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    in society is often based upon their wealth and power‚ this thought is the idea that fueled colonization during the 1800’s and 1900’s. The colonizers need for wealth fueled their colonizing efforts based on the ivory in the area. “he declared he would shoot me unless I gave him the ivory and then cleared out of the country because he could do so‚ and had a fancy for it‚ and there was nothing on earth to prevent him from doing as he jolly well pleased” expresses the idea that the entire colonization

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    Indian Elephant Crisis The Indian elephant‚ scientific name being Elaphas Maximus‚ is one of the three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephants and is a native animal to the mainland of Asia. Since 1986‚ thee Elaphas Maximus has been listed as an endangered species by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as their population has slowly been declining and reaching an all-time low of a 50% decrease over the past three generations. Asian elephants are constantly being threatened

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    ENGL-2767 Heart of Darkness Carley Rodrigues Heart of Darkness: Metaphor Analysis Joseph Conrad uses symbolism to enhance the main theme of the novel‚ Heart of Darkness‚ by setting certain symbolic elements in opposition to contrasting ones. In order to achieve this‚ he relies heavily on metaphors. Conrad’s theory: when men are taken away from civilization that the true darkness of a man’s heart is righteously discovered and the "savage" within takes over‚ was shown through Conrad’s

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    The Crucible is a play written about events that happened in the 1690s. It was written by Arthur Miller in 1953 which was adapted into a film thirteen years later. Miller’s play focuses around the factual events in Salem. In The Crucible‚ power is the focused theme which becomes very important in Salem‚ and Miller uses that to determine how a character‚ with or without power‚ reacts to the situation at hand. Power is to have the ability to determine people’s actions and behaviours to determine the

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    Before you embark on a journey of revenge‚ dig two graves. It damages everyone involved. Revenge‚ the retaliation for injuries or wrongs‚ has been used as an excuse for committing a crime but having reason to commit a crime does not justify it. The stories The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe and The Crucible by Arthur Miller are good examples of unjustifiable revenge. The Cask of Amontillado features a jealous man who gets revenge with murder‚ while The Crucible is about a girl who lies about

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    sending men to their almost certain deaths. The white men in the white town send sailors in search of their white prize: ivory. This cycle of evil begins and ends in this town. Describing the town as white is deceptive‚ because the town itself possesses a feeling of death. This symbolizes the deception of all the sailors who come to this town in hopes of finding fortune in the ivory industry and are instead sent to their deaths. Conrad makes it clear that this is a deception not found in the darkness

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    to be taken and transported to the Ivory Coast. Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world with little to no export. Mistrati discovered that children around the ages of 10-15 were being taken daily from Mali and transported to the Ivory Coast. A child can be bought for as little as 230 Euros with out haggling. The majority of the children that are taken are never paid any wages at all and are beaten if they work to slow or try to refuse to work. The Ivory Coast is where 42% of all cocoa beans

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    doubly warm. This represents the traditional image of a grand family sitting around a warm‚ crackling fire; they sing carols together and just enjoy each other’s company. The piano in the first and second stanza is described as "tingling strings" and "tinkling piano" respectively. These light sounds help support the warm cheery atmosphere during that time. These memories are what cause the grown

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    Lesson Plans English Lesson ESL ESL Speaking Class Listening Lesson Best Friend - Friend from Hell The following exercise focuses on what students like best - least about friends. The exercise allows students to practice a number of areas: expressing opinions‚ comparatives and superlatives‚ descriptive adjectives and reported speech. The overall concept of the lesson can easily be transferred to other subject areas such as: holiday choices‚ choosing a school‚ perspective careers‚ etc

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    hinged upon gold and salt. Ivory‚ another important good‚ traveled along the trans-Saharan trade routes. Around 8000 BCE‚ Egyptians began using ivory for carvings due to its aesthetic value and durability‚ which more or less began the ivory trade. Ivory was a valuable good‚ traded for spices‚ cloth‚ gold‚ and salt. In fact‚ ivory was such a popular trade good that the area where most ivory was harvested was named the Ivory Coast (Davis and Page‚ "Africa and the Ivory

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