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    Intro: By one sacrifice he has made the perfect forever for those he loves. Great sacrifice happens due to unthinkable events and the need to accommodate them. In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, the French people, the Manettes and Carton all makes sacrifices for the greater good. To sacrifice something dear to for the happiness of another is difficult though it ultimately results in the growth of the individual. 1st Body: Dickens writes of a “[fated] revolution”(8) by metaphorically…

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    Why Is Evolution Important

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    capable of survival as a single cell. So over time their genomes would combine resulting in an multicellular organism. Since multicellularity was just being brought about the very first organisms utilizing multicellular structures were soft, and simple. Leaving little to no fossil imprints However one exception is the demosponge, which has left a chemical footprint in the ancient rock layers.”The…

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    The Victorian Period, the most important time in British history. This Period started with Queen Victoria’s rise to power in 1837 and ended with her death in 1901, thus ending the Victorian Period. Through this era, many changes occurred, from scientific improvements to population growth. Even though it started with many problems many of them were already improved by the end of the Victorian Period. For starters, one of the biggest improvements was the steam engine, which even though it was…

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    The novel Howards End by E.M. Forster showcases many examples of strong female characters. Margaret and Helen Schlegal live on their own and take care of themselves. Then there is the character of Ruth Wilcox. Mrs. Wilcox is an important matriarchal force in the novel. Not only does she lead her family, she also is a great influence on the Schlegal girls. When she passes, a conflict arises over who will take over who will replace her. The ending of the novel resolves this conflict by elevating…

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    associate it with animals and how they have taken advantage of their evolutionary timeline. Even though the term might imply that the animal most “fit” would be more likely to survive, it is not in the sense of how physically fit they are. According to Charles Darwin, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” But in the world of science fiction, would we consider change in regards to the conditions of planet Earth, or…

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    Composers are no longer only middle aged, white men who play violin, piano and write music by hand. In today’s time, composers are producers who create music through their computer such as Pharrell Williams and Erick Arc Elliot of the Flatbush Zombies. Both of these producers repeatedly create some of the best music ever produced, and will only get better with time. The work of Pharrell is more popular than that of Erick Arc Elliot due to Pharrell’s time spent in the music industry and his…

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    that evolution entails. In fact, no one was more curious about evolution than Charles Darwin. His theory explaining evolution of diverse living organisms and the links that he found between each one is truly astonishing and has had an impact on other scientific researchers and their studies for years. Anyone who is interested in natural sciences would know how intriguing biological change and adaption is. Yet, Charles Darwin was not just interested; he was dedicated. He spent his entire life…

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    In the novel A Tale of Two Cities written by Charles Dickens, there are a large variety of character types. There is an obvious protagonist and an obvious antagonist. But there are to characters to seem to have the persona of both. Sydney Carton and Jerry Cruncher are both very ambiguous characters, both displaying a mixture of positive and negative quality’s. In their own special way both of these men made the success of the Darnay family possible. Sydney Carton is a young lawyer with every…

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    top, but he has no respect for what the simple pleasures of family bring and, as far as I’m concerned this man, Scrooge, lives a lugubrious life. What is the cause of this? One word ,that everyone needs to run from, ignorance. This paper will show you how A Christmas Carol’s play and movie portrayals of Past, Present, and Future can be conveyed in similar and different manners, in addition you’ll see a change of attitude occur. In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (play) Marley, Scrooge’s…

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    As a wise man once said “Strength lies in differences, not in similarities”. Scrooge in The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickison, is an old miser that is wealthy who didn’t care about others until three Christmas ghosts visited him and taught him a lesson about caring for others. George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life by Frank Capra, is a spirited adult who always lived his life helping others until something tragic happens and he gets visited by an angel. Scrooge and Bailey have similarities…

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