There are four main themes, or differences, that Diamond discusses in Guns, Germs, And Steel: differences in plant and animal species available for domestication, rates of diffusion and migration within continents, rates of diffusion and migration between continents, and the different demographics of the continents. ... He begins by discussing the anatomy and migration patterns of the earliest humans on earth, and then moves on to the extinction of the Australian/ New Guinean animals. ... I believe that Diamond did just what Bain claims a comparison is supposed to do. ... Diamond provides q...

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Theories serve several functions in the development and evaluation of scientific knowledge. Theories provide us with systematic procedures to evaluate social phenomenon. These procedures are well organized and comprehensive. Theories are not just knowledge structures; they are sets of interrelated...

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The juxtaposition of this line can be seen in the words "cold" and "wonderful" because the woman feels like she is living the typical life of an older woman, which society thinks should be simple, calm, perfect, and yet she finds this life "cold," as she longs for something more than the "wonderful" life she is supposed to be living. ... In a further stanza, the line, "very gently, he scooped tiny pink animals/into the palm of his hand/and told me to touch them," suggests that the father is presenting new life and new opportunities to his son, opening his future and identity up to greater thin...

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