Leonardo Da Vinci is best known as an artist and the painter of the Mona Lisa. However, in his lifetime, Da Vinci was interested in many other things as well, like science, math, and literature. One of his interests was cartography, the study of maps. When Leonardo was born, maps were very rare. He once presented a map he had drawn to a military general in order to impress him. This map of an Italian city was very Intricate, showing every building and street. Da Vinci was highly talented, which is impressive because he taught himself much of what he knew. In what ways was Leonarda Da Vinci a talented many? RACE response format is required. (Restate, Answer, Cite Textual Evidence, Elaborate/Explain)

What was the turning point for the soviets allowing them to regain power and turn back the germans?

Which line from extremely loud and incredibly close reveals a melancholy tone? as for the bracelet mom wore to the funeral, what i did was i converted dad’s last voice message into morse code, and i used sky-blue beads for silence, maroon beads for breaks between letters . . she said it was the best gift she’d ever received. i asked her if it was better than the edible tsunami, from when i was interested in edible meteorological events. she said, “different.” i wanted to tell her she shouldn’t be playing scrabble yet. or looking in the mirror. or turning the stereo any louder than what you needed just to hear it. it wasn’t fair to dad, and it wasn’t fair to me. i made her other morse code jewelry with dad’s messages—a necklace, an anklet, some dangly earrings, a tiara—but the bracelet was definitely the most beautiful, probably because it was the last, which made it the most precious.

Write about three symbols that you find in the story and what each symbol means. the meaning should be on the topic of knowledge vs. ignorance, the relationship of knowledge to freedom, and both the good and bad associated with gaining knowledge. use this example as a model for your "the prisoner who is set free and leaves the cave represents a person who gains knowledge, and his experiences show both the positive and negative effects of learning something new." write about what you think plato is trying to tell us about knowledge vs. ignorance and the relationship of knowledge to freedom in this story. be sure to include what he says about the cost (the pain).