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    This is because the benzene ring can be drawn both ways. On the left‚ the benzene ring is shown as a hexagon that has three double bonds‚ and on the right‚ the benzene ring is shown also as a hexagon‚ but with a circle inside. Two ways to Draw the Chemical Structure of

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    Ganges River Omo Tribe Ganges River In Hindu culture‚ there are many famous rivers that we hold dear because of their spiritual significance. Ganga is one of them. Let’s take a closer look at where this great river starts from. It all begins at the Gangotri Glacier‚ a huge area of ice (five by fifteen miles)‚ at the foothills of the Himalayas (13‚000 ft) in northern Uttar Pradesh. This glacier is the source of the river Bhagirathi‚ which joins with the river Alaknanda to form the might river Ganga

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    Response to “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt”: Advertising and Violence It is without a doubt that advertisement surrounds one’s life on a daily basis. According to Consumer Reports Website‚ the average American is exposed to 247 commercial messages each day. In the article “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” the author Jean Kilbourne strongly believes that advertising is one of the culprits behind the objectification and violence against women. Kilbourne points out that ads depict men and especially

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    Seeing Through Blind Eyes: In a critical essay written by Diane Andrews Henningfeld‚ Henningfeld says that the short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver first appeared in The Atlantic Monthly before Carver made it the title of his collection that bears the same name. The story has become one of the most frequently taught short stories of Carver’s body of work (Henningfeld). In the story‚ the closed-minded narrator meets his wife’s good friend‚ Robert‚ who happens to be blind. As the story progresses

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    fashion trends‚ and exciting models of car were all over the streets. Life couldn’t get any better. However‚ when World War I started and ended‚ people wondered how something so horrid could happen‚ after all the good. In Earnest Hemingway’s Big Two Hearted River‚ the protagonist‚ Nick goes fishing to relax himself after the war. People’s lives are broken by war‚ and when it is over‚ must carry on. Human life is interrupted for the chance to win a war. As World War I began‚ the United States had a smaller

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    In article “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt: Advertising and Violence‚” Jean Kibourne argues that advertising encourages sexual and physical violence towards women. One example from her article that supported main argument well is the advertising about jeans. Jean discusses‚ “The ad that ran in the Czech version of Elle portraying three men attacking a woman seems unambiguous‚ the terrifying image is being used to sell jeans to women” (583). It a strong use of evidence for advertising encourages sexual

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    bell hooks: “Seeing and Making Culture” Summary In the essay “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor”‚ hooks proposes a different perspective on issues regarding people of higher class compared to those of lower class. In doing so‚ she clarifies and illustrates assumptions made about the poor‚ how they are viewed in popular culture‚ and in the media. To further validate her points‚ she utilizes ideas that stem from her own personal experiences with poverty‚ as well as examples from pop

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    author‚ Thomas Hardy‚ took the time to express his emotions in his poem. Many poetic devices including imagery‚ irony‚ personification‚ and metaphors were used to convey Hardy’s mockery and remorse on the event. In his poem‚ “The Convergence of the Twain‚” the narrator reflects on the unimaginable event that brought down one of the era’s mightiest and prestigious ships. In the first stanza‚ the writer describes the titanic as a symbol of socialization and freedom and is now “in a solitude of the sea

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    Conflict of two cultures in Kate Grenville´s The Secret River The aim of this essay is to analyze the conflict emerging after the arrival of British convicts to Australia‚ which is portrayed accurately in Kate Grenville´s The Secret River. “It explores the collision of cultures that occurred between these groups‚ raising questions of identity and belonging‚ and writing the violence back into the story of early frontier contact.” (Crawford 236) In this novel the idea of a conflict is

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    The Ganga‚ especially‚ is the river of India‚ beloved of her people‚ round which are intertwined her memories‚ her hopes and fears‚ her songs of triumph‚ her victories and her defeats. She has been a symbol of India’s age-long culture and civilization‚ ever changing‚ ever flowing‚ and yet ever the same Ganga." - Jawaharlal Nehru‚ First Prime Minister of India‚ born in Allahabad on the Ganges Ganges (Hindi Ganga)‚ major river of the Indian subcontinent‚ formed in the southern ranges of the Himalaya

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