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- 1201: Deinonychus Antirrhopus
- ... earth about 100 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period. Deinonychus is Greek for deinos, “terrible”; onychos, “claw”, and is genus of small, bipedal, flesh-eating dinosaurs of the suborder Theropoda, that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, which began about 136 million years ago. The scientist who discovered this dinosaur gave it this name because of the large upturned claw on each foot. Fully grown, this fierce ... an extraordinary hook-shaped second toe claw which was carried or raised off the ground to protect the sharp point. Dromaeosaurs probably had keen visionand their brains were relatively large for a dinosaur. The Dromaeosaurs lived throughout the Cretaceous period, almost 140 to 65 million years ago. For many years, dinosaurs were thought of as overgrown reptiles that were sluggish, dim-witted, and cold blooded. The discovery of Deinonychus ignited a ...
- 1202: Setting In "A Rose For Emily"
- ... the time where by ordinance of the mayor- Colonel Sartoris, a Negro women could not even walk the street without an apron, had changed into a place where even the street on which Miss Emily lived, that had once been the most select, had now been encroached and obliterated, her house an eyesore among eyesores. Both the town and Miss Emily herself, now looked upon Miss Emily as the only remnant ... the “town,” who is narrating Miss Emily's story to us in a form resembling a gossip circle, where stories of various townspeople are pieced together and of Miss Emily, the protagonist who lived alone except for her lone servant. The actions of Miss Emily range from eccentric to absurd but it is the readers understanding of the setting that keep the story believable. Miss Emily becomes reclusive and ...
- 1203: Louis Leakey
- ... found, and then many other parts of the skeleton were found as well. Once the parietal skull bones of Telanthropus were found, however, they knew that they had evidence that two different types of hominids lived together at the same time. Further, Louis found the skull of his "Chellean Man" nearby, later to be grouped under the name Homo erectus. Meanwhile, Louis was trying to prove that the smaller bones found ... the maker of all the oldest stone tools. Almost as startling as the find of the oldest human was the fact that Homo Habilis (who originally had the "Telanthropus" characteristics and Zinj, an Australopithicus, both lived side by side at the same point in time. In 1961 Leakey also found a new jaw from the genus and species he named Kenyapithecus wickeri. By 1967 he had found more evidence of this ...
- 1204: The Scarlet Letter: The Puritans Are Wrong In Thinking That Pearl Is Wicked
- ... wrote in one of their plays. Almost everything in the world is interpretable in at least two conflicting ways. In The Scarlet Letter, the Puritan society shuns a character named Pearl, yet the author, who lived in the Romantic period, views her with awe and reverence. Nathaniel Hawthorne's use of nature imagery in The Scarlet Letter reflects Pearl's wild, capricious character that serves as a constant reminder of Hester ... dressing Pearl in such beautiful, striking clothing. In this instance, Mr. Wilson's comments are hypocritical because Governor Bellingham, the leader of the Puritans, decorates his mansion lavishly and enjoys many worldly pleasures. Hawthorne, who lived in the Romantic period, included this passage to indicate that in his eyes, Pearl is beautiful and the Puritans are wrong in thinking that Pearl is wicked. When Pearl tells Mr. Wilson that her name ...
- 1205: The Scarlet Letter: Chapter By Chapter Review And Analysis
- ... up and died, being that he had no one else to torture. But in his will he left Pearl a great deal of land abroad where it was heard that the child got married and lived happily ever after. It is said that Prynne went with her, then returned a short time after. Her door was marked with a sign that practically told of whom lived there. I think this was an excellent book and I'm really glad I read it. I think I learned from it, being that it is better to wear your shame than to hide it ...
- 1206: The Crucible And The Scarlet Letter: Proctor And Dimmesdale's Sacrifices
- ... lives in order for them to gain what was more important. They both committed sins, and they both took the last chance to keep their souls. If John Proctor signed the confession, he would have lived with the guilt of contributing to the fate of numerous victims who died in the Salem Witch Trials. If Dimmesdale did not confess, he would have died with unhappiness and misery, just like the way he lived his life. He also would never have gained his inner peace, and he leaves no chance for Pearl to grow up to be a respectful and respected person.
- 1207: Dolphins
- ... there head. They also have a hooked-shaped dorsal fin not fend in other specious, as will as conical teeth. Erans explains that evolved from the Mesonychicsi, large land mammals and the earliest recognizable cetaceans lived about 50 million year ago. The earliest did not appear install the late mioceene period, Some 11 million years ago. Evans also the land animal that is new the closest to is hooted animals called ... the group will sometimes use their backs or flippers to keep the injured or ill dolphin afloat instill it has recurred. In concussion dolphins are highly intelligent animals that have evaded from land animals that lived daring the mioceene age. They live in a highly saftaked social groups and have a completed way of communing. They have a streamlined body that allows them to swim at speeded of up to 20 ...
- 1208: Upper And Lower Canada
- ... from Britain. It was a nation of merchants. Commerce was the number one concern of the leaders of Upper Canada. Lower Canada in contrast was made up of mainly French people, they were farmers and lived a life very different of people of Upper Canada. The Catholic Church was very important in their lives . The religion in Upper Canada was mostly Protestant, it did not have the power the Roman Catholic ... s partisanes comme telles : comité, associations, délégués à des conventions et pas moins de 10 000 hommes participant de fait aux actions armées. The uprising in Upper Canada was a short lived wish to gain independence from Britain, in Lower Canada it was a revolution of a people beaten seventy years before. We see some of the same problems today in Canada, people in English Canada wonder ...
- 1209: Unfoldingone Art
- ... experienced different types of loss. Another type of loss is shown in the fourth stanza. Bishop confesses about sentimental loss in this stanza. The loss of her "mother's watch" (line 10) and homes she lived in-"And look! My last, or/next-to-last, of three loved houses went"(lines 10/11). But again, these losses are easy (line 12). Bishop continues this type of loss into the fifth stanza. The fifth stanza contains references to the different places that Bishop has lived. She moved from different places or "two cities"(line 13)-Worcester as a child and Key West as an adult (1166). She confesses to missing (line 15) these places as well as South America ("a ...
- 1210: Undocumented In L.a.
- ... country. Yamileth felt misplace in US where she really miss her own country, Nicaragua, although there is revolution going on, but still, she is used to that type of environment and that is where she lived for all her life. Although everything in Nicaragua is not as good as in the US but in comparison although she is in US there is still not much difference from home. Cause in US ... time when she has her own problem at the same time. The cultural shocks that Yamileth faced was more than just the difference in status but also the color and race. The neighborhood that they lived in Los Angeles, is not a good neighborhood, which they have no security at all, faced by the gangs and the chances of caught or kill by the gang. The more time she spend in ...
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