Trudi Canavan Essays

  • Overview of Canavan Disease

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    Description Canavan Disease is a fatal neurological disease where there is significant damage to the nerve cells in the brain. There is a defect in the myelin sheath that causes many problems for the nervous system. The major problem is caused when the enzyme aspartoacyle is not present. This missing enzyme causes a chemical imbalance that causes this defect in the myelin sheath. The myelin in the brain destructs which makes it a spongy tissue. This causes overall muscle weakening and slower

  • Betrayal In The Maltese Falcon

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    Trudi Canavan once said, “Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope.” Life would be much easier if the truth was told first before a lie is put in its place to cover up when in reality it creates a much bigger problem than saying the truth from the start. Dashiell Hammett’s, The Maltese Falcon, is a classic example of detective fiction and pulp magazine. Hammett demonstrates this example using: society, corruption, and criminality in San Francisco in the