QUESTIONS a) When it is considered that rain is acid? = The pH scale measures how acidic an object is‚ when pH is lower than 7 rain is considered acid. b) Which are the compounds that in contact with water origin acid rain? = Compounds like sulfur sulphuric and nitric acids. c) Which are the principal causes of these compounds? = The extra acidity in rain comes from the reaction of primary air pollutants‚ primarily sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides‚ with water in the air to form strong
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“The Man to Send Rain Clouds”‚ is a short story taking place in 1969 in New Mexico‚ a Native American Reserve. The story dates itself with the mention of Catholic modernism versus Native American traditions and well descriptive spiritual backgrounds. Leslie Silko uses her Laguna Pueblo heritage to give meaning towards different conflicts among Native Americans converting to Christians. Many cultures interacting and compromising with one another portrays their customs and traditions in different ways
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So as a class we read a text called ‘Diaries of Sunil and Anu’ and now the task was to write a character sketch of Sunil and Anu. So first I told them to identify the adjectives from the text to describe who is Sunil and Anu are‚ then the facts to support the character they are describing. Rest of the class we finished this easily and these three had not finished reading about who is Sunil and the rest was still left. The teacher
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Essay One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Chief Bromden (Chief Broom) Chief Bromden is the narrator of the story. In the first chapter‚ we find out about his physical appearance. He is very tall‚ strong and a half native American. He pretends to be deaf and dumb‚ but actually he is not‚ because he says that the black orderlies of the mental institution think that he is deaf and dumb‚ because he never says anything. He seems to be a very awkward character‚ because of his size and people’s attitudes
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The point of the Geometric Character Analysis is to break down the characters into simple shapes‚ showing their personalities on the outside and making them far easier to understand. It also helps to make connections. It’ll show the links that attach two characters to one another‚ or the chains that drag them down. Joey and Erik don’t know each other personally‚ but Erik is slowly pulling Joey down under‚ and soon‚ they will both be fully submerged in the sea of dreams (The Erik Fisher Football Dream)
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Anna Avalon‚ the adventurous and admirable main character of “The Leap’ written by Louise Erdich has many traits that prove her to be a very admirable woman. Her daughter is very grateful to have her as a mother. Throughout this short story‚ it is quite easy to see that Anna Avalon is talented‚ careful and brave. Considered to be “The surviving half of a blindfold trapeze act” (Pg.190) Anna Avalon is very talented. She had previously been a performer. “Anna of the Flying Avalon’s” She had been
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Character Sketcher of the Tale of Despereaux Despereaux Tilling * Brave * Polite * Sickly * Different * Dreamy * Conforms * Infatuated * Love-sick Despereaux is a sickly mouse who always ran temperatures and fainted at loud noises. The moment he was born‚ he was classified as “different”‚ because he was born with his eyes open and had large ears. Then‚ as he grew up‚ he became more and more different by letting a human touch him and even speak to a human. Despereaux
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portrayal and treatment of patients in a psychiatric ward‚ and the social authority they were bound by. The most substantial difference between the film and written form of the text is the apparent significance of Chief Bromden’s character. The novel is solely from the point of view of the Chief; a half-Indian patient who has been at the institution since the end of the Second World War and presents himself to be both deaf and mute. Furthermore‚ due to his diagnosed schizophrenia‚ he is often subject
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Mary Maloney’s Character Analysis Class has recently read Roald Dahl’s short story‚ “Lamb to the Slaughter”. In “Lamb to the Slaughter” there is a married couple; however the husband wants to divorce his wife Mary. Mary then becomes enraged and takes drastic measures. In the short story there is an interesting transformation in Mary Maloney’s character. Mary Maloney is a dynamic character because she changes from a loving wife to a manipulative and unstable widow. While reading the short
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During the movies he shares the many family occurances that he’s experienced.Both of Bender’s parents are abusive not only physically towards him but also verbally and are constantly calling crude words such as “stupid” “worthless” and “retarded”‚ when Bender accidently spilt paint on the garage floor his dad burned him with his cigar. All of these factors has impacted Bender very negatively and beacuse of all the hurt that he bottles up he tends to act out by destroying the library books and taking
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