and Magellan‚ to expand and connect two distinct worlds. One of the first explorers to set foot in North America‚ who sailed the ocean blue in 1492 was the Italian explorer‚ Christopher Columbus. As they sailed on August and reached their destination in October‚ the two-month expedition led them to the Caribbean island where all of his men believed it was India. There Columbus and his men discovered a new civilization‚ the Taino. With
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Introduction Esmeralda Santiago’s When I Was Puerto Rican focuses on island life in the 1950s. In the immediate period leading up to the 1950s‚ Puerto Rico experienced a rapid change in the economic situation of the island. The island began to change from a primarily agricultural economy to one dominated by industry and commerce. Sugar plantations (owned by the wealthy and worked by the poor)‚ cattle ranching‚ and subsistence-level agriculture gave way to a more urban style of living. In the 1930s
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When Yosemite’s valley was being formed‚ glaciation began because the world became colder; thus causing a sheet of ice to layer and causing glaciers to form (Beatty‚ 1943). These glaciers helped form the height of the mountain range and the canyons. However‚ there has been no real explanation found scientifically why or how the earth became cold enough to form an ice sheet. Beginning in Genesis chapter 6 (New International Version) God told Noah to build an ark because He was going to send
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Am I the only who thinks that the moon is following me back? That’s what I thought when I was a little kid. Weird isn’t? Well‚ that’s what I believe in. Believing that I’m completely different among children’s at my age that time‚ up to this point. I always have that kind of feeling. Eagerness to do the impossible things. Possibly all crazy stuffs actually. If I remember it correctly I loved experimenting things such as insects when I was a kid. Capturing ants and spiders then eventually I’ll devour
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Today was a bad day. If today were a Star Wars movie‚ today would be Phantom Menace. First‚ I faced difficulty waking up at six in the morning‚ which resulted in me waking up half an hour later. This lead on to running out of coffee at home‚ so I had to stop by Starbucks. The Starbucks lady‚ as I recalled had the name ‘Janice’ pinned on her apron‚ messed up my order. I wanted a caramel latte. Not just a regular latte. My misfortune then carried on as I walked to the train station. I stepped on
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person’s loyalty to a country may vary depending on the circumstances as seen in both the film Empire of the Sun by Steven Spielberg and the novel When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka. On multiple occasions‚ Jamie‚ the main character in Empire of the Sun‚ displays loyalty to a country that the audience may not expect. In the novel When the Emperor was Divine‚ there are also many instances where an individual displays loyalty to a country the audience may not expect. In both the novel and the
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high-speed development‚ a growing number of people spend much more time on working‚ instead of relaxation‚ family partying and other good things. Gradually‚ these people lose the CONNECTION TO their family‚ NEGLECT TO TAKE sufficient exercise‚ and so on. Finally‚ people tend to become more anxious and have no the sense of belonging and security. Numerous reports and investigations which have revealed/exposed the radical reasons of modern mental diseases have proved this point.
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demonstrates one of the main themes in the novel‚ which is “courage is doing what is right even when the odds of succeeding are poor”. Atticus does this by defending Tom Robinson‚ a black man who has his odds stacked against him only because of his skin color. Atticus faced much backlash‚ from other whites for defending Tom. Since Tom was a black man‚ Atticus was doomed to lose‚ but Atticus did it anyway because it was the right thing. It took courage from Atticus to take Tom’s case because he knew that either
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small golden bell hanging from an arch with a tiny hammer sitting beside it? In The Magician’s Nephew‚ Digory was faced with this very decision. Digory should have rung the bell for three main reasons: Digory excitedly wanted to know what would happened if he rang the bell‚ ultimately learned life lessons by ringing the bell‚ and happily healed his mother. The first reason Digory should have rung the bell is he excitedly wanted to know what would happen if he rang it. Because he was so curious‚ his
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NARRATIVE WRITING I realized he was only human when… It is our annual camping time of the year‚ 4 of us‚ James‚ Tom‚ Benjamin and myself will go camping at different campsites every year. It is to foster strong relationship and bond with one another. The campsite was as Woodsville marshlands‚ it is a quiet and calm forest covering an area of 200 hectares with certain areas of swamp‚ it is recommended for seasoned campers like us. We spent a week to gather our supplies that contain foodstuffs
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