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Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, was a very powerful pesticide that almost destroyed ecosystems across the entire United States. It was only through years of hard work and endless persistence even in the face of opposition and threats that one biologist, Rachel Carson, was able to convince the public about the dangers of such a potent chemical. DDT was called the miracle drug for being able to kill any pest who came in contact with it. However, this powerful ability to exterminate harmful

In the Great Gatsby, women play a significant role and are the central focus. Their character is very subordinate. Their characters are mainly described as decorative figures of fragile beauty. However, they are often egotistical, ruthless, destructive and vain. They are not capable of intellectual or artistic or idealism interests (Bloom 42). They also do not express passion. In Great Gatsby, three women have played a very vital role; these are; Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker, and Myrtle Wilson

Introduction Firstly it is important to distinguish what is meant by ‘human language’ and ‘animal communication’. By providing definitions for both in my opening section I will then be able to go onto compare their similarities and differences. Throughout this essay I will refer to the design features of language and by comparing animal communication behaviours to them I will be able to show the extent to which human language and animal communication are similar or different. Defining Communication

When on missions with his fellow knights, King Arthur Pendragon loved the comradery, the starry nighttime skies, the smell of woodsmoke, and cheerful, early morning birdsongs. He did not love frigid downpours, the men’s body odor, nor Gwaine’s late-night, irritating cackling. Which Gwaine was going right now. How was Arthur to get a decent night’s sleep in the woods with Gwaine squawking like a hen? Arthur sat up in his bedroll and fixed Gwaine with a flinty stare. “Gwaine, for the last time

January 1970, the Supremes were down to one last original member, Mary Wilson. However, Mary Wilson continued to do what she loved and had introduced two other people making them known as the “New Supremes”. Her previous group was replaced with Cindy Birdsong and Jean Terrell. This was the start of her new nickname: “Mary Wilson of the Original Supremes”. No matter what she had stayed with what she loved the most and that was her singing. She had stayed dedicated to her group even when everyone else had

The movie of the Shawshank Redemption is based on a short story by Steven King. The movie shows how prison life affects prisoners during their sentence in jail and after when they are released. The director concentrates mostly on the personal cost of adapting to prison life and how some convicts, once they conform, lose the ability to survive beyond the barbed wire and iron bars. As a character puts it, ‘These [prison] walls are funny. First you hate them, then you get used

Fly Away Peter is a novel by David Malouf set during World War I which follows Jim Saddler, a young man whose bond with birds leads him to form an unlikely friendship with Ashley Crowther and Imogen Harcourt. The story exposes the reality of war and the destruction that it causes to land, animals and human beings. Malouf uses metaphors, symbolism, imagery and other literary devices to articulate the brutality of war and the nature of life. Throughout the story, Malouf uses various metaphors to convey

A comparison of Sharon Olds’ “Still Life in Landscape” with Linda Pastan’s “I Am Learning to Abandon the World.” The poem “I Am Learning to Abandon the World” by Linda Pastan is closely similar in context with Sharon Olds’ “Still Life in Landscape.” Each of the two poems narrates an ordeal with the persona being the writer of the poem. The persona directly speaks to the audience. However, these two works differ in the number of lines, the length and appearance of each line and the entire apparition

It was also a feature of a re-worked instrumental of ‘Cola Bottle Baby’ 1979, It a song by the Funk keyboardist Edwin Birdsong. The affected that was used to make the vocal sample was the Vocoder. Kanye West had a basic chord sequence of a melodic chorus that was added by the Daft Punk. The subsequence slows down as well as loosened the rhythm and overdubbed pulsating synths

I spend three days without any personal internet, TV, phone, musics. It was difficult to start to unplug day because I can imagine that how uncomfortable without any of these. I usually check my phone once a hours: look at the clock, and check messages, email, news, listen to music, and watch TV. I carry my phone on my hand all the time, and put it on my desk in the class. For three days, I didn’t use phone and personal internet. It was difficult at the first day and I got used to it at the third