In what ways is the Telemachy important to the Odyssey as a whole? What would the poem lose if these first four books were removed? Homer’s the Odyssey is the epic tale of Odysseus’ return home from the battle of Troy‚ yet we do not truly get to the hero in action until after we are drawn through the story of his son life in the absence of his father in Ithaka. In the first four books‚ we see how Telemachos‚ Odysseus’ son‚ matures and through his eyes Homer shows us the unrest and troubles of
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mother also has to watch what she is eating and drinking during her pregnancy. For nine whole months‚ a mother is sacrificing her wants and desires in order to create a healthy child. After the baby is born‚ even more responsibilities come a mother’s way. A mother is responsible for nurturing her child. She’s there to care for and encourage the growth of her child. If her child is hurt‚ the mother is expected to take care of him and make him feel better. If he is sick‚ the mother is the one that stands
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What’s the important thing in my life? What is the most important thing in my life? I would say that health concerns more than anything in my life. Then it comes family‚ friendship‚ love and money. Health occupied most part of my life. I couldn’t say that the people who are suffering a disease won’t live a happy life‚ but at least they wouldn’t experience anything which a healthy person could do. So if a person fails to have a healthy body‚ how could he enjoy a colourful and meaningful life? Consequently
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Does Gender Play a Role in Determining Academic Success? We all know the obvious difference in boys and girls. Typically‚ we associate boys with being rougher than girls and spending much of their time playing rambunctiously and getting dirty while most girls prefer to be subdued and tidy. But is that the only dissimilarity in gender? What about school work and academic performance along with academic success? Can gender be a predominating factor in determining a child’s IQ level? Is there a
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right manner. (Siegel & Bartollas‚ 2014). History has shown that jails use to apply various forms of punishment‚ such as whipping post‚ stockades‚ and other devices that many would consider being inhumane. However‚ this is not true when it comes to modern jails and the treatment of its inmates. Society has placed importance on the inmates themselves‚ meaning that there are rules and standards that must be followed when it comes to inmates. Many of these laws are in respect towards the meals that are
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daily life problems. Plane geometry - It is about all kinds of two dimensional shapes such as lines‚ circles and triangles. Solid geometry - It is about all kinds of three dimensional shapes like polygons‚ prisms‚ pyramids‚ sphere‚ cylinder. The word Geometry comes from Greek which means earth and metron. Geometry used in variousobjects such as surveying‚ astronomy‚ navigation and building etc of daily life application. Geometry is actually called as Euclidean geometry. Role of Geometry
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In Ian Frazier’s “In Praise of Margins”‚ Frazier emphasizes the importance of engaging in “marginal” activities. He does not like the negative connotation that the word “marginal” has been given. It’s negative connotation comes from the thought that it describes things that have close to‚ or no purpose. All activities start out as having no purpose to them always end up having a deeper meaning to them in the end. Activities such as traveling‚ playing basketball‚ and exploring the woods in “In Praise
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Essay 1 – The role that education plays in my life Education has been a key point in my life and it has opened me the doors to many different experiences. Thanks to education I have had the opportunity to choose what I wanted to do in my life and decide where I wanted to live. Education has given me more freedom to make decisions. Plato said that education should be mandatory for everyone because is the only way to develop a just society (The Republic). The author defended that education is the
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Recent events in Las Vegas have shed a new light on the book Saturday by Ian McEwan. The novel and the events of Las Vegas go hand in hand because Las Vegas was a traumatic experience. .The novel discusses traumatic events and all the details that are affected by it. In the paper “welcome to contemporary trauma culture” by Barbara Aritzi‚ the focus is on the process of a traumatic event and how people both recover and how they cope with the situations. There are many texts involved in this excerpt
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in balance with their natural ecosystem. The indigenous people hunt‚ fish‚ and practice slash and burn agriculture. The Kayapo way of life is ever threatened by mining‚ logging and the threat of Brazilian developers who wish to build the world’s 3rd largest dam (Belo Monte) along with a series of support dams. I support the Kayapo rights to preserve their way of life over the rights of those of the greater “world” to have access to it. This land is theirs to do with as they please. Since the
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