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    Some may argue that people interact with nature in an overall positive way because of the poem titled, “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman, and how it shows that humans interact with nature in a positive way. However, when people do interact with nature, it is usually in a negative way and they tend to take the Earth and all it has to offer for granted, as shown in “My Life as a Bat” by Margaret Atwood, because people's feelings for bats are almost always negative, as well as in Hope for Animals and their World by Jane Goodall, because of how the American Burying Beetle has gone down in population. People interact with nature a a negative and horrible way. In “My Life as a Bat”, the author is writing about how people treat bats and how they tend to dislike innocent animals who are just playing their role in their individual environments and ecosystems. She goes on to write that humans are scared of them for no reason and that they don't want bats around, even when they aren’t harming anyone. Atwood says, “I look down at the man’s face, foreshortened and sweating, the eyes bulging and blue, the mouth emitting furious noise” (72). Here, the author is describing from a bat’s point of view on how someone was once describing a man and his characteristics as he huddled in the corner in fear. Long ago, during World War II, thousands of bats were planned to be released over cities in Germany and have bombs attached to them, eventually leading them explode and…

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    half-brother, Henry IV as king (Historynet, 2016). At this time, Isabella was second in line for the throne, after her brother, Alfonso. Alfonso, however, was tricked into believing that he was the true heir to the throne, not Henry. This caused the half-brothers to clash at the second battle of Olmedo in 1467. The battle was ended in a draw. Henry agreed to name Alfonso heir to the throne, provided that he married Joanna, Henry’s daughter. However, just after he was named Prince of Asturias in…

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    The novel was about a thirteen-year-old who was in love with his uncle’s sister-in-law. The same boy also befriends a scriptwriter who was writing operas for the radio. This story was loosely based off of his first marriage, when he, himself was nineteen and was married to his then thirty-two-year-old aunt. And while he did write more novels than those two. none of them were based on any parts of his life after those two. But, besides “The Time of the Hero”, every single one of his other books…

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    metaphor or even symbol best he could in his artworks. Wanting his piece to be about the weight, size, gravity, process, along with time. In his early years of the metalwork, due thanks to his father worked in the shipbuilding industry. Plus Richard working that the steel mills while he was at college. Richard Serra always had an interested in art since he was a little boy. His sculptures and his drawings were exhibited lot in Europe and also the United States. His work grew bigger and bigger…

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    the answer is simple, Stephen Hawking was always curious about the world and when he was younger he would admire the stars and question the unknown. He was also brave enough to study cosmology because back then that wasn’t a popular field and he knew that not many people knew about the universe. Hawking’s theories can be used today to help scientist think outside the box, to make new discoveries and understand how black holes work. Without Hawking’s achievements we wouldn’t know exactly what…

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    it is not openly known how or where he passed on. Numerous stars have taken to online networking to pay tribute to Leonard Cohen Performing at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 Leonard Cohen performing at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 Leonard Cohen performing in 1974 Leonard Cohen envisioned in a London lodging room in 1979 Performing on the Pyramid arrange amid day three of the Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, 2008 Leonard Cohen performs on the Pyramid arrange at Glastonbury…

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    Puc 5 acted exactly like his main character, John Proctor, when approached by the HUAC by refusing to be accused for a “crime” he did not commit and negated to point fingers at the actual transgressors. Miller didn’t become acknowledged of his brilliant work until later in his career. He twice won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, received two Emmy awards and three Tony Awards for his plays, as well as a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement which is the highest honor a playwright can…

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    seventeen poetry collections. From poetry, she also endeavored to write novels, short stories, essays, and even one play: The Penelopiad – The Play (Poetry Foundation). Some of her most well known works include Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, MaddAddam, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Robber Bride, Cat’s Eye, and The Blind Assassin (Biography). Several of her stories have been adapted into movies and television shows, with production underway for more. Her writings have earned her…

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    from an early age that he desired to follow in the footsteps of his father and older brother and join the navy. However do to Spain’s defeat in the Spanish-American War in 1898, there were major cutbacks in navy positions leading Franco to join the army instead. At fourteen years of age, Franco enrolled into the Infantry Academy at Toledo and graduated three years later with poor grades. After graduation, Franco immediately volunteered for duty in the Spanish Morocco campaigns and based there…

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