In writing his journal, he had written his own book and it became published with the name of "Meteorological Observations and Essays." ... Color blindness, a condition that both he and his brother both had (I also suffer from color blindness). He ended up having his essay on the topic published as well, which is known as "Extraordinary Facts Relating to the Vision of Colors". ... Now this theory is no longer holds true however his concept of color blindness was recognized so greatly that "Daltonism" became a common term for color blindness. ... After that he proved the solubility of gase...

• Word Count: 733
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• Grade Level: High School

Du bois" viewpoints came from his knowledge of the importance of education and its ability to break down barriers of color. ... In Booker T. ... At the earliest moments of his life, he was a laborer, cleaning the yards, carrying water, and taking corn to the mills. Booker T. ... His book The Souls of Black Folk written in 1903 is a powerful collection of essays, in which Du Bois describes the efforts of African- Americans to reconcile their African heritage with their pride in being U.S. citizens. ...

• Word Count: 919
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• Grade Level: High School

This is concerning the Ecological Literacy essay, which is taken from Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World, a book by David W. ... In the essay, he argues that our educational system is producing a generation of "ecological yahoos" who don't have "a clue why the color of the water in their rivers is related to their food supply, or why storms are becoming more severe as the planet warms." (300) These are the people who will be voting and consuming and will by implication be making decisions that will have a negative impact on our shared world, ultimatel...

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The history book looks as old as the history it dates back to. ... Water leaves the bottom of each page wavy and stiff. ... All the words in the book worn out, fading, and/or smeared as a result of the continuous use of the book. ... The gold metallic color slowly fades away with time and the use of the book leaving only few letters are legible. ... No longer does the book look intriguing, holding the darkest secrets to the past, now the book looks like a regular boring school history book. ...

• Word Count: 394
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• Grade Level: High School

Loren Eiseley wrote about this back in the mid 1900's when he wrote the book, The Immense Journey. ... In the first essay "The Slit", Eiseley entered a crack in the crust of the Earth. ... "The Flow of the River" and "The Great Deeps" discusses water and it's "magic." The essays seems to use water as somewhat of an unknown to man. ... Trying to comprehend infinity is like a blind person understanding color. ...

• Word Count: 1634
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• Grade Level: High School

Defoe mostly wrote short stories and political essays. ... Look around, I see nothing but water, a forest, and the remains of my ship. At first, I was afraid of wild animals but after some exploration of the land, the only animals I had seen were wild pigs, squirrels, and some small birds.The only possessions that Crusoe retrieved from the remains of his ship were asmall knife, a box of tabacco, a pipe, and a small book that would later becomehis journal. ... The color of his skin was not quite black, but very tawny; and yet not of an ugly, yellow, nauseous tawny, as the Brazilians and Virgini...

• Word Count: 861
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• Grade Level: High School

DuBois reflected on his life in his personal memories and he remembered time and time again where white kids as well as blacks poked fun at his skin color because he was lighter then most blacks but darker then whites. ... During this important period in his life, he met Booker T. ... There was another going around that at the end of his life DuBois abandoned his home and moved to Africa that is true why should he have stayed in such a place where the color of his skin held him back. ... Literary notes and references During his long life he wrote many great books and informative essays, som...

• Word Count: 1586
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• Grade Level: High School

In this essay I will talk about the themes of racism and predjudice. ... The entire novel is about prejudice in it's many forms, the most prominent case of prejudice is the racism and hate between the blacks and whites.The book is set in a small town in Alabama called "Maycomb", like most small southern towns in that time, has a problem with widespread racism toward blacks. ... Seemed like every time I passed by yonder she"d have some little somethin" for me to do- choppin" kindlin", totin" water for her." ... Seemed like every time I passed by yonder she"d have some little somethin" for ...

• Word Count: 1400
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• Grade Level: High School

At the age of twelve, he bought his first book, called the Columbian Orator, which was a collection of essays that discussed the evils of slavery. While reading the book he learned of men and women fighting to end slavery. ... Hugh Auld decided that Frederick should work as a caulker (a man who forced sealing matter into the seams in a boat's hull to make it water tight) to earn his keep. ... The book became a best seller in the North. Despite his success with the book, Frederick was still a runaway slave. ...

• Word Count: 1793
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• Grade Level: High School

Maguire gives the "wicked" witch a good bit of substance in his book, starting by giving her a name; Elphaba. ... This feeling is further strengthened by Elphaba's aversion to water, which could, ironically, represent a refusal of baptism into his religion, known as Unionism. ... Indeed, as Nanny profoundly notes when Elphaba was just a child, "little green Elphaba chose her own sex, and her own color, and to hell with her parents". ... Questions I was familiar with the basics of this story, however, I had never actually read the book. I watched a play that was called "Wick...

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asks Samuel Beckett via Michel Foucault's essay. ... Am I just a book?" ... This absence of locating identification poses a problem for anyone who seeks to "read" the English patient in the terms of what Foucault names in his essay the "Author Function," which (among other things) demands that we name the writer in order to understand the text. ... Here Foucault is building on and adapting Roland Barthes's seminal work on the "death of the author" in Barthes's essay of the same name. ... Open to all of them at various times is a shared text, The Histories of Herodotus, ...

• Word Count: 6215
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• Grade Level: High School

He later recalled that mastering the mathematics in Einstein's book gave him no difficulty. ... When white light is sent through a spectrum, each color corresponds to a different band of frequencies. ...

• Word Count: 4427
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He later recalled that mastering the mathematics in Einstein's book gave him no difficulty. ... When white light is sent through a spectrum, each color corresponds to a different band of frequencies. ...

• Word Count: 4391
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He later recalled that mastering the mathematics in Einstein's book gave him no difficulty. ... When white light is sent through a spectrum, each color corresponds to a different band of frequencies. ...

• Word Count: 4218
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Although, Jim is already considered an outcast which was determined the day he was born by the color of his skin. ... Another reason why this would be an example of cultural criticism is because Twain intended the book to be read by everyone, not just an elitist audience. He created this book in order to demonstrate the mentality and attitude of the southerners during this period of time. ... Fishkin demonstrates this idea throughout her essay by equating Huck as an equal to Jim. ...

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People can always be surprised by the number of the dishes and amazed by their own distinguishing flavor, texture, color and fragrance. ... Compared to other Chinese dishes which need to add four or five different seasonings or require a specific temperature of oil or water, dumplings only need wrappers and fillings of two or three ingredients, and only need to be boiled twice to be served. ...

• Word Count: 5974
• Approx Pages: 24
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• Grade Level: High School

Red, being a color of violence and the militaristic sounds of the drums makes the watcher aware that the movie will be about a war, that there will be bloodshed and there is a great accomplishment of an individual or individuals will be portrayed in the movie. ...

• Word Count: 10902
• Approx Pages: 44
• Grade Level: High School