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    Archetype In Ender's Game

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    Most referred to as Ender instead of his first name, he learns that in order to survive according to the government, he needs to sacrifice his life and family for Battle School. Throughout the book, Ender considers himself a ruthless killer that will turn into his older brother, Peter. In Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, Andrew Ender Wiggin fulfills the apocalyptical hero archetype because he faces the possibility of Earth going to war unless he sacrifices his innocence. When Colonel Graff…

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    A traditional ofrenda has three tiers that represent the three forms of death, “...the death of the body, the burial, and being forgotten by those left behind.” (Vigil, 2000, pg. 16). Dia de los Muertos makes an effort to offset the dead being forgotten by the living by having the holiday celebrated every year. The latin phrase “Memento Mori” reminds, “...one of mortality and impending death,” (Nozedar, 2016, pg. 237) and perfectly encompasses a major theme in Dia de los Muertos…

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    My favorite show has to be the Walking Dead. I started watching the Walking Dead in the middle of season one, no matter what Caleb says, I started watching it earlier than whatever he tells you. Anyway, the Walking Dead is my favorite show because it is obviously not real, but it seems to be. I live almost all the characters, even the evil ones, and it's full of great actors and actresses. The ZA (zombie apocalypse) started when an obviously dangerous virus started to spread. Neither the show…

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    Stop Global Warming Essay

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    Global Warming is provoking sea level to accelerate in the accumulation in height, and coastal flooding proliferating places like the U.S. East Coast, and the Gulf Of Mexico (How). Wildfires are increasing, and the season that it takes place in is getting longer it is affecting the…

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    Atlantic City, in modern times, is regarded by many to be a failing city. However, as its rather famous status suggests, the city was not always so bad. At one time, economic forces like tourism propelled the city to amazing heights. The city’s infrastructure, community, and industries all lead to a bustling economy. The condition of the city is not a random draw, of course; it has ups and downs that correlate with the success of its economy. Seemingly, the level of economic success that the…

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    wide exit into the Atlantic Ocean. Europe takes part of the road crossing from East to West and North to South to all terrestrial seas and air location. It has a coastline 65,993 km and geographical refraction creation of numerous peninsulas and bay islands that connect it with other continents and helps create social and economic ties. Baltic, North and Mediterranean Seas and a lot of small and large rivers in Europe create for it to be navigable of the goods inside and outside the continent.…

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    King Crab straight from the local coral reef; during our spearfishing trip (I mentioned it earlier at the activities paragraph) among all the fish and conch we caught and found we had the incredible fortune to run across a King Crab in the Caribbean sea; later that day we had a very large and very wonderful meal of fish, conch fritters, ceviche, and the grand item: King Crab; the meal was actually large enough that everyone (including the onsite guide’s family) had enough to eat. Our last trip…

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    Sea Ice Biome

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    have been significant changes in sea ice extent. Specifically, the report addresses the slow but significant seasonal decline in sea ice cover. Arctic sea ice is of utmost importance for ecosystems to thrive. Post et al. (2013) discuss this further, stating “the sea-ice biome influences the abundance, distribution, seasonality, and interactions of marine and terrestrial species.” This is especially true for polar bear populations in the Arctic, as the presence of sea ice is imperative to their…

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    investment or export is made. Overview of Honduras Geography Honduras is located in Central America. It borders the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua. Honduras also borders the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua. The geographic coordinates are 15 00 N, 86 30 W. There are two map references and they are Central America and the Caribbean Sea. The area total is 112,090 sq. km. This total area consists of land and water. The land total area is…

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    The Crusades were influenced by the Eastern culture. Because of this the Crusades took the opportunity to spread the idea. They saw the way there country treated each other and decided to spread it throughout the land that they occupied in the Western Nations. This made the peoples Social life more courteous to one another and spread the chivalry around the Western Nations. The last are that will be focused on is the Religious area. Religion was pretty big with the Crusades were the Christians,…

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