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    Gregor Samsa is a traveling salesman who hates his job but keeps it because of he has to pay off his his father dept and care for his family. He transforms into a large bug and spends the rest of his life in that state. Despite his transformation into an insect, Gregor changes very little as a character over the course of the story. He accepts the hardships he faces as a bug and as a man without complaining. When his father went into debt he readily took role as the money earner in the family, even

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    efforts of humanity to find any inherent meaning will ultimately fail. This sense of absurdity is elevated by the detachment between body and mind in the main character’s life, Gregor Samsa. Through his outward metamorphosis, his physical form is altered while his mind remains unchanged and human in its state. As a result, Gregor Samsa lives in the illusion in which his human counterpart remains unchanged while in reality his physical appearance is incongruous. But since his body and mind do not become

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    The author, Franz Kafka, was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and of course it became fatal. Gregor Samsa is his alternate self where he transformed into a bug and became an outsider to the rest of the world. His sister Grete Samsa took over the duty of helping her once human brother. They all thought he would heal and he’d be fine. Sooner or later though, Gregor willed himself to die and committed suicide. Gregor was enlisted for a war, probably WWI. as his picture hung on the wall in the hall, his

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    Introduction Gregor Johann Mendel was a scientist, Augustinian friar and an abbot of St. Thomas’ Abbey in Brno, Margraviate of Moravia. He was born on July 20, 1822 and died on January 6, 1884 at the age of 61. He was Austrian and was the child of Anton and Rosine Mendel along with two other siblings. He studied in the field of genetics at two universities and one institution and is known for creating the science of genetics. Early Life Gregor was born the middle child and the only son

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    Empirical Probability Gregor Mendel is known as the Father of Modern Genetics, (Gregor Mendel - New World Encyclopedia:, n.d.). Gregor was pretty popular in the world of science, unfortunately while he was alive he was not recognized for any of his works with research. He was born in Austria in 1822 and his parents were agriculturalists. As a young child his family lived and owned a farm, Mendel became very intrigued with plants, shrubbery, and produce. As he grew older he absolutely loved to learn

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    Summary—Entry No.1 Page 1 to Page 4 The story begins when Gregor Samsa wakes up from a terrible dream and realizes that he has turned into a bug. He wonders what has happened to him. Everything else in his room seems normal. He sees the collection of textile samples on his table that he uses for his job since he is a travelling salesman. Gregor looks out of his bedroom window at the rain, and the depressing weather makes him feel sad. He tries to go back to sleep, but he can’t since he is used to

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    Gregor Mendel "The Genius of Genetics" BACKGROUND Gregor Mendor was born the second of three children to Anton and Rosine Mendel on July 22, 1822 in Heizendorf (the Czech Republic. His given name was Johann. He was the son of a farmer who owned his own land and taught his son the value of hard work. The two of them spent many hours in their orchard and garden. This is where much of his learning began. During his youth, Mendel studied science, plants and beekeeping He continued

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    Abstract The father of modern genetics, Gregor Mendel is accredited for discovering the basic principles of genetics, he is most known for his experiment with peas which later lead to the study of heredity Mendel most important conclusions where what we know today as principles of Mendelian inheritance which consisted of two principles the law of random segregation and the law of independent assortment (Gregor Mendel Biography.com, 2017). In this experiment, we utilized Drosophila melanogaster

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    Gregor Mendel's Fruit Flies Introduction      From simple heredity experiments with garden peas, to cloning sheep, the field of genetics has come a long way. Now we are closer to mapping out the human genetic map due to advances in technology, and years and years of research. Perhaps the most influential and groundbreaking scientist, Gregor Mendel, he was responsible to provide a path to where genetics is now today with his experiments of garden peas.      In lab, fruit flies were crossed

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    Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity. His observations became in the foundation of modern genetics. He was born in Austria in 1822. Mendel graduated from the school with honors, in 1840. Later, his graduation, Mendel enrolled in a two-year program at the Philosophical Institute of the University of Olmütz. He again distinguished himself academically, especially in the subjects of physics and math. In 1843, Mendel began studying to be a monk at the St. Thomas Monastery in Brno

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