The narrative concerning the exploration of the North American continent was a little bit of Eu-ropean ethnocentrism‚ as well as a reflection of historical reality. According to the book‚ “First Peoples”‚ just about everyone from monks to visitors from outer space “discovered” America much earlier than Columbus. For example: archaeological evidence points to the Vikings being in Greenland‚ Newfoundland and Labrador back in 1000 AD. However‚ due to relations with the Native population that were mired
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when the stakes are high Patterson‚ Grenny‚ McMillan and Switzler The first version of this book was actually published in 2002‚ the Authors traveled the world and addressed hundreds of thousands of people‚ after a period of 25 years and more research‚ the authors revised their book with their new findings and published the second edition. They studied successful communicators and then concluded that what typically set those communicators apart from the
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The Lion King The Lion King is a story of a young lion prince born in Africa‚ where lions rule the kingdom. Simba is the son of King Mufasa‚ thus making King Mufasa‚ Scar brother and the third in line to the throne. Scar’s jealously led him to secretly plots against his own family thus kill King Mufasa and Prince Simba‚ therefore making himself King of the Pride Lands. Simba’s manipulated Uncle‚ Scar‚ schemed with the hyenas by luring Mufasa and Simba in a stampede of wildebeests. Mufasa saves his
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Jesmyn Ward displays the discrimination she has encountered due to the acts of colorism. The separation she felt throughout her life demonstrates that the strategy of divide and conquer is still being used in today’s society. It is seen with the use of juxtaposition. Jesmyn and her boyfriend came from very diverse backgrounds making it seem out of the ordinary he was with her “while she’s been born red‚ he’d been born golden.”. The use of the words red and golden can be approached as having two separate
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In the book‚ “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life”‚ Jeremy has a box that his father had made for him. Jeremy wants to unlock the box with the four keys required to open‚ but he does not have them. Over the course of the summer‚ Jeremy and his best friend Lizzy go on a long adventure to find every key to figure out what is inside of the box his father left of his after he died. They overcome many obstacles in their journey‚ but it was all worth it in the end. The adventure that Jeremy went on the
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Throughout the late 1800’s‚ life on the Great Plains was very diverse. The Indians and settlers did not get along well‚ ending in many fatalities and families being torn apart. Most U.S. citizens believed the Native Americans had no say in their country due to their violent history with the Comanches‚ so they forcibly removed them from their ancestral homelands. In the movie‚ “Dances With Wolves”‚ lieutenant John Dunbar thinks the exact opposite of everyone else. He appreciates the frontier and the
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Being born into the Mvskoke Nation must have made it effortless for Joy Harjo to express a theme of her Native American culture through her poems‚ songs‚ and other writings. One can get a sense through her Native American writing that she has a deep desire to save the environment and an extreme love for the earth and she urges others to also share that desire and love with her. Native American writing differs from Western writing completely because of reasons such as political systems‚ views on religion
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People can earn respect or change opinions on them by doing certain actions. This is the theme for Rikki Tikki Tavi‚ a story about a family mongoose. He starts with the impression that he’s a regular mongoose. One way Rikki Tikki’s esteem changed is his loyalty to the family. Rikki Tikki always stays with the family and never leaves them one day. He protects them from the wild animals of the garden. And he never betrays them even though he’s a wild mongoose. Another way Rikki Tikka’s
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In Emilio Lusso’s Sardinian Brigade‚ life on the southern front was not necessarily an enjoyable experience. The soldiers spent most of their time in trenches. These trenches became the soldier’s homes‚ and most of their spare time was spent reinforcing them. The winter season was particularly uncomfortable for these men; they were given only a blanket and a canvas tarp to keep off the moisture‚ while they were still dressed in summer uniforms‚ which did not offer much warmth (Lusso‚ Sardinian Brigade
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This analysis paper is written about a section of the book‚ The Human Record: Sources of Global History‚ Volume I. The section is about the “Song of Roland” a fictionalized story about a real person in history. It is the earliest literary work of the chivalric code‚ which is a code that sets shared values of how feudal soldiers‚ or knights‚ should act. In the story‚ Roland is the nephew of France’s emperor‚ who happens to be Charlemagne‚ and he is put into battle as a rear guard as a punishment
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