The Valley of Ashes The first paragraph of chapter two is a description of the Valley of Ashes. Fitzgerald uses carefully chosen words and phrases to create a withdrawn mood for this setting‚ Fitzgerald describes the “transcendent effort of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.”(pg.23) This quote creates a clear description of the men desperately trying to reach the American Dream. Fitzgerald uses special words like transcendent‚ i interpreted that the men’s efforts
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How do “An Unearthly Child” and “Rose” introduce the Doctor Who concept‚ and make this appealing to their contemporary audiences? Doctor Who was designed by Sydney Newman‚ the director of the BBC in 1963‚ who was faced with a dilemma. He was to produce a program for the family audience‚ which could be played between a sports programme‚ Grandstand‚ and a teen pop music programme‚ Jukebox Jury. Newman wanted the programme to entertain and educate people at the same time‚ in the ways of science and
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term used to describe several ways that acids fall out of the atmosphere. A more precise term is acid deposition‚ which has two parts: wet and dry. Wet deposition refers to acidic rain‚ fog‚ and snow. As this acidic water flows over and through the ground‚ it affects a variety of plants and animals. The strength of the effects depend on many factors‚ including how acidic the water is‚ the chemistry and buffering capacity of the soils involved‚ and the types of fish‚ trees‚ and other living things that
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I am an Adulty Adult Austrian psychologist Erick Erickson states “to become an adult one must achieve a separate identity" He defines identity as "a sense of self apart from one’s family" In his proposed psychoanalytic theory of psychosocial development he explains that by failing to achieve this‚ we become stagnant and unproductive. How do we achieve a separate identity‚ what is it that makes an adult; is it our decisions‚ our circumstances‚ or our age? I believe it is a culmination of all three
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Assess the impacts of human activity on one or more deserts Human activity is becoming more prolific in deserts in recent years as governments are seeing the important resources that the desert offers. Mining and mineral exploitation‚ farming‚ tourism‚ and growing populations have had both positive and negative effects on desert environments‚ providing both income for local communities but also affecting the desert ecosystem by depleting water and nutrient supply. Deserts in the US‚ Middle East
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considered polluted when chemicals‚ pathogens‚ or contaminants are detected. Water pollution in Dhaka is mainly caused due to industrial processes that produce toxic waste‚ ground water pollution‚ natural catastrophes‚ growth of algae and littering on the land. Mainly there are three types of water pollution rainwater pollution‚ ground water pollution and surface water pollution. Rain water pollution is basically the acid rain and there is no record of rainwater pollution in Bangladesh. Surface water
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waste‚ and these were released back into the ground locally‚ with minimum environmental impact. Tools made out of wood or metal were generally reused or passed down through the generations. However‚ some civilizations do seem to have been more profligate in their waste output than others. In particular‚ the Maya of Central America had a fixed monthly ritual‚ in which the people of the village would gather together and burn their rubbish in large dumps.[1] Modern era Sir Edwin Chadwick. Following
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During the dust bowl‚ approximately 2.5 million farmers fled from their home‚ approximately 10 of the 2.5 million were led in California into squatter camp or Federal camps (Richardson‚ Sarah). For many farmers‚ conditions got better‚ but for others‚ they faced conditions‚ such as starvation‚ miscarriages‚ beatings and very poor living conditions. As a result of the dust bowl‚ many American farmers were forced to move to California in special areas called Squatter camps and federal camps. Though
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Society’s focus on materialism and consumerism has lead to the shift in our value system‚ which in result has lead to the degradation and neglect of the environment. In his poems‚ Robert gray forces us to consider and reflect upon our involvement on the issues presented- being our priority of material and superficial value which in result has implicated on the natural world‚ provoking its decline and also the degradation of Australian society itself. Furthermore‚ we have lost the values that make
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What factors would you use to decide whether to do you NPV analysis on real or a nominal basis NPV analyses usually involves four steps such as forecasting the benefits and costs of a project in each year‚ determining a discount rate‚ using the NPV formula to calculate‚ and comparing the Net Present Value with other alternative projects. Comparing real (current) and nominal discount rates when conducting an analysis is all based on how detailed of an analysis you’re looking to obtain. Forecasting
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