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Even though Pilate is seen as very powerful, she cannot always protect everything that is precious to her. She attempts to help Hagar and prevent her from killing Milkman (129). Pilate loves both Hagar and Milkman and tries to protect them both. Despite her efforts Hagar cannot be controlled. She tries numerous times to hurt Milkman and does not stop until her death. Pilate knows that Hagar is slowly hurting herself and can only be stopped by Milkman, but she cannot make Hagar understand (130). Hagar is so demented that she kills herself because of her obsession. In the bible, Pilate is also ambiguous about what to do. He knows that Jesus is innocent, but he also knows that it will bring him trouble if he disobeys the people ( John 19:12).

There is an introduction to her past, where the reader learns about her mother's disappearance and being raised by Nanny.

mother undergo dramatic shifts of character during the novel, it is Leah that changes the most.

When Pilate and Milkman go back to Shalimar to bury Macon they are confronted by Guitar who shoots and kills Pilate. Although her death is tragic, it does not feel as if she is truly dead. After the death of Hagar, her granddaughter who she loved very much, and a life full of happiness Pilate does not resist her death. In fact her only regret is hat she “ wish [she’d] a knowed more people. [she] would of loved ‘em all. If [she’d] a knowed more, [she] would a loved more” (P.336). This exemplifies the beautiful spirit within Pilate and shows how even when she is dying she thinks of her daughter and all the people she loves. After Pilate dies a bird swoops down and picks up her earing. This is a symbol of her spirit continuing to soar even

It is hard to imagine that millions of years ago, the Earth was not dominated by humans, but by Dinosaurs. These great Beast’s, who were as big or bigger than cars, roamed the land. Some were giant killing machines, like the Tyrannosaurus Rex.Some are even alive today, while many people do not even notice. There have been countless theories as to how the dinosaurs became extinct.

The dinosaurs were abundant at the end of the Cretaceous Period. There was no gradual decline of the dinosaurs. During the time where there was no light, footprints of land dinosaurs were discovered. The footprints showed that the dinosaurs were running away from something, more specifically a tsunami. Scientists also found fossilized fish. The fish’s gills were filled with the glass created from the explosion. Because the fish’s gills were filled with glass, means that the fish were alive and swimming and inhaled the glass particles. The fish were the first known victims of the impact. Fish were crushed under the sediment that the tsunamis picked up and brought towards land such as the Hells Creek Formation. After the whole ordeal finished, there were a few dinosaurs still on the earth. The living dinosaurs were few and far between. Even though a few dinosaurs were still alive, more than ninety percent of all of them died in the inescapable night that followed the impact. It is believed that the only reason some smaller dinosaurs survived is because they lived in habitable areas that did not suffer extreme cooling like those that inhabited the equatorial

A guiding force with which each character lives her life and explores her history, is the way the women are, in some ways, versions of the ancestors who existed before them. Davis talks about the connections between mother and daughter, writing, “The pattern of the maternal figure as origin and daughter as perpetuation, extension, or completion repeatedly appears as a necessary starting point to the drama of the tenuous negotiation of identity and difference within the ambivalent universe of finality” (60). The continuation that Davis describes is not only present in the passing on of history from Celia to Pilar in the form of letters, but it is also distinctly present in the similarities that exist in the characters’ lives. These similarities

As previously noted, for the reader to develop a full understanding and analysis of the conflicts between the mothers and the daughters, it is essential to know the mother’s past. This is because it allows the reader to connect with the characters on a personal level, as well as all the readers to do an evaluation of the characters to comprehend the story. Though Tan did deviate from the conventions of a novel, she ultimately provided a well-informed novel, providing all necessities that were required.

One of the great unsolved mysteries in our planet’s history is the extinction of dinosaurs. We know they existed through fossil record and with the help of some geological evidence that supports various theories, some stronger than others, we start to narrow down the possible culprit. Dinosaurs evolved and existed for about 180 million years during the Mesozoic era. The Mesozoic is divided into three periods: the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods. They thrived in the Triassic and Jurassic periods, but declined in the Cretaceous period. The Triassic period lasted about 245 to 213 million years ago where dinosaurs first evolved and all the continents were still connected, better known as Pangaea. The Jurassic period continued to the beginning of the Cretaceous period 144 million years ago. At this time, the continents started to break apart and dinosaurs increased in number. The Cretaceous period was the last period in the Mesozoic era and at the end of the period, some 65 million years ago, dinosaurs disappeared known as the K-T extinction event. We know this because fossils were found throughout the Mesozoic era, but not in Cenozoic era rock layers. Birds and other reptiles such as alligators survived into the Cenozoic era, better known as the Age of Mammals (Barrett & Raul, 2001).

Mass extinction of the Dinosaurs the most dramatic extinction in the history of the Earth. ( national geographic, 2015 ) The dinosaur extinction could have been sudden or gradual depending on the cause. Scientists have thoroughly researched and finally found two major options, the asteroid impact theory and the volcanic theory, that have many similar qualities, but on the other hand are very different. These two theories could have possibly caused the extinction many years ago.

Philomena’s crises became a stress pileup, because she tried to cope with both her faith and the loss of her son. The loss of her son and the effort to find him

“Dinosaurs. Earth shakers and plunderers. Killing machines. The original experts in martial arts.” – (The Dinosaurs: The Monsters Emerge, PBS, 1992.) Most people, especially kids, know dinosaurs as big movie monsters and hostile creatures for the good guys to fight. But I never possessed that interest. My attraction came from the fact that these “alien” creatures beyond any human imagination were real animals that actually lived on this planet. That animals such as Therizinosaurus, Deinocheirus, Shunosaurus, Gigantoraptor, and Concavenator were all conceived by nature and not Hollywood. There are so many of them on record with such stunning characteristics, the most striking diversity, and the most remarkable evolutionary journeys known

The dinosaurs lived on earth for about 165 million years before an asteroid lead to their Extinction (Weems, Robert). Over the years, several theories have been made regarding the extinction of the dinosaurs. The first theory is that the dinosaurs died from global plagues or a supernova. The second theory is that the dinosaurs died from an asteroid hitting the earth.This paper will explain why the second theory is the correct theory. While some experts believe the dinosaurs became extinct due to global plagues or of a supernova, they were actually killed by an asteroid.

This paper examines the Dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period. The paper considers the holistic view of the Jurassic period in addition to the Dinosaurs that roamed the Earth during this period. Finally, historical consideration evidence leading to the demise or disappearance of the dinosaurs. Analysis is based upon research conducted from ten academic reference sites. The paper provides an understanding of the different species that lived during the Jurassic period and the environmental and climatic conditions that supported them. Also discussed is a significant amount of information regarding palaeontologists’ discoveries of great dinosaur faunas, such as the

Throughout her conversations in the movie, viewers might infer that through her choice of profession, she had in some ways acquired the nurturing role that she lacked in respect to the memory of her lost son Anthony. Furthermore, her relationship with her daughter is also portrayed as positive and close. And interestingly, the developing