Chiscover Fire Short Story

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In the book Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian, Vahan and his untroubled and carefree life is flipped upside down when some Gendarmes kill both of his older brother right in front of him. All of Vahan’s race are being killed and Vahan has to go off and leave his mother with his brother Sisak and start their own new life on the run. Vahan quickly realizes life if much different without everything being given to you. Vahan’s father, Sarkis, and his brother Sisak taught Vahan to push through the hard times, always have hope, and to stay strong. With the advice given to Vahan by his father and brother, Vahan was able to gain strength and courage to push through the hard times, even when everything seemed hopeless and unbearable.

In 2003, possibly one of the worst wildfires in California’s history occurred. This fire, referred to as the Cedar Fire, spread across 273,246 acres.

This section gave detailed explanation of how humans have changed from primates and how we are able to survive. DNA is what affects what our bodies can handle compared to what our primates could handle. Mankind is twice split off from apes and the mutation of the human apoE gene is what helps us be able to eat meat. A second mutation appeared 220000 years ago which helped humans be able to break down fats and cholesterol. DNA and the mutation of our genes is what helped us survive. This section also talks about extinction, and how Jean Leopold Nicolas Frederic Cuvier,one of the greatest naturalists believed in it, despite many people not believing in the impermanence of a species. William Buckland, a biblical geologist who

The Triangle shirtwaist factory fire on March 25, 1911, was one of the worst tragedies ever back then, causing the death of 146 workers. This company was owned by Max Blank and Isaac Harris. They had a little shop by 1900 and it grew quickly, they moved their business to the ninth floor of the new ten-story Asch building. There were approximately 500 workers, mostly immigrant women, worked at the Triangle shirtwaist company. Bessie Cohen, who survived was inside the building and wrote a short story of what had happened. Most women either died from the fire or jumped from a high height. They jumped because the fire trucks' ladders could only reach up to seventh floor. The doors were locked to prevent workers from stealing or leaving, thus, they had no escape. According to fire marshal, cigarettes were the cause of the fire. Cotton is even more flammable than paper, more like explosively. Plus, the factory had woods and there were oxygen. After the fire, they had an investigation.

On July 10, 2001 four U.S Forest Service Firefighters died while battling the thirty mile fire. Six others injured including two hikers. The thirty mile fire was the second deadliest fire in Washington state history.

He stopped his pacing abruptly. His unit was encased in a special alloy he, himself, had created and treated. It withstood the time-travel shock wave. Could it possibly have survived a fire and the elements... for all these years?

Genocides are beyond erratic, beyond inhumane, and beyond cruel. In truth, the systematic killing of a group of people because of their religion, color, race, etc. is absolutely preposterous! Therefore, it is absolutely important and essential that we learn about past genocides in human history to avoid and never repeat them again. For that purpose, I chose to read Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian, a fiction book based on a true story of the life of a young boy who grew up during the Armenian Genocide. Forgotten Fire was recognized as a National Book Award Finalist, further attracting me to read it, although, that was not necessary in order for me to choose this book because I wanted to educate myself about this first modern genocide that not everyone knows about.

Yuval Noah Harari’s, “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”, give us a highly detailed description of the history of Homo Sapiens and how they came to take an evolutionary leap at a rate faster than any other living creature on Earth. At the forefront of Sapiens, is Harari’s idea about what made Homo Sapiens become so unimportant to rising up and becoming the most successful species on the planet. Throughout my analysis, I will bring up concepts and idea that Harari brings up throughout the novel.

In “A&P,” write the story by John Updike in 1961 about Sammy’s 19 years old to work the cashier to a grocery store. During the summer job for teenage begins as while Sammy is quitting his job. Because he to observe the three adolescent girls wearing nothing but bathing suits into the store; “The one that caught my eye first was the one in the plaid green two-piece. She was a chunky kid, with a good tan and a sweet broad soft-looking can with those two crescents of white just under it, where the sun never seems to hit, at the top of the backs of her legs” (Updike, 17). Some of the girls can see like swimsuit being looked after Sammy would want her to become a Queenie. Come to the cashier while smile to him about Sammy with Queenie when talking to our two girls talk something. Leave Queenie to create a Sammy can see to eye make a blushing. The customer is a boss to store manager for Lengel while catching with Sammy can feel gasping out and he says, “I quit.” Sammy that is happened to the job never come back again at the A&P is a grocery store because the boss said. Girls leave a ride on Cuban car away and Sammy was disappeared to her away to the end of love.

Humans have achieved evolutionary progress in history through the desire to live a better life and the ability to adapt to even the harshest conditions. To be sheltered from the harsh weather conditions, early humans learned to live in caves. To fight off wild animals as well as to cook food, humans developed their own way of making fire after accidental encounters of the process through wildfires caused by lightning. However, progress did not come lightly and through the search for further progress, humans are inevitably reunited with unintended negative consequences for which Edward Tenner called “revenge effects”. In Jon Krakauer’s “Selections from Into the Wild,” Christopher McCandless was adamant about achieving “true progress” in

Humans are the most unique species on Earth. We have gained the ability to things never accomplished before on Earth. We can control our environment, domesticate other species, and more importantly, form complex connections and societies with one another. However, it is widely debated about how we evolved from simple ape-like foragers to the meat-eating, community-building species we are today. In this paper, we will be looking at three authors: Richard Wrangham, Pat Shipman, and Frans de Wall. Each of which approach this question from different directions.

The book The Human Story by James C. Davis is about the history of the human race since before history was starting to be recorded. The author did an outstanding job at portraying the world’s history from an unbiased point of view. Davis engages the reader with pungent anecdotes and clever quotes. Davis’ writing style is vivid and detailed like he had a firsthand account of the event he is talking about or if he was a grandfather telling his grandchildren a story of his own. I will give you a short summary of the book primarily towards the end so you can get a taste of what it is like to engage you in this wonderful read.

Abstract evolution has occurred in humans for millions of years; however, in a modern society many scientists and evolutionists are now debating whether or not it is still occurring, and if it follows the same rules. With all of the new technology humans have created, some experts believe that humans have essentially conquered nature, and no further evolutionary changes will occur. Still, others hold opposing views; some experts believe that evolution is still occurring, but modern societal advancements have changed the rules. These experts say that the changes in evolution are a result of recent medical advancements that allow doctors to perpetuate genes that would not have lasted years ago. Additionally, others maintain that evolution is

Garreau, Joel. Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies- and What It Means to Be Human. New York: Random House, 2005. Print.