The Myall Creek Massacre In the early days of the European settlement of Australia‚ especially during the 1800’s‚ it was common for large numbers of Aboriginal people (men‚ women and children) to be massacred by the white settlers‚ including by police and soldiers. Most of these were not reported and were known to only a few people. Therefore‚ there was no action taken to punish the offenders and indeed‚ there was approval from most white settlers and government officials for this to continue
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The Boy’s Ambition In the sleepy town of Hannibal‚ Missouri things are simple and easy. In the mornings things are quite and people are dozing off‚ but when the steamboats arrive at the wharf things become very hectic. Mornings in Hannibal are quite and sleepy‚ the streets are empty; people are still sleeping or are in their homes. Store clerks are napping against their store fronts. Wooden flats against the edge of the wharf‚ the water from the Mississippi softly crashing upon the town’s edge
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Holden is a teenager who refuses to grow up because he is afraid of gaining the responsibilities that come with it. So‚ Holden struggles hard to stay childish. For example‚ he does not want to take responsibility to communicate with others that may want to help him. He refuses to go home and confront his parents and face the consequences. Along with this‚ he also pulls the childish silent treatment toward his parents; because that is the only knife he has to hurt them:” She would not be the ones
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it didn’t seem so scary now I couldn’t really see where the monsters were so I couldn’t prepare myself for being scared. Now their was this woman with black cloak and had blue glow in the dark skin she was introducing the audience to the story of Sleepy Hollow and warning us not to stray or else you will be scared to death. Also‚ telling us about the strange and dangerous monster lerking about.As walking Saige‚ Sammy‚ and I went through a farm and there were 3 women dancing around a floating table
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dissolved oxygen. Dr. Robert Diaz of VIMS and WRI staff says there are more than 228 large coastal areas affected by serious eutrophication‚ for example Wamberal Lagoon in Australia and Izmir Bay in Turkey. Point sources of contamination to ground water can also include septic tanks‚ fluid storage tanks‚ landfills‚ and industrial lagoons. If a contaminant is soluble in water and reaches the water table‚ the contaminant will be transported by the slowly moving ground water‚ and possibly end up in surface
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Afa’s perspective: Ghost of the lagoon. I kicked back and forth faster and faster all just to find Tupa right behind me“ Afa come back if you don’t Tupa will kill you” Mako Yelled‚ but it was too late Tupa surging out of the water to make the first attack‚ I bit him in the fin and then swam away. Tupa trying to attack again this time on the canoe‚ Mako drove back his spear and let flow in the wind hitting tupa. I made it back to the canoe barking as loud as I could. “Calm down Afa.” as Mako went
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Buying any meat‚ dairy‚ and egg products is buying from the same four large companies that run the meat industry in America today. By using the Confined/Concentrated Animal Feeding Systems or CAFOs‚ these companies have made it to the top of the meat industry. CAFOs systems are unethical and pose a huge risk to our environment and our own health. Although these animals are being raised to be consumed does not mean they should live in small pins with no exercise‚ stand in their own feces‚ and be pumped
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One of the most important figures of early twentieth-century literature was Thomas Mann. Thomas Mann is famous for his economical writing. He does not waste a word: every detail he includes is significant‚ and every detail serves his strategy of suggesting‚ hinting‚ rather than directly telling. Without a doubt‚ Death in Venice by Thomas Mann is one of the greatest masterpieces of short fiction ever written. It tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach‚ a successful but aging German writer who follows
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Although not everyone will agree‚ I want to present the idea that the story that deserves the prestigious Edgar Award is‚ “The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow”‚ written by Washington Irving. It introduced such suspense that had the ability to capture your attention. Although an appropriate runnerup would be “The Cask Of Amontillado”‚ by Edgar Allen Poe himself. I felt it had some boring aspects that left me feeling unsatisfied as a result. I will prove my opinion by presenting my textual evidence piece by
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Despite the evidence that Washington Irving uses to show his love for America in his stories‚ he portrays some characters in the Devil and Tom Walker and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as greedy. Irving shows concern for America by placing stories in uniquely American moments. In this essay I will prove through passages and quotes from Irving’s stories that he shows his love for America in his stories and portrays some characters as greedy in the two stories. The historical settings of these
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