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    Conformity is behavior change designed to match the actions of others. During my research‚ I found many examples of conformitive behavior. I often related conformity to adolescents due to the fact that they usually do their best to try and fit in when it comes to group settings. This type of behavior can be seen in college students attending educational facilities away from home. Those that are in dorms tend to indulge in drinking even if they aren’t “big drinkers”. They do this to conform

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    "Cosequences of Nationalism" Nationalism is another word for Patriotism. Nationalism unites everyone living in the same country irrespective of class‚ creed or colour. Its kind of a spirit that builds a sense of identity and belonging to one’s homeland or native country. Its an eternal emotion that keeps us bound to value our native land and everything related to it i.e. our motherland. Its this emotion that brings unity among nations which is a positive consequence. Though there are few negative

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    utilitarianism theory which leads to sacrifice and dehumanization. One of Mill’s most effective examples is the lifeboat. The four English sailors and a cabin boy were stranded at sea in a small lifeboat in the South Atlantic after their ship has gone in a storm. The five people stayed bravely on the boat for 18 days without food and water‚ but then the four other sailors killed and ate the cabin boy who was being sick on the 19th day in order to survive. On the 24th day‚ they got rescued and were arrested

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    providing the French with food and supplies‚ and Britain did not like this‚ so they set up a partial blockade to keep the US away for France. The second cause of the war was because of the impressment (kidnapping) of American sailors. The British were kidnapping American sailors and were forcing them to work on their ships. The British kidnapped around 6‚00 American

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    bread‚ cheese and fish. Sailors used various different instruments to navigate and record their positions. A compass was used to keep the ship going in the right direction. They used a quadrant to record their latitude. They also had a log and line for speed and lead and line for depth. All these measurement were recorded in a logbook for use on future voyages. Columbus kept two logbooks - one recorded distances that weren’t true and were just meant to motivate the sailors. The crew were scared that

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    elements of an elegy are found in The Seafarer‚ The Wife’s Lament‚ and The Wanderer. The Seafarer is an old Anglo-Saxon poem in which a man is traveling across the sea while he is being troubled with harsh weather conditions. In this poem‚ the lone sailor laments his old life. This is shown through the weather; the more he becomes isolated and alone‚ the worse the weather treats him. He misses “the death-noise of birds instead of laughter‚/ the mewing of gulls instead of mead‚/ storms beat on the rocky

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    cover-up of good faith to preserve the bits of good humanity that left in Pi’s life. In Pi’s alternate story‚ the one without the animals‚ there was a malevolent chef that operated in unconventional ways. The chef was pure evil‚ murdering a Chinese sailor to settle his hunger. These violent actions are parallel to the work of the hyena in Pi’s main story‚ the one with animals. The hyena eventually ate and killed the zebra‚ a fellow animal‚ for its hunger got the better of him. For the hyena‚ indigestion

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    The offer that James Madison came up with was to stop attacking the U.S.’s ships‚ and kidnapping the sailors and in return the U.S. will stop trading with the enemy. France had accepted this deal‚ but Napoleon gave a secret order that they were still going to attack the ships. Great Britain did not take this offer‚ however since the attack did not stop Madison

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    ship that was much more sturdier than other vessels and it had triangular sails. Theses factors allowed the ship to sail against the wind. Europeans also improved their navigational systems. The astrolabe was used by sailors to better determine there location at sea. Additionally‚ sailors used the magnetic compass which allowed them to more accurately track their direction. The rivalry between Spain and Portugal grew significantly after Columbus reached the Americans. Spain believed that

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    workers opened more engines and put more coals into them to run the engines with more heat. ③ physics side note: heat + wave (√) In the movie‚ the night of April 13th‚ 1912‚ was extraordinarily cold but the ocean was peaceful. The sailors

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