Stevenson's brilliantly constructed adventure novel Treasure Island has remained a popular favorite for both children and adults. ... He rented a cottage in Braemar, where he began to write Treasure Island, the book which marked a major turning point in his literary career. Up until that point, Stevenson's literary output had been uneven-Treasure Island marked the author's mastery of tone, pace, and vocabulary. ... Plot and Major Characters Set in the 1740s, Treasure Island describes the adventures of a boy named Jim Hawkins after he discovers a map showing the way to buried tre...

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Society channels our behaviors through gender socialization. By expecting different attitudes and behaviors from us because we are male or female, we humans nudge boys and girls in separate directions in life. This foundation is so deeply instilled that, as adults, most of us act, think, and even fe...

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A cool summer sea breeze with a pungent salty smell brushes past my face as I run bare-footed through the dark red island dirt with an enormous carefree smile on my face. There has never been a time in my life when I feel more content and secure than at my cottage in Souris, Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada. ... Since this cottage was first purchased by my parents in 2000, it has served as a center for gatherings of friends and extended family, many of whom made the long trek to spend time with us in our seaside treasure. ... But more importantly, the little grey cottage in Souris, Prince Ed...

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Cheju-Do Island also known as Nature's Paradise in the North Pacific, is Korea's largest island, which came into existence 700 to 1,200 thousand years ago when lava spewed from a sub-sea volcano and surfaced above the waters. ... The fantastically shaped rocks decorating the seashore, the hundreds of Oreums (secondary volcano's), and the rarest species of flowers around Baengnokdam lake at the summit of Mount Halla are all treasures waiting to be discovered by the Islands thousands of visitors each year. ... The water falls directly into the sea and is one of the three most f...

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In recent times, this tragedy has hit the Hawaiian Islands harder than any other island group. ... The Hawaiian Islands were formed from volcanic activity in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, making them "oceanic- islands (as opposed to "landbridge- islands, which are formed when rising sea levels cut off an area from the mainland) (Wilcove 1999). ... Because of the extreme isolation of the islands, it is estimated that successful colonists reached the islands only once every 70,000 years (Fielding). ... Some island-hopped to neighboring islands and developed into distinct populations and subsp...

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As the acquisition of the Canary Islands was just being finalized, Ferdinand and Isabella were confident the lessons they had learned in the Reconquest and especially off the coast of Africa would carry them to an even swifter and more profitable victory in future voyages. The conquest of the Canary Islands and their colonization was not done with a Spanish royal army, but rather by means of the throne offering citizens land grants and fiscal exemptions on land they would conquer. ... This attitude found much success in Spanish adventures throughout the Canary Islands. ... Who has gold has ...

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Lastly, governors were elected democratically in Connecticut and Rhode Island because they were allowed to govern themselves. ... Colonials could practice the freedoms of representative government, assembly, press, and speech which were all greatly treasured. ...

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In New Zealand some impacts of climate change are higher temperatures over the whole of New Zealand but more in the North Island than the South, rising sea levels from the melting of large ice masses around the world, more frequent extreme weather events such as droughts and floods and a change in rainfall patterns - higher rainfall in the west and less in the east. ... National The Tasman Glacier is the largest of several glaciers which run south and east towards the Mackenzie Basin from the Southern Alps in the South Island of New Zealand . ... Local Franz Josef glacier is located on the We...

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The island of Sri Lanka was colonised by Portugal from 1505-1658. ... There was also a sizeable minority of Arabic traders in the island who adhered to Islam. ... These aforementioned Portuguese missionaries in Sri Lanka came from four different Catholic orders: Franciscan, Jesuit, Augustinian and Dominican. (2) However, the Portuguese did not hesitate to use force during their colonial inquest of the island and even if their use of religion appeared to be far more benevolent at the outset, it certainly was not the case. ... This is the chief reason for losing my Kingdom, my treasures, the Qu...

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The determination and slave labour which the Warden enforces, in her eagerness to find the treasure', typifies greed and it's consumption of her character. ... The reader is also persuaded to believe in fate, believing that if Stanley had not been hit' by the trainers he would never have met Zero nor have found his great- great grandfather's treasure. ...

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The determination and slave labour which the Warden enforces, in her eagerness to find the treasure', typifies greed and it's consumption of her character. ... The reader is also persuaded to believe in fate, believing that if Stanley had not been hit' by the trainers he would never have met Zero nor have found his great- great grandfather's treasure. ...

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Unlike Shakespeare's Caliban, Who appreciates the island's natural treasures and its wondrous music, Dryden and Davenant's Caliban is a completely a monster, insensitive to everything. ... His bestiality makes him an oppressor on the island until Prospero comes, who brings light, knowledge and virtue here and tries to educate this ungrateful monster to the civilized. ... In 1818, Hazlitt published The Yellow Dwarf, in which he firstly raised the view that it was Caliban, not Prospero, was the legitimate ruler of the island. ... Sidney Lee, the famous scholar knighted for hi...

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Between the Greek mainland and the island of Crete, 220 islands dot the Aegean Sea, forming a circle around the island of Delos. ... All known graves were emptied so that the island might be purified and those about to give birth or die were hurriedly conveyed from within its borders. ... When the Greeks captured the camp of the Persians at Marathon in 494 BC, and found many riches and treasures in their tents, Aristides, a Spartan was left in charge of the Delian League Treasury. ...

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Caesar's in his opinion did nothing but discovering the land/ island and therefore Caesar was viewed by him as a great General nothing more, "But he [Julius Caesar] may fairly be said to have merely drawn attention to the island: it was not his to bequeath " (Tacitus, Agricola Ch. 13). ... (Hunt, 263) indicates that the Byzantine emperors spent a great amount of money on buildings such as artistic treasure, libraries, and new capitol that he filled with museums. ...

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For a play written in America, Tennessee Williams" work of the Glass Menagrie was definitely considered an outrageous first for its time in American theater, which until now glorifies still the Broadway tradition that stuns audience with elaborate dance coreography and chart-busting musical scores. ...

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My treasure is still with you, and how best to serve Pittsburgh is the question which occurs to me almost every day of my life" (Andrew Carnegie Film). ... Of these, 1,946 were located in the United States with at least one in every state except Rhode Island. ...

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This carelessness stands in stark contrast to the way he so arrogantly discusses his imports, yet Daisy takes great pleasure in watching the things that Gatsby treasures so dearly lay in a heap. ... Freud comments on the rebellious nature of Icarus and his relationship with his father Daedalus, who had crafted the infamous wings for himself and his son to escape the island of Minos. ...

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When he is rejected by her, due to his poverty, he reinvents himself and becomes utterly obsessed with the material aspects of life, which he knows she treasures. ... As Nick Carraway narrates, "I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors" eyes...a fresh, green breast of the new world. ...

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This expedition later encouraged the development of Fort Nassau on "Castle Island", which became the focal point for the North American fur trade in the Northeast (Duncan Crary Communications, 2009). ...

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When the London merchants of what became the East India Company first sent ships to the East in 1601, they were not bound for India at all but for the Spice Islands of the Dutch East Indies, and the English traders who set foot on the subcontinent a little later actually sought to avoid conquest. ... In 1661 they picked up another site when, for a paltry annual rent of 10, King Charles II handed over a barren island called Bombay, which had been part of his dowry from Catherine of Braganza. ... In 1739, Nadir Shah of Persia marched on Delhi, slaughtered many of its people and carried its treas...

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However, the more realistic, and more mundane reason why there are no snakes in Ireland is because the country is an island surrounded by the sea. ... Their raids lasted over two hundred years and it was during this time that many of Ireland's treasures in the monasteries were sent to the continent or buried for safe-keeping, or just looted by the invaders. ...

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