Emergence
Laurie Freeman
University of Phoenix
PHL 215
Candice Shehorn
June 23, 04
Abstract
From a metaphorical description of Rodney and his colony, we travel through some of the concepts that language contains to allow a person to think and share their thoughts. We will see how language can endow a person's life or restrict their thinking. Language improperly used can also twist reality, blurring the line between truth and falsehoods.
Emergence
As the sun sets, Rodney emerges from deep underneath the forest floor. Slipping through the shadows his colony follows him. Dim reminders of an ancient past, cockroaches are like owning a living fossil. Madagascar roaches are very similar to prehistoric cockroaches that lived on earth during the Carboniferous period, 250 million years ago. They have survived the major mass extinctions on earth. A lethal dose of radiation for a human is 8oo rems. "Â…The lethal dose for the German cockroach is between 90,000 and 105,000......
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