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    Charles Manson is known as a "charismatic cult leader, a living Jesus, a guru possessing mystical powers..." To his followers at least. To the public he was known as a sadistic serial killer and cult leader. His deviant nature began at such a young age due to the life he was born in to. His mother was a prostitute and alcoholic that did not care too much for Charles. That lead him to commit crimes starting at such a young age leaving authorities no choice other than putting him into juvenile…

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    Charles Dickens is known for his famous stories that he had written throughout his life. Charles Dickens family life history will often lead readers to connect that his stories reflect on his personal life. Charles Dickens wrote many Christmas themed short stories and one in specific was A Christmas Carol. In A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserable, stingy old man especially around the holidays, he owns a business and has a clerk named Bob Cratchit who during the winters spends his…

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    Charles Darwin’s Around the World Adventure by Jennifer Thermes is a well written story with impeccable illustrations that bring the story of Charles Darwin and his adventures to life. Thermes takes the extensive story of Darwin and writes it in a way that children and adults can enjoy the story. She uses her talent to turn this story into something extravagant. Her book appeals to everyone, whether they enjoy science or not. Thermes’s thoughtful illustrations, accompanied by an important part…

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    Charles Darwin was the father of the revolutionary theory called evolution. This theory stated that species would would adapt to their environment by slow changing the species through millions of generations. To prove this theory Darwin examined animals from different island in the galapagos islands. One of his more well known observations is his observation of the galapagos finches. When Darwin observed the finches he realized they were all similar but some had different wing colors or…

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    Charles Darwin is one of the founding fathers of psychology. Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England on February 12, 1809, and died on April 19 1882 (“Wikipedia”). Darwin was the grandson of Erasmus Darwin who was an intellectual figure in the history of science. His father was a well respected, successful physician. Charles Darwin comes from a line of intellectual men and was expected to do great things. Darwin attended Shrewsbury school, then continued his studies at Edinburgh…

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    Charles Manson is one of the most notorious cult leaders whose “family” carried out several murders in America in the late 1960’s. Even though he didn’t engage in any of the crimes, he still was considered America's most popular serial killer. Manson gathered a group of followers who shared the same beliefs as him and four out of a hundred of them were involved in the infamous killing of Sharon Tate, Leno, and Rosemary Labianca. Charles Manson was born on November 12, 1934 in Cincinnati,…

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    Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens was created in a gothic fiction genre. This story revolves around the main character, Pip and his troubles that occur around the world. His manhood can be based around the archetypes of three stages, the first being isolated, then followed by the second stage of self-awareness and finally ending with the stage of wisdom. Pip begins as an abject individual who is lost in his hometown and he does not know what to do. He is isolated from not only the…

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    Evolution is an issue that has been highly debated ever since the eighteen hundreds when the theory of evolution was proposed by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and then elaborated upon by Charles Darwin in his book Darwin on the Origin of Species. Darwin used a variety of research to elaborate on the theory of Evolution and to provide evidence for the theory. Although some disagree, the theory is true, and there are many types of evidence to support the theory such as Fossils, Similar embryos, and…

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    Charles Darwin went on a voyage and the ship name was called HMS Beagle. His most popular studies were in the Galapagos islands. He discovered that in 1831 that finches have different beaks and colored feathers in different islands of the Galapagos islands. This meant, if the finches had an offspring, it could be different from it's parents, creating a new species of finches. Two different organisms Darwin studied were pigeons and Iguanas. Let's start with the domestic pigeon. When Darin…

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    Charles Darwin came up with the idea of natural selection which is the genetic change or changes in the frequencies of certain traits in populations due to differential reproductive success between individuals. At the time charles darwin was coming up with the idea of natural selection religion played a big part no one knew of anything different so having a new idea come forth was shocking to people, the idea of natural selection people couldn't even think about happening, everyone just wanted…

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