On a hunt for pigs‚ Ralph‚ Jack‚ and a couple of other boys come across a boar. Ralph strikes [the boar] with a spear and has a feeling of a sudden upsurge of pride‚ “Ralph was full of fright‚ apprehension‚ and pride. He felt the need of witnesses… Ralph talked on‚ excitedly. ‘I hit him all right. The spear stuck in. I wounded him!’ He sunned himself in their new respect and felt that hunting was good after all” (Golding). By using repetition of Ralph’s words
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Bow and arrows were for fighting long distances. Blowguns‚ are tubes for firing projectiles like obsidian darts. Atlatls are flat wooden board with a notch on the end for holding a spear. This helped throw the spear with more velocity‚ it could puncture metal armour. They were introduced during the Post-classic era. There are at least 10 different types of atlatl; for example the Nanticoke and Canadaigua. Knifes were made of obsidian and also used
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Three Weeks On A Deserted Island For how many years has man asked the question‚ "what three items would you bring with you if you were stranded on a deserted island?" Well today that question will be answered. In the following essay it will be proven that an axe‚ a deep metal skillet‚ and very large spool of thick rope‚ would be the three items‚ which would help someone best survive for three weeks on a deserted island. This will be proven through careful analysis of the uses of these items. Now
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The Aquatic Ape Theory Society hears the word “mermaid” and thinks about a mythical creature that sings and lives in the sea. The Aquatic Ape Theory takes the view of mermaids and tells one the real facts about ancient mermaids that humans are said to evolve from. One may wonder how mermaids have gone almost undetected for so many years. That is in fact because they live in parts of the oceans that humans have never explored. Scientists have recently discovered two new breeds of whales‚ the biggest
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The Hunt is an oil painting painted by South African artist Irma Stern in 1926. The painting depicts a scene of a tribe preparing for a hunt. Within the group of people there are three dogs‚ a naked child‚ an elder and the hunters holding their spears and shields. These figures overlap one another creating a pictorial space by creating a foreground‚ middle ground and background almost as if the scene is falling forward. Linear and atmospheric perspective have also been used to create depth by
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his stance‚ and yet his right leg remains cautiously tucked behind it‚ with his right foot sticking out at roughly a sixty-degree angle to his forward-facing left. It is clear from the position of the right arm that the warrior is about to throw a spear; how he planned to do so effectively‚ however‚ remains ambiguous. The feet are positioned awkwardly close together for a warrior descending downhill and are inappropriately oriented for the ominous strike that one senses is about to occur. One suspects
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would go through a piece of cloth but he couldn’t figure out exactly how it would work. In his dream‚ cannibals were preparing to cook him and they were dancing around the fire waving their spears. Howe noticed at the head of each spear there was a small hole through the shaft and the up-and-down motion of the spears and the hole remained with him when he woke. The idea of passing the thread through the needle close to the point‚ not at the other end‚ was a major innovation in making mechanical sewing
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Anavysos Kouros is an Archaic Greek sculpture made c. 530 from marble with remnants of paint. The representation of his body is very stiff‚ but the individual aspects of the body parts are realistic when examined by themselves (except for the huge ankles). However‚ when looked at as a whole‚ it becomes apparent that each body part is exaggerated – long‚ curly hair; big eyes; strong‚ protruding jaw line; oversized ears; solid‚ muscular torso; similarly sized penis and scrotum; dense‚ muscular thighs;
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The book begins with Brian Robeson‚ a thirteen-year-old boy from New York City‚ in a small plane on his way to visit his father in Canada for the summer. His parents got divorced‚ which has shaken him up‚ mostly because of the Secret that he keeps: he saw his mother with another man while his parents were still married. In the middle of the flight the pilot has a heart attack and dies‚ and Brian is alone; he tries to steer the plane for a little while but has no clue where he is and cannot get
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References: 1. Anthony Spears: (1999). Mars Pathfinder’s lessons learned from the Mars Pathfinder Project Manager’s perspective and the future road. Acta Astronautica‚ 45‚ 235-241. 2. Pete Spotts: (2010). Obama NASA plan: Mars shot as next generation ’s Apollo mission. Christian
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