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    By referring to two or three of the poems you have read so far‚ explain what attitude(s) to the natural world you find in these poems and what leads you to this conclusion The poems “Wind” and “October Dawn” by Ted Hughes conveys Hughes’ attitudes towards the raw power of nature. Through these two poems he presents his belief that although humans have tamed and adapted nature to our purposes‚ it is still powerful and has the capability of destroying us‚ and therefore using violent powerful imagery

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    Sailing is the art of controlling a sailing vessel. By changing the rigging‚ rudder and dagger or centre board‚ a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat. Mastery of the skill requires experience in varying wind and sea conditions‚ as well as knowledge concerning sailboats. Today most people enjoy sailing as a recreational activity. Recreational sailing or yachting can be further divided into racing‚ cruising and "daysailing" or dinghy

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    Overview • Setting (time): 1861–early 1870s. • Setting (place): Atlanta; Tara‚ the O’Hara plantation in northern Georgia. • Major conflict: Scarlett struggles to find love‚ trying out Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler‚ while simultaneously trying to adjust to the changing face of the South. • Rising action: Scarlett confesses her love to Ashley; Scarlett marries Rhett; Scarlett and Ashley embrace. • Climax: Bonnie dies while horseback riding‚ breaking the tie that binds Rhett and Scarlett.

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    Inherit the wind and the teaching of Evolution The TV movie‚ Inherit the wind‚ was made to portray the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial." The original 1960 version of this movie have been shown in classrooms across the nation‚ and is said to be historical. It has influenced many people against evolution. From just seeing the movie‚ anyone can conclude that religious fundamentalist are unreasonable‚ while evolutionist are rational thinkers. In the discussion below‚ several parts of the movie are compared

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    Power of Wind Jason A. Jennings Principles of Marketing (BUS 330) Instructor: Debra McCoskey-Reisert January 28‚ 2012 Power of Wind There is a large sector in the United States that believes wind energy is an excellent alternative resource. There is also a group of people that believe that the wind turbines that are used to generate wind energy is a bad idea because they obstruct the natural view‚ causes death to birds‚ and generates noise pollution. They also argue that wind energy is

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    “A wind turbine is a machine for converting the kinetic energy in wind into mechanical energy”. (1) The inventor of the first electric wind turbine was Clevelander Charles Brush‚ who ran his entire Euclid Avenue mansion off of one for 20 years‚ which later made the cover of Scientific American in 1888. (2) Although the use of alternate energy didn’t rise a great deal afterwards‚ this event did open the eyes for many environmentalists. Wind power is only one of our several “energy source[s] whose

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    February 10‚ 2013 Hour 4 The Almighty and Powerful Brady When a person who’s put on a pedestal far higher than what they have achieved‚ falls‚ disappointment and grief affect many people who once looked upon that great man. In the novel‚ Inherit the Wind‚ Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee show the reader the turmoil and contemplations that occurred during the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial. This trial brought up the conflicts between modern science and Biblical teachings. In his attempt to seek justice

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    Science vs. Religion Inherit the wind is the movie about the Scopes trial which took place in 1925 in Dayton‚ Tennessee. The Scopes trial was between the Christian belief of creation and Darwin’s theory of evolution. A school teacher named Bertram Cates was arrested from the high school where he was teaching the Darwin’s theory of evolution. This was because at that time of period it was against the law to teach about human creation unless it was from the Bible.

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    Inherit the wind Written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ the play Inherit the Wind is a fictitious spin off of the historical Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925‚ which debated the concept of evolutionism vs. creationism and‚ in general‚ a person’s right to think. Brady and Drummond‚ two lawyers appointed to Bertram Cates’ trial are both powerful characters‚ different yet they portray many similarities through their behaviour. Demonstrated through various personal flaws‚ strengths‚ and their own

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    Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind is based on the John Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. This was based on whether or not fundamentalism or creationism should be taught in schools. The title Inherit the Wind is an allusion to the Bible verse ‚ "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart." The allusion to this verse has several applications in the play. In Act 2‚ Scene 1‚ Reverend Brown "troubleth his own house" by isolating his daughter

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