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    “A Living Dog is Better than a Dead Lion” A singer who goes by the nickname “Sugar Man” Rodriguez, lives his life happy without money but instead donates it and lives like a average human being. Rodriguez would be portrayed as the dog. Although Rodriguez has a potential to be a Lion, he doesn't let the fame get to him. He is happy just by singing music and passing happiness down to his fans and family. The Lion would be someone who has high power but is living life miserably. A dead lion would let

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    Young Goodman Brown and Gimpel the Fool comparative analysis To have faith means to have complete confidence or trust in someone or something. Faith can also be a specific system of religious beliefs, such as Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism. “Young Goodman Brown” and “Gimpel the Fool” show how faith can differ from person to person. Brown, a Puritan, believes that one is either completely good or evil, there is no in-between. Good people do not do bad things, and vice versa. At first, he did

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    there are three sides to every story. One sides describes the negative outlook with no human progress, the other, a glorification of royalty and knights which is often misconstrued. Finally, there is the truthful side. This is the side Jean Gimpel discusses

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    medieval community consumed a healthier diet leading to a higher birthrate and a lower death rate. According to The Medieval Machine by Jean Gimpel, “The three-field system had many advantages. As only 30 percent of the land lay fallow in any year, as against 50 percent with the two-field system, there was a higher proportion of land under cultivation” (Gimpel, 40). Agricultural developments in Gimpel’s book show how enhancing technology can be beneficial to the well-being of

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    rate. According to The Medieval Machine, “The three-field system had many advantages. As only 30 percent of the land lay fallow in any year, as against 50 percent with the two-field system, there was a higher proportion of land under cultivation” (Gimpel, 40). Agricultural developments in Gimpel’s book show how enhancing technology can be beneficial to the well-being of

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    medieval community consumed a healthier diet leading to a higher birthrate and a lower death rate. According to The Medieval Machine by Jean Gimpel, “The three-field system had many advantages. As only 30 percent of the land lay fallow in any year, as against 50 percent with the two-field system, there was a higher proportion of land under cultivation” (Gimpel, 40). Agricultural developments in Gimpel’s book show how enhancing technology can be beneficial to the well-being of

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    medieval community consumed a healthier diet leading to a higher birthrate and a lower death rate. According to The Medieval Machine by Jean Gimpel, “The three-field system had many advantages. As only 30 percent of the land lay fallow in any year, as against 50 percent with the two-field system, there was a higher proportion of land under cultivation” (Gimpel, 40). Agricultural developments in Gimpel’s book show how enhancing technology can be beneficial to the well-being of

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    as a “record of people’s experience of God’s self-revelation” (Rohr & Martos, 2011, p. 22). Thus the theology underpinning the OT meaning and understanding of the “word” is deep and rooted in “a Semitic conviction of the power of the spoken word” (Gimpel, 2011, p. 21). The OT is based upon oral tradition. In oral traditions, the reliability of a story, message or tale rested solely upon the

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    The Medieval Machine by Jean Gimpel, shows information about the technological accomplishments of the middle Ages. The basic idea is that during the two centuries from around 1050 Western Europe went through a kind of industrial revolution that was just as important as of the nineteenth century’s. In his book Jean Gimpel goes over medieval primary industry, which includes energy sources like the creation of mills that were moved by wind power or by water. In these cases, the turning

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    Millions of bison were killed and only about 1,000 Bisons were left (Gimpel). This caused Indians to run out of food supply and so they had to buy food from the white americans. Much of their culture was also lost with the Bisons death (Gimpel). Also, the Indians didn’t have a choice on if they went to the reservations because the U.S. Army would come and make them move. They did this to create more room for the railroad (Gimpel). Therefore, overall the Transcontinental Railroad was another bad aspect

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