"You’re such a loser!" But what entails being a loser? Do losers fart and then make a farting sound to cover up‚ or are losers people who make up e-mail addresses like cool_girl22@hotmail.com? Our image of a loser has changed as we have progressed through life‚ but I find the way we defined losers when we were children the most entertaining. Not only did we once classify people as losers‚ but we also associated them with different degrees of "loser-hood." Someone could be a "real" loser‚ a "total"
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In this lecture I leaned about the Atlantic slave trade. Specifically how brutal the conditions on the sugar plantations slaves had to work on in Brazil were. They worked long and tedious hours. Almost 14 hours a day filled with back breaking labor. Since the labor was difficult‚ many slaves died at a young age thus slaves being imported to the Americas increased. Where did the idea of slavery come from? Slavery in the Atlantic was a combination of ideas past empires in Eurasia believed in
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The Unlucky Winner In Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery”‚ the setting deceives the reader making them think the lottery is a typical annual social event held on a peaceful summer day. The whole town anxiously gathers together in the town square for the lottery. The names of the townspeople are called one at a time to come up and take a piece of paper from the box. When it is revealed who has drawn the only piece of paper that is not blank‚ a winner of the lottery is established. The story
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between the New Word and Europe in the 15th century to the 16th century. It was caused by exploration and the increased need for materials within the continents. The settlers sent corn‚ potatoes‚ tomatoes‚ peanuts‚ beans‚ and tobacco from the Americas to Europe. From Europe to the Americas‚ the people sent wheat‚ rice‚ oats‚ barley‚ guns‚ horses‚ cattle‚ pigs‚ coffee beans‚ grapes‚ bananas‚ and sugarcane. A myriad of new supplies were transported and introduced to these countries through trade routes
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have been able to trade with other areas across the continents. Many factors helped facilitate this trade. Among these factors were the laws of supply and demand‚ the presence of middlemen‚ and common religions. Under the influence of these factors‚ silk‚ jade‚ dye‚ horses‚ and many other goods were traded throughout Asia‚ Africa‚ and Europe. Not only did these factors increase trade‚ but it also helped spread ideas and culture across the world. This cultural diffusion led to new languages and literatures
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EUR 101 Spring 2013 Foundations of Europe 1:00-2:20 p.m. T Th Harriman 137 DEC G Professor: Timothy Westphalen Office: Humanities 1140 E-mail: Timothy.Westphalen@StonyBrook.edu Office Hours; Tues. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Tues.‚ 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thurs. 2:30-3:30 p.m. And by appointment. Teaching assistant: Anna Geisherik Office: Humanities 1077 E-mail: ageisherik@gmail.com Office hours: Tues. and Thurs.‚ 4:30-5:15; 7-7:45p.m. READINGS (All books available in the
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The Slave Trade in Africa Eric Williams thesis entitled "Capitalism and slavery" is not a study on the nature of the slave trade‚ but rather a study of the role of slavery in the English economy. In his thesis Williams proposes the idea that capitalism is a result of the Atlantic slave trade. Williams defines capitalism as when someone can use their resources to make a profit without that person actually being present. The Atlantic Slave Trade was then an example of capitalism. English investors
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The Irish occupy a unique place in the history of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade‚ being white Europeans who were both slaves and slave owners‚ depending on which way the political and economic winds were blowing from the seventeenth century onwards. From the ruled to the rulers the Irish played a significant and almost universal role in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and their story is one which is deserving of a greater knowledge both at home in Ireland but also worldwide. In relation to the question
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amplification of trade of luxury goods as interregional connections strengthened. Expansion and intensification of trade networks between Africa and Eurasia also fostered cross-cultural exchanges. However‚ despite many changes‚ existing trade routes flourished and also promoted the growth of new trading cities‚ which expanded the grasp of commercialization. A profound change may be the growth of interregional trade‚ which sparked the expansion of luxury trade (A). As more of Africa became unveiled
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The Analysis of “Loser-hero”‚ “Tragic loser-hero” and “Failed loyalist hero” Archetypes in Japanese Literature In the book “Warriors of Japan as Portrayed in the War Tales”‚ as the title suggests‚ author Paul Varley studies numerous war tales from hundreds of years of Japanese history‚ throughout the rise of the samurai warrior culture and the societal change that went along with it. From ancient war tales like the Shōmonki to tales firmly in the medieval times like the Taiheiki‚ the changes
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