Since the beginning‚ humans have been fascinated by war‚ having not only participated in the bloodshed themselves but detailing them in works of literature in the hopes that others may learn from those dark times. Books such as The Book Thief by Markus Zusak‚ Night by Elie Wiesel‚ and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque focus on a specific war: World War II. During a time of fighting between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers‚ the authors of these books detail the different
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TEMPERATURE ON THE BURN-RATE OF A CANDLE BURNS Have you ever wondered whether a candle burns more quickly on a hot day‚ than on a cold day? Or is it the other way around? This science fair project was carried out to compare how quickly a candle will burn at different room temperatures. The experiment was done by measuring how much of a candle will melt in 30 minutes when placed in an environment with surrounding temperatures of 20°C‚ 25°C and 30°C. Hypothesis A candle in a colder room will burn more slowly
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All the Literature We Cannot See With as much time and energy that readers divest into reading‚ they certainly want what they read to be worthwhile. According to Jago‚ literature is defined as works that are worthwhile‚ texts that “we’re likely to remember—ones that may‚ in fact‚ influence who we are”. By this definition‚ Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See is a marvelous piece of literature. Doerr crafts a story as complex as reality with characters as complicated as real people. The
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Eliason Nicholas Young LITR221 January 26‚ 2014 All Good Things Must Come to an End A Course Review of 2013-2014 Winter Semester of LITR 221 The amazing thing about literature is that it can be interrupted differently by each person who reads it. Which means that while one piece of writing is amazing‚ creative‚ and witty to one person to another person it could be the most boring‚ uninteresting‚ and redundant piece of literature they have ever read. In this semester of Literature 221‚ I
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“Let There Be Light” 18 November 2013 Finding the Medium between Happy and Healthy The authors Douglas J. Lisle PH.D. and Alan Goldhamer D.C. wrote the book‚ The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden force that undermines Health and Happiness‚ to reveal to people how to live healthy yet happy lives. The authors did an adequate job of revealing to their audience how sleep is an important aspect to our happiness. They are able to do this by connecting Thomas Edison’s invention of the light bulb to the
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Once you put all of your company’s products into their respective categories‚ you then consider these rules: 1. Stars: invest your marketing dollars in these since they could become dominant market leaders 2. Cash Cows: milk these to provide the cash to invest in your stars and a few question marks 3. Question Marks: invest in the most promising of these as well — but only a few 4. Dogs: cut the leash and let these go to the highest bidder for some much needed cash To illustrate‚ imagine
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In All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr‚ the tragedy of World War II is exposed and seen through the eyes of the guilty men who aided in its vengeful mission. Nazism flourished‚ as it let the masses of Germany believe in their own self-importance again. Their dreams were revived. Adolf Hitler exploited this weakness by fabricating an opulent future for those whose lives had been ravaged by the Treaty of Versailles. One man with one idea lifted up an entire country‚ but he did not want or
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The setting for The Diary of Anne Frank is in a “Secret Annexe” in Amsterdam‚ Holland. Anne and her family are not the only people that are hiding in the “Secret Annexe‚” the Van Daans live with them also. Anne draws a map in the book to show you a layout of the “Secret Annexe.” It’s pretty large‚ although with eight people living there‚ it’s quite crowded. The plot for the story was for Anne and her family to hide from the Germans until the war was over. Hiding was hard for the Franks
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In All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr he is trying to teach the reader in life regardless of having the ability to see or not‚ a person is still able to experience life to the fullest. One instance where Doerr expresses this idea is in line 18 when he says “In her imagination‚ in her dreams‚ everything has color”. In All the Light We Cannot See‚ Doerr writes about Marie-Laure who is blind‚ and gives descriptions of how she views the world. In her attempt and success to experience life to
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Will Rogers once said‚ “If you want to be successful‚ it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.” When determining the laws of life that appealed to me‚ this quote emerged in my mind. The current generation has the potential for great things‚ but in order to achieve that high of capacity‚ they need perseverance‚ direction‚ and self-reliance. I recall walking into my classroom on the first day of kindergarten knowing for certain
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