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the setting. The third expedition, the story of Ylla, and the fourth expedition are a few of the settings Bradbury uses to exploit the relationship between man versus nature. First, the third expedition to Mars takes the rocket men back in time to 1926 Green Bluff Illinois. Bradbury uses this particular setting to exploit man versus nature. This is the town that Captain John Black grew up in. Bradbury conveys the idea of how nature's setting directly affects our mood and emotions. “In spite of…

To what extent was ‘Taisho Democracy’, between the years 1912-1926, democratic? The ‘Taisho Democracy’ was an era during the reign of Emperor Taisho, the 123rd Emperor of Japan, when the authoritarian political structure of Japan was challenged by a wave of mass politic and Liberalism. This challenge was sparked by the ‘Taisho Political Crisis’ in 1912, when the constitutional system was unable to appoint a military officer to a position within government, as the military forces postponed the…

the modern art movement, O’Keeffe began experimenting with perspective, painting large-scale close-up paintings of flowers. The first of these artworks was ‘Petunia No.2’ , which exhibited in 1925, soon followed by works including the ‘Black Iris’(1926) and ‘Oriental Poppies’(1928). O’Keeffe declared: “ If I could paint the flower exactly as i saw it no one would see what I see because I would paint it quite small like the flower is small. So I said to myself, I’ll paint what I see, what the…

The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain Born on February 1, 1902, Langston Hughes grew up in Kansas, Lawrence, Ohio, Illinois, and Mexico. The complexity of his ancestry is because his paternal great-grandfather was a white slave owner in Kentucky while his paternal great-grandmother was of African American decent. As a result, like most African Americans he was a victim of racial stereotype leading to his election as a class poet in high school since Negroes were known for their rhythm in…

Shortly afterwards the wealthy Greek colony Apollonia was founded nearby (Casson, 1926:322; Ceka, 2005:66; Galaty, 2002:119; Hammond, 1992:31; Lafe, 2003:75; McIlvaine, 2012:58; Srejovic, 1998:22; Stallo, 2007; Stipčević, 1977:38; Tsetskhladze, 2008:lxv; Wilkes, 1992:110). According to historians there are conflicting dates in regards…

Would you like to learn about barrel racing? So, barrel racing has no judges, which means it depends on time. Barrel racing is a graceful, and simplistic event when one woman goes around three barrels as quickly as possible in a clover leaf pattern. Ride quickly and win, hesitate and lose. The horse not only must be swift but it has to be intelligent enough to get around the barrel without tipping them. The horse must be able to withstand the long roads a every person has to go to get to the…

Lee’s in her unruly aversion to school. It is mentioned in one source that “As a child, Harper Lee was…unruly…She fought on the playground. She talked back to the teachers. She was bored with school and resisted any sort of conformity” (Harper Lee 1926-2016). By fighting other children, Lee demonstrates how rough and unruly she is. Her boredom with school and conformity causes her to talk back to teachers, just like Scout does on her first day of school. In fact, Scout is just as rambunctious…

In the book “Missouri and North Arkansas Line,” by James R. Fair, a good portion of it is used to describe the flooding in spring of 1927. Only a couple mention is made of the late 1926 floods along the White River. The book by Walter M. Adams about the White River Railroad does not mention any problems until the April floods. One letter from H.J. Armstrong, Chief Engineer of the M&NA, says that something else happened about the first of the same year. In his letter, Mr. Armstrong writes about…

Norma Jeane Mortenson was born June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California. Also known as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn had a very rough childhood which started with her never knowing who her father was. She spent most of her childhood in foster homes because her mother was mentally ill and unsuitable to take care of a child after she tried to smother Marilyn with a pillow at the age of 2. In 1937 a close family friend and her husband decided t o take care of her for a few years. This very religious…

that California’s weather finally decided to help with the dryness from drought; the increase of rain and surprisingly incline of snow should improve the water resource. According to the article, the drought years in California are: 1918 –1920, 1923–1926, 1928 –1935, 1947–1950, 1959 –1962, 1976 –1977, 1987–1992, 2000–2002, 2007–2009 (Drought in California). To make it easier to understand,…