nitric acid‚ and other pollutants. These acid pollutants reach high into the atmosphere‚ travel with the wind for hundreds of miles‚ and eventually return to the ground by way of rain‚ snow‚ or fog‚ and as invisible "dry" forms. Damage from acid rain has been widespread in eastern North America and throughout Europe‚ and in Japan‚ China‚ and Southeast Asia. Acid rain leaches nutrients from soils‚ slows the growth of trees‚ and makes lakes uninhabitable for fish and other wildlife. In cities‚ acid pollutants
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Elizabeth Estes LITR240-1202A-09 Phase 5 IP Final IP The Harper Lee novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” demonstrates many different types of discrimination and relates to the reader how easily people adapt to social discriminations. In the beginning of the story Atticus Finch has two children who are without their mother due to being deceased. A small boy by the name of Dill shows up and becomes friends with the two children. Immediately the youngest of the children‚ Scout Finch starts to ask questions
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integrity show compassion and empathy with many of the decisions they make‚ and they usually have a strong set of morals; they stand up for what they believe in even in the face of adversity. Atticus Finch‚ from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ is one such person. Harper Lee helps readers follow the journey of Atticus as he attempts to end the ignorance with which the citizens of Maycomb grew with. In this small town where nothing happens and everything stays the same‚ a single event causes the citizens
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poet. Jules Verne has been one of the most influential authors on the genre of science fiction‚ writing stories that depicted ideas that people from his time found abstract and unusual. In his novel‚ 20‚000 Leagues Under the Sea‚ Jules Verne tells the story of a Frenchman named M. Pierre Aronnax‚ a famous marine biologist that has written many world renown books about the creatures of the deep sea. The story takes place in 1866 and begins with Aronnax describing a discovery that has become the news
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Cheryl "Lynne" Harper was born to Leslie and Shirley Harper on August 31‚ 1946 in Moncton‚ New Brunswick. She had one older brother‚ Barry Harper‚ who lived in Ohio and a younger brother‚ Jeffrey. Her father was a school teacher before he joined the military in 1940. They relocated to the RCAF base at Clinton in July‚ 1957. Lynne spent her time going to Sunday School‚ Bible class and Girl Guides. On June 9‚ 1959‚ Lynne – then 12 years of age – disappeared near RCAF Station Clinton‚ an air force
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At the time‚ only a handful of schools have computer centers where students have access and Joy is able to have unlimited time. He is talented‚ yes‚ but he is also one of a very few people in the world who has the opportunity to put in 10‚000 hours of work on programming. Gladwell again diverts from Joy’s story to discuss this 10‚000 hour rule in another example. He looks at the Beatles‚ the remarkably successful British band of the 1960s that seem to come
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1‚000 White Women by Jim Fergus is a historical fiction novel about the Northern Cheyenne Indian request in the 1800s for 1‚000 white brides to bring peace between the two differing cultures. The request is secretly approved by the U.S. government to send women volunteers from unsatisfied lives. Their journey west is described by May Dodd‚ an educated‚ spirited‚ high-society woman released from an asylum where she was unjustly locked up by her family. As seen in 1‚000 White Women‚ adapting to a new
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In American society there are many things that we imagine and think are true as Americans‚ such as Bigfoot‚ the Loch Ness monster and other extraordinary things that it takes a lot of faith to believe in. In the book that I read 20‚000 Leagues under the Sea is another one of those phenomena depicted in American culture. Also something that people in America struggle with is getting to comfortable with people to fast and in this book that’s exactly what Professor Pierre Aronnax did in regard with
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Literature has been defined in our society since the beginning of time. It provides us with knowledge beyond our years and entertainment for all ages. American Literature lets us put into perspective the history behind many eras through poems‚ short stories‚ and novels. These works of literature acknowledges all the good and the bad that era represents. The Great Depression‚ for example‚ opened with a stock market crash on October 29‚ 1929‚ which troubled the U.S. economy. It was so impactful in
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contributed to their success. I believe if people have the desire and heart to put them in this much hard work they will be able to skillful at it. Athletes have proved this theory to be true. A soccer player named Sergi Robert‚ from Barcelona‚ Spain has been one of many athletes that can prove Gladwell’s theory to be accurate. Since he was little boy he would always be watching soccer games and every opportunity he had to play with the much older soccer players he took it. Gladwell’s emphasizes how
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