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Nicholas Phipps Professor Harris  English Composition II 8 April 2019          (hook)The Nature Aisle of the Caribbean, Dominica, has 61.3% of its island covered with forest or about 46,000 hectares. This makes the island classified as primary forest which is the most biodiverse form of forest. The island has great soil and receives enough rainfall a year to support the cash crops they have growing.(bridge)    Dominica uses this to its advantage, as their one of their main sources of income comes from their agriculture and the selling and trading of natural resources. With the island being so forested and naturistic, it optimizes in opportunity for such beautiful sights all around the island. Thus, causing the countries tourism in recent years to increase and become the islands biggest source of currency.(thesis) Whether it’s the sell and trade side of agriculture in Dominica or the luxurious nature that brings in tourism, Dominica best benefits economically from the natural res
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Research Project Highlights

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For my research essay I am focusing my writing on how Dominica's agriculture can benefit the people on the island and bring in money for the economy. Dominica is an island with the nickname "The Nature Isle of the Caribbean" for the beautiful agriculture the island holds. Dominica has wide range of mountains and is contained of mostly forest. With so much agriculture the country has so many ways to take advantage of it. One of the best ways the country takes advantage of the agriculture is selling or trading products that comes naturally from within the island. The country makes million of dollars a year with the sell of all natural products sold. Their two best selling crops would be tobacco and bananas which are widely grown throughout the islands. That is not the only thing Dominica specializes in when its comes to their agriculture. Dominica also has very good tourism. With so many beautiful spots on the island there are a lot of tourist that like to walk the trails a
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Blog corrections post 5

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In the novel "Tetiyette" the author tells a story that takes place in Guadalupe. Through the story there is a mother who tried to set her daughter up with a man who she thinks is the right man for her. Every man the daughter comes in contract with she rejects them and tells her mother that she does not wanna be with him. In the village they live in there is a devil lurking upon the people of the living there. The devil is dressed in really nice clothes and  has all types of fancy gold on. The devil had an eye on Tetiyette and saw a chance to get with her. Tetiyette says yes, after he asked her out and  the devil and her ended up getting married. The mother and father tried to warn Tetiyette and tell her that he is the devil. The mother tells her to stab him with a pin and if he oozes blood then he is the devil. She does it and blood oozes out so she knows her mother is right but, she still decides to lie and say the blood flows out. The warning her mother gave her were right
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Little Cog-burt vs Cotton Candy

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In the two stories "Little Cog-burt" and "Cotton Candy", they shared some similar traits but differed in ways. The main similarity is that the conflict is upon two girls that live on an island in the Caribbean and both have a conflict within another character in their story. The story Little cog burt dealt with a women (Moria) coming to piece over the decision of letting dark children join in on the Christmas party. This is just from the way she was brought up and how things were done as a kid. Her husband thought it would be right to let all the kids join because it seemed like the patriotic thing to do and also everyone else was doing it as well. Moria couldn't wrap her mind around the thought of them doing it. Throughout the story she comes to conclusions and has a few discussions which helped her come together on the idea of the dark kids joining the party. The story the Cotton Candy could relate in similar way due to the girl (Lola) in that story wanting
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Tetiyette and The Devil

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In the novel "Tetiyette" the author tells us about a story that takes place in Guadalupe. Through a story there is a mother who tried to set her daughter up with who she thinks is the right man for her. Every man the daughter comes in contract with she rejects them and tells her mother that she does not wanna be with him. In the village they live in there is a devil lurking the people of the village. The devil is dressed in really nice clothes and  has all types of fancy gold on. The devil had an eye on Tetiyette and took his shot to get with her. Tetiyette says yes and her and the devil end up getting married. The mother tries to warn Tetiyette and tells her that she is the devil. She tells her to stab him with a pin and if he oozes blood then he is the devil. She does it and blood oozes out so she knows her mother is right and she still decides to lie and say the blood flows out. The warning her mother gave her were right and after they got married the devil began to try to
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What to know about Dominica

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Dominica is a island located in between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. This luxurious island is famously known as " The Nature Island of the Caribbean" due to the beautiful natural aspects it provides.The island consist of wide range of mountains and rain forest. Dominica also has the second largest thermally active lake in the world called Boiling Lake. Dominica was colonized by the Europeans and it was the last island in the Caribbean to be colonized by them. The capital of Dominica is Roseau and the second largest city is Portsmouth. The type of government they have in Dominica is a Parliamentary Democracy but within the common wealth it is republic. The people do speak English and French patios there which could be classified further as creole. The population of the people in Dominica are mainly of African Descent, with few Europeans, Indians and Caribs. The majority of the population is Roman Catholic. The economy in Dominica is not to good. Dominica is
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Facts on Dominica (Blog post 1)

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Dominica, also known as "Commonwealth of Dominica", is a small island in the Caribbean located in the west indies. It is accumulated with Windward  Islands in the Caribbean Sea. It has big mountains, hot springs, and tropical rain forest filled with wildlife. Dominica has been nicknamed the "Nature Isle of the Caribbean" due to its beautiful nature. The capital of Dominica is Roseau, which contains a variety of timber houses and botanic gardens. Currently the population of Dominica is 73,925 people. A majority of the people that live here are Roman Catholic. Dominica is one of the few Caribbean islands to be republic. In Dominica they speak English but their vernacular language is Dominican Creole French. The music they like listening to comes in many styles and genres. Some of the genres are calypso, reggae, soca, kompa, and rock and roll. Dominica also host the World Creole Music Festival. In the earlier years of Dominica, people used carvings and clay to make ar
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