Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe.
What effect does the setting have on Jonathan's
thoughts and feelings?
At first he went daily, then every other day and finally
once a week, to the offices of the Coal Corporation
where he used to be a miner, to find out what was
what. The only thing he did find out in the end was that
that little house of his was even a greater blessing than
he had thought. Some of his fellow ex-miners who had
nowhere to return at the end of the day's waiting just
slept outside the doors of the offices and cooked what
meal they could scrounge together in Bournvita tins.
As the weeks lengthened and still nobody could say
what was what Jonathan discontinued his weekly visits
altogether and faced his palm-wine bar.
O Jonathan becomes more grateful for his house and
the new business he has started.
O Jonathan becomes suspicious of why the other ex-
miners continue to sleep outside the offices.
O Jonathan learns that he must be less persistent with
the mine owners if he wants the offices to open
anytime soon.
O Jonathan is grateful that the offices have not
reopened and stops going to check on the workers.

pandas are endangered because of habitat destruction by humans.

as of 2014 there were around 2,000 left, since then, it supposedly has risen 17%.

they are a very endangered species.

-theoneandonly003

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).

the flighty purpose never is o'ertook / unless the deed go with it"

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