HABITAT AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE The Sea Nymph can be found all along the Australian coastline from the Exmouth Gulf in the north-west of Australia through to Victoria. The grass usually grows within a depth of 27 metres in the littoral and sublittoral zones (areas close to the shore affected by breaking waves and tidal currents)…
HABITAT AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE Fur Seals are found all throughout the Southern Ocean around Australia and New Zealand, as well as parts of the Pacific and Indian Ocean coasts and islands in the subantarctic. They prefer rocky or boulder-strewn beaches, often on islands, that are somewhat secluded from humans. They occasionally venture to more vegetated…
Termed as ‘prose-poetry’, Jamaica Kincaid’s 1978 short story “Girl” is a lyrical, rhythmic list of instructions a mother tells her daughter. Being just one sentence, reading the story feels like drawing in a long breath that is only let go until the final moment. The plot is barely discernible, but character and tension are cleverly…
Our shared human experiences can be often hard to unravel and may seem buried under a complex web of conflicting and contrasting ideologies. It can be easy to forget that we are united in the basic aspects of living that are part of our physical condition. Irish poet Seamus Heaney has demonstrated this through his…
D.H. Lawrence is one of the great writers who may be described as ‘life-changers’ and like all life-changers, he is highly controversial. Diana Neil gives a better estimate of him when she writes, “But when all is said, there is greatness in him. He is something of an authentic visionary and the future may be…
Species A Species B Species C 11 21 31 12 21 37 13 22 40 15 18 44 16 18 43 12 25 42 15 27 40 17 29 42 16 20 30 15 26 38 Calculate the Shannon’s Diversity Index along with the Simpson’s Diversity Index for Species A, Species B and Species C…
Students mill through school grounds, all dressed in the latest fashions and trends. Although they may not think twice about their clothing, other than how fashionable they are, there is another factor that affects their dress for school, dress codes. Dress codes in North America have come under fire in recent years, amid arguments that…
“Lord Curzon’s Administration of India: What He Promised; What He Performed” by Syed Sirdar Ali Khan can be considered a well-written source of Lord Curzon’s rule as Viceroy of India. The source’s weight, validity, and value can be assessed when looking at its origin, purpose, and provenance. Syed Ali Khan states “…he deserves to be…
Test (Answers at the bottom) What treaty did Italy sign with the Allies in 1915? What intercepted document led to the USA entering the war in 1917? Approximately how long did Romania fight for before making peace? In what letters had GB promised independence to the Arabs? In what treaty did GB & France…
The film, Invictus, portrays many necessary qualities that attribute to an effective leader. The three main qualities that the film has represented as attributes of an effective leader are being able to forgive and forget, having the courage to speak against the majority, and lastly, having resilience in the face of adversity. The director, Clint Eastwood,…
Introduction Yeast is commonly known as a baking material for making bread and beer. However, under biological jargon it is a group of eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms that makes up almost 1% of all fungal species.1 They are found in soils and on plant surfaces, like flower nectar and fruits, and they reproduce asexually through budding.…
“In moonlight, black boys look blue. You blue, that’s what I’m gon’ call you.” (Moonlight) 2017’s Oscars’ Best Picture film award was won by the all-Black casted movie, Moonlight. It follows a black boy into adulthood in an impoverished Florida city. Director Barry Jenkins’ intention was to shed light on the issues in Moonlight through…
Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy is a story about a young woman who faces various struggles through the course of her life, owing to ethnic influences. Lucy grows up in a small community in the Caribbean and later leaves her homeland to settle in the United States. However, the new society was not any better than her…
Released in 2019, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile hit screens just a few months after Netflix debuted a miniseries about the taped interviews serial killer Ted Bundy did while on death row. A compelling and thought-provoking crime drama directed by Joe Berlinger and stared by Zac Efron as Bundy, the film exploits an already…
Part 1 My Cousin Vinny is a film whose events closely compare to the reality of the United States criminal justice system. The movie provides some set-up events that are similar to the actual procedures within the justice system. For instance, before the arrests, investigations were carried out to identify suspects as it usually happens in…
The existential theory is a 20th-century philosophy that is concerned with the scrutiny of human existence in the world. The fundamental existentialist viewpoint is that humans exist first, and everyone spends their lives changing their nature and essence. Humans are conscious entities, and it is this consciousness that determines their existence. The second nature of the…
Gyn/ecology is the title for Mary Daly’s third book that is considered the most radical of all her publications. Daly characteristically redefined old words or coined new ones with the intention of undermining patriarchal attitudes. She creates such words because none are available in the ordinary language to help her relay the meaning of what…
Nietzsche’s opines that there are two different moralities; the master and slave morality that appears universally in society and are always in conflict with each other. According to the philosopher, people with a stronger will and more ambitions possess master morality. These individuals are also open-minded, risk-takers, influencers, and have high self-esteem. Master morality, stresses…
The passage for this analysis comes from chapter 2, the part where Gawaine is about to ride back South and is summoned by her mother. The two engage in a conversation where Gawaine’s mother reveals her intentions of making him a king if she stays and not go back for his knightly practices at Arthur’s…
Q 1. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCE Primary and secondary sources refer to the research materials used in an inquiry. Primary sources are the first-hand accounts that are found directly from an event or source. They are predominantly useful in historical research and can include artifacts or documents closest to the research topic.…