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    AP World History-Theme Analysis Chart Theme 1: Interaction between humans and the environment. | * Like religious faiths‚ infections and contagious diseases also spread along the trade routes of the classical world. * The most disruptive of these diseases were probably smallpox and measles‚ and epidemics of bubonic plague may also have erupted. * During the second century C.E. epidemics reduced roman population by about one-quarter‚ to forty-five million. | Theme 2: Development and

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    PI and ID Flowchart and Narrative The following information provides two flow charts and then a comparison of the information. These charts are performance improvement flow and the ADDIE model. Image 1 - Performance Improvement flow Image 2 – ADDIE model After reviewing both flows you can see that there are strong similarities. Both models require that analysis be completed first‚ this is important as the gap‚ need‚ or desire outcome must be determined. Using past data can show areas

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    racial segregation. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd presents various messages of prejudice in the characters everyday lives. African Americans were denied many rights and were treated with great disrespect even after the Civil Rights Act was established. Also‚ African Americans were downgraded by society. In addition‚ it was very looked down upon to be in any sort of relationship with a Negro if one was white. To begin‚ one instance of prejudice in The Secret Life of Bees was when Lily is

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    the psychology of humankind cannot be constituted as a person.” Personhood is made up of key elements including perception of human nature and conscious knowledge of one’s own character‚ feelings‚ motives‚ and desires. Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks raises the question of what Personhood is but leaves the answer up to the audience‚ for there is no precise explanation to define the quality of being an individual person. However‚ several different opinions on what constitutes

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    Throughout life journeys and long lessons many people can learn to appreciate the things that matter most. The devastating tragedy of losing a mother at such a young age can affect a person’s life drastically. It can have an impact on the way someone responds with others‚ thinks‚ and handles it emotionally. In the novel The Secret Life of Bees Lily loses her mother at a very young age. Without any motherly figures she finds comfort‚ faith‚ and support in the Black Mary and the Boatwright sisters

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    Common Theme The theme of a hero’s journey is seen through many of our readings‚ especially in The Odyssey and Maus. Odysseus is seen as a strong figure throughout the entire epic poem through many circumstances. One such circumstance is when Odysseus confronts the Cyclops. “But even from there my courage‚ my presence of mind and tactics saved us all” (277). This particular event portrays one of the most difficult trials that Odysseus goes through because he must escape the cave‚ but is unable

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    collodion process couldn’t of achieved . The staged image depicts a young girl dying of tuberculosis and her mourning family; her fiancé‚ mother‚ and sister surrounding her. This quickly became a debatable piece of photography‚ and some felt the theme and subject of death and grief ‚was not suitable for photography. People at the time were use to the idea of photographs as a recorded proof of incidents that took place during a certain time in reality‚ so to a lot of viewers‚ the staged “Fading

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    Throughout the Life of Pi‚ Martel consistently argues for the existence of God. Pi Patel demonstrates his love and belief in God through interest in religion‚ prayer‚ and his epic survival. Pi Patel was raised Hindu‚ but as his interest in religion grew‚ his mind opened to the thought of adding beliefs into his life. “I was fourteen years old – and a well-content Hindu on a holiday – when I met Jesus Christ.” P.50. After a year of embracing Christianity‚ Pi’s passion continued to seek new

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    clear that Richard Parker was simply a mirage. A way for Pi to feel powerful or to do something he would never have expected to do as a young boy. Nevertheless‚ Richard Parker was a real animal at the Pondicherry zoo‚ but like everything else on the Tsimtsum‚ he drowned at sea. Even if there was a tiger on the boat‚ it has impulses when under pressure. Richard Parker could have attacked Pi at any moment‚ yet Pi lived on the boat unharmed. Pi could’ve chosen any animal to stay on the boat with him

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    Pi has always been a firm believer in Hinduism. As the devoted believer he is‚ Pi has only been involved in that one specific religion as he says‚ “I owe to Hinduism the original landscape of my religious imagination‚ those towns and rivers‚ battlefields and forests...” (Martel 50). He describes his feeling “at home” when in a Hindu temple‚ and enjoys the unique parts about this religion‚ whether it is sculptured cones of red kumkum powder or baskets of yellow turmeric nuggets (Martel 47).  When

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