...Analyzing texts through different lenses provides the reader with a better comprehension of what the author of the text is trying to say. Focusing on different aspects of the text such as the setting of the piece or what it could mean personally to the reader allows them to connect what they read to their life, other texts, and the world’s affairs. While reading “On Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell we could interpret deeper meaning and better understanding of the text by reading it through a Cultural Critical lens. Readers could manage to find deeper in the meaning through other perspectives, such as reader response, by comparing how George acted to how they would act in the same situation but, reading the text through a cultural...
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...According to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, “good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through.” This quote by Alexander Solzhenitsyn means to me that literature can help us experience situations we have not yet lived through. I agree with this quote because I believe that many people such as I, have learned and lived from experiences that occur in literary works. Three literary works that support “good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through” are Oedipus by Sophocles, Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Sophocles, Beckett, and Shelley have used the literary elements of to show that this quotation is accurate. The play Oedipus demonstrates that “good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through.” Sophocles proves this point through the literary element of Waiting for Godot demonstrates that “good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through.” Samuel Beckett proves this point through the literary element of Frankenstein demonstrates that “good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through.” Mary Shelly proves this point through the literary element of characterization. Characterization is an author’s use of description, dialogue, dialect, and action to create...
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...Humans often wear disguises to hide their flaws. Shakespeare uses literary devices in his works to convey this statement. Shakespeare’s Macbeth has three quotes used to emphasize the idea, with the first being from the opening scene. Shakespeare uses the chiastic sentence “[f]air is foul, foul is fair” as one way to state his message. Sometimes one’s appearance does not reflect their personality. A beautiful person may have a rotten personality while an unattractive person may have a great one. One cannot judge someone purely by looks as people may be different internally. Secondly, the quote can allude to a decision being made when the right decision is the opposite of what one wants, which makes the decision foul. Secondly, through the...
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...Chapter 15: Refraction and Lenses Refraction of Light If water waves in a ripple tank travel from water with a depth of 1 cm into a shallow area with a depth of .3 cm, the water will slow down. In a ripple tank the depth can be changed by placing a sheet of plexiglass or glass in the water. In the picture to the right the area to the left is deeper water and the the the right is shollow. The picture shows that when the water travels into a shallow area and slows down, the wavelength will shorten. We learned in the last chapter that when waves travel into a new medium the frequency remains the same so if the wavespeed decreases, the wavelength must decrease. If the wavefronts cross a boundary at an angle and slow down we get a bending of the front. This bending of the path of the waves as they pass from one medium to another is called refraction. It occurs because the leading edge of the front slows down while the front in the faster medium keeps its original speed. If the path of the wave front changes, the path of a ray will also change. Here bending occurs when the ray crossing the boundary is not perpendicular to the boundary. Physicists have invented a concept called the index of refraction (symbol is n) to indicate how much the speed is changed when working with light waves. The equation is: The index of refraction is a ratio, so it has no units. Some times the term index of refraction is called optical density. A material with a higher...
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...Through the years, people have certain image in their brain when they thought about man and women. In the society’s common sense, male should be strong with muscle, know a lot of knowledge and have a mature mental. Women should don’t have too much power and always be protected by others. However, that’s all the general idea about male and female. Masculine and feminine shouldn’t all to be like that. Traditionally, people consider man to be brave and able to handle everything. In one of the scene from Roman Legend, a father is giving his sons weapon to let them fight in the war. At the same time, the sons were giving their hand to their father for the sword to show that they were brave enough to went on the battle. On the contrast, women in this scene were just sitting and sadly crying because they were weak and timid. In some other ideas, Men also have more responsibility to devote themselves to build a better society, just like the sons in that scene. However, besides strong in physical, the devotion also require man to be strong in mental, which means that all man should learn enough knowledge and be philosophical and full of wisdom. Kipling Rudyard provide another version of manhood in his poem “if”. According to his letter which was wrote to his son, man should have magnificent mind. If someone can trust themselves when others are doubting them, be modest when success and have many other nice characteristics mentioned in the letter, he is truly a man already. In Shakespeare’s...
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...Have you ever had someone glare at you for no reason? Or look at you with pity? That is what some people face in today's world, that is what Nimona faced throughout the book. Appearances can be deceiving is the statement that I believe relates to the story. I believe that Goldenloin, Blackheart, and the director gave her the hardest time about her appearance. Goldenloin did not believe that Nimona was worth more attention because she was only a ‘little girl’ but later on she proved him wrong. For example, Goldenloin says, “I didn’t think she’d be such a problem. She’s only a child, after all.” Goldenloin was not worried about her at all because he thought she was just a child and no harm could be done, but he should’ve thought what Blackheart was doing with her (Stevenson 32). Goldenloin has showed many times that he is not afraid of her, “A little girl disguised as a monster. Don’t tell me you’re AFRAID.” He shows that a little girl would not harm him, but he thought differently after some events happened (Stevenson 69). Goldenloin eventually figures out that Nimona is a lot stronger than what he thought before, he realized the power of her ability. “What am I supposed to do? She’s going to kill a lot of people if we don’t stop her.” Goldenloin says, at the end of the book when she becomes overpowered and takes over the city (Stevenson 207). Blackheart was very indecisive about Nimona, he thought her appearance was just a little girl but something inside him made him think...
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...microscope. The Microscope The microscope is one of the principal tools of the biologist. Without the microscope, many of the great discoveries of biology would never have been made. The light compound microscope, illustrated in Figure 1, is the type of microscope most commonly used. Proper, comfortable use of the instrument demands practice. The practice afforded you in this exercise depends upon familiarity with the parts of the microscope and with their interactions. Figure 1. A typical compound light microscope used in many biology labs. 1 Lab 2 Biology 100 Note each of the following features of the microscope and there individual uses to allow you to take full advantage of the use of a microscope. Ocular or Eyepiece—contains a lens that magnifies the specimen (usually 10x) Revolving Nosepiece—used to change...
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...Is Knowledge A Double Edge Sword? The Greek philosopher Socrates once stated “the only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.” Individuals seek knowledge and/or the truth to understand why they are in a situation, to make better decisions, etc., without being aware that knowledge has a limited ability to present happiness for those who attempt to obtain it. Yet, it can fill the void created by the unknown. In the Greek tragedy, Oedipus the King, Oedipus’s quest for knowledge leads to his own downfall. In both life and literature, a driving force behind setting out on a journey is to find a response to an unanswered question that has impacted their lives. Within Oedipus the King, the tragic hero, Oedipus sets out to find the solution to the mystery at hand ,being to locate the murderer of King Laius to relief the city of Thebes from a plaque. From the get-go, Oedipus’s hubris is a factor that would surely affect the investigation considering how he possess as a victim of the plaque : “You have not roused me like a man from sleep / know that I have given many tears to this,” (page 13). Oedipus’s hubris influences the form he views the investigation as time goes on. Individuals such as Teiresias, forewarned Oedipus about “how terrible” wisdom is , specially “when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise!’’ In addition, Teiresias also emphasized how Oedipus’s journey to find Laius’s assassin may result in him stumbling upon a prophecy that would alter his perception...
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...COURSE STRUCTURE CLASS X First Term Units I. II. III. IV Chemical Substances World of living Effects of Current Natural Resources Total Marks : 90 Marks 33 21 29 07 90 Theme : Materials Unit : Chemical Substances - Nature and Behaviour (30 Periods) Chemical reactions : Chemical Equation, Balanced chemical equation, implications of a balanced chemical equation, types of chemical reactions : combination, decomposition, displacement, double displacement, precipitation, neutralization, oxidation and reduction. Acids, bases and salts : Their definitions in terms of furnishing of H+ and OH- ions, General properties, examples and uses, concept of pH scale(Definition relating to logarithm not required), importance of pH in everyday life; preparation and uses of sodium hydroxide, Bleaching powder, Baking soda, washing soda and Plaster of Paris. Metals and non metals : Properties of metals and non-metals, reactivity series, formation and properties of ionic compounds, basic metallurgical processes, corrosion and its prevention Theme : The world of The Living Unit : World of Living (20 Periods) Life Processes : "living being". Basic concept of nutrition, respiration, transport and excretion in plants and animals. Control and Co-ordination in Animals and Plants : Tropic movements in plants; Introduction to plant hormones; control and co-ordination in animals : nervous system; voluntary, involuntary and reflex action, chemical co-ordination: animal hormones. Theme : How...
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...Chapter 7 Review By refracting or bending light rays Virtual: image that can't be seen directly; real: image can be seen directly with naked eye Light passes through two lenses forming virtual image, and a magnifying glass appears larger due to refraction, the eyepiece lens contributes to magnification Illumination of a specimen from above used to examine opaque specimens, a transmitted illumination passes light up through a transparent specimen so it wouldn't be able to pass light through an opaque specimen Take the power of the objective and multiply by the power of the eyepiece A measure of its ability to gather light and resolve fine specimen detail at a fixed object distance, the difference is their N.A. For a good general overall view of the specimen Two compound microscopes connected by a bridge that allows you to see two objects in a side by side view Forensic scientist could now compare a know bullet station to an unknown, at the same time and from there could match them up Uses two separate optical paths instead of just one, and produces a 3D image of the specimen Stereoscopic microscope; wide field view, great depths of focus, large working distance, makes it ideal for viewing bulky items The refracted light beams are polarized, both polarized lights pass through the set perpendicular to the first crystal To measure spectra of microscopic samples or microscopic areas on samples The infrared micro spectrophotometer identifies the specimen, and is usually...
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...The most interesting thing I observed in today’s microscope lab was that I was able to view algae from a sample of pond water. The total magnification which I made the observation was 450. Been able to see algae just with the sample of pond water is amazing because whenever I see pond water I never think about what it beholds I just thought of it as water and nothing spectacular. 2. In the plant cell I observed the chloroplast organelle. My observations for the chloroplast organelle was that the shape was a circle and very tiny. I also I learned that the function of the chloroplast organelle is to conduct photosynthesis. In the animal cell I observed the nucleus. My observations for the nucleus was that the shape was a oval. When you look through the microscope it looks like a nucleus inside of the nucleus. I also I learned that the animal cell of the nucleus is to hold genetic code (DNA). 3. If I looked at bacterial cells with the microscope, I would expect to see neither one. Due to bacteria is a prokaryotic cell. Though, bacteria cells is a living thing but it’s much simpler and smaller, with no nucleus and a simpler membrane. Animal cells are the ones that consist of a nucleus and plant cells are the ones that consist of a organelles. 4. Animal cells don’t need cell walls. The function of cell walls is to formulate structure and animal cells don’t require that because they need space to move around. 5. From the seven properties of life I was able to identify...
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...refractor telescope uses lenses to magnify the image. The light first goes in the primary lens and then the light goes...
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...Optics Mirrors and Lenses Reflection We describe the path of light as straight-line rays Reflection off a flat surface follows a simple rule: angle in (incidence) equals angle out (reflection) angles measured from surface “normal” (perpendicular) Reflection Vocabulary Real Image – Image is made from “real” light rays that converge at a real focal point so the image is REAL Can be projected onto a screen because light actually passes through the point where the image appears Always inverted Reflection Vocabulary Virtual Image– “Not Real” because it cannot be projected Image only seems to be there! Virtual Images in Plane Mirrors Hall Mirror Useful to think in terms of images LEFT- RIGHT REVERSAL Curved mirrors What if the mirror isn’t flat? light still follows the same rules, with local surface normal Parabolic mirrors have exact focus used in telescopes, backyard satellite dishes, etc. also forms virtual image Concave Mirrors Curves inward May be real or virtual image For a real object between f and the mirror, a virtual image is formed behind the mirror. The image is upright and larger than the object. Convex Mirrors Curves outward Reduces images Virtual images Use: Rear view mirrors, store security… Refraction Light also goes through some things glass, water, eyeball, air The presence of material slows light’s progress interactions with electrical properties of atoms The “light slowing factor” is called the index...
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...For other uses, see Lens. A lens. Lenses can be used to focus light. A lens is an optical device which transmits and refracts light, converging or diverging the beam.[citation needed] A simple lens consists of a single optical element. A compound lens is an array of simple lenses (elements) with a common axis; the use of multiple elements allows more optical aberrations to be corrected than is possible with a single element. Lenses are typically made of glass or transparent plastic. Elements which refract electromagnetic radiation outside the visual spectrum are also called lenses: for instance, a microwave lens can be made from paraffin wax. The variant spelling lense is sometimes seen. While it is listed as an alternative spelling in some dictionaries, most mainstream dictionaries do not list it as acceptable.[1][2] Contents * 1 History * 2 Construction of simple lenses * 2.1 Types of simple lenses * 2.2 Lensmaker's equation * 2.2.1 Sign convention of lens radii R1 and R2 * 2.2.2 Thin lens equation * 3 Imaging properties * 4 Aberrations * 4.1 Spherical aberration * 4.2 Coma * 4.3 Chromatic aberration * 4.4 Other types of aberration * 4.5 Aperture diffraction * 5 Compound lenses * 6 Other types * 7 Uses * 8 See also * 9 References * 10 Bibliography * 11 External links * 11.1 Simulations History | This section requires expansion with: history...
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...The use of 1 Microscopes Name: Khulud Abdulaziz Nazer ID: U00045236 September 23 2014 General biology lab Section: 13 T Instructor: Tasneem Obaid Introduction: Microscopes are instruments used to enlarge objects that are too small to be seen by one’s eyes. Microscopy is the science of the examination of small objects using microscopes. Technically we have two types of microscopes, the optical microscope which was first invented in late 1500s. It uses light and glass lenses (objectives) to magnify the image of an object up to 4X, 10X, 40X and a 100X. The second type is the electron microscope which was developed at early 1900s, it uses an electron beam in the place of light and electromagnets in the place of objectives to allow a much higher resolution up to two million times. In this experiment we will be using the optical microscope and not the electron microscope to examine specimens, as it is available in almost all the laboratories. In addition, the costs of the optical microscope is too low compared to that of the electron microscope. Moreover, the optical microscope can be stored in normal room temperature and pressure not requiring a vacuum as the electron one does. Materials: Compound light microscope and stereomicroscope. Prepared dry mount of the letter “e” . A plug. Method: First of all, we used a compound light microscope to assess the letter “e”. We followed the following procedure; A slide of dry mount of letter “e” was...
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