In his article‚ Stronk ultimately suggests that Ctesias’ writing is a creative narration of history. He claims that “all [Ctesias] wanted was to compose a plausible and interesting narrative” (Stronk 41). He then states that “Ctesias ‘reworks’ historical facts and thus transforms various occurrences into his version of the truth. In [Ctesias’] work history has merely become a part of the plot. What happened or what was said to have happened or even what could have happened and never happened at all
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It is no secret that technology has had an immense impact on modern society with regard to connectivity. In just the last decade social networking sites have become the norm in everyday activities. Nearly everyone is already on a social networking site‚ Facebook alone has one billion users‚ about 1/7 of the world’s total population. Even without social networking‚ people are still interconnected through texting and video chat. If someone goes abroad for a business trip‚ they will have never really
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In this poem MacCaig portrays beautiful yet unusual images and an admiration of nature and many of its qualities. Small and normal parts of nature are hyperbolized with the use of paradoxical similes‚ language and imagery. One of the main qualities‚ which the speaker seems to admire‚ is the tranquility and sedateness of nature and just being in nature. He lies carefree “in the cool‚ soft grass” as he watches nature take its course. While watching nature operate he is also “not thinking”‚ suggesting
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In the article Classic Maya Bloodletting and the Cultural Evolution of Religious Rituals: Quantifying Patterns of Variation in Hieroglyphic Texts‚ readers learn about bloodletting and religious rituals‚ how they came about in the classic Maya‚ and the different patterns showing different regions partaking in these religious rituals through hieroglyphs. Bloodletting in the Maya lowlands was something that was seen in various forms such as social integration and political legitimacy‚ as expressed in
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1. A&P is a short story in which the young character‚ Sammy quits his job at the supermarket because the manager embarrassed three girls and learns how messed up the world really is. Most of the action in the story takes place in this supermarket where Sammy stands at his cash register on a summer afternoon watching three girls dressed in nothing but bathing suits‚ wander the store in search of a jar of “Fancy Herring Snacks in Pure Sour Cream.” By the time the three girls reach his checkout stand
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Philip K. Dick is one of the best writers of the 20th century. He has written numerous stories and essays‚ most fiction‚ each with a plot that captivates the reader and takes them through a wild adventure‚ each different from the last and by the end of his books the reader craves more of his works. This author has written some of the best book in the 20th century. One of these works is “Paycheck”‚ which is also one of his most famous pieces of literature. In “Paycheck”‚ Dick uses the plot to make
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This nine weeks I read Sisters by Raina Telgemeier it was a relatable graphic novel about the life of a girl and her sister and it’s really funny and highlights the true parts of having a sister. This novel is about 100 pages long. I read this book because the name and the cover grabbed my attention. My story mainly takes place in their family car on a road trip from California to Colorado. It is recent but does not give a spasic date. The characters are all young when the book took place. There
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The Shallows is a book‚ which outlines the effects that the Internet and an increase of technology in our daily lives is having on the mind of humans. Carr highlights the observations he has made through his own research stating that as a society we are “more socially focused and efficient than ever before.” However‚ Carr goes on to detail that this efficiency comes with a price‚ our brains and its neurons are easily re-routed through just a simple daily hour on the computer our neurons begin reacting
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I chose to do a critique of Quinn’s performance of To Lumpia or to Not Lumpia?: A Counterstory of a Multicultural Racial Microaggression. This piece is about a girl and her sister bringing a Filipino dish to their school’s Multicultural Food Fair. They are very excited to share their culture’s food with their peers at school. After they set their food up‚ a teacher changes their name tag labeling the food “Lumpia” to “Egg Rolls” so that other people could know what it was. This upset the girls and
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In her essay Dweck (2007) points out that by praising the student’s intelligence we are encouraging them for self-defeating. When my teacher told me‚ “you are doing great!.” In fact‚ he was praising my intelligence‚ but I knew that I am not good at playing soccer. I was not inherent at playing soccer. I think he should have praised my effort not my intelligence. Dweck points out that many think intelligence is set or fixed. She argues about her research that she has done. She argues about two types
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