Mediterranean and Red Sea. Once they reach the Atlantic‚ Arronax is shown the riches lost on the bottom of the sea and Atlantis. The submarine also goes into the center of an extinct volcano‚ whose walls are slightly raised above the sea level. Once it has left the volcano‚ Captain Nemo massacres a herd of sperm whales with his submarine. The submarine also travels to the South Pole‚ where Nemo plants his flag. When the submarine attempts to get back into warmer waters‚ an iceberg falls and traps them
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At the time‚ only a handful of schools have computer centers where students have access and Joy is able to have unlimited time. He is talented‚ yes‚ but he is also one of a very few people in the world who has the opportunity to put in 10‚000 hours of work on programming. Gladwell again diverts from Joy’s story to discuss this 10‚000 hour rule in another example. He looks at the Beatles‚ the remarkably successful British band of the 1960s that seem to come
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1‚000 White Women by Jim Fergus is a historical fiction novel about the Northern Cheyenne Indian request in the 1800s for 1‚000 white brides to bring peace between the two differing cultures. The request is secretly approved by the U.S. government to send women volunteers from unsatisfied lives. Their journey west is described by May Dodd‚ an educated‚ spirited‚ high-society woman released from an asylum where she was unjustly locked up by her family. As seen in 1‚000 White Women‚ adapting to a new
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In American society there are many things that we imagine and think are true as Americans‚ such as Bigfoot‚ the Loch Ness monster and other extraordinary things that it takes a lot of faith to believe in. In the book that I read 20‚000 Leagues under the Sea is another one of those phenomena depicted in American culture. Also something that people in America struggle with is getting to comfortable with people to fast and in this book that’s exactly what Professor Pierre Aronnax did in regard with
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Opposites are found everywhere in the world. Almost everything in the world is an opposite and this can be seen in people as well. In the novel 20‚000 leagues under the sea‚ by Julius Verne‚ Pierre Aronnax is a scientist and studies organisms. Then the news starts reporting about a monster and Arronnax wants to find out what it is. So‚ he boards a government ship called the Abraham Lincoln with Conciel‚ his assistant. While on the Abraham Lincoln‚ professional harpooner‚ Ned Land is also on the ship
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poet. Jules Verne has been one of the most influential authors on the genre of science fiction‚ writing stories that depicted ideas that people from his time found abstract and unusual. In his novel‚ 20‚000 Leagues Under the Sea‚ Jules Verne tells the story of a Frenchman named M. Pierre Aronnax‚ a famous marine biologist that has written many world renown books about the creatures of the deep sea. The story takes place in 1866 and begins with Aronnax describing a discovery that has become the news
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contributed to their success. I believe if people have the desire and heart to put them in this much hard work they will be able to skillful at it. Athletes have proved this theory to be true. A soccer player named Sergi Robert‚ from Barcelona‚ Spain has been one of many athletes that can prove Gladwell’s theory to be accurate. Since he was little boy he would always be watching soccer games and every opportunity he had to play with the much older soccer players he took it. Gladwell’s emphasizes how
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and perseverance to get to the highest position at Google‚ CEO. With multiple degrees from prestigious universities such as the Wharton School from the University of Pennsylvania‚ Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Stanford University‚ he has accumulated over 10‚000 hours from just school alone. Pichai joined Google in 2004‚ gaining over 10 years of hard work and experience. Sundar Pichai’s net worth is over 150 million dollars‚ making him very successful in not only today’s standards.
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In the video entitled‚ “Earth is 6‚000 Years Old”‚ Chemist John Pendleton describes different viewpoints from a creation and evolutionary standpoint when it comes to how old the earth really is and the supportive material behind their conclusions. These points are based off the bible in regards to Genesis and the creation of the earth‚ scientific points of view in regards to carbon dating‚ sedimentary dating‚ and evolution of mammals and mankind in this progression. The techniques also used in determining
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