last year? … Every drop of it has gone down the throats of our enemies.” 6. They were actually happy and satisfied because they

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    In the book In Cold Blood‚ Perry Smith is the most complex and interesting character. What makes him interesting is that Capotes is able to portray Perry in such a way that the reader feels for Perry‚ he may have been a murderer but he still gains a lot of sympathy throughout the book. Capote shows the reader how complex Perry is‚ Perry is a person who was able to commit murder but is unable to confine in people and trust them. Another part of Perry’s complex personality is that even while murdering

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    ryan hegarty In Cold Blood. Question 2 “Nature vs Nurture” Truman Capote’s acclaimed “non-fiction” novel‚ In Cold Blood explores the concept as to whether killers are born or made‚ following the brutal murders of the Clutter family in rural Kansas. Capote develops Perry Smith’s horrid‚ unfortunate upbringing as a key narrative device which serves to illustrate the effect of childhood experiences on adult behaviour. Capote manipulates the reader’s idea of morality‚ controversially portraying Perry

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    Analysis of Orthostatic Vital Signs The purpose of this assignment was to measure‚ document and analyse six recordings of orthostatic blood pressure‚ orthostatic pulse and respiratory rate on my lab partner. Orthostatic Hypotension is a condition when there is a drop in systolic pressure of more than 20 mm Hg‚ or orthostatic pulse increases of 20 bpm or more which occurs due to a quick change to a standing position (Jarvis‚ pp. 163). Six recordings were taken over a certain period of time to better

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    This is a question asked when reading In Cold Blood‚ a true crime novel about the murder of the Clutter family written by Truman Capote. In Cold Blood was published in late September of 1965. This book closely follows the finding and capturing of the criminals‚ the detectives on their journey to catch the killers and the background into the killers lives. A person’s personality is not solely decided by their nature or the nurture they receive. This is demonstrated in In Cold Blood because Dick’s

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    Chapter 4 – Linear Motion Reading Assignment Section 4.1 –Motion Is Relative 1. How can you describe motion? 2. Describe motion in terms of space shuttle? What is it relative to? A race car? 3. How can you be both at rest and also moving about 107‚000 km/h at the same time? 4. When you describe the speed of anything what are you actually describing? 5. How can you tell that an object is moving? 6. You cover 10 meters in 1 second. Is your speed the same if you cover 20 meters in 2 seconds? Section

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    counteract the bad one and evens out their life’s “score”. Truman Capote and Oscar Wilde demonstrate that the characters in their books do not achieve redemption because they do not take the necessary actions to be redeemed. In Capote’s In Cold Blood‚ Dick Hickock and Perry Smith committed a quadruple homicide in Holcomb Kansas; they have been caught and now are sitting in death row awaiting their final day. Now Dick and Perry could not perform a good deed to cancel out their bad one because

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    According to the narrative of Frederick Douglass‚ during the 19th Century‚ the conditions slaves experienced were not only cruel‚ but inhumane. It is a common perception that “cruelty” refers to the physical violence and torture that slaves endure. However‚ in this passage‚ Douglass conveys the degrading treatment towards young slaves in the plantation‚ as if they were domesticated animals. The slaves were deprived of freedom and basic human rights. They were not only denied of racial equality‚

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    19th century „Ligeia”‚ written by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story‚ that encompasses the fate of the unnamed narrator and his wife. Throughot the tale appear numerous descriptions of the characters as well as the narrator’s feelings and inner thoughts. His insights and memories revolve mostly around the figure of Ligeia and how much she influenced his life. The second paragraph of the story focuses on the detailed depiction of the wife’s appearance and thus gives a reader much of the insight into

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    A Close Reading Essay of the Poem: “Mail Call” By Randall Jarrell In Randall Jarrell’s poem; “Hope”‚ the poem reads‚ “The spirit killeth‚ but the letter giveth life” (1). A letter maybe only words and thoughts on a piece of paper to some but to others: like the soldiers in “Mail Call‚ a letter is a sense of hope but only if the letter contains something good. In the poem‚ “Hope”‚ Randall Jarrell tells how one goes about living their life day by day‚ never changing. He refers to week as a hand

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