When a hiker‚ named Goran Olsen‚ stopped to rest in Haukeli‚ he found a Viking sword under some rocks. Haukeli is a fishing and hunting area about one hundred and fifty miles to the west of Norway’s capital‚ Oslo. The sword is in good condition because of the large amount of snow and lack of humidity the area had. It is a bit longer than thirty inches and is made of iron. Archeologist believe that it was made during 750 A.D.‚ making it approximately one thousand sixty five years old. I chose
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VALUE OF TREES Trees are an integral part of our environment. Both man and the animals cannot survive without trees. We get food‚ medicine‚ wood and shelter from trees. Trees beautify the environment. We get the most needed rain because of the trees. Trees have a great influence upon climate. Trees preserve moisture. The leaves of a tree are always giving off moisture and this constant evaporation cools the surrounding atmosphere. Trees on hill sides stop the soil erosion and prevent destructive
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gender roles are great: they are‚ essentially‚ a guideline for both males and females to achieve certain evolutionary goals. Every living thing that reproduces sexually uses gender roles. In a particular scene from Disney’s animated classic‚“The Sword in the Stone”‚ young Arthur is transformed into a squirrel and experiences a lesson in love and eternal devotion‚ and gravity‚ when a young female squirrel takes the poor boy for a real squirrel and proceeds to pursue him. This is a work of fiction
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The Sword in the Stone By T.H White Literary Analysis by Sean Armstrong Destine to be a squire‚ all Wart had to do was draw a sword from a stone to become the king of England. In T.H Whites The Sword in the Stone‚ Wart is a young boy who has always dreamed of one day becoming a black knight‚ but couldn’t because he wasn’t Sir Ector’s kin. So instead Wart was appointed a less glorious status‚ to be the squire of his older half brother Kay. Wart the main character in the novel responded to his ever
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Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard : The sword of Summer by Rick Riordan Performance Task: Book Review The novel isn’t like most of Uncle Rick’s (Rick Riordan) work. You see in this book‚ the main protagonist dies on the first chapters. I guess living characters are getting too mainstream for Uncle Rick. And this new series is also related to Uncle Rick’s books since the main character‚ Magnus Chase is the cousin of Annabeth Chase‚ daughter of the Greek goddess Athena. The main character and love
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that you go‚ if you decide to learn about anything‚ look for web addresses ending in .edu‚ .org‚ or .gov to make sure that the information you are looking at is actually based on fact. Also‚ add me on Facebook! I would love to hear from you more often than just in our letters. The web addresses that end in .edu are sites that dedicate themselves to current events or issues that surround an educational institution and are closely monitored by the school to maintain credibility. Web sites that end in
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The characters in “King Arthur: The Sword in the Stone‚” stood out. Many of the characters in the story behave quite surprisingly. The characters’ actions in the story is not really expected by the readers. This‚ therefore‚ makes the characters stand out. For example‚ in the beginning of the story‚ it was described that Merlin‚ an old sorcerer‚ took the first son of King Uther‚ because Merlin believed that his son’s future was endangered and threatened. King Uther was convinced by Merlin‚ and allowed
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The popular period TV series‚ Mad Men‚ set in America in the mid 1960’s‚ donned a peculiar reference to a mid-20th century anthropological work in the fifth episode of its fourth season. Aptly titled The Chrysanthemum and the Sword‚ the episode follows the creative director of an ad firm‚ Don Draper‚ as he attempts to win over the Japanese owned Honda Motorcycle Corporation. Don successfully tricks a rival agency into producing a high budget commercial to win the account (a violation of the rules
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threw a pen at me. “This pen? You’re telling me that this pen made you stuck here? I know I don’t know you but perhaps you have been here so long that you’re starting to I don’t know go crazy.” “Oh no‚ you don’t understand. This pen is magical‚ but not the good kind of magic you see on television. This is the evil magic.” “Evil? Well how can that be? It’s just a pen.” “This pen was given to me by a witch several years ago; she told me that it would grant me three wishes. The way the pen works is
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It can be inferred that her own personality‚ her denied rights of affection from her parents and other people’s perception of her drove Marguerite to undermine social norms for women in the medieval ages. The text With A Sword In My Hand‚ written by authors Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem and Pat van Beirs‚ is explored through the perspective of Marguerite‚ Countess of Flanders. The text suggests that Marguerite’s natural personality of being outspoken‚ stubborn and strong willed‚ her desire to be loved
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