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    The Handmaid's Tale

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    castle‚ the father and his son used to labor through out the day in a nearby woods‚ as they were a woodcutters‚ their days are long and hard‚ they have to be in the woods by the sunrise time‚ they will chop the woods‚ as much as they can carry‚ then they will cut it into smaller pieces‚ and carry it over their backs to a small village nearby the woods‚ once they are able to change it for food they will go back to their home‚ tired but happy‚ as nothing for a man is of a value‚ more than being able

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    Comparison between Aztecs and Mayans and Incas Aztecs and Mayans are both an ancient civilizations that once both lived in Mexico. The Aztecs lived in the central part of the country and spoke a language called Nahuatl. The word Aztec comes from the language Nahuatl‚ meaning people from Aztlan‚ which was the mythological place for people speaking the truth. There main contribution they left behind is the pyramids and the culture. The Mayans were well known for the Written language that they

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    interpretation of content of images‚ hieroglyphic writing and their mathematical and astronomical knowledge (Hawkins‚ Jaurique‚ & Ortiz-Sánchez‚ 2016).Their main source of food economy was agriculture. Mayan farmers produced crops such as‚ corn‚ beans‚ and squash and the trade of these products was the basis for the Mayan economy.

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    The Canterbury Tales

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    and his/her tale. What was the underlying motive for the storyteller telling his/her tale? Chaucer’s masterpiece‚ The Canterbury Tales‚ is the most famous and critically acclaimed work of Geoffrey Chaucer‚ a late-fourteenth-century English poet. Little is known about Chaucer’s personal life‚ and even less about his education‚ but a number of existing records document his professional life. Chaucer was born in London in the early 1340s‚ the only son in his family. The Canterbury Tales is written

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    St. Gregory On The Son

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    On the Son‚ also known as the “The Third Theological Oration” and “Oration 29‚” was written by St. Gregory of Nazianus (c. 329 - 390). He was the Archbishop of Constantinople during the 4th century‚ and after his death he became knows at “the Theologian” by the Council of Chalcedon. He is considered to be one of the “Cappadocian Fathers” amongst other defenders of the faith‚ and theologians of that time such as Basil the Great‚ Gregory of Nyssa and others (Intro). In the introduction of On God and

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    Mother to Son is an empowering poem from a mother to her son. The first part of the poem alludes to the mother explaining to her son that life isn’t easy. The mother explains the struggles that she has went through in her life span. The mother illuminates to her son‚ through trials and tribulations she has accumulated wounds‚ cuts‚ and bruises that life has brought a upon her. But despite these hardships she has learned when things become hopeless don’t run away. She has learned to face the obstacles

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    Characters from the Story ‘The Parable of the Prodigal Son’ If someone attempted to evaluate your life‚ how do you think they would critique you? In the text “From the Parable of the Prodigal Son‚ from the King James Bible Luke 15: 11-32” many characters could be critiqued. Many different critiques could come from this story due to people having different opinions. In the story‚ the father gives the son an equal portion of his money. Even though the son is irresponsible with the money‚ his father forgivingly

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    The Mayans and Easter Islanders had common collapses in their societies. One of their downfalls was that they both erected large statues and other unnecessary monuments to show dominance over other kings in the surrounding area. This hurt the civilizations because they occupied land that could have otherwise been used for farming. Also‚ since everything was done on human power alone‚ they used more energy and later consumed more food than usual. Another one of their problems were that neither

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    achievements that the mayans had were great ideas that later would influence the aztecs to use these tactics in their civilization. A achievement that the aztecs had was that their were able to create their own solar calendar just like ares that lasted 365 days. Another achievement that the Mayans had was that they had their own understanding of mathematics that is just like are but‚ instead of the number ten for being their place value number theirs was number twenty. The mayans were also very gifted

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    My Son The Fanatic

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    Who is the Fanatic now? My Son the Fanatic is a short story written by Hanif Kureishi. The story is about a person called Parvez who have migrated to England with his son Ali. My son the Fanatic was published in 1997. In the story we are following Parvez where we are introduced to a worker class area with taxi drivers and a prostitute called Bettina. The story occupies with genres such as drama‚ religion‚ father and son relationship and adaption. The main character Parvez is a long time working

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