Farther Along

The Divine Comedy is a series of 3 books--Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso--made up of 33 cantos each, that describes life after death in an allegorical manner. The Divine Comedy was written by Dante Alighieri, an Italian author from the 1300s. The protagonist of the Divine Comedy is Dante, an allegoric representation of the author himself used to portray the author’s views on Christianity and sin. Dante further uses his character to demonstrate humanity's flaws through his nine layers of the…

the Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation in the South until 1965." All Rosa did was rest her legs. She did not fight back, she accepted what consequences that followed her actions. In the end she helped move the civil rights movement farther along. She also showed people…

years would be thought of as the ninth planet in our solar system. It wasn’t until the discovery of Eris in 2005 that astronomers began to question what defines a planet. After the discovery of Eris and other celestial objects such as MakeMake, Pluto along these new discoveries have been defined as dwarf planets. They are categorized as dwarf planets because they are smaller compared to the other planets and with their size, are not able to clear other objects out of its path. Since the…

hotels, restaurants, and shops” (Mooney, 36). Not only are these rigs dangerous to the workers on them, but also to the homes, businesses and tourists living along United State’s coasts. In a survey conducted on December 4th, 2015 the 25 people surveyed knew a total of 54 people working either in a fishing industry or at a shop or business along an American coast. This averages to at least two people that would be affected by offshore oil drilling for each person surveyed, meaning the negative…

Tangerine: not only a citrus fruit, but also a middle school, and county in Florida, and the title of a book Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor. Imagine living in a totally sane neighborhood, and then moving to an insane neighborhood with natural disasters happening everywhere, from left to right. A boy named Paul Fisher, who is battling vision impairment, and is often made fun of because of it, being called names such as “Eclipse Boy” and “Mars.” A significant passage in the novel, was when…

surgeon. So, I did and in fact, I did need surgery and I would not be able to cheer until December, which is halfway through the competition season for All-Star Cheer. I was devastated and wondered if I would ever be able to get back to where I was and farther. Visiting the Sports Medicine department every month grew my interest in nursing and…

example of economical core-periphery does not substitute for the definition of core-periphery. The student was awarded 1 point for part A number two because she briefly explained the definition of distance-decay by writing in terms of migration. Farther away people are from a location, the less chance they will migrate there, the closer they are to a location, better chance they will migrate there. She supported her definition with an example that exhibits this. A person migrating from Colorado…

In the sixth century B.C.E., Buddhism’s foundation was laid in India, and through rampant travel and trade, in which goods and ideas were exchanged between multiple groups, the religion spread farther into foreign lands such as China. China incorporated Buddhism into their society by the first century B.C.E., and this syncretism of Buddhism into Chinese society allowed for the religion to rapidly gain converts, many in the lower class, who strived to fulfill the appealing teachings of the Buddha…

the information was also leaked back to a Russian man named Ivanov. Ivanov is a supporter of the regime in the Middle East and a very dangerous man. He is now demanding the relieving of the prisoner to him so he can get more information out of him. Along with this prisoner exchange, it is said by Ivanov that his men will deal with the rest of the americans. This is clear that something is going to happen to some Americans somewhere but it will not be the main character because they do not know…

The climate along the coast is tropical. This means rainfall and temperatures are higher throughout the year. At the coastal cities, Mombasa, Lamu and Malindi, the air changes from cool to hot, almost every day. The further inside Kenya, the more arid the climate becomes…