irrational of Mathematics In the novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin and the collection of short stories Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges‚ mathematics plays an integral role in both authors’ writhing. In We‚ Zamyatin creates a world called the One State that is a fictional representation of Soviet Russia‚ and the One State is an advanced utopia that uses mathematics to control and comprehend the universe. While in Labyrinths‚ a majority of Borges short stories focus on a philosophy of infinity‚ more specifically
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Disclaimer: I don’t own Labyrinth Chapter One: Drunken Wishes "G-guys‚ tanks for tofight‚" Sarah slurred as she stumbled along hanging onto to her friends for support. "Well‚ it’s not every day a pretty girl like you turns 21‚" Dale joked‚ making sure to keep Sarah from falling‚ "plus we had to make sure you had a proper taste of alcohol." Dale smiled and tighten his muscular arm around Sarah’s waist. They sure did show her the meaning of good alcohol‚ she hadn’t been this hammered in while... ever
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Pan Europa Foods S.A.* Autum Black Alan shaw Matt dawn Purdue University Introduction to Project Management Dr. Peter desouza Executive Summary Case Diagnosis Pan Europa management heavily relied on debt financing to sustain firms capital spending dividends. Their share values in the market were low and not competitive. Moreover the shareholders lost confidence in the company’s performance resulting in decreased share value and low profitability. The company is struggling in its
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Autobiography My name is Jenissel Vidal and I was born in the year 1994 on May 12 in Miami FL‚ in Hialeah in the palmetto hospital‚ actually me and my 2 cousins and little sister were all born in the same hospital but all different years. I’m going to write about events in my life I liked and probertly disliked too‚ this is my autobiography and everything I went through. I already mentioned were I was born. My mother is named Glendys Riquelme and my father is named Jose Vidal. Both my parents were born
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"O Captain! my Captain!" Walt Whitman wrote the poem "O Captain! my Captain!" after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Whitman describes Lincoln as the captain of the ship‚ as the leader of the country; he also refers to him as a father: "Here Captain! dear father!"(13)‚ "My father doesn’t feel my arm‚"(18). Clearly‚ a captain is not a father. Why‚ then‚ does Whitman connect the two together? Are there certain similarities between them that can’t be avoided? A captain is
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In 1944 fascist Spain‚ a girl named Ofelia‚ fascinated and obsessed with fairy-tales‚ is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather‚ a ruthless and somewhat evil captain of the Spanish army. During the night‚ she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of an old labyrinth garden. Upon meeting the Faun‚ he tells her she is the lost Princess‚ Moanna‚ and that her father‚ the king of the underworld‚ has sent out messengers to open portals so she could return
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“O Captain! My Captain!” Literary Analysis Every great nation’s past contains a great leader who sacrificed everything for his or her country. Abraham Lincoln gave his life after striving to abolish slavery. Soon after Lincoln’s murder‚ Walt Whitman wrote an apostrophe poem to Lincoln. In this eulogy‚ Whitman praised Lincoln’s accomplishments and mourned his death. In “O Captain! My Captain!”‚ Walt Whitman uses repetition‚ symbolism‚ assonance‚ and metaphors to portray the theme that every great
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Late Classical Period (Dionysus and Pan) Based on the visual observations and analysis conducted on paper assignment one‚ I would classify the sculpture‚ Dionysus and Pan‚ under the Late Classical period. This sculpture depicts Dionysus‚ the god of the grape harvest‚ winemaking and wine‚ together with Pan‚ his follower. It is sculpted from the finest marble which was created in the Roman period A.D. 50-150. Artists from this period of time drew a lot of attention to the statues’ expression of emotion
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novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville. In this novel‚ Ahab‚ the obsessed captain of the Pequod‚ seeks to annihilate the white whale Moby Dick. In his unnatural fixation on the whale‚ Captain Ahab manipulates the other sailors on the ship into following after his own goal. His unceasing desire to kill however stems from his earlier encounter with the whale. The captain’s obsession constitutes the plot for the entire novel. Captain Ahab’s indefatigable enmity toward Moby Dick generates hysteria inside
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During the Summer‚ a teenager named Maya Vidal was nineteen years old and lived in Berkeley‚ California. This book was written by Isabel Allende. Maya was raised by her Chilean Grandmother‚ Nidia‚ and African American Grandfather‚ Paul Ditson the II. Maya’s father‚ Andrés was a pilot and was always away working. Maya’s Danish mother abandoned her right after her birth. Nidia and Andres immigrated to Canada after the Chilean military took over Chile in 1974. Nidia soon met and married Paul. Paul worked
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