Russel Ward

Social Darwinism was a philosophy created by Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin’s philosophy connected the theory of evolution within humanity. Many people were against Social Darwinism, simply because of the fact it veered from the Christian belief that god created everything on earth. There were people out there who believed in Social Darwinism and were intrigued to learn more. Both sides of the argument were able to justify their reasoning on why they either agreed or disagreed on Social…

A fungus. That’s how the human race was taken out. Pathetic. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. Also known as the zombie virus, it was discovered by British Naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859. It affected ants of the Camponotini tribe. The infected ant would leave its nest and travel to an area with the perfect temperature and humidity for fungal growth, then the ant would use its mandibles to hang on a leaf upside down until the inevitable death that would follow. Over the next one hundred and…

Alfred Russel Wallace Alfred Russel Wallace is known for developing a theory of evolution using natural selection aside from the greater known, Charles Darwin. Wallace lived to be 90 years old, which is surprising for a man in that time period. He was born on January 8th, 1823 and lived till November 7th, 1913. His childhood was taken place in Kensington Cottage, southeastern Wales. His middle name was spelled weirdly due to a mistake at the time of registering his birth, which was never…

Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, on February 12, 1809. In 1831, he left on a five-year overview voyage far and wide on the HMS Beagle. His investigations of examples around the world drove him to plan his hypothesis of advancement and his perspectives on the procedure of characteristic determination. In 1859, he distributed On the Origin of Species. He kicked the bucket on April 19, 1882, in London.Darwin was much more slanted to study regular history. Darwin exhibited that the…

The story is about a kid named August Pullman who has a type of mandibulofacial dysostosis and hemifacial microsomia because of a multifactorial inheritance. He has a sister named Olivia (but they call her Via), Daisy their dog, and August’s parents. He has been homeschooled because of the surgeries to fix his face until he was old enough to be in fifth grade. His parents enrolled in a school called Beecher Prep and brought Auggie to school for a tour around the school. He gets to meet the…

developing his theory of evolution is not something that he came about doing on his own. As previously stated, he was influenced by others to start developing the principles of evolution and natural selection. Significantly, it was not until Alfred Russel Wallace shared similar findings with Darwin that he decided to publish his research on his hypothesis of natural selection. In 1855, Wallace published an article that stated that current species may be descendants of other species and that…

It has been argued that “the late nineteenth century was a scientific age. Literature could not simply remain the same after Darwin: the rules had changed” (Link 75) and that is what naturalist did. They started to reveal the origin to people’s actions and beliefs, as well as the cause. In The Awakening, Kate Chopin discusses some of the most relevant actions and new beliefs, such as divorce, adultery or woman and feminity. Although the work was quite controversial when she first wrote it, in…

Toward the end of the last of the book Auggie goes to his fifth grade graduation where he receives the Henry Ward Beecher medal. This award goes to whoever made the most progress through the year and who had the most impact on the people around them, this award went to August Pullman. The author writes, on page 306, “And then the most amazing thing happened: everyone…

Araminta Ross, famously known as Harriet Tubman, was an integral part of the Under- ground Railroad. She was also an abolitionist, humanitarian, a Union nurse and spy during the American Civil War. Born into slavery, Harriet and two of her brothers ran away after their mas- ter’s death in fear that they would be sold off. They turned back and returned to the plantation after her brothers had second thoughts, however, not long after, Harriet fled on her own. She traveled at night, using the North…

As shown in William Golding 's Lord of the Flies, human beings ' desire to satisfy their physical needs tend to dominate their ability to think rationally. In the novel, Golding uses the way human nature works to show how easily society can fall apart and how that can affect the people in the community. He makes sure that the theme of a twisted and corrupt nature is the underlying drive of the story. He writes characters such as Jack, Roger and Ralph with this is mind. Throughout the novel, he…