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    THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER Narrator: Once upon a time in a field on a summer day‚ there was a happy Grasshopper who liked to play‚ sing‚ and dance all day. Grasshopper: What a splendid day! *sighs* **LAZY SONG** Today I don’t feel like doing anything I just wanna lay on the grass Don’t feel like picking up some food So I’ll just play and sing all day ‘Cause today I swear I’m not doing anything.. NOTHING AT ALL! Woohoo‚ wooh---. Ant: Don’t you ever get tired of playing? Grasshopper: Oh

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    Leiningen versus the Ants by Carl Stephenson (1893-1954) Word Count: 8881 UNLESS they alter their course and there’s no reason why they should‚ they’ll reach your plantation in two days at the latest." Leiningen sucked placidly at a cigar about the size of a corncob and for a few seconds gazed without answering at the agitated District Commissioner. Then he took the cigar from his lips‚ and leaned slightly forward. With his bristling grey hair‚ bulky nose‚ and lucid eyes‚ he had the look

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    Comparison of “The Ant and the Grasshopper” and “The Richer‚ the Poorer” Some people live life like it is their last day alive‚ spending everything. Some other people save every penny they own. Which way of life produces a better life? What should people do with their money? In the fable‚ “The Ant and the Grasshopper” and the modern fable‚ “The Richer‚ the Poorer‚” the main characters reflect two opposite views of how to live life. Both the ant from “The Ant and the Grasshopper‚” and Lottie from

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    within two days‚ a huge swarm of hungry‚ perilous ants would reach his plantation.  He also knew that it was nearly impossible to stop them.  Ants like these destroyed everything in their path. Leiningen believed that a man’s brain and his power to use it effectively made him virtually invincible.  He was willing to fight for his land just as he had done in the past.  So‚ against better judgment‚ he decided to attempt to ward off the menacing ants.  Upon the ant’s arrival‚ horses stampeded and

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    Btsisi Kinship Trevan Davis Ashford University Anthropology 101 Instructor Jorge Garcia-Herreros April 12‚ 2013 Btsisi Kinship The society I have decided to write about are the Btsisi people. The Btsisi way of life and Kinship system is very similar to modern society worldwide. Btsisi are Horticultural people meaning they cultivate and produce their own food and they typically live close to water to provide them with another food source besides what’s cultivated. For this assignment‚

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    Kinship systems in Foraging and Horticultural based societies provide support for people in all stages of their life. Address the following in a two- to three-page paper: a. Identify and describe the kinship system of one of the cultures listed below. These cultures are found in Chapters 3 and 4 of Cultural Anthropology. o Australian Aborigines o Btsisi o Inuit of the Artic o Iroquois o San o Yanomamo b. Briefly describe the culture

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    Reflection Writing of The Drover’s Wife by Henry Lawson I’ve never been reading a tremendous story such “The Drover’s Wife” before. “The Drover’s wife” was written by Henry Lawson is a short story about a woman who live in a bush with her four children and a dog‚ Aligance‚ while her husband didn’t at home because of driving. The story wants to mention on the woman who was a good mother and also a strong lady. In a dangerous event‚ there was a snake in her house. In order to protect her children

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    When Henry David Thoreau said‚ “Let him step to the music which he hears‚ however measured or far away. It is not important that he should mature as soon as an apple tree or an oak”(247)‚ that he would be telling people to be themselves many generations later. The transcendentalism movement took place during the early 1800’s when America was developing its own writing style. The authors of the time all thought in the same wavelength. Some of them‚ such as Thoreau and Ralph

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    Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. It’s not what you LOOK at that matters‚ it’s what you SEE. If a man does not keep pace with his companions‚ perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears‚ however measured or far away. As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth‚ so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path‚ we walk again and again. To make a deep mental

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    Mike Whiteside PHI 105 2/23/13 Professor Chackal One Goal‚ Two Different Approaches Boethius: a man of of the Great Loving God‚ a positive friend‚ a benevolent senator‚ and a realistic soul. Thoreau: a man of minimalism‚ a rebel against corrupt establishments‚ a guru of nature‚ a non-violent protester‚ and a simple thinker. Both these men are common in goal but the way they went about that goal was different. They both sought to bring peace to others through philosophy‚ the study of realistic

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