For one, the scorpion symbolizes represents hope. ... Thus, it mimicked the transformation of the scorpion. ... The scorpion also represents the importance of faith in people. ... In Fray Gomez's scorpion, Fray Gomez performs many miracles, the most astonishing being the one where he transform a live scorpion into an actual jewel. ... With the symbols, such as the Fray Gomez and scorpion, the story "Fray Gomez's Scorpion," confirms how imperative faith is for the Peruvian people. ...

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Genetic engineering examples include taking the gene that programs poison in the tail of a scorpion, and combining it with a cabbage. These genetically modified cabbages kill caterpillars because they have learned to grow scorpion poison (insecticide) in their sap. ...

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The Eras Geologic Time The Earth is very old -- 4.5 billion years or more -- according to recent estimates. This vast span of time, called geologic time by earth scientists, is difficult to comprehend in the familiar time units of months and years, or even centuries. How then do scientists reckon...

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Direct vs Indirect Threats In the human heart, danger represents fear, stimulating either a selfless or selfish response. The role of different types of danger drives humanity to react in a particular way, and in the two apocalyptic novels, On the Beach by Nevil Shute and The Road by Cormac McC...

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For example, in the Western world, people do not eat insects or scorpions because they usually find them 'disgusting', but in the Far East, this type of food is appreciated and considered normal. ...

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Made in 1959 and released in 1960 The Magnificent Seven marks the end of the traditional style of the Western genre. It is a Good Samaritan story with a difference, and it is clear to see the change in certain existing preconceptions within the film that contrast so greatly with those of it's predecessors amongst the traditional western. The initial perceptions of Mexicans within The Magnificent Seven are the same typical Mexican stereotypes within American Western movies up to and including the 1960's, these being the terrorising Bandido, and the helpless peasants. These two ste...

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Conservation Of Hawaii's Imperiled Species Islands are well known among biologists for having a wealth of endemic, unique species found nowhere else in the world. Unfortunately, there is another reason why island organisms have attained celebrity status among biologists: they are extreme...

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Recent studies have begun to see the Homeric epics in the light of other epic traditions, notably epics from Mesopotamia, and have begun to look at striking similarities. There is a supposed lineage that can be seen connecting the Homeric epics most directly with the world of Akkadian epics (Gresseth 2). The connections run from similarities in methods of transmission, namely the oral traditions, to themes, characters and formal structural components. The epic of Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, and the Iliad, with its focus on the menis of Achilles, provide a look at heroic life and its relations...

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