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The objective of this report is to provide a concise comparison of the different demographic profiles for a geographic location at three different geographic scales. The report consist of brief analysis of general population and housing characteristics at three different geographic scales. The demographic profile data used for the report was extracted and compiled from the 2010 Census tract. The smallest scale of geographic location I picked is 7600 212th St SW, Edmonds, WA 98026. This is…

fifty pounds, making them some of the largest fish n most rivers. They eat tiny food particles, like algae and plant and animal plankton, and can jump high out of the water. These fish were imported to “. . . improve water quality by removing algae from aquaculture ponds in the southern U.S.”. This would have been successful, had there not been large floods near the aquaculture ponds, allowing the carp to move into the Mississippi river. Asian carp can spawn multiple times in a year and the…

Would it be hard to believe that almost a one quarter of modern day United States was purchased in one large transaction? Specifically 828,000 square miles of land. The Louisiana Purchase more than doubled the size of the United States in 1803. After signing a secret treaty to return the Louisiana territory to France, France wanted to sell the Louisiana territory because they did not believe it was worth the money or the trouble since they were having a hard time holding on to Saint Dominique in…

Twain mostly dismissed in the book.Firstly, Huck struggled with prayer; in Chapter III, he asked for a fishing rod, which he did receive, but without hooks. He concluded that prayer is ineffective until Chapter VIII, when he obtained bread in the river that was intended to find hiscorpse. He said, “...I reckon... somebody prayed that this bread would find me, and here it has gone and done it....but [praying]don’t work for me, and I reckon it don’t work for only just the right kind”(45).Huck’s…

One of the many things that the white settlers did while settling in America was remove the Indians from their lands. The settlers removed the Indians time after time killing many Indians and never taking into consideration how the Indians felt. In the “Southern Workmand and Hampton School Record and Edna Dean Proctor the “Indians Appeal” (January 1892)” some of the Indians feelings are revealed. The Indians feel the wanting and need of joining the White settlers. They want to feel trusted and…

Introduction In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck has many superstitions. Superstitions are beliefs or practices that try to explain and determine the unknown. Some superstitions Huck uses his own opinions to determine if he thinks they are true. Other superstitions he believes in because his surroundings tell him they are true. Many of the story's superstitions are similar to today's superstitions. A Hair ball can tell the future Jim tells Huckleberry that a hair ball can…

Twain uses the theme of conscience in Huckleberry Finn to demonstrate how one can explore conscience to figure out what is right. Huckleberry Finn has a sound heart; he tries to be a good person. Although Huck believes himself to be evil, he is actually good. This is seen when Huck first finds the slave Jim on Jackson Island. Huck, since he has constantly been exposed to slavery and sees Jim as a runaway slave, struggles between wanting to help Jim escape and wanting to turn Jim in to the…

Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are two very adventurous boys. Huck and Tom are similar, but there are many more differences between them. Tom is one who thinks things should be done a certain way, a traditional way. However, Huck feels like things can be done in a practical way. Tom is the idealist while Huck is the pragmatist. This is seen countless times as Huck and Tom try and free Jim. Tom runs on his own agenda. Tom knows all along that Jim is a free slave, but doesn’t tell Huck because that…

Mark Twain criticizes the south for what he believes has a flawed social structure. He criticizes romanticism throughout the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Romanticism is a movement that emphasizes inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of an individual. Twain uses the characters to show different instances of romanticism. Tom Sawyer, a friend of Huckleberry Finn, is seen as a romantist. Tom Sawyer likes to find ways to make his adventures more difficult than it has to be.…

Cabin Number 15 One day, some construction workers decided to build a campsite for kids close to the graveyard and the fishing lake in the forest. A construction worker said that the cabin that they built closest to the graveyard will be cabin number they each didn’t like. They came up with number fifteen. So after they built the whole camping site for kids, the whole place was a huge hit! With kids 7-15. Two years later... two girls complained that strange things were happening in cabin…