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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens shows the theme that anyone can become a better person if they look upon their past. The reader learns that even someone like Scrooge can become a great man. At the beginning of the story, Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy, rude man. On pages 17 and 18 he refuses to donate any of his money (Which he has plenty of) to the poor. On page 20 a caroller comes to his door and Scrooge makes them run away. On page 15 he refuses his own nephew’s Christmas meal invitation.…

The Most Dangerous Theory Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color. This quote is a clever way of saying that people of all races should be treated equally. Unfortunately people like Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer did not agree with this concept and so Social Darwinism was born. Social Darwinism is the theory that certain groups of people should follow the same rules of natural selection as plants and animals do. Darwin created Darwinism which says that species evolved…

“Sleeping Beauty” renditions by Giambattista Basile and Charles Perrault over the years, there have been many ways in which the story was told about the original rendition of “Sleeping Beauty”, using the plot and character. With these different renditions written by Giambattista Basile and Charles Perrault, some aspects of this story are more graphic than others in Basile story. Basile expatiated about his love affairs, but failed to appeal to younger millennials in his edition “Sun, Moon, and…

Sauropoda For my dinosaur, I chose to research the Sauropoda. According to scientists, the Sauropoda was thought to be alive during the late Triassic period, which was roughly 65 million years ago. As a result of scientist’s theories, they believe that the Sauropoda was killed of at some point during the cretaceous period. Sauropoda means,”Lizard footed”. Because scientist have found more and more information about these dinosaurs, they are still coming up with different theories. The…

Trisha, how long do you think we going to survive here? We’ve been stuck on this island for four weeks. You need to trust me. If we don’t take action, we’re going to die. Bert is lazy, self-obsessed, and greedy why should you be stuck defending him. You need to trust me. We are running out of food, you know that. Who takes the most food? Bert. You need to trust me, if we ever want to get off this island, we are going to need to take serious action. I’m talking about ending Bert’s time on this…

Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes Character: Charlie Gordon Charlie Gordon is a 32 year old man with Down syndrome and a low IQ of 68. Charlie works as a janitor and is generally a happy person. He is extremely nice and he doesn’t realise how poorly he is being treated. Charlie is accepted to undergo an experiment which is meant to increase his IQ and make him as smart as or smarter than the average person. This type of experiment was first done on a mouse named “Algernon”. The results were…

commonly display altruistic behavior, including consolation and targeted helping (De Waal 2007). What has initially appeared to be altruistic behavior in some non-human animals has been found to be more of an insurance policy towards future reciprocal behavior. According to evolutionary theory,…

Chapter 1 One, two, three, four, Grand jeté. I focus on my steps which echo on the stage in unison with the calm beat of the music. This is it, the moment I have been preparing for non-stop for months. I am dancing Swan Lake. My name is Odette. Alright, so my name isn’t actually Odette, it’s Annie. The boring, brunette, ballerina who likes to escape into fantasy lands such as the land of the Nutcracker, Swan Lake, or Cinderella. However, the only way I can do this is through my dancing. This is…

In The Canterbury Tales the Pardoner is a unique character that travels the land with ill intentions. The narrator describes his appearance as “This Pardoner had hair as yellow as wax…he had bulging eyeballs... His chin no beard had harbored, nor would harbor,Smoother than ever chin was left by barber.” This character appearance is quite normal, but what really sets his character apart from the others making his unique is his mental state and his occupation. The Pardoner job is to travel the…

One of the main reasons you would go to a mortuary, is if you have died or a member of the funeral. Simple. Although, that’s not so much the case at the Regent Street Mortuary anymore. Now, anyone is free to go and explore, and in this article, you can find out the history behind this beautiful structure. Located in Regent St, Chippendale, near Central, and the mortuary is constructed mainly of sandstone. It backs onto the railway, and is surrounded by gardens. The gardens consist of neatly…