Journal Entry #1 “Summer” by David Updike 440 Words Summary David Updike’s story “Summer” describes one summer holiday of a boy named Homer. He is faced with the external conflict on an unrequited love. Homer‚ the protagonist‚ is spending the summer at his best friend‚ Fred’s home near the lake. The summer‚ for the most‚ followed the usual flow of ‘athletic and boyhood fulfillment” (para 11) for Homer and Fred. There were the tennis matches and hiking‚ the alcohol and hanging out late at night
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Introduction A water bottle rocket is essentially that; a bottle modified in the image of a rocket then filled with a select amount of water that is pressurised and launched into the air due to the forces pushing the rocket upwards from the launcher. When the completed water bottle rocket is sitting on the launcher‚ the force of the surface of the launcher pushes the rocket up whilst gravity drags it down. As the fluid inside the rocket is pressurized‚ the forces become unbalanced
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Before baseline 11-10 launches‚ the distance rocket traveled 6.73m and weighed 1.12 grams and the seconds rocket went .92 seconds and weighed .95 grams. By adding some cardstock for fins and taking off my clay and replacing it with tape it went quite a bit further and it went quite a bit faster‚ the weight was .93 grams. With the weight taken off‚ the rocket went 1.796 m farther. For the baseline launches‚ the distance average was 7.465m and .91 seconds and for the height the average was 2
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Water- Rocket Essay Lauren is stranded on a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean and she believes that her family got stranded on an island close by. Mainly because she can see and the other island like really close. She is very concerned and she wants to send a letter but she does not know how she will manage to write a letter and send it through. Luckily before her airplane crashed‚ they gave her a backpack full of necessities of life. She was the only one to receive it for her family unfortunately
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International Baccalaureate Extended essay cover Candidates must complete this page and then give this cover and their final version of the extended essay to their supervisal l Candtdate session number ~~----------~~ Candidate name School number ~-_..l~-Ye_ar_.._~)_~a School name Examination session (May or November) j Diploma Programme subject in which this extended essay is registered : r:~u~1S ·‚t.-~ t" ’ ’ (For an extended essay tn the area of languages‚
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A rocket is a machine that develops thrust by the rapid expulsion of matter. The major components of a chemical rocket assembly are a rocket motor or engine‚ propellant consisting of fuel and an oxidizer‚ a frame to hold the components‚ control systems and a cargo such as a satellite. A rocket differs from other engines in that it carries its fuel and oxidizer internally‚ therefore it will burn in the vacuum of space as well as within the Earth’s atmosphere. The cargo is commonly referred to as the
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In the book Disposable People the chapter on Brazil was very eye opening. When People hear Brazil they think of its rich cities such as Rio‚ and Sao Paulo‚ and the Amazon. What people don’t realize about how poor the country is. In southern Brazil slavery is still around. In the State of Mato Grosso do Sul there is still slavery. People in that part of the region of the country are very poor‚ they are even more poor then the favelas in Rio. Gato’s are the slaveholders‚ they bribe the people of that
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one really knows the difference between slavery in the past and the modern-day slavery of today. According facts stated on humanrightsfirst.org there are approximately 20.9 million victims of modern day slavery worldwide as of this year. The book Disposable People is about this new form of slavery. Author‚ Kevin Bales tells stories varying from five different countries; Thailand‚ Mauritania‚ Brazil‚ Pakistan‚ and India. Through these stories we see how each country contributes to this idea of modern
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Propelling a Rocket with Baking Soda and Vinegar Materials: * Vinegar * Baking Soda * Paper Towel * Funnel * Cork * In rocket: (instead of film canister) * Plastic Bottle * Pencils(stand) * Duct tape Procedures: 1. Take 1 scoop of baking soda 2. Put it in the middle of the paper towel‚ and then roll it. 3. Put the funnel in the mouth of the bottle‚ and pour vinegar before the duct tape.(it’s up to you) 4. Fix the cork‚ put some paper
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Thesis statement: The constant change in the world‚ as evidenced by consumerism in the books Rabbit‚ Run by John Updike and White Noise by Don DeLillo‚ gives a false sense of security to the protagonists of the two books thereby blurring the reality they are in and destroying them in the end. *** Don deLillo’s White Noise: Postmodern elements Most postmodern books have been published after World War II. First published in 1984‚ White Noise by Don deLillo explores the emergence of technology
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