Findley’s Hope for Humanity In his book “The Wars”‚ author Timothy Findley presents several ways in which human beings commit atrocities against one another. Findley purposely documents these merciless incidents to symbolize the dark impulses and mistakes all human beings are capable of making. However‚ Findley also makes note of the good nature that lies within human beings. Despite his awareness of the sinister side to human beings‚ Findley demonstrates his underlying hope for mankind by cataloging
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The Voyage The Voyage‚ by Katherine Mansfield is a short story set in the early 1900s‚ about a young girl called Fenella who is being taken from her home in Wellington to live with her Grandparents in Picton‚ after the death of her mother. She along with her grandmother travels across the Cook Strait on the Picton Boat to her new home. Mansfield uses the literary techniques of symbolism‚ setting and dialogue to convey the idea of the transition from childhood into adulthood. Mansfield uses
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Zheng He was a Muslim eunuch who served as a close confidant of the Yongle Emperor of China during the Ming Dynasty. He went on voyages to Southeast Asia‚ Sumatra‚ Java‚ Ceylon‚ India‚ Persia‚ Persian Gulf‚ Arabia‚ the red sea Egypt‚ and the Mozambique Channel. The number of his voyages vary depending on method of division‚ but he travelled at least seven times to The Western Ocean with his fleet. The fleet comprised 30‚000 men and seventy ships at its height. He brought back to China many
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“The Wanted Life” English III Black 3 Mrs. Berndt 16 May 2013 The Wanted Life Thesis: In the roaring twenties‚ or better known as the Jazz age‚ Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald lived in a fast pace environment which was one of the many things that influenced him and had a great effect on his writing. I. As a child F. Scott Fitzgerald always showed interest in writing and always seemed to be good at it. A. Born 1. September 24 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota 2. Full name
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Sela migrated to the US with Malia‚ Atu‚ Palu (Emma)‚ and Lio Jr. Seini Daughter of Sela. 1st to migrate. Married Simi‚ a Mormon. Brought Eseta to the US. Eseta Daughter of Sela. Moved in with Seini and then married Manu. The first man that wanted to marry Eseta wouldn’t come to the US‚ but Manu did. That’s why she married him. Manu Husband of Eseta. When he got older‚ he had to retire from being a janitor because he had emphysema. Malia Daughter of Sela. She‚ Atu‚ Sela‚ Palu(Emma)
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First Voyage April 20‚ 1534 - September 5‚ 1534 Cartier went to Canada in 1534 with two ships and 61 men to look for a way to Asia. In the course of this search‚ he explored what later became known as Newfoundland‚ the Magdalen Islands‚ Prince Edward Island and the Gaspé Peninsula. While at Prince Edward Island‚ he traded with the Mi’kmaq. This was the first act of trade between the French and First Nations people. The King Commands You In 1534‚ the King of France‚ François I sent Cartier to
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be the essential truth. Perhaps‚ the most noticeable aspect in The Wars is the fact that Findley uses incomplete sentences on the readers which makes the reader fill in the gaps on the important sentences. This is evident when the protagonist in the novel The Wars is on his way to Bailleul and comes across a small farm and notices that there is a cow in the yard and “he thought: there cannot be war” (Findley‚ 167). This sentence leaves a gap for the reader to fill in‚ as they are left without any
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Timothy McVeigh Background Born April 23‚ 1968 in Lockport NYC‚ U.S.A Died June 11‚ 2001 at USP Terre Haute‚ Indiana‚ U.S.A Middle name is James Parents were William McVeigh and Mildred Noreen Hill (divorced) Nationality: American Occupation: U.S Army soldier and security guard Prison Registration # 12076-064 Cause of death: execution by lethal injection Childhood Timothy was the only son out of 3 siblings (middle child). His parents divorced when Timothy was 10 years old. Raised by his father in
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Connor Wade 12-A Period 8/9 10/16/12 1960’s Report Timothy Leary Timothy was an American writer and psychologist known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs. He lived from October 22‚ 1920 to May 31‚ 1996 and was born in Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ the only child of an Irish American dentist who abandoned his wife when Leary was 13. He attended the College of the Holy Cross and enrolled as a cadet in the United States Military Academy at West Point under the pressure of his dad
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Timothy Leary "Turn on‚ tune in‚ drop out." That saying has turned into the slogan of Timothy Leary ’s mind-expanding movement. Although a graduate of both West-Point and Berkley‚ and a Harvard professor‚ these were not his greatest lifetime achievements. Throughout his publicized life‚ he became the spokesperson of the psychedelic age. His devotion to the belief that LSD and marijuana were gateways to enlightenment resulted in a new church‚ numerous prison sentences‚ and a following of
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