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    Plato hypothesized that the prisoner must undergo a rugged ascent to be able to see the light. Using the lens of Plato to examine Frederick Douglass’s experiences, one witnesses a drastically different experience. Douglass was temporarily liberated from the chains, but his mistress attempts to put him back in these…

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    As pilgrims moved to what is presently the Midwest, the national base grew up around them, associating the country's urban communities and towns through an arrangement of streets, channels and railways. Going with the ascent in new strategies for transportation came advance in the fields of horticulture and pharmaceutical, as new machines were developed and new medications for ailment found (Johnson,2006). American culture created through composing, acting, and painting…

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    Without the newly developed methods and designs to reach space with the Saturn payload, the Apollo program won't be a success. In order to lift the massive payload required to reach the moon, the Saturn V rocket required millions pound of thrust. The First stage comprised of five-engine cluster for the 7.5 million pounds of thrust using liquid oxygen and kerosene fuel. The Second stage had five J-2 engines and the third with one J-2 engine all using hydrogen-oxygen fuel. Without the development…

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    Neil Armstrong was a famous astronaut that explored the moon. Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930. Neil loved to fly at a young age. His first plane ride was when he was six. Neil loved planes and wanted to give flying a try. His dad took him to an airshow when he was a kid. After the airshow Neil wanted to be pilot. When Neil was old enough he took flight lessons. What started the apollo 11 mission. The USA wanted to do experiments on moon rocks. The reason we wanted to go the moon was…

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    In Christianity, the attainment of eternal life is perceived through various divergent views and interpretations since overtime science has developed and advanced, leading traditional ideologies and principles to be impugned. The Roman Catholic Church's early conventional view on eternal life is portrayed by the tangible concepts of heaven and hell in which heaven is believed to be comprised of the resurrected lives of faithful righteous Christians whilst hell resides impure and sinful beings.…

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    Question NO 4 How did Mackinder’s observation of ongoing conflict between sea-based and land-based power influence the development of British foreign policy? To explain this essay question about Mackinder’s observation of ongoing conflict between sea-based and land-based power influence the development of British foreign policy; Mackinder is extensively supposed as the most authoritative defender of established geopolitics, and his lessons about the Pivot of British History and Heartland are…

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    food" (Oxfam Canada, 2011). There are often many more women than men who are poor and have limited access to food, as there continues to be a disparity between male to female incomes (Oxfam Canada, 2011). The sudden ascent in food costs happens due to numerous issues. For instance the ascent in oil price can impact cost with reference to how food developed on substantial scale. Corporate ranches which "require a lot of fuel, because it’s mechanically harvested and processed, then transported…

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    Are the serious health implications caused by hypoxia worth the emotional fulfilment of summiting at high altitude? In Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, the severely hypoxic climbers atop Mount Everest fall victim to a series of fatal mistakes that result in the tragic death of fifteen climbers in the spring of 1996. Serious health implications including AMS, HAPE, and HACE weigh heavily on a climbers decision to summit at high altitude despite the recent technological improvements in modern…

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    Ifemelu had own perspective towards things and independently made her own decisions. “You looked like the kind of person who will do something because you want to, and not because everyone else is doing it,” (Chapter four, page 61). Ifemelu and Obinze became distance towards each other when Ifemelu moved to the United States and brakes off contact with him. When Obinze contacted her while she was in the United States, she ignored him because she was depressed. She became depressed after she was…

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    societal expectation. Although the boys’ survival instincts are put on trial in the novel “Lord of the Flies”, the primary contributing factor in the boys’ struggles on the Island is their immaturity. Throughout the mounting of the sow’s head, Simon’s ascent up the mountain and Piggy’s death, this grave immaturity is demonstrated. First and Foremost, the boys’ vast immaturity is most prominently shown in the mounting of the sow’s head scene. In the beginning, the boys began hunting merely for…

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