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    Kikongo Language

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    Reader Response #2 – Question 1 In the Kikongo language‚ nommo means word‚ but it is also “the force that makes things live as what they are” (Kingsolver 209). Everything is present in this world‚ but once named‚ it gives them the life that they are named after. For example‚ a snake has the life it has because it is named snake‚ while a chicken is not a snake because that is not what it is named. This is why Adah and Leah live different lives despite being twins; they have different names. All

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    For over many years‚ woman has been the down fall to all humanity‚ the reason why‚ sin‚ hurt‚ pain‚ shamefulness‚ deceit and suffering are in the world. Temptation‚ lust‚ and vanity are the detriments supposedly beset by the first woman. Whether Eve or Pandora came first is irrelevant. They will be remembered as the ones responsible for ruining man and mankind forever so to speak. However‚ both stories should be explored to determine‚ in ways they can hold some similarity to each other‚ but in some

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    Beach Descriptive Writing

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    One hot‚ humid‚ August morning around seven a.m.‚ the smell of the lake water had already filled my nostrils. The temperature was already in the eighties and my lip had developed a fine sweat mustache. I knew it was going to be a hot day. We had arrived at the landing site fifteen minutes early; this allowed me time to get my gear organized and wonder the quiet landing site. As I stepped out of the truck‚ the door squeaked open. I gave it a heavy‚ handed push to close‚ as it was old and didn’t always

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    Female Goddess Figurines

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    figurines are designed without any feet‚ depicted as coming from the ground which quite possibly demonstrates the idea and beliefs of the mother earth concept. Many of these female figures were naked and big breasted with plentiful‚ robust buttocks and bellies. These artifacts exemplified the stature of the prehistoric female deity‚ which demonstrated strong prominent powers of the goddesses through the females ability to experience female menstruation and child birth‚ which was clearly unobtainable by

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    Puritans In The Crucible

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    has confessed his sins‚ then his wife could have been spared. This is where Proctor has to make an ethical decision‚ confess his sins to the court and the town‚ or keep the lie that is his reputation. Proctor states‚ “In the proper place- where my beasts are bedded. On the last night of my

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    Common Snakes in India

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    isinis^iiit qL666 .06C39 191^ «« :S^BII^ SNAKES THE COMMON SNAKES OF INDIA AND BURMA AND HOW TO RECOGNISE THEM BY "W. H. CAZALY‚ MAJOR‚ B.A.‚ M.B.‚ B.S.‚ d.p.h. I‚ M.S. ALLAHABAD THE PIONEER PRESS 1914 51. CONTENTS. Page Treface . . . . . . i — 1 ii CHAPTER The snake’s place in nature . I. . . . CHAPTER i)escription of the typical snake ‚ II. ‚ . 2 CHAPTER III. . ‚ Variations

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    The Volute Krater

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    A collection of vases were discovered in Berlin (a series of unknown ceramics were discovered in the archives of Berlin‚ dating back 490 BCE) - all found to all share similarities in craftsmanship and style; this collection was credited to the artist dubbed the Berlin Painter. Never inscribing his works‚ the Berlin Painter was noted to have a stylistic detail in painting a variety of shapes and sizes of vases. ‘The delicacy of execution‚ balanced proportions‚ scarcity of ornament‚ and air of ernest

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    nostrils. The ship that deemed this fate upon you sails into the distance. You wonder‚ how am I going to get out of this one? Suddenly‚ a large metal object plants itself beneath your feet. A porthole opens and men carry you inside the belly of the large iron beast floating nether you. What’s going to happen now? In Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea‚ this is exactly what main characters M. Aronmax‚ his servant Conseil‚ and Ned Land the harpooner‚ were thinking. After

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    ball turret‚ the gunner had little room to move and was very cramped. In this cramped space‚ the gunner faced extremely cold temperatures and had to squeeze into a fetal position: "From my mother’s sleep I feel into the State‚ / And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze" (1-2). These lines can be attributed to futility of life in that‚ in most cases‚ and especially in this poem‚ when the ball turret and gunner leaves the "womb" of the Air Force plane‚ by dropping out of the fuselage‚ he faces

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    Gulliver S Travels Essay

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    Essay 2    Gulliver’s  Travels  is  the  story  of  one   man’s  journey  to  hating  humankind.  It  poses  as  a  parody  of  traditional   travel  log  literature‚  while  simultaneously  representing  the  satire  of human  nature.  The  first  chapter  of  each  section  of  the  novel  begins  with  Gulliver  arriving  on  a  remote  land‚  the  victim  of  forces  out  of  his  control‚  where  he  discovers  a  variety  of  human­like  beings.  We  learn  much  about  Gulliver  as his own person

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