Imagine that you have only ever lived in the arctic, and have never seen a swamp or palm trees. or, imagine you grew up in the desert and have never seen the ocean, or a lake. now, imagine that you are thrust into that completely foreign environment. what would you notice? what details would you remember? you will use this perspective to write a two- to three-minute speech, clearly describing the new environment with vivid and imaginative details. imagine that you are presenting the speech to a group of scientists back home. your speech will show your reaction to the new environment, and must clearly communicate the reality of the situation. because this is a formal speech, be sure to follow all standard grammatical rules and proper english. write out your speech and present it to your friends and family as if they were members of the scientific group.

cause they were to dumb to get their college education to become a real   : )

taken from the novel “the adventures of huckleberry finn” by mark twain (1884), the author narrates about social issues and norms related to morality, prejudice, and slavery. twain included the excerpt above in order to discuss a moral conflict that huck is in: following the moral values he has received from the society in which he lives. moreover, there are moral issues such as gilt and blame discussed here. in the excerpt above, which is part of chapter xvi, huck faces a dilemma: jim to escape or telling miss watson about jim’s flight. huck feels confused, since by choosing one action or another someone is going to get hurt. both jim and miss watson have him in different ways; jim has protected him and has been very kind with him and miss watson has him with his education. the following sentence is a clear example of the dilemma huck faces when he narrates what his conscience tells him: “what had poor miss watson done to you that you could see her niger go off right under your eyes and never say one single word? ”.