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    How the People of Early China Dealt with their “Geographic Luck” Finding food to fill the empty stomach is‚ and has always been‚ the first priority for the human race. So when the earliest civilizations began in China‚ it was only human nature for people to hunt down their own food resources in the least difficult way possible. Jared Diamond developed a theory that the growth of a civilization‚ starting from scratch‚ depended on its “geographic luck” - the advantages and disadvantages the region

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    by an illusion that we can solve everything for ourselves without any help from others. Also‚ they are shameful to seek help from others. However‚ receiving help is perfectly natural to survive or coexist. So it is not to be ashamed. In the Chosun Dynasty‚ this is the era before republic of Korea; they have culture “mutual aid”. So we have regarded mutual help as a virtue. For example‚ if someone has to reclaim farm‚ other family help them. And then‚ aided family give a gift like or labor for other

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    Pan's Labyrinth Setting

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    Setting is one of the vital elements of fiction. A work can only be fully approached if it is first based on its setting‚ which guides the development of the work. For “Pan’s labyrinth”‚ an outstanding cinema work rich in symbols‚ details and meaning‚ it is even more essential for us to take the underlying context into serious consideration The external setting of this work consisted of 3 element: time‚ place and social environment. In 2006‚ the movie was filmed in a Scots Pine forest situated

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    medical incidents and emergencies that may occur in the work setting In my setting there are many roles and responsibilities that I have in a Non-medical emergency incident or emergency. All settings employing more than five people will have a safety policy and this states the emergency procedures in case of a fire and what to do in the event of some major incidents such as a child who has gone missing‚ an unwelcomed intruder in the setting or very extreme weather conditions. Now I am going to identify

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    story through the tunnel talks about a little boy that goes to a beach with his mother‚ where he discovers a tunnel that at the end of the summer will mean something more. In through the tunnel‚ Doris Lessing demonstrates that a setting can influence a character‚ how the setting can also create a conflict and how imagery help us to imagine better the story. When a little boy goes to the beach with his mother he sees a promontory so he decides to check it out. When he arrives he sees an older boys

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    Discuss the importance of setting in the novel you have studied “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”‚ by Thomas Hardy‚ is set in the years of 1880 to 1890‚ in Wessex‚ which is in the southwest of England. Settings in the novel‚ such as Talbothays‚ Flintcombe-Ash‚ Sandbourne and Stonehenge are important because they help us to understand the main character‚ Tess D’Urberville. In the novel‚ Tess D’Urberville and the setting she is in‚ mirror each other. This allows the reader to have an understanding of

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    Great Gatsby Setting

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    "The Great Gatsby" Setting The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a popular novel that has remained one of the best-known literary works to this day. Set in the 1920s‚ the story is narrated by Nick Caraway‚ an easy-going bond salesman who lives next door to Jay Gatsby whom the story revolves around. Jay Gatsby is a man with a mysterious past‚ who lives in New York and is famous for his extravagant parties and fabulous wealth. The story is set during the summer in which Tom Buchannan‚ his wife

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    wanted to be. Each different environment helped her progress into finding on Edna Pontellier. Kate Chopin masters the use of setting as it concerns to Edna’s journey of spiritual awakening. The changing of settings in Edna’s life makes her feel trapped like a bird‚ which leads to her downfall and represents the changes she is going through internally. The different settings in The Awakening make Edna feel trapped like a caged bird. Edna originally hopes to

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    when every year it was a man that was picked. To keep the readers interested in finishing the story the author used an exceptional balance of setting‚ characterization‚ context‚ in what made this short story and interesting read. Initially‚ the setting was what started this reading off and the author went into adequate detail and element in the setting. In the

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    that kind of odd behavior is told about the now infamous Salem witch trials. In 1692‚ a group of young women were caught dancing in the woods and witchcraft hysteria went rampant through Salem‚ Massachusetts. The political‚ social‚ and environmental settings in the late seventeenth century Salem were instrumental in heightening the probability of the witch trials in this Puritan village. The government of seventeenth century Salem‚ Massachusetts is very different from today. When the Puritans arrived

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