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When Catch-22 was written in 1961 the book was an immediate success, selling 12,000 copies from the middle of October to Thanksgiving. (Wiki Catch-22) Catch-22 never made the New York Times Best Sellers List but it did keep selling. By 1963 the book had sold over a million copies and was a huge success in the United States along with Great Britain. (Wiki Catch-22) So why would schools across the United States want to take this great American Novel away from their children? This book is a very…

1. The work of art is named The Two Fridas and was created by Frida Kahlo. It is located in the Museo de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, in Mexico City. The style of this piece is a naïve surrealist double self-portrait. The size of this piece is 5 feet and 8 and ½ inches by 5 feet and 8 and ½ inches or 1.74 meters by 1.74 meters. The medium used to create this piece was oil on canvas. This piece was created in 1939. Frida Kahlo was born July 6, 1907 as Magdalena Carmen Frida…

Leon Trotsky RESPONSIBILITIES/IDEOLOGIES/CONTRIBUTION Leon Trotsky’s responsibilities varied during his lifetime as he assumed many different positions in the different factions of the Revolution. Trotsky became a Social Democrat in 1903, resulting in his joining of the Mensheviks at the Second Part Congress. He would split with them not long after. In 1905 Trotsky become the chairman of the St Petersburg Soviet, which would later be raided resulting in exile. Trotsky would then return to Russia…

The subject of evolution is widely debated topic. However there is a wide variety of evidence that supports evolution. By studying the fossil record, comparative anatomy, genetics and natural selection scientists have been able to support Charles Darwin’s theory (evolution). This report will focus on evidence from the fossil record as well as genetics. The fossil record is the collection of information that shows the occurrence and evolution of living organisms through geological time from…

expertise or knowledge on the topic they are presenting? Well considering what Wikipedia actually means, it is quite easy. “Derived form a Hawaiian word mean ‘quick,’ the term wiki conveys the swiftness and ease with which users can access information on and contribute content to such a site” with no identification or credentials (“Wiki” qtd. in James). According to Randall Stross, “Wikipedia invites anyone to pitch in, writing an article or editing someone else’s” where “no expertise is…

the Afghanistan would ever come to a resolution to end the Afghanistan war. References: Wikipedia. 2016. Environmental issues in Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Afghanistan. [Accessed 13 May 2016]. Background Information. 2016. Background Information. [ONLINE] Available at:https://www.mtholyoke.edu/~macne20a/classweb/worldpolitics/finalpage2.html. [Accessed 13 May 2016].…

Niche that the organism fills The ecological niche or niche of an organism is the place and role in nature. This encompasses what it does, who it feeds, what it feed on as well as what it pollinates. Considering the role that the Brenton Blue butterfly fills, we find that like other butterflies, it serves as a pollinator. In this case, the Brenton Blue is a pollinator for its food plant, Indigo (scientific name Indigofera erecta). When the butterfly lands on the plant to feast on the nectar…

Written Assignment An Exemption for Whaling 1. I do not agree with the Norwegian and Japanese position on permitting the hunting of non-endangered species of whales as a cultural exemption. This is due to the fact that although these species of whale are not endangered the demand for their meat is very low at 1% of its peak in the 1960s in Japan (Ramage et al., 2015). Furthermore, this practise of whaling is mainly funded by the taxpayers’ money and is ultimately working at a loss. Subsidies…

Elham Shoghi Professor Sean Wilkinson English 100 3 September 2017 What’s So Funny? Imagine you had a very hard day. You are so exhausted and frustrated from all the work and everything else that went wrong at the same time. Sometimes you feel like the universe is playing a game with you and put you under a lot of responsibilities simultaneously. To escape, for even just a few minutes, you turn on your device and read or watch something funny. After some time, you have to go back to your real…

The Purpose of this Lab: The purpose of this lab was the help the experimenter gain a better understanding of consolations by helping the experimenter be able to identify the circumpolar constellations, understand the effects of earth’s rotation on viewing consolations, be able to use the Sky Map app, and to describe the characteristics of an astronomy photograph. Description of the Materials: Within this lab, the experimenter uses the Sky Map or SkyView in order help label and identify various…