feature of the vegetation found within Chino Hills State Park. Also the park has several different kinds of vegetation in each of its major habitats. In the park’s creek zones‚ cattail stands provide habitat for a variety of wildlife‚ among them red-winged blackbirds. Over the centuries many people have made use of the open spaces and plentiful water‚ plant and animal resources of the Chino Hills. Prior to European contact‚ the Gabrielino Indians‚ who lived along the Santa Ana River basin‚ set up temporary
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Compared to the clear and factual passage by John James Audubon that left a pleasant feeling of elation‚ the writings of Annie Dillard were mysterious and invoked a sense of wonder. The two writers had similar word choice‚ considering they are from separate time periods‚ but the syntax could only be more different. Despite talking about the same creature‚ and having a mutual respect for it‚ the way they chose to convey their feelings went in completely different directions. Audubon recounted the
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animals first to see if the horse could fly with them. None of them worked. “I told you.” said the horse”I can’t and I won’t be able to fly. ” then the gods got an idea to make a custom pair of wings that would fit the horse. They had finally made a winged horse that they called a Pegasus. Every god was assigned a pair of Pegasi to pull their carriages. The first Pegasus however wasn’t assigned to a god he was free to live his life‚ so he started a family. He had two little Pegasi children. Soon after
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In Romeo and Juliet on the first two acts of the play I believe that the male gender made a more dramatic impact than the female gender. Because woman of Verona are appraised to be a completely different class in comparison to men. Women are thought of as inferior‚ weaker‚ and they are seen more as objects to possess. They are suppose to dream of getting married and having kids. On the other hand the men of Verona are always having wars and getting into fights. Because of his fiery‚ hot-headed personality
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low level government worker who chooses to blind himself to the decaying‚ drone-like world around him. Whenever real life becomes too oppressive‚ Sam fantasizes (to the tune of Ary Baroso’s 1930s hit “Brazil”) about sailing through the clouds as a winged superhero‚ and rescuing beautiful Jill Layton (Kim Greist) from a giant‚ Samurai warrior. When a “bug falls into a computer that controls everything in the "real" world it malfunctions‚ causing an innocent citizen to be arrested and tortured to death
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Midnight” is based on Hardy’s beliefs that all animals were conscious beings worthy of respect based on the evolutionary theory that all living things are related. This interest is also evident in the close up acute details of the insects’ anatomy “winged‚ horned and spined”. The settings of both poems are very different or inconsistent. In “An Advancement of Learning” it is situated outside in an urban river landscape. It is portrayed as polluted with “dirty-keeled swans”. Overall it is an urban
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exhibiting signs of sullenness while others are being wrathful toward each other. Others appear to be trying to avoid falling into a chasm of hot boiling liquid and are desperately trying to cling onto something to avoid their fate. Behind them a winged demon patiently watches over the proceedings. William Bouguereau was a master at painting with a photo like quality. The detail and realism of the fingers gouging at the flesh give the skin an almost three dimensional elastic appearance. Through
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Ishtar is the Queen of Heaven by the citizens of ancient Mesopotamia. She is often shown winged and bearing arms. In the excerpt‚ Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the Assyrian News Agency Version‚ Ishtar is the goddess of love and fertility‚ also the goddess of war which no latter day king‚ no man alive can equal. This expresses a strong feminist standpoint during the ancient Mesopotamia. Ishtar lures her lovers and then executes them hence; Gilgamesh refused her proposal for marriage. Gilgamesh is afraid of the
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Genius – is always recognized. Genius – is never ignored. Genius – is never silenced. Christine de Pizan was/is a remarkable person and a genius that transcends all epochs of Time. She is immortal through the words‚ works‚ and love she has given to everyone everywhere. Oh‚ what she could have accomplished in this modern world of mass communication! As a young girl‚ Christine’s father recognized the unparalleled gift within his daughter and gave her what was usually reserved for only the men of her
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be trusted entirely. His purpose is to create the greatest possible doubt of our senses. To convey this thought‚ Descartes has three main arguments in the First Meditation: The dream argument‚ the deceiving God argument‚ and the evil demon “or evil genius”. Descartes’ dream argument argues that there is no definite transition from a dream to reality‚ and since dreams are so close to reality‚ one can never really determine whether they are dreaming or not. To reinforce that argument‚ Descartes presents
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