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    The Divine Wind

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    Setting (time and place) The Divine wind is set in Broome‚ Australia in 1942 during the time of WW2. Quote: ‘’Where double-storeyed dwellings breathed over one another across a gap no wider than a small car’’ Technique: personification to emphasize the lack of privacy in such a small town portraying that everyone is close and synchronized. Key characters and their connections Hartley Penrose-The novels narrator has a connection with Japanese girl Mitsy Sennosuke who later treats her abominably

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    inherit the wind

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    Inherit the wind Written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ the play Inherit the Wind is a fictitious spin off of the historical Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925‚ which debated the concept of evolutionism vs. creationism and‚ in general‚ a person’s right to think. Brady and Drummond‚ two lawyers appointed to Bertram Cates’ trial are both powerful characters‚ different yet they portray many similarities through their behaviour. Demonstrated through various personal flaws‚ strengths‚ and their own

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    inherit the wind

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    Science vs. Religion Inherit the wind is the movie about the Scopes trial which took place in 1925 in Dayton‚ Tennessee. The Scopes trial was between the Christian belief of creation and Darwin’s theory of evolution. A school teacher named Bertram Cates was arrested from the high school where he was teaching the Darwin’s theory of evolution. This was because at that time of period it was against the law to teach about human creation unless it was from the Bible.

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    Wind Chill

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    Wind chill is the perceived decrease in air temperature felt by the body on exposed sin due to the flow of cold air. Wind chill temperatures are always lower than air temperature. The human body loses heat through convection‚ evaporation‚ conduction and radiation. The rate of heat loss by a surface through convection depends on the wind speed above that surface. As a surface heats the air around it‚ an insulating boundary layer of warm air forms agains the surface. Moving

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    A Western Wind

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    “Western Wind” “Western Wind” by an anonymous Middle English lyric relates to A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. In A Farewell to Arms Fredrick Henry has a stream-of-consciousness. In a stream-of-consciousness the writer approximates the rapid‚ often chaotic thought patterns of the character. Thinking about Catherine‚ in the rain‚ Henry refers to the poem "Western Wind”. The poet of “Western Wind” wishes that his heart would heal from the pain of not being with the person that he loves

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    Inherit the Wind

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    Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind is based on the John Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. This was based on whether or not fundamentalism or creationism should be taught in schools. The title Inherit the Wind is an allusion to the Bible verse ‚ "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart." The allusion to this verse has several applications in the play. In Act 2‚ Scene 1‚ Reverend Brown "troubleth his own house" by isolating his daughter

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    The Wind In The Willows

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    The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame has challenged the reader to see the world and individuals in different ways‚ through the adventures of four animal friends that exhibit human behaviour‚ and through themes like journey‚ rights and responsibility and friendship and relationships. The novel is a comment on the English social structure of the late 19th Century during the time of industrialization. In the novel Toad represents the Ruling class‚ who has wealth‚ power‚ privilege‚ status and

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    Elizabeth Blackwell

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    men were. To some extent‚ this still exists today. Women don’t always receive equal pay for equal work as their male co-workers. That was true in the 1840’s when Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. That shows amounts of moral courage that many of us could never achieve. Elizabeth Blackwell was born on Feb. 3‚ 1821‚ in Bristol‚ England. She was the third of nine children born to Samuel and Hannah Blackwell. They were known to be considerate

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    Blowin in the Wind

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    Blowin’ in the Wind Blowin’ in the Wind was originally written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and released in 1963. It became a hit when it was performed by Peter‚ Paul‚ and Mary. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1669. It became the anthem for the civil rights movement (http://library.thinkquest.org/18249/timeline/civil.shtml and also the Vietnam peace movementhttp://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/his1005fall2010/2010/11/22/blowin-in-the-wind/. The song became the embodiment of social protest in America

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    Inherit the Wind

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    February 10‚ 2013 Hour 4 The Almighty and Powerful Brady When a person who’s put on a pedestal far higher than what they have achieved‚ falls‚ disappointment and grief affect many people who once looked upon that great man. In the novel‚ Inherit the Wind‚ Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee show the reader the turmoil and contemplations that occurred during the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial. This trial brought up the conflicts between modern science and Biblical teachings. In his attempt to seek justice

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