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actually comes from the agricultural and mineral exports (Boateng, Davies, Forge, and Maier, 2017). Without their crops or minerals, they would have no source of income, so it is vital to them that they are able to get good crops every season. That means a lot of people work in the fields to harvest all of the crops. However, there has been a steady increase in migration from rural to urban areas (Boateng, Davies, Forge, and Maier, 2017). They are losing workers for the fields and so the crop…

The book A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier is the memoir of Joseph Plumb Martin and chronicles his thoughts and experiences as a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. His diary was originally published as A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, Interspersed with Anecdotes of Incidents that Occurred Within His Own Observation, and later it was better known as Private Yankee Doodle. The book portrays Revolutionary War battles of…

The route the first Americans took to North America is still a controversy. One of the most widely known is that they traveled to Beringia from Siberia on a land bridge that was between Asia and North America. This theory is that there used to not be water between these two continents, and the first people to come to America was on accident, due to exploration for hunting purposes. If this were true it would be an answer to one of Americas longest standing questions. Where did the Native…

having all graduated from college, so there was quite a bit of pressure on Wes to do well in his schooling. That is strongly portrayed when in the novel, Wes’ mother would make sure to put him in the best schools as possible, like Riverdale and Valley Forge. Regardless of what Wes wanted, his mother was going to make sure he had a future and that beginning step was building a strong foundation through his education. While on the other side, the ‘other’ Wes, his mother would be at work so often…

The most influential, persuasive and shows the best leadership ship skills is Cassius. I feel that Cassius is the strongest leader out of Julius Caesar, Brutus, and Marc Antony because Cassius is cunning wise and wise. Julius Caesar clams that Cassius is a great observer and he looks through the accomplishments of men. In the book “Julius Caesar” it states, “Let me have men that are fat sleek-headed men, and such as sleep a-nights. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much.…

artists of Pygmalion, Apelles, and Zeuxis are made: “Behold now, I, Nature,/Thus can I form and paint a creature pure/When I desire. Who can it counterfeit?/Pygmalion? Nay, not though he forge and beat,/Or curve, or paint; and I dare say again,/Apelles, Zeuxis too, should work in vain,/Either to carve or paint, or forge or beat,/if they presumed my work to counterfeit.” (l. 11-18). The tale also makes note of how innocent Virginia is, by saying she is “Tended to virtue and to gentleness/Modest…

Greek god most well known for being a blacksmith of the gods. In order to understand Hephaestus, you have to first understand his stories, what he’s the god of, and what he’s made. Furthermore, Hephaestus is the god of fire. He is also the god of forges, sculptures, stone masonry, and metalworking. Since he is a god of fire and metalworking, he acts as a blacksmith for the gods. Hephaestus is the god behind many of the gods’ genius inventions. He has also made armor and weapons for heroes and…

In so far as it is characterized by the repudiation of all theories concerned with a single code of ethics and values, and that existence itself belongs entirely to individual experience, Existentialism lent the 20th century (and onward) a philosophical movement restoring a certain faith—in both humanity and the existence of a purpose to life. Likely the movement’s most renowned proponent, Jean Paul Sartre aptly encapsulated the philosophy of Existentialism as, “existence precedes essence”; a…

Morgan Pardoe Miss Windish English ll 1 December 2017 Aphrodite: Greek Goddess of Love, Desire, and Beauty Have you ever wished to have the power of love? Maybe desire? Or maybe even beauty? Well there was one greek goddess that had the power of all three of them. The goddess that held these powers was known as Aphrodite. In the life of today we look at Aphrodite as the goddess of love, desire, and beauty, but in ancient Greece she was an Olympian who was honored on many other occasions for a…

This seems cliché but just as Wes Moore based his decision of staying at Valley Forge on the people who had the biggest impact on his life. And after graduating high school the common question of “What are you going to do now?” arises. So just as Moore looked back on the most impactful people, I too analyzed the characters in my life…