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ignorance. Guy Montag’s ignorance is a bit different compared to everyone else. Captain Beatty, unlike many of the other minor characters has a reason for his ignorance, if he has any at all. Bradbury weaves a strong web of ignorance, and like a web, it’s silk is it’s strength. Mildred stays the physical embodiment of ignorance towards anything outside of her room of televisions. She shows no empathy towards any ‘real’ person, including her husband and Clarisse. Unlike Montag, there is no…

Although the dresses were longer than dresses today, it was still necessary in their society to wear stockings. In addition, today they would most often be known as tights or nylons. The typical pair of stockings were most likely made of cotton, silk, or in synthetic rayon. Synthetic rayon gave them a certain look many women of the 20`s loved. It made the stockings look extra shiny. In this time, if you truly knew the right way to wear your stockings, you would have rolled them down to your knee…

will consist of togas, crowns, jewelry and strap on shoes. This look will mostly be for the ones in higher power compared to the lower class. The lower class will have togas and sheets but they are torn up and simplistic, since they cannot afford the silk made togas. When it comes to battle scenes, most of the high tier class will consist of full armored suits, while the poor have nothing but…

Cultures are usually diffuse within close regions along with communication of travelers to local people. Just like the practice of Buddhism has travel through the silk road from India to many other countries such as China, Japan, Korea and even Thailand. Today, I will compare the Buddha sculpture from Indian culture to the Standing Buddha sculpture from the Thailand culture. Although both works of art are from different geography regions, we tend to think the two sculptures are very different…

Alexander the Great became the leader of the Greek kingdom of Macedonia in 336 B.C. and by the time he unexpectedly died 13 years later, Alexander had managed to successfully build an empire that stretched from Greece all the way to India. Although Alexander’s empire expansion campaign was rather brief, it nevertheless had a major global impact as it resulted in the spread of Greek culture and ideas over the entire expanse, ranging from the Eastern Mediterranean region to Asia. Historians…

1.) Civilizations in the pre-modern world were highly advanced in their own standards. Chinese invented weapons, silk, china, paper and many technological, as well as political influence in the region of origins. Indians were known for their spices, as the people of East Africa traded slaves, timber, and ivory. All over the world, civilizations were inventing tools and coming up with new ideas on how to better their culture. This is the cornerstone, or backbone of what started a series of the…

“A few minutes later Philip Dean, dressed in blue silk pajamas, opened his door and the two young men greeted each other… Dean was blond, ruddy, and ragged under his thin pajamas” (216, Source A). This quote shows how important fashion was to the society as Dean had beautiful and new clothes but, underneath his nice appearance he was “ragged” and “ruddy” which does not sound as nice as his “silk pajamas”. Also portrayed in the quote is the idea of social classes -- the people…

It is uncertain were the plague started, many believe it was south China. Mongol warriors traveling north were believed to carry in north, and then it would be spread by the by silk road. The Black Death comes from the saliva fleas, and is spread when the flea bite an organism. Fleas were repelled by the smell of horse, by would travel on bags of grain, or on the clothes of humans. The plague reached Asia, Byzantine Empire…

Savohn Hunt Mr.Wixon Comparative Lit 4/15/16 The Degradation of Women Throughout Literature Whats the first thing that comes to mind with heroes more importantly who comes to mind. Most people would said Superman, Batman maybe even the Flash . In his 1987 Graphic Novel Watchmen Alan Moore depicts an alternate version of America in 1985. In this alternate timeline ,costumed heroes are an ordinary part of society. Throughout this novel the women are often degraded and demeaned. Though Moore…

around and look at the wonders of Venice. But Marco had still managed to learned a lot. He had learned 4 Asian languages and some Italian. He first set out at age 17 with his father and uncle, traveling overland along what later became known as the Silk Road. After coming to China, Marco Polo entered the court of powerful Mongol ruler Khubilai Khan, who dispatched him on trips to advice administer the realm. Marco Polo stayed abroad for 24 years.The…