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    The Chernobyl disaster (1986) was probably the worst possible accident in a nuclear power plant. It was the biggest catastrophe ever happened since the beginning of operating nuclear power stations. It started by a total meltdown of the reactor core. The explosion and the consequent reactor fire, burning for 10 days, resulted in a vast emission of radioactive material, early deaths of 31 persons and adverse consequences for the public and the environment [198]. This Chernobyl disaster provided…

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    he is prone to unpleasant situations or inadvertently hurting someone’s feelings. Christopher’s personality, lack of empathy, and mild form of autism, leads to two main conflicts: Christopher vs. his father and Christopher vs. Himself. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime flawlessly captures the mindset of a teen with autism with an effortless display of authenticity. Many people give…

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    Odyssey Hero's Journey

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    A hero can be really anyone. It could be the King of Ithaca, Odysseus from The Odyssey or it could be an autistic boy, from Swindon, Christopher Boone, out of the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Their journeys seem very different and are different in some ways, but they both contain common threads that make them also very similar. Most of the hero’s stories have a common pattern which is also known as “The Monomyth.” An archetype was created that states that a hero’s…

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    Mark Haddon’s the curious incident of the dog in the night-time is a novel about a 15 year old boy named Christopher, who lives with his father because his mother is dead. In the story Christopher is writing a mystery novel about Willington, a poodle he finds murdered on his neighbors’ lawn. I will explain why I think mark chose the first person narrator as well as the negative and positive aspects of using this style and how mark overcame or use them to develop his story. I think Mark chose…

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    a 15-year-old boy in the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time written by Mark Haddon, runs away proceeding a string of life changing events such as the stabbing of an innocent pouch. By analyzing the conflict, symbols, motifs, theme, characters of the novel, and looking at the story through the psychoanalytical lens, Christopher’s attempt to run away just may be justifiable. To begin with, the main conflict in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is not being…

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    TMI Accidents

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    impossible to build a plant with 100% security. There will always be a probability of failure. In the event that a meltdown does occur the The consequences would be absolutely devastating for all kinds of life. As you already know TMI has already had a incident. TMI had a partial meltdown which occurred March 28, 1979. This was the most serious accident in U.S. nuclear power plant history. An estimated two million people were exposed to small amounts of radiation as a result of the TMI accident.…

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    Mark Haddon uses the motif of escape in the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time which develops the theme that one cannot break free from their problems by running away from them. Christopher does not like being around people given his condition. In chapter 83 Christopher begins to speak about how he would make a great astronaut because they work thousands of miles away from the nearest human being when they are in space. He then tells a story about how he hides in a cupboard…

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    In the novel “The curious incident of the dog in the night-time” the author Mark Haddon creates the main character, Christopher Boone as a flat character unlike his father, Ed Boone who is a round character. When first being introduced to Christopher’s character, it is noticeable that he is a very stereotypical against humans yet more sympathetic to animals, as it says: “I cared about dogs because they were faithful and honest, and some dogs were cleverer and more interesting than some people.”…

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    Fukushima Nuclear Effects

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    Scientists have long been searching for when the world will end. Commonly they disregard how we, as human beings, damage Earth. We are pushing ourselves one step closer to extinction. Pollution is one thing, but leaving harmful wastes is another. Nuclear power plants around the world have been destroying Earth! Many incidences, such as the Chernobyl explosion, smuggling, and nuclear leakage have damaged Earth. There are many different forms of radiation. Radiation is the emission of…

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    In the Curious Incident of the Dog in the night-time, the character, Siobhan, is the most influential character to Christopher, because she is helpful and caring; which helps Christopher understand what is happening in the world around him; with social and environmental skills. One of the main characteristics of Siobhan is being helpful. In the beginning of the book, we find out that Christopher is different from most children and has a special disability, autism, making it hard for him too keep…

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