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    Three months seem to have flown by in the blink of an eye and yet so many things have changed in that time. We began this project with very little information about what the end product would be and why we were doing it but we learned a lot along the way. The purpose of the project was to make us think about what goes on in the sky over time. As it turned out, I was a slow starter. I work full-time and my regular lunch hour is from noon until one o 'clock, therefore making observations at 1:15 p

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    Romantic Hero

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    A romantic hero is a person that seems to be the outcast, he may or may not be wealthy, he will have his own set of moral codes, his life is filled with strife, which he overcomes and wins. He is also in tune with nature and his feelings. The romantic hero is a rebel that ignores the set rules of society in pursuit of their own self fulfillment. Mary Shelly both supports and critiques the concept in her novel. Frankenstein demonstrates many traits of the romantic hero. He is in tune with nature

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    Grendel vs. Frankenstein

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    Grendel and Frankenstein are two monsters whose society ignores their existence and find them to be burdensome to their society based on the mere fact that they are not like the rest of their surrounding man-kind. Grendel and Frankenstein both strive to accept their place in the views of their surrounding peoples. Although their sporadic happiness comes from them engaging in fights and killing members of their societies, they learn to accept their place within the societies by coping with their

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    Frankenstein's ambition

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    Topic #3 Victor’s driving, obsessive ambition ruined his life and led to his own death and the murder of his loved ones. Illustrate how ambition affects not only Victor and Robert Walton, but also the creature in Frankenstein. Thesis Statement: Ambition and the quest for knowledge is a fatal flaw in the characters of Victor Frankenstein, Robert Walton, and the creature. In Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, ‘Frankenstein’, a recurring motif of ambition and the quest for knowledge is present among the

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    Astronomers are the type of scientists who study the physics of the universe beyond Earth. Galileo Galilei is a famous astronomer and is often known as “the father of modern astronomy.” He created the first telescope with 30x magnification. Nicolaus Copernicus was a famous Polish astronomer who established the concept that the Sun, rather than the Earth, is the center of the solar system and is Earth’s main source of light. His discovery lead to the concept that the Earth and other planets rotate

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    Global warming is directly causing the rise in temperature of the Earth. The melting of the polar ice caps causes some of the most pressing issues including the endangerment of species indigenous to this region and the rise of ocean levels. Global Warming Global warming is the steady rise of temperature of the Earth’s surface. What exactly causes global warming? Numerous sources fuel global warming, such as deforestation, permafrost, and even sunspots. Obviously, many factors contribute to this

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    The pursuit of knowledge is at the heart of Frankenstein, as Victor attempts to surge beyond accepted human limits and access the secret of life. Likewise, Robert Walton attempts to surpass previous human explorations by endeavoring to reach the North Pole. This ruthless pursuit of knowledge proves dangerous, as Victor’s act of creation eventually results in the destruction of everyone dear to him, and

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    It was the two days before Christmas. Santa was getting every excited for his trip and he was also getting very tired. “Ho, ho, ho, ho, what do we have here!” he said with a smile. He watched a girl crying. He was confused. He was thinking to himself, “Did someone tell her that I did not exist? Did her parents get mad at her?” then one of Santa’s elves, Sprinkles, came inside his office, “Sprinkles can you please run a report on this child?” “I am on my way, sir!” said sprinkles. A few minutes

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    One day that happened to be Christmas eve something awful happened, very appalling to say the least. The big, old, jolly man himself we all know as Santa was sick. He, unfortunately, had the flu it was brutal. Santa had just woke up in his gigantic red bed in his bright green room when he told Ms.Claus he was feeling extremely warm and not very well. Mrs.Claus dashed to the blue-tiled washroom just outside of the door to grab a thermometer. Swiftly she ran back in and Santa put it in his mouth, the

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    of his crib. “BANG” he fell on the ground and started to crawl towards Santa Clause gift sack. Buddy starts his journey once he got into Santa’s gift sack. Santa did not realize that a toddler snuck into his gift sack. Santa arrives back to The North Pole, and the elves and him hear something moving in the sack. A second later a baby crawls out of the gift sack. Santa and the elves were in shock when they saw the baby. The baby’s name is on the baby’s

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