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    Are Bees Worth Saving

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    with a painful sting. However that is far from the truth as bees are some of the most crucial organisms to live on this Earth. Bees are flying insects that are found on every continent except Antarctica and live in enormous colonies consisting of worker bees, drones, and the queen. Of the Order Hymenoptera there are honey bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees, and stingless bees. Carpenter bees are the only members of these four bee groups that aren’t social. Honeybees are responsible for…

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    Women who came as indentured servants were usually teenagers. Their lives were similar to a slave however the servant’s service came to an end. They had to obey their owners, and had harsh living conditions. They were treated harshly, received poor quality food, and were separated from their family. In Americans Working Women, it tells us that the indentured servants resisted in the quote “indentured servants had one primary path of resistance open to them: passive resistance, trying to do as…

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    on them; why do these insignificant places have the capability to remind us of a particular moment or person? Considered Steinbeck’s finest piece of literary work, Of Mice and Men uses the abominable truths of what life was really like for migrant workers during the great depression to influence the ways in which certain places are portrayed. Crooks, a stable buck that has been damaged by the consistent prejudice and preconceived opinions due to his skin tone, is a prime example of this. In…

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    “A guy needs somebody- to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody…” In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the novella is centered around the idea of loneliness. Two migrant workers - George and Lennie, travel to various farms and work where they’re needed. Lennie, a slow man who’s disability isn’t quite specified accidentally provokes trouble causing George, his caretaker and best friend, and himself to move frequently. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to develop the theme of loneliness…

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    In Of Mice and Men, the author, John Steinbeck writes about two men traveling during the time of the Great Depression. George saves Lennie from an incident in Weed, California, so they head to a ranch in Salinas, California to find work. These friends share a common dream of earning money to buy a quiet farm to live on. Because George is a dynamic character, his physical description, views on life, and interactions with others change throughout the story. Steinbeck uses George’s physical…

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    Carpenter Technology

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    What do you think helps carpenter to build the new house with the new technology have been its experience, talent, or training. But none of these could help a beginner getting involved in the carpentry career. With the new technologies we as carpenter no matter what the skills you have there are easier way to be a able to work on the house or to understand more of what is going on and then you are more compatible with building the house with the new environment,with the weather, and maybe to…

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    Childhood is one of those precious and phenomenal time in which a child is transforming into an adult. We all been through childhood and we can all agree that childhood is one of the most significant moment of our lives because childhood is a delightful time in which life is extremely enjoyable and innocent. Childhood is the most beautiful of all life season. The poem Hide and Seek by Vernon Scannell presents an unbeautiful side of childhood life, in which the central theme is about growing up,…

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    Cadence Lee Kasey Lutrell English 11:B 5 February 2018 Literary Analysis: A World of Pure Discrimination Set in the 1930s, the classic novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck follows the actions of two men, George Milton and Lennie Smalls, as they yearn for and work toward their American Dream. They meet many characters that have been unable to achieve this dream for various reasons. Candy, a poor, old, one-handed swamper gives the two men hope, when he offers to pay a large portion of the…

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    1. The book, The Quarter-Pie Window was written by Marianne Brandis, and is about a young girl, Emma, and her little brother, John, who just lost their family in a fire at their old barn and now must live with their newly found aunt, Mrs. McPhail, in the city. Emma has to work for her aunt at her hotel as a chamber maid, while John has to work for Mr. Blackwood at his ranch as a stable boy. Emma was expecting to work at a much higher position at the hotel but is madden by the fact that she is…

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    The H-2B Vagrant Worker

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    with makeshift remote specialists who are enrolled and utilized to do work that is not agricultural. H-2B managers possess the capacity to supplant their local work force with ones comprising totally of remote workers. For example, in the article "Dissected: The Hidden Struggles Of Migrant Worker Ladies In The Maryland Crab Industry" published by American University Washington College of Law International Human Rights Law Clinic, it is stated that most H-2B crab pickers dwell on the Eastern…

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