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Easter Island I was born today. My bones quarried at Rano Raraku near the northeast end of my homeland, Easter Island. My makers were small, with deep tawny skin that gleamed with moisture under the sun as they carved the gentle curves of my body. As I lay among the rock, an unmoving piece of stone that stretched across the land to the creatures that constructed me, I observed the thriving life around me. I was surrounded by trees, some whose unbranched bodies shot into the vibrant sky,

backward, back against the trunk of the tree behind him. The metal tip slid a fraction further and blood began to blossom with renewed ferocity. The composure on Mei Changsu's face slipped, revealing what resembled the determined stare of a cornered wild animal. Mei Changsu did it on

Introduction To Evolution What is Evolution? Evolution is the process by which all living things have developed from primitive organisms through changes occurring over billions of years, a process that includes all animals and plants. Exactly how evolution occurs is still a matter of debate, but there are many different theories and that it occurs is a scientific fact. Biologists agree that all living things come through a long history of changes shaped by physical and chemical processes that

Jules Verne plays with his readers' perceptions of life and sentience in both Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and Robur the Conqueror. Both novels share fundamental novums; a vehicle that cannot exist during the current time does, in fact, exist. Although these technological modes of transport utilized in both novels are fantastical and near-mythical in nature, they both are grounded in possible (and probable) methods of operation. However, despite these vehicles being controlled by a knowledgeable

First Fleet encompassed a total of 11 ships which departed from Portsmouth, England in May 1787. This fleet founded the penal colony, and it became the first European settlement in Australia. Horseracing, cricket, boxing, and other sports involving animals were very highly practiced during this time. In 1810, the first athletics tournament was held in Australia, and early sport was played based on what

The chicken and egg dilemma Many of you will be aware of the famous dilemma of the chicken and the egg – which came first? For those of you who aren’t aware, essentially this has been a question in philosophical thought for many centuries. The question asks, how can the first chicken have come from an egg when that egg would have had to have been laid by a chicken, and how can the first egg have come from a chicken when that chicken would have had to have been hatched from an egg? Thus, the dilemma

This is a wonderful simile that brings home the nervous twitchiness that would denote a person scared to death in such a situation. Later in Book Five there is a great dichotomy of similes. First, Hera comes down "flying like turtledoves in eagerness to help the Argives." followed by a scene surrounding Diomedes where his men are "fighting like lions or wild boars." Both of these have their own respective importance. There is probably no more revered avian for peace

An Examination of Similes in the Iliad - and how Homer's Use of Them Affected the Story In the Iliad, Homer finds a great tool in the simile. Just by opening the book in a random place the reader is undoubtedly faced with one, or within a few pages. Homer seems to use everyday activities, at least for the audience, his fellow Greeks, in these similes nearly exclusively. When one is confronted with a situation that is familiar, one is more likely to put aside contemplating the topic and simply inject

1. Nowadays, many immigrants have moved to America(north, central, and south) for many reasons, searching for a fresh start. My family was one of them. I was born in Egypt and lived there for six years of my life. My family’s decision to immigrate to Canada was basically for my future. At that time, the state of the Egyptian government was very unstable, the economy was poor and there were many problems between Christians and Muslims in the country. Also, the education system in Egypt is not one

"Two, answer this riddle. You'll need a pen." Not having one, she took out her phone and pressed the voice recorder app. "I've traveled from the main land to Babylon. I'm forever blue, but the first to blush. My long, slender arms have bowed to the shades of a tiny emperor and a country's father. If you fail to quench my thirst, I can become a bitter pill. What am I?" "What kind of riddle is that?" Meena asked. "The best I can come up with in two hours. Three, bring the dishes, your answer