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    AP World History-Theme Analysis Chart Theme 1: Interaction between humans and the environment. | * Like religious faiths‚ infections and contagious diseases also spread along the trade routes of the classical world. * The most disruptive of these diseases were probably smallpox and measles‚ and epidemics of bubonic plague may also have erupted. * During the second century C.E. epidemics reduced roman population by about one-quarter‚ to forty-five million. | Theme 2: Development and

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    reminders of her sin‚ the scarlet A and her daughter‚ Pearl. Hawthorne characterizes Pearl with contrasting personalities and roles she plays in Hester’s life. Pearl’s conflicting personality components‚ innocence and defiance‚ both derive from her isolation from society‚ which resulted from her mother’s sin. Pearl represents the conflict between good and evil‚ reflecting the roles she plays in Hester’s life‚ as the physical embodiment of the A. While Pearl serves as a savior to Hester‚ representing possible

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    In The Pearl‚ the pearl represents greed. After finding the pearl‚ Kino as well as the other characters become greedy because they want the power they believe the pearl contains. The events that take place evoke the reader’s emotions by changing the way the reader feels about a character due to their choices. This helps the author to convey the point that money and power leads to greed. In chapter one‚ Kino doesn’t have any money to pay for the treatment of his child’s scorpion sting. The doctor

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    Hawthorne’s the Scarlet Letter‚ Pearl is a symbol of adultery and sin. Being the product of such‚ she leads Hester and Dimmesdale to the acceptance and confession of their sin. She’s the beautiful daughter of the towns adulterist and has mean traits. Pearl is technically the only living symbol of the scarlet letter. She also makes a connection between Hester and Dimmesdale. Initially Pearl is the symbol of Hester’s public punishment for her sin. As the book goes on Pearl grows up and represents the

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    Common Theme The theme of a hero’s journey is seen through many of our readings‚ especially in The Odyssey and Maus. Odysseus is seen as a strong figure throughout the entire epic poem through many circumstances. One such circumstance is when Odysseus confronts the Cyclops. “But even from there my courage‚ my presence of mind and tactics saved us all” (277). This particular event portrays one of the most difficult trials that Odysseus goes through because he must escape the cave‚ but is unable

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    In "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck there are many characters that show out to be greedy after Kino got the pearl. For example: the priest‚ the doctor and Kino. The priest turns out to be greedy when Kino gets the pearl. When the news came to Him he started to wonder whether he had baptized Coyotito and if he married Kino and Juana‚ he also started to think how much the pearl was worth‚ and what repairs where necessary to the church. The doctor also turns out to be greedy after the news that Kino

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    collodion process couldn’t of achieved . The staged image depicts a young girl dying of tuberculosis and her mourning family; her fiancé‚ mother‚ and sister surrounding her. This quickly became a debatable piece of photography‚ and some felt the theme and subject of death and grief ‚was not suitable for photography. People at the time were use to the idea of photographs as a recorded proof of incidents that took place during a certain time in reality‚ so to a lot of viewers‚ the staged “Fading

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    At the end of “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck‚ Kino felt guilty and decides to throw the pearl back into the sea. The pearl symbolizes greed and suggests wealth could bring contentment while also teaching a lesson.Kino fantasized all the possibilities for his family when Juan Tomas asked him‚ “What will you do now that you have become a rich man?” (pg 24) KIno then stated‚ “We will get married at the church”‚ “Have new clothes”‚ “Have a rifle”‚ and “My son will go to school.” (pg 24-25) When Kino tried

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    Pearl Harbor was one battle that was very big against the United States. It was a battle that no one knew was coming. It happened fast and was also very wicked. Pearl Harbor is located by the islands of Hawaii‚ just west of Honolulu. Pearl Harbor was attacked on the morning of December 7‚ 1941. The one’s who attacked Pearl Harbor was the Japanese‚ and it turned out to be one of their greatest mistakes. The planning on the attack took some time and some thought for the Japanese. They began planning

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    Pearl is an ironic and contradictory symbolism of pure and gracefulness. It is ironic that she is the child born to two great sinners. The way Hawthorn creates Pearl is by combining great contradictions together. Pearl is a misbehaving and mischievous child always showered by praise and wrapped with great angelical beauty. Hawthorne begins to develop Pearl’s character by opening up with a short aphorism describing Pearl as a child with “no physical defects.” He builds off this statement about

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