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The Help by Kathryn Stockett takes place during the 1960s in Jackson Mississippi. During this period, we see the segregation of blacks dominated by the white supremacy in southern United States. In the novel, Kathryn Stockett uses the character of Skeeter Phelan, an educated white lady who acts on her rebellious nature by breaking the … Read more
Liesel’s Catastrophic Trauma Transformation of Change Change is an important part of life. It is very interesting to see how one can change their personality and their beliefs. It is also very fascinating to see how one can realize that this world is not the world that you thought of. In the novel, The Book … Read more
Many scholars offer different interpretations to the meaning of the poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Several of them interpret the poem as a test of knighthood virtues and believe the first failure of Sir Gawain’s knightly virtue happens during the green girdle test. A particular journal, “The Meaning of ‘Sir Gawain and the … Read more
Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois, both early advocates of the civil rights movement, drafted, instilled, and instituted appropriate strategies and solutions to the discrimination and ideals of racial inferiority experienced by African-American Men and Women of the nineteenth and twentieth Centuries. Despite having the same common goal (Universal Tolerance of the … Read more
In the novel, As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner writes through the perspectives of several different characters. With this approach, we have a range of lenses to view the story from and are not limited to a single character’s opinion. Entering the story, a family of five children and their father are embarking on a … Read more
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. ” President Lincoln made many statements like this, that portrayed his personal opinion along with an idea we should all agree with. With Lincoln as president of the United States of America we were able to learn a lot about ourselves as a country … Read more
In Vietnam veteran and author Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried the reader is given a list of both the physical and mental items that a soldier has to carry during war. The way O’Brien incorporates these lists into his writing indisputably makes the events and stories conceivable for the reader because each item defines … Read more
takes courage to know what you think is right and how you act upon it. Throughout the book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred D Taylor uses Cassie Logan as an example of a courageous 9 year old girl that stands up for her convictions and putting aside many problems against her and her … Read more
35. Within this paragraph Fitzgerald crafts the allusion of the holy grail as a major part of Gatsby’s dream. As Gatsby’s dream is compared with the journey to find the holy grail, Fitzgerald depicts the inherent failure of the dream. That Gatsby has “committed himself” (149 Fitzgerald) to himself to an object which is unachievable … Read more
In the book “Legend” by Marie Lu, I would like to have Day be my best friend out of all of the characters. Day has been nothing but caring throughout the whole book to Tess and other characters such as June and his little brother Eden, which is a characteristic that I really admire about … Read more
The transition from childhood to adulthood is never easy. For the characters in Julia Alvarez’s book In the Time of the Butterflies and Elizabeth Nunez’s Bruised Hibiscus, the struggles to grow into one’s self are even starker in worlds of brutality and strife. As both works of historical fiction and coming-of-age narratives, these stories stray … Read more
Quote 1: “I reflected. Poverty looks grim to grown people; still more so to children: they have not much idea of industrious, working, respectable poverty; they think of the word only as connected with ragged clothes, scanty food, fireless grates, rude manners, and debasing vices: poverty for me was synonymous with degradation. ” (pg. 18) … Read more
Vince Lombardi When you think about the Super Bowl what thoughts come to mind? You might think about parties, half time shows, or even commercials, but did you know that the Super Bowl trophy is named after Vince Lombardi? Today I am going to take you on a journey of why Coach Lombardi was a … Read more
Clueless was directed by Amy Heckerling and released in 1995. 2. The main character in Clueless is a blonde haired, blue eyed girl named Cher Horowitz. Cher’s father is a litigator, which is “the scariest kind of lawyer,” according to Cher. Judging by her father’s job and her brand new white jeep with “four-wheel drive, … Read more
America’s education system seems to be getting more costly as time goes on. These days, it is rare that a student graduates from college without being thousands of dollars in debt. There are many different areas of study that a student can choose from, and each college has its own curriculum. But, even given the … Read more
In the comparison of two novels, Wise Blood by Flannery O’ Connor and Maus I & Il by Art Spiegelman, it is first important to understand the objective differences between the two. The former is a fictional telling of Hazel Motes’ world – where he is at a constant struggle to understand his own faith … Read more
KYLE (CONT’D) There’s the look I was waiting for. Kyle hugs Morris. INT. REHABILITATION CENTER BEDROOM – DAY Morris crosses out in red “walking” from his goal list. INT. HALLWAY – DAY Later. Morris practices walking down the hallway. He takes a few steps, then clenches onto the railing in the hallway. He takes a … Read more
A majority of Shakespeare’s plays include significant presence of female characters that reveal his views regarding woman’s role during the time period. Generally, women during the Shakespearean time period were obligated to suppress their opinions and were stripped from rights that women in the twenty-first century possess. They were expected to manage the household, as … Read more
Nordstrom was established in 1901 and was a retail store for shoes. Among the stores many goals was to offer a wide selection of merchandise with outstanding quality and service. It was twenty two years before they added a second store, and eventually became one of the largest shoe store chains in the United States. … Read more
Henry S. Truman was born on May eighth, 1884 in the farm town of Lamar, Missouri. As a young man he aspired to go to West Point, but his poor eyesight Page 1 prevented him from that. Instead after college he helped on his family farm and eventually served in the Missouri National Guard. His … Read more
Guatemala covers 42,042 sq mi and it has a population of over 17 million. Guatemala City, which is the capital is the city with the largest population. Guatemala has a very mixed ethnicity. Over half of the population is Mestizo and European. The other part of the population has a very diverse ethnicity. In Guatemala, … Read more
Civil Rights Movements in Alabama Segregation was a way of life in the South at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Many people treated others terribly because the color of their skin and went on without it even fazing them, they all went on thinking it was okay, when it was not morally right. African … Read more
When a reader reads a short story they need to pay attention because even the smallest of details are important. This proves to be true due to analysis of the surroundings of the characters and how they react to them. In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants,” the main conflict is a man … Read more
By many, poetry is looked upon as being a language of its own. It’s a way of creatively expressing unique emotions, thoughts, and beliefs with the use of many literary devices. American poetry has been the most important form of writing throughout history. Many famous authors, such as Lucille Clifton, used poetry to document the … Read more
Keith Jesperson, also known as the Happy Face Killer, is a Canadian-American serial killer who murdered at least 8 women in the United States in the 1990s. Growing up, Jesperson lived with his parents Leslie and Gladys Jesperson, and was the middle child of two brothers and two sisters. Jesperson did not grow up in … Read more
What does the American Dream mean? Is it this perfect life? Who is able to obtain this dream? The American Dream was debauched back in the 1920’s and it really made this concept of the American dream very elusive and a bit illogical. It was viewed as too perfect in a sense. In The Great … Read more
The difference between Ethiopia and America culture There is a lot of difference between my culture and the USA. And I really love my culture because I grew up on it. Now that I am in america I know American’s culture. When I compare these two cultures, I can see that they are not similar. … Read more
Standardized testing has been a growing controversial topic in America for several years. Should students be forced to take standardized test? Should teachers’ pay be based on those test results? How much preparation should be done for the test? Are students taking to many standardized tests? These are only some of the questions that have … Read more
During World War I, there were many issues that surrounded the health of troops. The lack of medical advancement and the knowledge of it, then the struggle of keeping ones self-healthy throughout combat were key points to survival. During World War I in less than a year, American troops suffered more than 318,000 injuries 120,000 … Read more
Richard Wright is an African American writer who wrote about the hardships he faced in the South in the early 1900s. Wright grew up at a time when segregation and discrimination were rampant. He became famous later on in his life because of the many books he wrote, including his autobiography Black Boy, which depicts … Read more
Most biblical historians and theological scholars have determined that the Great Flood as told in Genesis occurred sometime around 2500BC. In Genesis 6 through 8 it tells of how God who became dissatisfied with the wickedness of mankind causes a flood in order to destroy mankind. Before the flood, however, God finds a righteous man … Read more
The Crips are a mostly an black gang. They were founded in Los Angeles, California in 1969 mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams. What use to be an alliance between two autonomous gangs is now a loosely connected network of individual sets, often engaged in open warfare with each other. Its members usually wear … Read more
After being underground for many centuries, the discovery of the Templo Mayor opened new possibilities and information about what the daily lives and religion of the Aztecs consisted of. Beginning in the 1940s, Pablo Martinez del Rio and Antonieta Espejo began to explore Mexico. In their quest, they explored the portico of the Church of … Read more
Women in Classical Greece and Women in Ancient China Classical Greece (2100 BC – AD 500) and Ancient China (350 BC – AD 600) were two of the most influential and important civilizations of all time. However, the topic of how these two societies treated women is often disregarded in favor of talking about things … Read more
For generations, authors have communicated to the reader through fictional stories known as myths. These myths, set in a fictional place or time, identify difficulties within the given theme which are directly relatable to societal issues today. The popular novel The Hobbit is a great example of a myth that correlates to society today. Although … Read more
One of the many social problems here in America are the high rate of African Americans placed in the prison system. According to NAACP, from 1980 to 2008, the number of people incarcerated in America quadrupled-from roughly 500,000 to 2. 3 million and out of the 2. 3 million incarcerated 1 million are African Americans. … Read more
Hyperbole- Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. “I must have told you that a thousand times”(Porter, 413). The effect of the hyperbole in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” is showing that even sick, granny still has a quick temper in teaching her kids life lessons. This brings her character more to … Read more
More than two million people in the US self injure a day, privilege for those with lighter skin is still being granted, and a woman’s natural hair is still not fully accepted in American culture, but isn’t black America still a part of America? From the year 1619 until present day, the social and mental … Read more
Imagine waking up one morning to find that you are in a completely unfamiliar place. First, there were a few new neighbors, then more and more foreigners came along and now your whole town seems foreign. All the local shops are bought by corporations and the old ways of life have been altered. This is … Read more
PSYU 511 Mental Health and Substance Use Assessments: the DHSI and the ASI The Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory (DSHI) The rising prevalence of reports of individuals who have selfharmed, and the lack of an agreed-upon definition of what constitutes self-harm, led to the creation of the DHSI, or the Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory (Gratz, n. d. ). … Read more
Disabled people must fight their environment just to live day to day. They are often dehumanized and judged. Instead of being viewed a human with rights, thoughts, and feelings they are viewed as a mistake or tragedy. Disabilities cannot define who someone is, and disabled people should not be victims of segregation, discrimination, and degradation. … Read more
Both Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X were at a disadvantage at one time because of language. The mastery of the English language served as a double-edged sword towards Douglass, in contrast, it became a stepping stool for Malcolm X. The time and environmental differences between the two individuals affected their motives of learning the English … Read more
David Icke, an author, conspiracy theorist, and former football player and sportscaster once said “The human race is a herd. Here we are, unique, eternal aspects of consciousness with an infinity of potential, and we have allowed ourselves to become an unthinking, unquestioning blob of conformity and uniformity. A herd. Once we concede to the … Read more
Leadership. A trait, it has been said, that an individual is born with and cannot be acquired, denoting that it is in the gene pool of an individual’s family ancestry. Others contend that leadership is an acquired talent, one that can be instilled within an individual through training, modeling and mentoring. While there is validity … Read more
Lonely: Sad because one has no friends or company. Loneliness is the sadness that comes to everyone once in their life time. The sheer isolation driving people insane. Loneliness is the base of Crooks’s life. Every day, he’s separated from the rest of the workers and living in his own room, which almost no one … Read more
I think school should started later because kids need a full sleep. I think if school started later kids would learn better and not sleep in class. A later school start time has a positive effect on students’ grades. A later start gives students a longer attention span and a better morning. Schools should make … Read more
Interpersonal growth is influenced by a combination of internal and external factors. An individual’s transition from childhood to adulthood (bildungsroman) is influenced by family and community but also by internal values and ideas. Often, these external factors influence the internal factors. In House on Mango Street, Cisneros highlights how Esperanza’s coming-ofage is influenced by her … Read more
Karnig Panian’s memoir is a touching story of the tragedies faced as a child, during the Great War (WWI). Recalling his path during the genocide of Armenian Christians. After a spiraling journey, Karnig overcame the obstacles he faced. Karnig’s continuous faith and survival help allowed him to keep his Arminian identity. Panian’s peaceful life as … Read more
Tomahawk racism out of sports teams! A fight over whether some names of sports teams are racist and should be forced to change them. The Washington Redskins is the main target because it is by far the most racist in the eyes of Native Americans. One of the many arguments is if the term “Redskins” … Read more
Food. Food. Food. The aroma fills the empty spaces and permeates the walls. I can smell from miles away. My stomach turns and rumbles. My mom and dad are amazing cooks. I have many favorite dishes, and my parents are always trying out new recipes. Every day, I come home from school and expect to … Read more