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around 985 AD by former Icelander Erik the Red and his group of followers. Erik was exiled from Iceland in 982 AD for murder, so he journeyed to the west. He settled at the currently known Eastern Settlement, found at the tip of Greenland, claiming a piece of land for himself. Some of his group continued farther north and settled at what is now known as the Western Settlement, farther north on the western side of Greenland (Thorsson, 2001). The settlement of Greenland was also portrayed in the…

Atomic Bomb and Japan’s Decision to Surrender— A Reconsideration,” by Sadao Asada, as tedious and boring. Including names of different articles and historians can seem useless and insignificant, however I challenge you to see the strengths within this piece. Asada’s academic article puts entertainment and emotional appeal aside to discuss a different side of the Hiroshima bombing then previously emphasized, due to new information. As a result, Asada’s factual article presents a convincing case:…

personal anecdote or ethos building background. Resulting in a weak credibility that is detrimental to her rhetorical aims and purposes. In contrary, Rose’s piece is built upon the strength of his personal narrative and use of ethos. For example, he was not a straight A student. Nor was he a member of the math team, honors society, or chess club. Instead, he was a drifter, an “average student” of no particular skill or worthy of notable mention and lacking an overall direction in life (Rose).…

For example, Chinese relies on superstition because they do not have a proper education so they just believe the things which is actually having no sense. In The Joy Luck Club, June’s mother, “move the larger pieces: the sofa, chairs, end tables, a Chinese scroll of goldfish… ‘When something goes against your nature, you are not in balance.’”(Tan, 109). Accordingly, Chinese people don’t have a proper education. Their way to find out the truth is to believe superstitious…

There exists a game. A game older than time itself. This game is responsible for the genesis of every universe. Once a universe has reached maturity, the game will present itself to members of the species that it deems to be the most sentient and intelligent in that particular universe. Once the game presents itself to them, they will play the game. Upon playing the game, they will bring about the end of their world through meteors that are transported through portals just outside of the planets…

Roderigo says “Thou toldst me thou didst hold him in they hate” to which Iago replies “Despise me if I do not” (Othello. 1.1.7-8). However, watching the film version doesn’t show that, it shows how Iago comes up with his plan to destroy Othello with chess pieces. The film shows Iago's direct and menacing soliloquies with the audience/camera such as when he winks to the camera shows how the meaning to destroy Othello is much more than just jealousy or racism, but…

First of all, society say if you are pretty you have a better chance of achieving rather than others. Women are being judge and stereotype with titles like the phrase “because you are a woman.” That phrase is the reason or the start of judgmental towards inequality. The phrase defines because you are a female you are incapable of achieving what a male can do. For example, the performance of high- achieving women math students on challenging math tests can be impaired by a social-psychological…

that has a magnificent plot twist ending that is somewhat predictable but not inevitable, and the reader is left in shock as they discover who the protagonist is. Berton Roueché leaves the reader hanging in Phone Call, which forces them to put the pieces of the puzzle together and construct their own ending in their head of what will happen next.…

of who could tell a better lie. Love shouldn’t hurt and friends should never turn their backs on each other. Back in the days, we could fearlessly to show our attraction and affection to one another but now we had our feelings hidden. It carved a piece of my heart out of my chest each time I had to keep my lips sealed from revealing to someone that I loved them because the rule of survival had…

A3 AND B3 13214829 KUM KA WAI In the aftermath of the Revolution, the French public turned to British history as a way of making sense of its recent past, and no French artist of the 19th century was more inspired by English subjects than Paul Delaroche. His monumental work The Execution of Lady Jane Grey was one of the most familiar and enduring images of his time, and remains today among the most popular paintings in the National Gallery. Because of her involvement with the political…