This essay focuses on  the dessendants by matt king. Describe these and with reference to 2 other course texts discuss what these were and whether or not they were beneficial to him and those he interacted with, especially his daughters, his relatives and the environment. Length: 6 – 8 pages.

 the dessendants by matt king

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In “The Descendants” Matt King undergoes some significant changes. Describe these and with reference to 2 other course texts discuss what these were and whether or not they were beneficial to him and those he interacted with, especially his daughters, his relatives and the environment. Length: 6 – 8 pages. Your paper must have a clear thesis at the end of the introductory paragraph that answers the question/topic you chose to write on.

Your essay should deal with three course texts in some detail. Although you may refer to as many others as you wish. You may not use more than one internet source in writing your paper. Your paper should quote material from the texts you use and be fully document. Write on one of the following topics:

The term ‘environment’ is widely used and has a broad range of definitions, meanings and interpretations. What does the term ‘environment’ mean? In popular usage, for some people, the term ‘environment’ means, simply, ‘nature’: Other words, the natural landscape together with all of its non-human features. Characteristics and processes. To those people, the environment is often closely related to notions of wilderness. Pristine landscapes that have not been influenced – or, at least, that have been imperceptibly influenced – by human activities.

However, for other people, the term ‘environment’ includes human elements to some extent.

Many people would regard agricultural and pastoral landscapes as being part of the environment, whilst others are yet more inclusive and regard all elements of the earth’s surface – including urban areas – as constituting the environment. Thus, in popular usage, the notion of the ‘environment’ is associated with diverse images and is bound up with various assumptions and beliefs that are often unspoken – yet may be strongly held. All of these usages, however, have a central underlying assumption: that the ‘environment’ exists in some kind of relation to humans. Hence the environment is, variously, the ‘backdrop’ to the unfolding narrative of human history, the habitats and resources that humans exploit, the ‘hinterland’ that surrounds human settlements, or the ‘wilderness’ that humans have not yet domesticate or dominate.

In its most literal sense, ‘environment’ simply means ‘surroundings’ (environs

); hence the environment of an individual, object. Element or system includes all of the other entities with which it is surround. However, in reality, individuals, objects, elements and systems rarely exist in isolation; instead, they tend to interact to varying extents with their surrounding entities. Therefore, it is not particularly helpful to conceptualise the ‘environment’ without including in that conceptualisation some notion of relationship. Individuals, objects, elements and systems influence – and are in turn influenced by – their surroundings. Indeed, the networks of relationships that exist between different entities may, in some cases, be extensive and highly complex.