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    Artificial Heart/ Heart Transplants A natural heart has two pumps‚ each has two chambers. The right atrium pumps oxygen-depleted blood from the body into the right ventricle. The right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs. The left atrium sends aerated blood from the lungs into the left ventricle‚ which pumps blood out of the body. With each heartbeat‚ the two atria contracts together‚ followed by the large ventricles. Congestive heart failure is when the heart fails to pump blood. Heart failure

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    Solution(s) to the Problem of Waste Contamination in Water - Eutrophication By Patricia Lopes The degree of eutrophication in water bodies depends‚ mostly‚ on the concentration of nutrients usually phosphorus in the water‚. Calculations show that because of the increase of population growth and urbanization‚ the world input of phosphorus into the rivers will have reached 2.56 million tons per year by the end of the 20th century. Also‚ an additional 0.6 million tons‚ are added mainly due to agricultural

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    1) Five major issues explored in purple hibiscus are; domestic violence‚ oppression‚ religion‚ education and love. 2a) Adichie uses a narrative point of view to explore the theme of domestic violence. The book is narrated in the first person by a 15 year old who is directly affected by domestic violence. Because of her young age she is quiet honest and this allows her to paint a great picture to the audience of the brutal abuse that Eugene bestows upon his family. This is as a result of her sensitive

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    A moving inspirational novel told in letters to portray how life was for African Americans‚ and especially women is The Color Purple. It is not about purple in no way at all; it is actually a difficult book to tackle‚ dealing with rape insest‚ explicit sex‚ sexism‚ and violence toward women and a lesbian relationship. Not only does it speak of women‚ but it tells of how there was a negative depiction of African American men during this time. The novel consists of letters written by the main protagonist

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    Celie‚ the protagonist from The Color Purple‚ written by Alice Walker‚ develops greatly throughout the story. The story takes place in the 1900’s in the south. Celie endures many hardships throughout her life and she has never fought for herself until she was influenced by other women in her life. When the reader first meets Celie she is fourteen years old by the end she is at least sixty. Celie had many women who influenced her throughout the story‚ her sister Nettie‚ her friend Sofia‚ and the

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    In the story of The Color Purple‚ Celie is writing to God about what is going on in her life. In these letters Celie writes about her father Pa‚ her sister Nettie‚ and a few other characters‚ but one of the characters that really stood out was Mr._. Mr._ is a single father looking for a wife to help raise his four children. Mr._s’ first wife had passed away and he had been looking for someone to marry. At first Mr_ had his eyes set on Nettie‚ who Mr._ had seen at church. Mr._would stop by Pa house

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    The Color Purple By Alice Walker‚ and the movie The Color Purple‚ directed by Steve Spielberg‚ are stories about love and the survival between two sisters. The obstacles that the sisters have to face are very life risking Primary Differences:  1. Characters: With regards to the basic turns of the plot‚ the film is pretty faithful to the novel. However‚ when it comes to the complexities of the characters‚ the film sells the novel short. The film presents things in a very black and white manner

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    Ingi Mansour Book Report 21/9/2013 Patricia Fara’s book “An Entertainment for Angels” is an insightful read about the discovery of electricity and how it helped mold people’s ideas during the enlightenment period. Fara’s point of view on the progress of science is very evident throughout the book. Her main argument is that science wasn’t an easy mission. In fact‚ scientists usually struggled with the ‘hostility’ and ‘curiosity’ of the people at the time when presenting newly formed ideas (Fara

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    reserved only for those love stories that contain the eight formal elements she identifies as prerequisites for the genre. Chief among them is the element of betrothal––or‚ as it is more colloquially understood‚ the “happy ending.” When considering Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt‚ there is some room for debate as to whether the book can truly be called a romance. The novel details the courtship of two women in the 1950’s––Carol Aird‚ a wealthy homemaker in the midst of an ugly divorce‚ and Therese

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    Take this test: you’re driving along and notice a chestnut dairy animals‚ how would you react? Presently assume the dairy animals is purple‚ will your reaction vary? Odds are that seeing a purple bovine will make you sit up and pay heed. Seth Godin utilizes the purple-bovine representation to underline the significance of seeing things in an unexpected way. It’s not really new that‚ while a few individuals see fate and unhappiness‚ others see blue skies and opportunities proliferating. A whole

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