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    Jared Diamond is a professor at UCLA the has traveled the earth in search of the answer to his question , why some parts of the world thrive and why some a so very poor. So in his journey across the earth Jared's firs stop is in New Guinea where he is asked by a local, Yali “Why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little. Jared finds that New Guinea is one of the few countries that still has a hunting and gathering type civilization to survive, but people have been…

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    In each ecosystem there are habitats that vary in size depending on the species of population in size. A healthy ecosystem consists of balance between biotic factors and abiotic factors, also known as “non-living” factors which may include and it’s not limited to sunlight, temperature, precipitation, soil, and etc. These abiotic factors help aid the flow of energy among the abiotic factors. The biotic factors which includes “Living Factors”, may include soil, animals, plants, bacteria, and also…

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    at the poles and the richest at low latitudes” (Kolber 152) and this is referred to as the latitudinal diversity gradient. Inorder to prove this phenomenon, more than 30 theories have been advanced. One theory holds that more species live in the tropics because they can produce more generation at lower latitudes and with more generation will come more mutations and a more likely chance of emergence of new species. Kolbert goes around the forest with Silman discovering new species of trees, some…

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    Ancient World Changes

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    in addition of this happening more civilisation happened. Farming and trade were also important in the Ancient world as the more people the more food was needed, as a result people began to migrate, they all stayed between the two tropics since between the two tropics there is more rainfall, resulting in more crops and food. As a matter of fact with trading came inventions for instance cars and motor vehicles to help humans transport goods.…

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    will devastate the natural habitat which rolls out a range of climatic change, and biological elimination, the last human will risk. Tropical rainforests are situated at the equator. For the most part among the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, This gap is accordingly known as the tropics' band. Solar energy will be highly extreme around there as a result of the sun will shine straightly onto this place without providing an edge to it. The sun will shine throughout the entire year,…

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    In a letter to Emile Schuffenecker, Gauguin advises, “…don’t paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! Study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result…to create like our Divine Master.” Gauguin makes clear his intention not to portray nature with complete accuracy and, as a result, his place-ideas for Brittany and Martinique are more based in the mythical and imaginary realm. However, in Martinique he found an environment that was foreign, primordial…

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    True Colors The statement by Pablo Picasso that “Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth” is a true representation of the plays Trifles and Anna in The Tropics. The society preaches equality and fairness in role distribution between both genders, with the aim of promoting co existence among them. In both plays, Trifles and Anna in The Tropics, the script writers presents how males have been dominant in both plays. Susan Glaspell, through her play outlines the truth about the current…

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    Aaron Douglas's Poem I Too

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    speaker sees looking through his downtown apartment window and what the exotic fruit reminds him of: “trees laden by low-singing rills, / And dewy dawns, and mystical blue skies” ("The Tropics in New York" 257). Discussion of culture clash and contrast is only reaffirmed with the context of the Chicago Race Riots ("The Tropics in New York" 258). He uses the fruits and enjoyment of his old land as a way to show problems of America. Using poetic imagery, he displays the greatness of his land,…

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    Claude Mckay Symbolism

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    When first attending college, a girl may struggle with connecting her life in high school with her life in college. After moving to a country that speaks a language different than his native language, a man may struggle to develop communication skills in his daily life. Like the hardships of these people, Claude McKay depicts the difficulty associated with moving to a new place, such as struggling to find where one fits in when there is a great difference between one’s past and present homes, in…

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    EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING Only a person who has been away from our planet for some time would claim that global warming is not happening. The evidence shows abundantly on all the continents of the world. Several aspects of climate have been affected. For instance, in the temperate zones, the summers are warmer and more humid. Droughts are more frequent, particularly in Africa. Rainfall and snowfall are more intense and, in some cases, quite destructive. Snow (or ice) cover on mountaintops is…

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