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Candide And His Friends Heavily Damaged Earthquake
1,115 wordsThe earthquake began at 9: 30 on November 1 st, 1755, and was centered in the Atlantic Ocean, about 200 km WSW of Cape St. Vincent. The total duration of shaking lasted ten minutes and was comprised of three distinct jolts. Effects from the earthquake were far reaching. The worst damage occurred in the south-west of Portugal. Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, was the largest and the most important of the cities damaged. Severe shaking was felt in North Africa and there was heavy loss of life in Fe...
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Pearl Harbor Air Attack
1,274 wordsCarrie launched aircraft were both risky and untested when the war began. They started out being feared by some and taken for granted by many. But turned out being the single most important tool to prevent the total defeat of the United States Pacific Fleet. Carrier launched aircraft were important parts of many battles, They were the main weapon in Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the battle of Midway. They were instrumental in Americas war efforts. The early advances by the Japan...
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Good Vs Evil Heaven And Hell
1,210 wordsIn John Milton's Paradise Lost the forces of good vs. evil are major factors throughout the epic. From the beginning of the poem, good vs. evil, or more specifically Heaven vs. Hell and God vs. Satan, become Milton's focal point and the basis of the story. Milton sets up an opposition between his characters. Satan has accomplices such as Moloch and Belial and God has archangels such as Michael and Raphael. Milton, when talking about the differences between Heaven and Hell, makes the theme of Goo...
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One Of The Greatest Thirty Seven
1,281 wordsHannibal, Invader From Carthage by Robert N. Webb is a biography that focuses on and highlights the life and times of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general. Hannibal is best remembered as the courageous warrior who led an army of thousands and thousands of men, thirty-seven elephants, and a number of horses across Spain, the Alps, and Italy, on a mission to conquer Rome. The author does an admirable job showing different views of Hannibal. He quotes other historians and poets throughout the course ...
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Internal Conflict Time Traveler
1,208 wordsThe Time Machine, by H. G. Wells, is a science fiction book about a man who travels into the far future wanting to know what our civilization turns into. He is shocked to see that the people have evolved into two different and completely different races. The Time Traveler, as the book calls him, first thought that the people lived in perfect harmony and peace, but later learns that that is not true. After building a time machine, the Time Traveler takes a journey to the year 802, 701. He gets ou...
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Comparing Dante Inferno And Paradise Lost
426 wordsThe two stories Inferno by Dante and Paradise Lost by Milton were written about the biblical hell and its keeper; Satan. Both of these authors had different views about hell and Satan. In Paradise Lost, Milton wrote that Satan used to be an angel of God. The devil believed that he was equal to the Lord and he wanted to be greater than him. For this, God banished him to hell. Milton's physical description of Satan was interesting. Since he used to be an angel he still had wings. His eyes were bla...
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Prisoner Of War Childhood Innocence
1,064 words... submissive body language and he stutters slightly while he tries to talk to Peter. The two begin to talk about the fight that just happened between Peter and Willie. Donald appears to be extremely cowardly and the stage directions repeatedly say gulping or he swallows. By doing this Potter is controlling the audiences feelings and how they react to Donald. During the scene the topics quickly swop and change around. Peter starts to oppress Donald and finally they start to talk about jam-jars....
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Beginning Of The Poem Poem Beowulf
551 wordsImagery is language that appeals to the senses. It may be thought of as an illustration in words, which clarifies the meaning of a poem. It is the poets intent to make the person or place real to the reader. That is exactly what the author of the epic poem Beowulf does. The character Beowulf goes through many changes and the author shows that with imagery. Some things about the character that change are his strength, his ability not to be hurt, and his style of battle. Throughout the poem Beowul...
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Chili Judge One Cayenne Peppers Frank
809 wordsNotes from an inexperienced Seattle chili taster named Frank who was visiting Texas: Recently I was honored to be selected as an Outstanding Famous Celebrity in Texas, to be a judge at a chili cook-off because no one else wanted to do it. Also the original person called in sick at the last minute and I happened to be standing there at the judges' table asking directions to the beer wagon when the call came in. I was assured by the other two judges (native Texans) that the chili wouldn't be all t...
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Guy Fawkes Mountain Lion
1,335 wordsGeorgino W. Bushload Our present President was born on the April, 13, 1946, which coincidently is also the birthday of Guy Fawkes, a group member of the English Roman Catholics who had unsuccessfully attempted to carry out the Gunpowder Plot that would have killed one of the 16 th century English kings and his entourage of Parliament members. Our President too is trying his hardest to light the fuse leading to the modern version of the gunpowder kegs and we hope that he too is as unsuccessful as...
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Death Do Us Part Closed Doors
804 wordsI have read a lot of statistics and personal testimonies about Domestic Violence situations. Most of us know the patterns. Most of us are familiar with the statistics. Oftentimes statistics are only numbers unless you or someone you know have become one and have lived that hell personally. Many of us have, including myself. While we can, and should, do our part as individuals, and as groups, to lobby for protection, for support, and for awareness, we also need to realize that, as difficult as it...
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Degrees Celsius Mental Disorders
1,099 wordsIn 1817, an aging Swedish chemist was pouring over his work on a late afternoon in Stockholm, Sweden. He was analyzing a strange ore named Petalite that had been procured from an island off the coast of Sweden called Ut&our; . The ore Petalite (which is now recognized to be Li Al (Si 2 O 5) 2) had been discovered by a Brazilian scientist, Jos&execute; Bonus´ cio de Andrada e Silva towards the end of the 18 th century on a visit to Sweden. This Swedish scientist, Johann August Arfvedson, de...
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Wife And Son Forest Fire
1,366 wordsIn Jack Hodgins latest novel, Broken Ground, the inhabitants of the small forest community of Portuguese Creek are deeply affected by its extreme conditions. Matthew Pearson, a local farmer and former soldier, has his life utterly transformed from living in Portuguese Creek. For Tanner Pearson, Matthews ten year old son, living in Portuguese Creek has nothing but negative consequences. Lastly, Charlie MacKintosh, Tanners friend, is adversely affected by his time spent in the harsh wilderness of ...
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Sister Room
1,500 wordsThe Night of a Lifetime &# 9; For teenagers every problem (no matter how big or small) is a big deal. If they have too much homework, and can? t make it to the basketball game to hang out with their friends, it? s just not fair. When the boy or girl they? ve been infatuated with says they? re going to call, and never does, it? s heartbreaking. When all these small problems seem like such a big deal, it only makes sense for the even bigger problems to be devastating. All teenagers deal with these...
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Ideas Of Society Conflicting Ideas Books
375 wordsOne of the themes which happens to be the biggest one is burning books because they conflict with each other and the ideas of society. The firemen dont fight fires, they start them when they find books. Recollections and thoughts, writings and teachings from the greatest minds in history go up in flames because the government doesnt want people to fill their heads with it and develop an individual intelligence. The government is afraid of the books because they stimulate peoples minds to think f...
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Literary Devices Figurative Language
643 wordsCarlo A. Devices such as paradoxes and the use of connotations, and conceits are tools in which a poet can create a certain ambiance. Sonnet 30, from Amoretti is such an example which use these literary devices. Sonnet 30, which structure is a Spenserian that has a rhyme scheme of away bbc cd ee, is about the speakers (Spencers) unrequited love for his love who is rumored to be Elizabeth Boyle. Being one of 89 sonnets which view the speakers feeling of this unrequited love towards a women, it cr...
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Fahrenheit 451 World Books
719 wordsFahrenheit 451 the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns (1). Greeting readers as they study the title page, this quote immediately intrigues the readers, even frightens them as they realize the rather fiery and explosive nature of the novel. Ray Bradburys Fahrenheit 451, written in a frighteningly barren futuristic setting, explores an era in which there are no books or newspapers they are burned, and those who still possess the forbidden material risk imprisonment or even deat...
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19 Th Century Romantic Poetry
1,089 wordsThe literacy world of the 19 th century saw an emergence of female writers into the male dominated profession of poetry. Many men felt as though their profession was being invaded. They resented women entering the public sphere. This mentality in part helped influence which women were able to write and what they wrote about. Felicia Hemans and Jane Taylor are both women poets that emerged during the 19 th century. Both women have used their poetry to help expand on traditional notions of romanti...
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Hit The Ground 1936 The Hindenburg Ship
834 wordsThe Hindenburg, originally Hindenburg HINDENBURG The Hindenburg, originally designated the L. Z. 129, was a rigid AIRSHIP built by the firm of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Completed and tested in 1936, it was the worlds first transatlantic commercial airliner. The airship was 245 m (804 ft) long, had a maximum diameter of 41 m (135 ft), and was kept aloft by 200, 000 cu m (7, 000, 000 cu ft) of hydrogen in 16 cells. Four 1, 050 -hp Daimler-Benz diesel engines provided a to...
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West Side Set Fire
630 wordsThe legend goes, The cow kicked over a lantern, the lantern set fire to the shed, and the shed set fire to the rest of Chicago. Although, Mrs. Patrick O'Leary swore under oath that she never took a lantern to the shed on the night of Sunday, October 8, 1871, many witnesses verified the ramshackle building on the West Side as the starting point of the fire. In Chicago, it had been a very dry autumn. Furthermore, nearly all the 300, 000 people of the city lived in wooden houses. The fire departmen...
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