Title: Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them Apollo Casco College of DuPage Abstract This paper is a review of the book “Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them”. Discussing about the causative agents of each plague and how we increased the severity of each; Mad Cow Disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy)‚ Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS)‚ Salmonella‚ Lyme Disease‚ Hantavirus‚ and West Nile Virus. Millions of people have died
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The American Plague The American Plague was written by Molly C. Crosby‚ who is as much as a researcher as she is an author. In 1648‚ a slave ship returning from Africa carried a few mosquitoes infected with a deadly virus know as yellow fever. The ship landed in the New World and thrived in the hot wet climate and on the white settlers. The New World has never come in contact with yellow fever and as a result no immunities have been built up. The virus obtained its name from the way it turns the
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develops an identity for individuals and communities as well as contributes to the formation of morality and worldview. Authors such as Albert Camus‚ Rudolfo Anaya‚ and Fyodor Dostoyevsky all explore the human condition through their literature. In The Plague by Camus‚ the unfathomable sorrow the community of Oran experiences proves the durability of the human mind after extreme circumstances. Religion is also a major attribute to how people cope with pain in emotional and psychological states of distress
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In the opinion piece ‘Pigeon plague in our cities’ Jo Bonella from the city newspaper argues that pigeons are over populating in Melbourne and are posing a health concern to residents and to themselves. In a blaming tone- she blames humans for feeding the pigeons too much. The author tries to persuade the readers using a series of techniques. The writer asserts that there is an over population of pigeons both in Perth and Melbourne. She uses figures that “there are over 60 000 pigeons in the
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Evan Moore If I Should Die Before I Wake 11/16/20 My story If I Should Die Before I Wake is about a sixteen year old girl named Hilary‚ she is an angry girl. Hilary is angry because her mother didn’t take care of her when she was a kid. Hilary also is angry because she blames the Jewish Boss for being cheap and not buying right materials for the building her father was killed in because of it collapsing. I have never felt as angry as Hilary before‚ but I do get upset sometimes when my family
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something of it in your own make-up. Abstraction sometimes proves itself stronger than happiness; and then if only then‚ it has to be taken into account (89). However‚ where some saw abstraction others saw the truth. Rambert’s perspective on the plague is that‚ the plague is everyone else’s problem but his own. Rambert left his wife in Paris and the moment that they were put into quarantine he had sent her a wire (82). Rambert was under the impression that things in the town were quite temporary and that
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technological advancement are two reasons why humanity has come so far from its origins. However‚ could one of mankind’s breakthroughs lead to its downfall? Sickness has its place in history as one of the most prolific killers of people. The Black Plague in the Middle Ages wiped out significant human populations. In the present‚ research in medicine has brought forth antibiotics – a way of stopping harmful bacteria from infecting a person. Growing concern is centered on the fear that the overuse of
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through a speech I gave in school. I once was given the task of choosing a history topic and giving a speech to the whole class. In the speech‚ I used information I found from books‚ the internet‚ and news articles to teach the class about The Black Plague in great detail. I even created a Prezi presentation to use as a visual aid to help clarify points in my speech. At the end‚ I was given the chance to talk one-on-one with my teacher for their feedback on how I did and receive my grade. Though I was
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When they were inside the plane should have the Stephen and Dad done what they have done or should they have done something else? (pg. 28-29) Personally I believe that they should have done something else. In the story they let free the slaves. Not only that‚ they also took the car keys from the slavers and gave it to them and used 3 rifle shots to make the slavers not shot them. Stephen and Dad could have killed the slavers and taken all their stuff. Considering the slavers have a car‚ slaves
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Sophocles begins the drama of Oedipus the King by having the people of Thebes report on the plague that has stricken the land’s crops and women. They called upon their ruler Oedipus‚ who once defeated the Sphinx who tormented their land‚ to aid them once more. Oedipus acknowledged his citizens suffering and waited for the return of his brother–in-law‚ Creon‚ who after traveling to the Oracle of Apollo informed Oedipus that to rescue Thebes‚ they must punish the killers of the previous king‚ Laius
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