Quiz Makeup Chapters 1-11 Holden Caulfield seems to be a troubled kid who keeps having to leave the school he is attending. He has just flunked out of Pensey Prep School because he was not applying himself. Holden goes to tell his former history teach Mr. Spencer goodbye. Mr. Spencer annoys Holden by reminding him that he flunked him and forces him to read his horrible essay he had written. Holden is in his room reading Out of Africa when one of the students Ackley comes into his room. Ackley stays
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Pluto is not a planet For my whole life I have been taught that there were exactly 9 planets in the solar system. I had learnt this at a very young age and the number 9 had often been stressed to me. I can’t believe the amount of tests that I had failed on the subject because I had failed to remember one of these planets. My excuse had always been‚ "No! That’s not a planet!". If I had forgotten Saturn then I would say‚ " Oh sir! Saturn’s not really a planet‚ it’s yellow and everyone knows that
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2) Other than informational gain I don’t see any other profit. Naval Facilities engineering 3) It does cite reliable source‚ such as the EPA web site 4) Yes it is unbiased and appears to be all facts no opinions 5) RSC.org also discusses environment risk assessment and is written by a Dr. who seems to have extensive credentials. 6) Yes it is a reliable source. It is a government website it references other notable sources. Article 2: 1) In this article there is a noted author Dr Salvatore
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Mercury the closest planet to the Sun: Mercury‚ and the other inner planets‚ condense from the heavier elementes. Condensing closest of all to the sun‚ Mercury is rock solid. Outwardly‚ Mercury is like our Moon: rocky‚ cratered‚ barren. But inside‚ like Earth‚ is an iron-rich core. That core is as big as the Moon and‚ at 70% iron‚ Mercury is the densest planet of all. Also Mercury’s day is twice as long as its year. The day lasts 176 Earth days‚ the year just 88. But it gets stranger... If you
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In “Prisoner on the Hell Planet: A Case History‚” Art Spiegelman evokes German expressionist wood-cut drawings‚ similar to Lynd Ward‚ to convey and suggest depth and weight through his use of heavy and jagged lines. This strategy in turn helps the viewer embrace the emotional anguish Artie is feeling after finding out his mother had passed. Spiegelman sets the shockingly confessional tone of the piece in the first two frames by wasting no time describing his mother’s method of suicide. The 1972 story’s
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Forbidden Planet Comparison to Shakespeare’s The Tempest On first glance‚ Forbidden Planet can easily be seen to parallel many other works relating to technology‚ nature‚ or both. One of the most obvious parallels is‚ of course‚ to Shakespeare’s The Tempest‚ the story of a man stranded on an island which he has single-handedly brought under his control through the use of magic. Indeed‚ the characters‚ plot‚ and lesson of Forbidden Planet mirror almost exactly those of The Tempest‚ with
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Frankenstein VS Planet of the Apes: A Frightful Showdown Humans as a species like to experiment with the world around them and push the limits of any known law. As a result‚ the human race is constantly toying with the everlasting puzzle: What is life and how can it be manipulated? Through many realistic fiction stories—such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Rise of the Planet of the Apes—the general public is able to take a look into how far the human mind wants to go. Both stories use technology
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personalities‚ problems could arise which in result will help a task group to improve relationships with one another form. When can task groups be used for those in the work force? Studies by Furman‚ Rowan‚ and Bender 2014 supports that Social workers are likely to encounter many task groups throughout their careers through their employment and participation in different agencies and organizations. (Furman‚ Rowan‚ & Bender‚ 2014). With task groups are very popular among employment agencies‚ they can
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unsustainable for humans. If the human race does not change and solve their problems effectively‚ it is a great possiblity that the world will turn into the barren planet from the film‚ and be forced to live on a cold ship in space. The depletion of the natural resources is a main issue for the unsustainability of the human race and the planet. People take more than they can replace. For example‚ it takes longer to grow an oak tree than it does chopping one down. The resource is not being sufficeintly
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Frost‚ GKE1 Task 1 Page 1 GKE Task 1 Part A: Over the centuries there have been many different environmental and geographical factors that have shaped the development of the United States. Two of these factors that I feel are extremely significant to this development are the Irish Potato Famine and the discovery of gold in California. The Irish Potato Famine began in Ireland in September 1845. The famine was caused by an airborne fungus‚ phytophthora infetans‚ which attacks the leaves of the
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