Literature Of Native Canadians
.... God. This untamed, human was called ‘
savage' and, ignorantly, despised for their commitment to no one but
themselves. With Christianity as their guide, the European settler managed
to almost destroy that culture for no other reason than it was different
than its own. The historical record of the literature of those two cultures
serves as the proof that Christianity was at the center of the cruel
treatment the European showed the Native Canadian.
Systematically, through war, genocide, legislation and ‘wayward
Indian camps' the people were broken, their culture decimated and their
souls eventually converted to the word of .....
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The Theme Of Nature In The Works Of Plato, Bryant, Twain, And Thoreau
.... artists to capture the essence of nature in
America and apply it to the human experience. In his poem "To A Waterfowl"
he uses the example of a waterfowl to reach a better understanding of human
existence. In the poem, the waterfowl is portrayed as a near-perfect
creation, and it is treated with a sense of reverence. The first stanza
demonstrates this:
Whither, midst falling dew,
While glow the heavens with the last steps of day,
Far, though their rosy depths, dost thou pursue
Thy solitary way?
Though it is not curious that a bird would be flying in the
morning, Cullen presents the fowl .....
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Short Stories By Hemingway: Nick Adams
.... death can come very easy to any man or woman without much effort.
Another experience of death that Nick encounters is in the story of
The Killers. Nick decided to go into a local café to get something to eat,
and before he knew it he was caught up in a deadly affair that threatened
his life. Two thugs came into the cafeteria and wanted to kill a man by
the name of Ole Anderson, a Swedish man. Nick was soon part of the crime.
The thugs kept him there because he was a witness to the scene. The thugs
just planned to kill him as soon as they popped off Ole. Gladly Ole never
showed up and nothing happened, but this was an experie .....
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Nuked
.... death was caused by fallout,
which is a radioactive chemical used in making the bomb. The chemical is
usually radium or plutonium, and is very deadly when inhaled. The stuff is
spread everywhere when the bomb explodes, and then falls to the earth as
light dust. If a person intakes a small amount they have a chance at
living, but with severe health problems for the rest of their life. Large
amounts will eat away the insides of a human, and eventually kill him. The
related health problems could be anywhere from heart, lung, or kidney
problems, etc. These health problems will lead to an earlier death than
normal, but will also .....
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Mowat's "Observing Wolves", Goodall's "First Observations", Booth's "The
.... a termite mound to get at the
insects.
In Booth's essay, "The Social Lives of Dolphins", Booth draws a
parallel between the lives of dolphins and the lives of chimpazees. He
compares the two creatures showing their likenesses. With some minor
differences. This essay is based on observations of another group as well,
who were Conner and Smolker (undergraduate students 1982).
With the work of all the observers, it seem that even though we
have been on this earth for a million years. We are now just beginning to
understand it. The essays seems to say "We are beginning to understand
ourselves."
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Oedipus And Odysseus: A Comparison
.... Having accepted the
responsibility for saving Thebes, he will on his own see the matter through,
without compromise, without lies, without subterfuge. Oedipus demands from
life that it answers to him, to his vision of what it must be. Throughout
the play he is seeking to impose his will upon events. People around him
are always urging caution, prudence, even an abandonment of his quest, but
to act on such advice would be for Oedipus a denial of what he is. And, as
he repeatedly states, he would rather suffer anything than compromise his
sense of who he is and how he must conduct himself.
Odysseus is quite distinct. .....
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Chesterton's "On Lying In Bed": Understanding Human Nature
.... to paint. In the many items we covet, many can be found in regular
locations. Frequently, we look in unusual places for these items, when
they are actually located directly "under our nose." This shows the first
part of the human nature presented by G.K. Chesterton.
The second part of Chesterton's essay displays his next theory on
human nature. This second theory, that humans promote unimportant values
and cheapen important values, is shown by examples in the next part of the
essay. He interweaves this theory into the essay again by using the
example of lying in bed. He demonstrates that people have begun to believe
that ly .....
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On The Games Of War
.... and move his armies into those countries if
his attack is successful. A battle is simulated by the attacker rolling up
to three dice (depending on how large his army is) and the defender rolling
up to two. The dice are paired up (attackers highest with defenders
highest, etc.) and the higher die of each pair wins; ties are counted as a
defending victory. The loser(s) then removes one unit for each loss from
his army. At the end of a turn, the player may choose to make a strategic
move in which he takes units from one army and transports them to an
adjoining territory that he controls. Plays are taken in turn. Although
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On The Left Side
.... in Conn kept collecting money to
help the people in Burundi, and those people were the ones that sat the
left side of the church.
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One must always look upon things from different angles, for if
everybody were narrow-minded progress would never be made.
This short story takes place in Conn in western Ireland which means
that the inhabitants of Conn must be Catholics. Catholics have very strict
rules compared to the Protestants, and when it is revealed that O'Halloran
is no longer a virgin and that she thereby has broken an important catholic
rule, there is a devil to play in the village of Conn. People's prejudices
starts .....
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Persuasive Essay On Increasing The Driving Age To 18
.... in some instances. Students might approach a stoplight, and
decide to race the engine, when next to another classmate. Or races might
ensue, that endanger the student and, the other citizens on the roads.
This is not to say, that im really excited about receiving my
license. I think that I will be able to stay safe, and not endanger
others on the road. Some people just aren't ready though. So for the
well being of everyone, I believe the driving age should be pushed back to
age eighteen. At which the student are more ready to accept their new
found responsibilites.
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Persuasive Essays Are Bad Assignments
.... example would I
be? I was convinced that I was not going to do this paper, but in a
showing of my own lack of will, I was bribed into writing this essay. (I
find myself getting bribed into doing a lot of schoolwork these days.) I
realize that teachers would be angry about this somewhat counterproductive
essay, but nevertheless students should refuse to write persuasive essays
unless their own will convinces them to do so.
People of my age do not really have many reasons to complain. Most
persuasive essays written by adolescents are fluff in the eyes of authority
anyway. Sure, you could write a persuasive essay about .....
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Persuasive Speaking
.... at them and quietly asking for attention.
After you get an audiences attention and are able to keep their
attention, you're home free. People are gullible. You can make them do
whatever you want with the power of your voice; you just have to make them
think that they'll like it or gain something from it. There are countless
examples of this that are spoken and written. Almost all chain letters use
this principle. The masters of this little technique are those pesky
salespeople who call you and want you to change long distance carriers or
buy some carpet cleaner, and we can't forget the grand-daddies of all the
smooth tal .....
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