The Hurricane described in the poem was that of the Great Storm in 1987, which brought great destruction and havoc to England and its landscape, particularly the trees. ... She asks what the uprooting of the trees symbolises. ... She has come to this northern land so in a way she gives permission for the persona to feel at home there. ... She, too, along with her ideas, is being uprooted like the tree and perhaps being replanted in the new country. ...

• Word Count: 1229
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The jungle is relatively dense and contains a large variety of palm and hardwood trees. ... The darts are made from sharpened fibers and balanced on the end with either cotton, which they grow in the villages, or the fiber off the kapok tree. ... In order to be suit, the site must be covered with trees that have reached full height (Smoles 1976: 107). ... The abandoned garden sites are excellent hunting grounds, due to the fact that vegetation and fruit from the trees attract game. ...

• Word Count: 3732
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

He defines what most people think of when they hear the word "Landscape", which is usually a well-maintained lawn with a few trees. ... Lewis concludes his essay by saying that all of these combined strategies will give the willing explorer of our "cultural landscapes" a new perspective, and tools to understand what and how we see the world around us in so doing, it might open our minds up to new possibilities. ...

• Word Count: 489
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

They give people a distorted sense of reality. ... An advertisement for a vacation that shows a beautiful beach with palm trees and crystal clear water without any text may mean the same thing to two totally different cultures, vacation. ... This gives you the feel that Chivas will brighten up your life. ...

• Word Count: 1373
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

on the side of the page there are single pictures of seven children there are tree African American children one girl and two boys, one Asian girl and three Caucasian children, two boys and one girl. ... They also give phonics strategies and reading strategies to try if there is a specific scenario. ...

• Word Count: 1415
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Suffice it for now to say that here culture means everything that human beings have created and transmitted socially across time and space." (32) In Culture as Given, Culture as Choice, Dirk Van Der Elst talks about how culture is everything that we are taught, that we make and give meaning to, and that we pass on to generation after generation. ... Yet, take the same people and put them out in the wilderness, and they will most likely have no problem eliminating their wastes behind a tree or in a bush. ... So I definitely believe that "every culture appears to incorporate some way to inte...

• Word Count: 2084
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

I believe our culture tempts people to do evil things such as movies and music that gives people thoughts in their head about evil ways they can control situations but when they are born and fresh I believe that are born with knowing what is right. ... We are so busy building new land and cutting down a million more trees that we are damaging nature. ...

• Word Count: 3913
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School