Pangaea‚ Pangæa‚ or Pangea (pron.: /pænˈdʒiːə/ pan-JEE-ə;[1]) was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras‚ forming about 300 million years ago.[2] It began to break apart around 200 million years ago.[3] The single global ocean which surrounded Pangaea is accordingly named Panthalassa. The name Pangaea is derived from Ancient Greek pan (πᾶν) meaning "entire"‚ and Gaia (Γαῖα) meaning "Earth". The name was coined during a 1927 symposium discussing Alfred Wegener’s
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stories “Popular Mechanics” and “Lamb to the slaughter” a central theme that went around both stories is the topic of marital quarrels and what can result if violence is resulted too. Both stories are very similar in central idea and start to finish. In the story Popular mechanics a husband was leaving his wife and are arguing over the custody of the baby‚ but this event ends in a tragic mistake that gives the reader and the family a shock. In Lamb to the slaughter the husband Patrick Maloney came
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This is about two stories that are called “Popular Mechanics” by Raymond Carver and “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahi. These stories aren’t just ordinary stories that we read everyday no these two stories have a big twisted into it. Instead of having a happily ever after you get a shocking and horrifying ending. What connects these two stories is that their both short stories and the author in both stories want the readers to guess what happens in the story. For “Popular Mechanics” is by Raymond
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Lamb to the Slaughter "And he told her. It didn’t take long‚ four or five minutes at most‚ and she sat very still through it all‚ watching him with a kind of dazed horror as he went further and further away from her with each word." (PG. 2) After his long day at work‚ Mr. Maloney tells her six month pregnant wife‚ Mary‚ he wants to leave her. The conflict of Lamb to the Slaughter is Mary Maloney’s husband is going to leave her. Mary is six months pregnant and she doesn’t know how to react to
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by then Governor-General Henry L. Stimson by means of a merger of four telephone companies under common US ownership. Known as Act 3436‚ the bill granted PLDT a 50-year charter and the right to establish a Philippine telephone network linking major points nationwide. However‚ PLDT had to meet a 40-day deadline to start implementing the network‚ which would be implemented over a period of one to four years. By the 1930s PLDT had an expansive fixed-line network and for the first time linked the Philippines
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character of whom experiences change is a dynamic character. For this it is very reasonable to believe that Mary Maloney is dynamic because of the many clues this story portrays for readers to examine and conclude. One thing that really points out the dynamic characteristics to me was how much she loved her husband in the beginning but ended up killing him. Mary began in the story by being very kind to her husband serving him to his every demand. But when her husband talks to her about
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Roald Dahl used several interesting craft moves in his story “Lamb To The Slaughter.” One craft move was descriptive sentences. Another was long and short sentences. Finally‚ Roald Dahl utilized tone to develop his theme that you shouldn’t act on strong feelings or something could go wrong fast. Roald Dahl made good use of descriptive sentences. One example of this is when he stated “...she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his
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Language and Gender in ‘Lamb to Slaughter’ – Roald Dahl There is a variety of how men and women use language‚ which could range from their use of body language‚ tone‚ personality‚ and human relationships‚ emotions. Roald Dahl portrays this in the novel‚ Lamb to the Slaughter in which the relationship between men and women can be complicated and this is described between a husband and wife. In Lamb to slaughter‚ the writer has intended to portray a tensional situation between Mrs. And Mr. Maloney
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All people feel emotion throughout their lifetime‚ but most don’t go through too many too fast. “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl follows a housewife‚ Mary Maloney‚ whose husband announces he wants a divorce. The wife kills her husband while in a shocked state and to protect her unborn child‚ she covers up the murder with quick thinking. Mrs. Maloney ultimately gets away with the crime with no suspicion cast her way. Mary Maloney and her husband Patrick Maloney both expressed some form of emotion
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