Why Mother Savage Why Mother Savage takes place in Virelogne during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. The narrator retells the story behind the ruins of a thatched cottage. At thirty-three years of age‚ Mother Savage’s son volunteered in the war (on the French side)‚ leaving his mother alone. Mother Savage lived alone in her cottage until the Prussians came one day. Since she was known to have money‚ she had to take four of them. They seemed to be good boys. Since they saw Mother Savage was an elder
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Savage Inequalities By Jonathan Kozol In 1964‚ the author‚ Jonathan Kozol‚ is a young man who works as a teacher. Like many others at the time‚ the grade school where he teaches is of inferior quality‚ segregated‚ understaffed‚ and in poor physical condition. Kozol loses his first job as a teacher because he introduces children to some African American poetry that subtly questions the conditions of blacks in America. Years later‚ after
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Before reading the book “Savage Inequalities” by Jonathan Kozol‚ I was highly unaware of how poor and neglected some schools are in America. I thought that every school in America had a great educational system and educators‚ but clearly I was mistaken. I knew that every school in America was not equal; there were obviously some schools that were better than others. However‚ upon reading “Savage Inequalities” I discovered that it was far worse than I actually knew. The book exposed me to racism/inequality
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In the medieval period the most powerful people in the Western Europe were the great nobles kings‚ lords and the lesser nobles. They were at the top of the feudal system.Nobles had control over the knights and peasants. Kings and queens found it difficult to rule without the help of the nobles for three main reasons. Firstly they needed the force of fighting men (knights) on call if their power was threatened‚ Secondly they needed someone to travel their messages it was hard for rulers to make their
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It is a collection of five elements: argon‚ helium‚ krypton‚ neon‚ radon‚ and xenon. Unlike most elements‚ the noble gases are monatomic‚ which means the element is a single atom instead of being in pairs or a combination. The atoms have stable configurations of electrons. In other words‚ under normal conditions they do not form compounds with other elements. They got there name "noble gases" because at first scientists thought that these elements were inert and didn’t react to other elements. Then
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The Savage Male Yanomamo a tribe of American Indians are labeled as the ‘fierce people’. They are one of the most aggressive‚ warlike‚ male-oriented people in the world. Yanomamo male is usually covered with wounds and scars due to quarrels‚ duels and military raids. Women are also covered with scars and bruises as a result of violent encounters with seducers‚ rapists and husbands. Yanomamo is a hot-tempered‚ drug-taking‚ warrior-husband. Kind husbands merely hurt and mutilate‚ the fierce one
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Beowulf - A Noble There are a two heroic acts that Beowulf accomplished that characterize him as being noble. One example of these acts is his altruistic behavior through out his life.When beowolf heard that the great king hrothgar and his knights were being attacked by the evil monster Grendel. Without even asking king hrothgar what was in it for him Beowolf got up and took 14 of his men and sailed on a ship to king hrothgar’s palace to face the evil monster Grendel in hand to hand combat
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Barnes & Noble does business -- big business -- by the book. As the #1 bookseller in the US‚ it operates about 650 superstores throughout 49 states and the District of Columbia under the banners Barnes & Noble‚ Bookstop‚ and Bookstar‚ as well as about 200 mall stores using the names B. Dalton‚ Doubleday‚ and Scribner’s. The company’s GameStop subsidiary is the #1 US video game retailer with about 1‚500 stores under the names Babbage’s Etc.‚ GameStop‚ and FuncoLand. Barnes & Noble owned about 75%
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Barnes & Noble: Will The Bookseller Survive? Books have played an important role not only in spreading the idea of democracy but also in connecting us to new ideas to both our reality and fantasy experiences. Advances in technology seem to happen quicker and quicker with each passing day forcing change to what may or may not be a standard in today’s society. Not so long ago cell phones were new and the size of bricks. Only the elite were fortunate to have a cell phone. Today kids younger than
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The Scandinavian Vikings were said to be some of the most ruthless and savage people in the medieval times‚ but some say that they were nice people trying to make a living in hard times. In this time some vikings would steal from tribes and rape women‚ while some other vikings would explore and trade with other tribes and countries‚ they would trade things such as fur‚ goods‚ and crops. Some myths and legends say that vikings were known to have good hygiene and didn’t wear horns on their helmets
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