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Is this still true at the end?- I think this could be answered either way. 
I think that Nick hates the way money makes people act and that the rest of the characters are so caught up in this that it causes the outcome (or tragedy) at the end of the book.
        
             
        
        
        
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Bacteria grow surprisingly rapidly at room  temperatures
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Bacteria grow most rapidly in the range of temperatures between 40 °F and 140 °F, doubling in number which indicate the falling into the Danger Zone. Foods in the Zone are potentially hazardous to humans that might either cause illness or death and it has been exstimated that up to 9,000 illnesses yearly are directly linked to foodborne pathogens .
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
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As time goes by. and water goes through the water cycle again and again. The amount of water on Earth stays the same. However one could argue with this due to global warming since our icebergs/glaciers are melting adding to sea-level rise.
 
        
             
        
        
        
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The story depicts the death of an old man called Teofilo. His grandsons, Leon and Ken make preparation for the burial. They don'r want Father Paul to be involved with the burial process because they want to bury their grandfather in a traditional way, not in a Catholic one. However, Father Paul hopes to integrate his beliefs into theirs as much as possible by practicing the ritual described in the excerpt. 
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