Epimetheus‚ the son of Uranus and Gaea‚ was a very important Titan. The Titans were the second generation of people. Epimetheus and one of his many brothers Prometheus were supposed to give characteristics to all the animals on earth as their job or duty. Although he wasn’t a genius and was often called foolish‚ he was worshiped like the other Titans for multiple reasons. He also had a huge family that would build mythology as we know it. His family was a very controlling family‚ meaning that they
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Confederation happened in 1867 which made Canada what it is today. Confederation was good idea because the result of political‚economic‚social and military conditions in place at the time. During the time that Confederation was going on‚ The Fenians were a huge threat towards Canada. Fenians were a bunch of Immigrants from ireland living in the US‚ they were a threat to Canada because they wanted Britain to leave Ireland.Attacking Canada would push Britain towards leaving Ireland. Confederation
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From the 1830s to 1850s there was a battle to expand slavery all the way to the south and west. The question of slavery grew forming pro-slavery and anti-slavery movements in the American states. Americans who were pro-slavery formed an ideology of which may seek benefits for both slaves and masters. On the other belief system anti-slavery Americans stood where they desired to prove that slaves were held in a violent system and seemed to be unable to escape the system. When we examine slavery‚ it
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characters. Ralph and Jack‚ Ralph just want to keep everyone safe‚ Jack just want to hunt and just to do his own thing. In the book “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding‚ he writes about abounch of young kids that who were on a plane that gets shot down on a deserted island. They will try to survive as long as they can. The setting is on a deserted island. There are only the kids around as far as they could tell. The main characters Ralph and Jack. Conflicts occur in the novel when Jack desides that he
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There are many reasons why The New Deal was and wasn’t successful. But‚ in overall The New Deal was more unsuccessful because of the amount of people losing their jobs and the government having too much power. People started to lose their jobs due to the many businesses closing down which led to the poor and the rich to be equal in wealth. Businesses closing was mainly caused by the government having too much power and they thought they could do anything they wanted because no one could stop them
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When one hears of the phrase jack in the box‚ an old toy may come to mind that used to be popular. However‚ if one lives mainly around the west coast of the United States‚ this may be a prefered fast food chain to stop by weekly. Jack in the Box is a famous fast food chain that was founded in 1951 by Robert O. Peterson(History). The chain serves anything from burgers and chicken‚ to tacos and salads‚ as well as breakfast all day(History). The restaurant currently has around 2‚200 locations‚ which
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Why was There an American Revolution? There where a lot of reasons on why there was an American Revolution. In fact‚ there are so many reasons why there was that we can’t list them all‚ only a few of the key and most important ones. During my writing‚ I will be talking about a couple of the different acts and groups and what they imposed and intended to do‚ and what effects they had on the colonist and how they all lead up to a revolution. Stamp Act: The Stamp Tax was a tax that aimed for
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many influential authors have been none to American Literature. Without many of which‚ our poems and stories would never have reached the level of entertainment and significance that they are at today. One of these very influential authors is Emily Dickinson. At first Dickinson was not known of as a great poet‚ since she did not actually publish any of her poetry before her death. It was only after she died that Lavinia‚ Dickinson’s sister‚ found the hundreds of poems Dickinson had written throughout
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Why was the Enlightenment Era called such? Because it was seen as time when classic ideals of thoughts for religion‚ equality and freedom were put to the test. Beliefs were challenged by what human nature was best inclined to prefer over what was known to be the classic way of theorizing. People were starting to change what they didn’t like and what failed to work for them. Music‚ individual rights‚ freedoms‚ democracy and human origins were the most important advances made during this era. Humanists
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Kubrick’s cold and frightening "The Shining" challenges the mind. In the opening scene at a job interview‚ we meet Jack Torrance‚ a man who plans to live for the winter in solitude and isolation with his wife and son. He will be the caretaker of the snowbound Overlook Hotel. His employer warns that a former caretaker murdered his wife and two daughters‚ and committed suicide‚ but Jack told him: "You can rest assured‚ Mr. Ullman‚ that’s not gonna happen with me. And as far as my wife is concerned‚
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