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    Long Passages

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    Passage 1 (1) An upsurge of new research suggests that animals have a much higher level of brainpower than previously thought. If animals do have intelligence‚ how do scientists measure it? Before defining animals’ intelligence‚ scientists defined what is not intelligence. Instinct is not intelligence. It is a skill programmed into an animal’s brain by its genetic heritage. Rote conditioning is also not intelligence. Tricks can be learned by repetition‚ but no real thinking is involved. Cuing

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    The Middle Passage

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    The "Middle Passage" was the journey of slave trading ships from the west coast of Africa‚ where the slaves were obtained‚ across the Atlantic‚ where they were sold or‚ in some cases‚ traded for goods such as molasses‚ which was used in the making of rum. However‚ this voyage has come to be remembered for much more than simply the transport and sale of slaves. The Middle Passage was the longest‚ hardest‚ most dangerous‚ and also most horrific part of the journey of the slave ships. With extremely

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    A Passage to Africa

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    A Passage to Africa‚ George Alagiah Synopsis As a five-year-old‚ George Alagiah emigrated with his family to Ghana - the first African country to attain independence from the British Empire. A Passage to Africa is Alagiah’s shattering catalogue of atrocities crafted into a portrait of Africa that is infused with hope‚ insight and outrage. In vivid and evocative prose and with a fine eye for detail Alagiah’s viewpoint is spiked with the freshness of the young George on his arrival in Ghana‚ the

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    Comprehension Passage 1 No longer is asthma considered a condition with isolated‚ acute episodes of bronchospasm. Rather‚ asthma is now understood to be a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways—that is‚ inflammation makes the airways chronically sensitive. When these hyper-responsive airways are irritated‚ airflow is limited‚ and attacks of coughing‚ wheezing‚ chest tightness‚ and breathing difficulty occur. Asthma involves complex interactions among inflammatory cells‚ mediators‚ and the

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    Middle Passage

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    Luada Worrell Professor Taylor-Perez English 111 7 March 2013 The Middle Passage The idea of brutal practices of human bondage is hard to entirely understand. The emotions involved in keeping a human captive are beyond understanding. It’s dehumanizing‚ sickening‚ and painful to understand how Africans were enslaved from their homelands. Packed side by side‚ shoulder to shoulder under planks‚ and no room to breathe or move‚ lay the African slaves. The inhumane treatment of the slaves consisted

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    A Passage To India

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    Kathryn MacLellan Mitchell November 25th‚ 2013 Racism in A Passage To India A Passage to India by E.M. Forster is a novel published in 1924‚ a time when India had not yet won its independence from the British. Forster had visited India during this time‚ so a lot of the setting comes from firsthand experience‚ although he does make up the setting of the caves as well as the town names. During the time that this book was published‚ racism was a major problem in India and it is a major problem

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    A passage to india

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    The Politics of Representation in A Passage to India The discussion on A Passage to India as a political fiction has for long been dominated by the followers of a mimetic theory of literature‚ whose quest for empiricism tied to didacticism is achieved when they find the narrative content to be an authentic portrayal of India and a humanist critique of British-Indian relations during the last decades of the Empire. Since the accession of critical methods concerned with representation as an ideological

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    The Middle Passage

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    “The Middle Passage” by Daniel Mannix and Malcolm Cowley The article “The Middle Passage”‚ by Daniel Mannix and Malcolm Crowley‚ is an overview of slave trade from 1507 until it was illegalized in 1808. “The Middle Passage” was specifically the obtaining‚ transportation‚ and sell of African slaves in the New World. This article discusses the horrible treatment slaves received during Atlantic slave trading. “In this essay the literary critic Malcolm Cowley and the historian Daniel

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    Right of Passage

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    Erin Blowe    Mrs. Booth     English 2    Dec. 1. 14                                                                  Right of passage      Right of passage is a traditional ceremony that marks a  transition point in a persons life  Right of  passage usually have a form of ritual showing the change from roles in the  community .An  example  of right of passage is an quinceanera .  Quinceanera is a celebration celebrating the  transition into womanhood . Quinceanera has many parts and  and rituals throughout the 

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    Passage to India

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    Discuss the various Symbols used in the Passage To India. Introduction: Forster is a distinguished novelist both in modern English and world literature history. His works ignite criticisms of different views‚ among which individual relationships and the theme of separateness‚ of fences and barriers are the main problems that the author always focuses on. After the author’s two visits to India‚ the great novel A Passage to India (1924) was produced‚ which continues his previous style‚ i.e. probing

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