This chapter is all about the background of Moon Shadow and his family in the middle kingdom in China. It goes into detail about their struggles and reasons. In this chapter it introduces Tang town or china town. This chapter goes into detail of the family company. The company’s name was Peach Orchard Vow. The company had a feast for Moon Shadow’s arrival. This chapter had detail on how Windrider got his new nickname. Windrider shares his story of meeting the Dragon king. In the end of the chapter
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The Berlin Conference and the division of Africa is an example of how powerful elites dictate and narrate the legacies of the past‚ thereby controlling how society perceives current situations. In Adam Hochschild’s excerpt. “King Leopold’s Ghost: A story of Greed‚ Terror‚ and Heroism in Colonial Africa‚” the author exemplifies the irony in the rise of the west‚ considering European colonial powers appropriated the land and labor of indigenous Africans in order to build Western Empires. The Author
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Write a summary of the novel. The novel “Of mice and men” opens with two migrant workers‚ George Milton and Lennie Small who are on their way to harvest an available job. Lennie is a great strength guy but has problem with soft thing and George who is intelligent‚ has to take care of Lennie. After being hired‚ they meet Candy‚ old swamper who has an old loyal dog and Curley‚ the boss’s son who doesn’t like Lennie. When Candy overhears the conversation between George and Lennie about their dream
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Summary of Reading – Chapter #2 Chapter 2 of The New Jim Crow focuses on how the system of mass incarceration works. Alexander concentrates on the "War on Drugs‚" because "convictions for drug offenses are the single most important cause of the explosion in incarceration rates in the United States." Early on‚ she exposes myths‚ noting that the war is not "aimed at ridding the nation of drug ’kingpins’ or big-time drug dealers‚" and the drug war is not "principally concerned with dangerous drugs"
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CHAPTER 8 How Did They Make And Use Tools? Technology Summary The physical remains of humanly made artifacts form the bulk of the archaeological record. The artifacts that are found by archaeologists may not represent the range of objects actually used because certain materials preserve better than others. For this reason‚ stone tools and ceramics dominate the archaeological record. Objects made of fabric‚ cord‚ skin‚ and other organic materials no doubt date back to the very earliest archaeological
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Derek Clayton October 30‚ 2008 Mrs. Craft 4th period “Ida B.” Chapter Summary 1-5 In the first chapter‚ Ida B and her parents are in the kitchen talking and washing dishes. Her parents are moving too slow‚ she wants to go outside and play. She told her Dad‚ “There is never enough time for fun.” After a few more dishes‚ she was allowed to go outside. She grabbed some paper and a pencil to draw some things. Ida B decided to write to Canada‚ or so she thought. Ida
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Hawks of the sea The Pirates of Barbary‚ Corsairs‚ Conquests‚ and Captivity in the 17th-century Mediterranean by Adrian Tinniswood is an interesting book that details the ventures of the many Barbary Pirates. This book explains the effects of the often forgotten but highly important Barbary Pirates. Tinniswood explains the workings of the maritime cities‚ whose economies depended on the piracy that was engaged by the Anglo-Turkish pirates. He first discusses the famous raids and affects the pirates
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To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 3-5 Summary Chapter 3 summary Jean/scout tries to beat up Walter Cunningham at the school playground for getting her in trouble Jem stops her from beating Walter up and scout explained the situation to Jem Walter was invited by Jem to come and have lunch with him and Scout During lunch Atticus and Walter were talking about farming for most of the time Walter pours molasses all over his food which causes Scout to yell in surprise making Walter embarrassed
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I read the book for university class! -Freakonomics Summary HERE Remember. This. Is. A. Spoiler. Those who haven’t read yet- close these… and go read it peeps!!!! Summary of Freakonomics – short (this’ll be my essay for university :> ) Chapter 1: What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common? This chapter’s main idea is that the study of economics is the study of incentives. We find a differentiation between
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Chapter 1 1. The main lesson of chapter one was explaining how humans came to be and major jumps in our development. 2. I agree with diamonds ideas because it is scientifically proven that humans started by evolving from monkeys in Africa 3. That people developed certain things suddenly instead of gradually‚ that the clovis was responsible for many mass extinctions of large mammals around 11‚000 B.C. Chapter 2 1. Looks at the effect of the climate on the civilization being a small group of
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