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Applying the ?Hero?s Journey? to Camila Lautz
Catcher in the Rye 07/31/16
AP Lit/P.6
The Crisis of the Later Middle Ages 1300-1450
Prelude to Disaster
The Little Ice Age
The Great Famine (1315-1322)
Poor harvests as a result of bad weather conditions in the preceding years led to scarcity and starvation as almost all of northern Europe suffered a great famine
Many people afterwards referred to it as the ?seven lean years? in reference to the biblical book of Genesis
Typhoid epidemic strikes in 1316
In some places like modern day Ypres, Belgium as much as 10 percent of the population died between May and October alone
Vocabulary 7
1. Lacerate:
Definition-to tear roughly; mangle:
Synonyms-mangle, claw, gash, hurt, injure, puncture, rip, stab
Antonyms-aid, assist, cure, fix, help
Sentence- The man was lacerated; the bear gashed and hurt him badly.
2. Nefarious:
Definition-extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous:
Synonyms- heinous, horrible, outrageous, shameful
Antonyms- delightful, gentle, good, kind
Sentence- Adolf Hitler was not a delightful man, but instead a horrible villain that shamed Germany.
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