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    answer this question, usually with religious beliefs. However, some people also had their own theory. One of the most known is the theory of evolution and natural selection by Darwin. But, what are natural selection and evolution? Those concepts are often misunderstood. Few people know their different process, the origin of natural selection and the evidence of evolution that we have found. In the first place, we must understand what evolution is and the way it may occurs to fully understand…

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    The poem “Tears, Idle Tears” by Alfred Tennyson was written in 1847, during the beginning of the Victorian era. Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in 1809 and died in Lurgashall, United Kingdom in 1892. He had seven brothers and four sisters, none of which were as recognized for their work as Alfred Tennyson was. His father, a church rector, became melancholy when he realized his family had started to lose money due to disinheritance. This is what started his heavy…

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    example, when people mention race, images of Black people are predominant, although it is the White people who have the most racial power. The word “gender” is also frequently used in a feministic settings, even though man are more dominant. How about sexual orientations? It is mostly associated with homosexuality despite their minority in number. Likewise, humanity, although has its basis on egocentrism, is perceived as something benevolent and…

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    The Naturalism in Jack London’s The Law of Life In “The Law of Life”, Jack London expressed a life law by using old Koshooh’s whole life experience. Jack London was a famous naturalist novelist in the 19th century, and he was greatly influenced by Darwin's "survival of the fittest" and Spencer's evolution theory (Donald, Pizer)从哪里开始quote呢?加一个mark. He thought that nature decided the fate of mankind, and he believed that human should fight with brutal nature. In this story, 自然主义表现得非常清晰it mainly…

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    In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, the protagonist, Gregor Samsa, goes through a change that gives him a new perspective. His metamorphosis causes not only a physical but a psychological transformation within Gregor. This transformation is not exclusive to Gregor, but is also prevalent within the entire Samsa family. Gregor’s metamorphosis was sudden and unexpected. “When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin” (4).…

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    kingdom, species were continually evolving by adaptation and selection. Charles Darwin's published theory of evolution proposed that this process had occurred through the two theories: 'survival of the fittest' and the 'process of natural selection'. The theory of survival of the fittest stated that, the best physical specieman of the species and only those in the best shape and health will survive. And the theory of the process of natural selection stated that, evolutionary change occurs…

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    Human life is the best creation of evolution and it has two aspects: the biological and the socio-cultural. Biological aspect is found in plant and animal life. But the socio-cultural aspect is the rare division of human life alone. Our life in the complex world is governed not only by the biological process, but also by a social process. Though the performance of the organism is the biological heredity, education is our social heredity. With biological heredity alone, we would be nothing better…

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    I will be writing about "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. This essay is how man vs nature fits in with 19th Century idea of Social Darwinism. By talking about Social Darwinism and other stuff that is relative in the 19th Century for this essay will show how people react in certain environment. This research will help to have a better understanding of what “To Build a Fire” is all about. Now in the 19th Century there is a guy by the name of Charles Darwinism who has a theory that is about the…

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    Worldview Epistemology Origins Problem Solution Destiny Naturalism The epistemology of Naturalism is based on the scientific method. Reason and scientific observation determines truth in this worldview. Naturalists explain the origins of humanity through the theory of evolution. Many Naturalists believe in the “big bang” as the origins of matter and the human race. Naturalists can’t specifically find a problem because they feel that this is the way things are supposed to be. Creatures survive…

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    genetic drift, and natural selection. How variation or heredity effects in evolution by the process of natural selection or how different species can affect each other's evolution through coevolution can…

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