located in the most southern part of North America. The wetlands of Louisiana span it ’s southern coast where it feeds into the Gulf of Mexico. Features: ● 3‚560 km2 of fresh water wetlands 6‚600 km2 of salt water wetlands. Bogs‚ Marshes‚ & Swamps ● ● Life in the Wetlands The wetlands may not appear very hospitable to humans‚ nevertheless‚ many living things thrive in this habitat. The large concentration of rich nutrients‚ brought to the wetlands by rivers‚ produced the perfect
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scenes. The black man that is mentioned several times in the story represents the devil and the evil of the “userers.” The different trees that the black man points out during his conversation with Tom represent the different souls of people. Also‚ the swamp is a symbol for Hell; it is a place of evil and no one wants to go there. That is where the devil‚ the black man‚ lives. Nature is a big element in this short story. The theme of changing your past and exploring your inner feelings was used in a
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John Muir and William Wordsworth Have you ever been or seen something that makes you truly blissfully happy? Maybe gone on a speedy roller coaster. Going up and down at lightning speed‚ the adrenaline coursing through your veins. In those few minutes having no worries only feeling as free as a bird. That is how John Muir in the essay The Calypso Borealis and William Wordsworth in the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud felt about nature. They use vivid writing to describe how freeing their experiences
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and selling your soul to the devil develop over time in creating the beginning‚ middle‚ and end of this story teaches a valuable lesson about life itself. Tom Walker was a meek man who didn’t have a plan with his own life. The Walker’s lived in the swamps of Massachusetts in a “forlorn-looking house that stood alone and had an air of starvation.” Any possessions that he saw valuable he would keep them to himself because he was forced to hide them from his “tall termagant‚ fierce of temper‚ loud of
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Informative Speech Outline I. Introduction of cultural component: How does it reflect the culture as a whole? Food is considered to be an important part of Aztec society since the Aztecs had no type of currency for their economy. According to allabouthistory.org‚ the Aztecs had a barter system‚ basically a trading system where they used foods‚ primarily cacao beans to trade one another for items such as clothing‚ eggs‚ and etc. for daily use. The amount of beans traded would vary from item
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Who is Northup’s audience? How might he had geared the lessons of the story to his intended audience? The intended audience would be any person who fought for the abolition of slavery. The book is a memoir of slave Solomon Northup‚ who was originally a freeman in New York. After being tricked‚ kidnapped‚ and sold into slavery he had to endure years of torturous treatment. Because the book follows his life starting in 1853‚ Northup wanted to appeal to sympathizers who were against slavery. He would
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mean ogre is the route to go in order to stop creatures from bothering him. Donkey has seen Shrek true credibility and that he is not all the things people say about him. In one scene‚ Donkey and Shrek are walking from somewhere headed back to Shrek swamp and donkey said “You are mean to me! You insult me and don’t appreciate anything that I do!” You’re always pushing me around or pushing me away!” Shrek responds
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fire‚ but all he ended up doing was burning off his eyebrows. He then later says that he is “reeking of scorched hair‚” referring to when he burned his eyebrows. He then says that the storms for the night before “reduced the southern beach into a swamp.” When he says this‚ he means that it
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entrance. At the Entrance Kragg and Dana took the guards by surprise‚ striking all 4 guards without breaking a stride. As soon as they were out of the castle Kragg knew they were safe and that Dana was going to be okay. By the time they reached the swamp they had slowed to a walk. Kragg had been asking the whole way if Dana was okay but she just kept running. Kragg grabbed her wrist and made her stop. This was the first time he got a look at her back. There was a deep slash near the small of her back
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail is film made in 1975 by the British comedy group known as Monty Python. The movie follows four very distinct knights on their quest to find the Holy Grail. Arthur king of the Britons‚ Sir Lancelot‚ Sir Galahad and Sir Richard. The four brave danger after hilarious danger before the film ends in the most unexpected way possible. This is a film that not only is clever but also brings out many misconstrued truths about living in historical europe. The creators of this
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