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    cheerful‚ curious and innocent‚ but soon‚ that all would change. One day‚ at about noon‚ Proserpina went wandering on the seashore with the sea nymphs. Her mother begged Proserpina to stay close to the sea nymphs‚ as they would keep her safe. Despite her mother’s best attempts‚ Proserpina wandered into the fields to pick flowers without the safety of the sea nymphs. One of the shrubs was very beautiful and grew new blossoms upon being looked at. It was so marvelous Proserpina decided to pull the

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    Literature and Environment: An Ecocritical Approach to Haifaa Al-Sanoussi’s Departure of the Sea (Abdulhamid Alansary‚ Dept.‚ of English Language and Literature‚ Faculty of Arts‚ Sohag University) ABSTRACT This research paper tries to explain the desire to return to pure nature through the analysis of a work of art ecocritically‚ namely Haifaa Al-Sanoussi’s Departure of the Sea. It also attempts to show how the relationship between man and nature‚ which had been previously harmonized‚ has changed

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    South China Sea dispute has long being discussed and also complicated. Controlling the Paracel Islands and the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea is not only claiming the countries’ territory‚ but mainly gaining economic benefits of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). These benefits include natural resources: the US Energy Administration estimates that 11 billion barrels (bbl) of oil reserves and 190 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas reserves under the South China Sea. The US Geological

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    Attempt to Strive In The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago is challenged to fight his way through multiple forces. Him trying to overcome these obstacles are not just because of the threat to his survival. He does it for his own personal content and confidence. All throughout the book‚ the Old Man has to face the power of the Marlin‚ the sharks‚ the ocean‚ and his lack of energy. His peaceful fishing adventure changed to a not so happily ever after ending‚ unfortunately. Without breaking down these

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    the next ones comes up. Like what Ken Lintz said‚ "An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity‚" meaning that overcoming an obstacle can lead to great success in a new opportunity‚ is something that everyone can learn. In The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago is challenged to fight his way through multiple forces. Him trying to overcome these obstacles are not just because of the threat to his survival‚ but also for his own personal content and confidence. All throughout the book‚ the Old Man has

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    “The common man is a potential subject for tragedy‚ [but] the one thing a tragic protagonist cannot be is common” (Arthur Miller). In the novella “The Old Man and the Sea”‚ written by Ernest Hemmingway‚ we are introduced to a character‚ Santiago‚ who one could consider to be even lower than the common man. He is a lowly fisherman who has found himself out of luck. With that in mind‚ how could one ever confuse Santiago with being a tragic hero? A tragic hero is normally of noble status and heart and

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    Crossing the red sea essay “Crossing the Red Sea" is a poem that is based on World War ll. Thousands of people were displaced by the destruction and cruelty of the war. They looked for a new life in a new world. In the poem a there is a substantial amount of people on a ship leaving there shattered and war torn homeland. The poem displays how people have suffered and seen dreadful scenes. It also expresses there sadness and grief that has left them each flabbergasted and scared. As they set

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    Analysis of Satellite Derived Sea Surface Temperature Data for South China Sea and Java Sea Md. Monirul Islam*‚ Kimiteru Sado* and Chan Eng Soon** *Dept. of Civil Engineering‚ Kitami Institute of Technology‚ 165 Koen-cho‚ Kitami 090-8507‚ Japan e-mail:islam-m@mail.kitami-it.ac.jp‚ sado@mail.kitami-it.ac.jp **Director‚ Tropical Marine Science Institute‚ National University of Singapore‚ 14 Kent Ridge Road Singapore 119223 e-mail:tmsdir@nus.edu.sg Abstract Monthly time-series

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    The Old Man and the Sea In the novel‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago the fisherman can be viewed as either a failure or a success. In the aspects of Rishi‚ Devata‚ and Chhandas we can see that Santiago is not a failure. He has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish‚ and he is the laughingstock of his small village. Regardless of his past‚ the old man determines to change his luck and sail out farther than he or the other fishermen ever have sailed out before. When we look at the Rishi

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    Sandra York Mr. Perkins BIO 112-Web 15 October 2014 A Summary of “The Devolution of the Seas” According to Alan B.‚ Sielen‚ who wrote‚ “The Devolution of the Seas‚” through human error and climate change‚ our oceans are devolving into waters dominated by microbes‚ jellyfish‚ and disease. By destroying the marine habitats within our seas and oceans‚ humans are threatening their own livelihood by not only destroying a food supply but also other benefits that marine life offers. Pollutants such as‚

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