Trap

Traps use the scent of geraniums or female beetle hormones to attract and detain the beetles so you can dispose of them. You can also make your own trap with a can of fruit cocktail. Open the fruit can and set it in the sun to ferment for a week. Set the fruit cocktail can in a bucket and fill the bucket with water until the…

Nature when Rainsford is running around Ship-Trap Island. When Rainsford falls off the boat, he tries to scream for help but the water is rough, and the salty water is going into his mouth. He has no other option than to swim to shore, this is a challenge to Rainsford, but,“He fought the sea”(2). Rainsford runs away from Zaroff but then he gets stuck, ¨had fought his way through the bush for two hours¨(10). Throughout Rainsford’s adventure in Ship-Trap Island there is examples of Man vs Nature.…

Embrace it or Exclude it “Are there even benefits of early exposure to technology?” is a commonly asked question; however, there are many benefits, as well there are downfalls. Eliana Dockterman, author of, “The Digital Parent Trap,” displays many strategies throughout her passage, to persuade the readers of the many benefits of early exposure to technology. This article was published on August 19th, 2013; meanwhile, California was having a debate about spending hundreds of thousands of…

A mousetrap car is a car powered by a mousetrap. It utilizes potential energy, kinetic energy, and mechanical energy. Potential energy is a type of energy an object has because of its position. For example, elastic potential energy of a rubber band depends on how far it is pulled back from rest. The farther it is pulled back, the higher its potential energy. Once the rubber band is let go, the potential energy is then converted into kinetic energy, the energy of movement. The held end of the…

Rainsford has to try and survive three days while being chased down by an evil murderer called General Zaroff. After hunting all his life, Rainsford won’t ever hunt again because of his emotional and physical experience’s on Ship-Trap Island. If Rainsford stays on Ship-Trap Island, he will not have to search for food or find shelter. Rainsford knows there is food on the island because he knows there are men on the island with him. Rainsford knows “where there are pistol shots, there are men” and…

When living in Texas, I did the Trap Neuter Return program, where you catch feral cats, and you go to the vet specified where you get the cats fixed, free of charge, after they’re fixed, you bring them back to where you got them, or relocate them. My favorite part about this was that…

College Debt Trap, illustrated by Janet Bodnar, she argues that a college education is expensive and gives advice to the parents on college financing. The article is recommendation and example based, so Bodnar is going off of personal experiences of college life. “Is it worth it to pay $200,000 for a liberal arts education, especially if it means taking out loans?” Bodnar asked in her article. She offers the parents steps that they can take in order to avoid their child a student-debt trap while…

Technology is quickly becoming a controversy in the classroom. In this article, “The Digital Parent Trap,” there are many ways the author, Eliana Dockterman uses evidence, facts and other persuasive elements to present her argument. Her side of the argument is that there are benefits to early exposure of technology. Dockterman takes a unique approach when presenting her argument. The author starts out with some general information of kids and technology. This introduces the evidence that…

The Arrival There have been many reports on an island, often visited by hunters, regarding cannibalism. In this news article, these concerns, as well as secrets, will be addressed. I will share my adventure to the Ship-Trap Island. I had originally planned to travel to Rio on September 5th through September 12th. A perspicacious and experienced hunter named Rainsford accompanied me. It was nighttime when I first spotted land of any sort. It was vaguely visible and was opaque, even Rainsford…

In his book the Scraping By, Seth Rockman talks about how laborers in the 1800’s navigated their way through the market that was emerging. He also focuses on the diversity that was incorporated in the workforce, he did this by exploring how gender, race, nationality, and legal status impacted job and economic opportunities for working families in the early Republic. Rockman then goes on to talk about how different factors affected the economy, capitalism, and the growing market. Throughout the…