In Chapter 1‚ the narrator introduces himself as Nick Carraway and talks about himself and his father. He describes himself as tolerant but fails to realizes his views are very biased and speaks with pity to those who “haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had‚” as his father says. Nick comes from a well-known Mid-Western family‚ and graduated from Yale (as his ancestors have) in 1915. After fighting in World War I‚ he comes home restless and decides to learn the bond business. His father finances
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Awareness comes across the population of humanity in many insightful fashions. This of other desirable traits has one of the greatest impacts on your life‚ whether you are aware of it or not. Throughout the readings of This is Water and The Three Questions‚ it was appointed that awareness is a quality of life that is acquired with time. I believe that having this trait has a world of difference if you find a way to merge it into your life; the result could end up being the difference between life
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WATER PROCUREMENT Water is one of your most urgent needs in a survival situation. You can‘t live long without it‚ especially in hot areas where you lose water rapidly through perspiration. Even in cold areas‚ you need a minimum of 2 liters of water each day to maintain efficiency. More than three-fourths of your body is composed of fluids. Your body loses fluid as a result of heat‚ cold‚ stress‚ and exertion. To function effectively‚ you must replace the fluid your body loses. So‚ one of your first
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Caitlin 01/09/12 Writing 2 Response for Chapters 1&2 In The Sixties‚ by Terry Anderson‚ the reader becomes immersed into another era. Having read the first two chapters‚ it reflects on the increasing tensions of the time period due to McCarthyism and an awakening of individuality. Most people when asked about the 60’s talk about hippies‚ riots and drugs during this tumultuous time period. Though that was one element of the decade‚ there was an abundant amount of hate‚ paranoia and conflict
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“thin-slicing” performs in our lives in various ways. I chose to read Chapter One: The Theory of Thin Slices: How A Little Bit of Knowledge Goes a Long Way. This chapter illustrated how human’s unconscious makes accurate estimation in few seconds. Gladwell observed a married couple to examine their marriage life. The topic that was given to a couple was something that is very common so people could talk about in daily lives. The
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1) In "The Modernity of Coloniality: The Underdevelopment of Development‚" Garcia A argues that the concept of development‚ as promoted by Western powers‚ is rooted in the colonial legacy of exploitation and underdevelopment. According to Garcia A‚ development is not a neutral or universally applicable concept‚ but rather a tool used by colonial powers to maintain their dominance and extract resources from colonized regions. This thesis suggests that the development initiatives imposed by Western
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Chapter Review Human migration began in eastern Africa‚ where remains of the earliest types of human remains were found to originate. Gradual migration was caused by the need to find scarce food and slowly caused the spread of the human population across to the Americas and Australia. Agricultural societies first emerged in the middle east. Since population was increasing‚ it encouraged people to find a more reliable food source and since the ice age had come to an end‚ it brought the retreat
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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen The title is significant to this novel because it refers to an incident that influenced the main character‚ Jacob‚ to share his story. In the story‚ the circus is in town and an elderly Jacob is parked in his wheelchair at a dining table with Joseph McGuinty and a few women. The women are reminiscing about the circus and sharing stories when suddenly McGuinty claims that he used to carry water for the elephants. Jacob‚ being a retired circus veterinarian‚ knows
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history. I felt the story that was told was very intriguing but it did get confusing at times. There were parts in the book where he would discuss an important person like Adriaen Van der Donck for example in one chapter then he would jump to a new person in the next chapter and then Van der Donck would be mentioned again two chapters later. This was hard to follow because he would jump from person to person and mention many dates that it was hard to keep up with what he was saying. However‚ regarding
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Devil In A Blue Dress: Chapters 1-14 In the first fourteen chapters of “Devil In A Blue Dress” by Walter Mosley‚ Mosley introduces a character named Ezekiel Rawlins‚ or Easy. Easy is a home owner and takes great pride that he is one‚ but he is fired from his job at Champion because Easy did not want to work an extra hour. Since he has no job he does not know how he will pay his mortgage. Joppy‚ a friend of Easy‚ knows of Easy’s situation and arranges a job for him with a man named DeWitt Albright
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