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    alone 5‚000 Durga pooja idols are made‚ most of them using harmful paints. Heavy metals like lead and chrome are not easily assimilated in an aquatic environment and can lead to the massive hurt of flora and fauna of the river‚ pond‚ lake and coastal areas. As the same river‚ pond and lake water is used for bathing and drinking purpose high levels of lead can

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    The Barn Burning discussion changed a lot about what I thought about the story especially on the motives of the father. I think this was mostly because I didn’t fully understand the story when I read it for the first time. So in hearing the discussion‚ I can really see the connection between the class system and the bitterness the father felt for his lot in life that I changed how I felt about his motives. I still think there may be an element of guilt to it but it’s all wrapped up in a kind of PTSD

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    A Symbolism Analysis of "Barn Burning" In William Faulkner’s 1939 short story "Barn Burning‚" a young boy‚ Colonel Sartoris Snopes (Sarty)‚ is faced with and forced to endure the abusive and destructive tendencies of his father‚ Abner Snopes. As the story unfolds‚ several examples can be found to illustrate Faulkner’s use of symbolism to allow the reader to sense the disgust for Abner Snopes‚ the significance in the lack of color usage throughout the story‚ and finally‚ Sarty’s journey. In the

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    The first recording of The Wichita Indians dated back all the way to the 1500s by a spanish explorer named‚ Francis Vazquez de Coronado. Coronado explored the American Southwest in the early 1500s in search for riches. The Wichita tribe’s origin was discovered specifically in 1541 near the area of the Arkansas River which is now considered the south-central Kansas. The ancestors of the Wichita however lived in the eastern Great Plains from the Red River north to Nebraska for at least two thousand

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    bother about it. But‚ what about their descendants and the other beings?           The oxygen level in the air goes down‚ but the carbon dioxide level is rising. It is a result of too much logging. The smoke exhausted by vehicles‚ factories‚ and open burning cause the air pollution. The chlorofluorocarbon released by air conditioners and refrigerators; and the nuclear weapons used during wars cause the ozone depletion. More ultraviolet rays from the sun can pass through the ozone layer. These cause the

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    Kurtis Mendonca Anthropology 4 Ethnography Research 10/10/2014 Iroquois Indians The book I used for some of my ethnographic research was the League of the Iroquois by Lewis H. Morgan. The Iroquois were people of the longhouse. Longhouses are long and narrow bark covered homes‚ which contained one large extended family. Within the Iroquois tribe there were five sub clans that made up the Iroquois League which were the Cayuga‚ Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ and Seneca. These sub clans made up the

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    Literary Analysis of Barn Burning Child abuse has been a common occurrence throughout the times of this world. In the story Barn Burning that was written by the author William Faulkner‚ a story is told of a boy named Colonel Sartoris Snopes who lives with his family. His father is a man who has seen the brutality of war and has a very cold heart. His name is Abner Snopes. His heart is so cold that it is almost as if he is not even human. William Faulkner in the story uses words comparing Abner

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    Jane Hiles 'Barn Burning'

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    Barn Burning "You’re getting to be a man. You got to learn. You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain’t going to have any blood to stick to you." This quote from William Faulkner’s "Barn Burning" does reveal a central issue in the story‚ as Jane Hiles suggests in her interpretation. The story is about blood ties‚ but more specifically‚ how these ties affect Sarty (the central character of the story). The story examines the internal conflict and dilemma that Sarty

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    Mississippi Burning Movie Response The main theme centered on the movie‚ “Mississippi Burning‚” has much to do racism. The movie was about two FBI agents looking for two white men and one black man who were civil rights workers. It just so happens that they were stopped by several police officers‚ and other members of the town‚ and were murdered due to the fact that they supported racial equality. Most members of the town try to cover it up and make it seem like the three had simply left town

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    visual text Mississippi Burning these powerful words are reflected in the opening sequence. The opening sequence is made up of three key scenes‚ the drinking fountain scene‚ the burning church scene and the chase scene. These three scenes are effective because it establishes the central theme of the film. The director‚ Alan Parker‚ uses visual and verbal techniques such as symbolism‚ lighting and music to portray the idea of man’s inhumanity to man. Mississippi Burning is set in Mississippi in

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