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5:45 a. m. , Wednesday, Boxing Day, 2013. I was sleeping soundly in my bed when the phone rang. I could hear the sound of someone getting up to pick up the phone. Shortly afterwards, I could hear the sound of weeping. I heard my Mom tell my Dad that Oma had passed away. Two … Read more
“Sometimes quiet is violent,” those words ring into the teeming stadium as thousands of zealous fans sing along. One of those fans happen to be myself, standing in the middle of the pit of people. Two shadowy silhouettes exist on stage; one on the piano and the other on the drums. Then suddenly the lights … Read more
The Roaring Twenties was a strong time period for mass American culture, morale, and the economy. Contributing to this economic prosperity was the agricultural and food industry. However, this boom did not continue for long. In the height of World War I, farmers were producing more goods than ever before. Britain and France presented a … Read more
When one thinks of meaningful work, generally, they think of labor that accomplishes a certain goal. One thinks of a prestigious job or occupation that has meaning to it, but meaningful work can mean a lot more than just a prestigious job or having meaning to something you do. Meaningful work can be defined as … Read more
The well-known Star Spangled Banner elaborates on the land of the free, and the home of the brave – but why does this free land exist, and who are the brave? The United States Armed Forces are the federal military forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, … Read more
A legacy leader is one who transforms their surroundings. Legacy leaders make lasting improvements to their communities that benefit future generation. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate why General (GEN) Benjamin 0. Davis Jr. was a legacy leader. This paper will illustrate how GEN Davis’ story has contributed to my own personal growth. … Read more
Victor Frankenstein wanted to create life. His conflicting motives, whether self-centered or for the betterment of humanity, is one of the driving forces in Mary Shelley’s Romantic novel Frankenstein. She vividly depicts Victor’s self struggle as he bitterly regrets animating a hideous monster who is responsible for the deaths of his friends and family. Although … Read more
Victor Frankenstein and the Monster he created are very similar in many different ways. It all starts out with Victor starting to study the dark science, so he can create a monster to be like himself. While he is making this monster, he doesn’t realize how ugly and scary it was coming out to be. … Read more
Social determinants of health are factors that influence the health of all people. There are 14 factors influencing health. Some of these factors include income, stress, education, employment, early childhood development, food insecurity, race, gender, etc. This paper focuses on housing and the impacts of housing on health based on a reading called Social determinants … Read more
Downfalls of Distracted Driving No matter the age a person may be, his/her actions affect others; especially when they’re operating a vehicle capable of injuring or taking one’s life. Distracted driving poses great risks to the driver’s life and others on the road as it increases the probability of a tragic accident. Numerous lives are … Read more
Greece was the birt ce of Western Civilization because its culture became the embodiment for the other western civilizations. The tale of the ancient Greek civilization showed an immense painful history of foreign supremacy. But their civilization was built on solid foundation and led by powerful leaders that created values, norms and customs that are … Read more
The novels Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury are both dystopias, but they are both very different ones with the same ideology behind them. In Brave New World, the World State is run by ten educated world controllers (one of them being Mustapha Mond) and the citizens are all … Read more
The changing nation reflected a growing sense of national pride in the United States during the Era of Good Feelings when United States citizens had a gleaming sense of nationalism and didn’t really care what the government did, The Age of Jackson when lower class citizens were just happy to have a president that wasn’t … Read more
Killers are born among sheep, because no one will ever suspect them from arising. The definition of insanity is, A defense for criminal liability that asserts a lack of criminal responsibility due to mental instability (Gaines & Miller p. 81). Throughout history there have been cases, where people have used the insanity defense to explain … Read more
There were many different issue that were addressed by FDR including some of the major problems like bank runs, unemployment, and even political policies. Overall he talks about the economy of the country and how it has been affected by the Great Depression. He begins his address by referring back to the problem and how … Read more
1. After the fall of Rome, Feudalism took hold as the new form of political organization instead of kings and local nobility. As a result, there was no longer a strong government to maintain the quality and safety of roads and bridges for public use and ravel became dangerous and even more difficult. The lords … Read more
“Well done is better than well said” (Poor Richard’s Almanac). Benjamin Franklin not only thought of quotes to help guide our daily lives, he lived them. Arguably the greatest genius of his time, Franklin was a hard worker, relentless learner, and passionate thinker. From a general perspective Franklin is a man who worked diligently in … Read more
Using two different languages in a dialogue can make it difficult for the audience to understand the message. However, if the audience understands both languages, it allows them to connect and perceive the intend of the meaning at a deeper level. Such as in Real Women Have Curves, by Josefina Lopez, the playwright focuses on … Read more
The Foundation for Economic Education’s article called “Fast Food and Personal Responsibility” by Ninos P. Malek talks about how ridiculous on how fast food restaurants are getting sued for humans becoming overweight. He goes into more detail by saying it’s personal responsibilities on what you eat every day. On the flip side, another article entitled … Read more
Jerome Murdough, a fifty-six-year-old ex-Marine, was looking for a safe place to sleep in 2013, when he was arrested and charged with trespassing. He was fined over two thousand dollars and, due to his insufficient funds, was sent to Rikers Island—where he met his end. Murdough was in the suicide watch section of the prison … Read more
Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is one of the most controversial pieces of literature read in schools to date. The novel was first banned one month after of its publication in 1885, and nearly 130 years since then, this novel continues to be challenged, censored, and abridged by parents, educators, and publishers all … Read more
An Inspector Calls How does Priestly develop the Character of Sheila Birling? In an Inspector Calls, Sheila Birling’s character is seen as a child that has been raised into an upper-class family and has become familiar with the luxuries and social standing lower classes wouldn’t dream of obtaining, her spoilt upbringing and deceiving parents have … Read more
Comedy and Tragedy as Foils Shakespeare is an author that is known to pair comedy and tragedy together as foils. Susan Snyder, a scholar author has stated, “The source tales of Romeo and Othello would, I think, suggest quite readily to Shakespeare the possibility of using comic convention as a springboard for tragedy” (Snyder 123). … Read more
What is motherhood to you? Are you still considered a “mother” if you aborted your only child? Suppose you have multiple children but aborted one, are you still a mother? Abortion was and still is a controversial issue in America. When you abort a child, you are taking the life of someone’s niece, nephew, cousin, … Read more
Campus rape is an extremely prevalent issue in today’s culture. According to Stanford University’s 2015 Campus Climate Survey, 4. 7 % of women reported that they had been a victim of sexual assault and 32. 9% reported experiencing sexual misconduct. Of those attacks, 80% of the perpetrators were Stanford students and 85% were men. Many … Read more
The Argument of the Honor Code in School Systems Having an honor code at a school generally varies by the belief system of that school and the surrounding area. However, a concise and proper honor code is something that can help the academic, social, and personal well-being of students and the community surrounding them (Stanford … Read more
“I’m crazy! ” Joan Crawford first says this in a scene where she is arguing with Greg Savitt about how he supposedly put Mr. Mayor above Joan. She yells at him for being a lousy gentleman to her and insults him and his career. Greg then goes up to her and beings to shake her … Read more
During the Civil War medical practice was in one of its earliest stages. This meant that medicine was not well practiced, things were not sterile, and doctors and nurses were not knowledgeable enough for the task at hand. Two thirds of men in the war died from disease rather than gunshots or weapon related injuries. … Read more
Over the course of American history, the waves of social revolution have repeatedly beaten back the injustices of man to form the society we inhabit today. Literature has proven to be a powerful tool to churn these waves of innovation, and it is in the significant literary pieces of a time that historians can identify … Read more
1) How does Oedipus treat those who are reluctant to obey him throughout the play? What does this tell you about his character? From the very beginning of the play we see that Oedipus, like many in power, does not handle well people who are reluctant to follow his lead. He often threatens to harm … Read more
When tragic events occur, society often points to the people who carried out the crime itself. However, often times the orders may come from a superior authority, and the automatic override to be obedient kicks in. Especially in the military, obedience is a form of order and without it, there would be no organization or … Read more
The text in this political cartoon is extremely important to the overall meaning. The text is found as a speech bubble over the penguins. The penguins are seen saying “It’s nothing guys- just a hoax perpetrated by prankster climate scientists in a vast worldwide conspiracy”. Bagley clearly uses a sarcastic tone in his choice of … Read more
The Motivations of Each Character in the Beowulf Epic (The Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations of Each Character in the Beowulf Epic) In the Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf, the hero, Beowulf, goes on a journey to the land of the Danes accompanied by the bravest of his men to kill a murderous monster, Grendel. Grendel is a … Read more
When reading any work of fiction, it is highly important to consider what the themes of that particular story might be. The theme expresses the main purpose of the fictional work to the audience and essentially has some type of meaning. Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Flannery O’Conner both demonstrate in their works, “A Very Old … Read more
John George Haigh was a 1940’s serial killer. He was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire but grew up in a village named Outwood, which is just west of Yorkshire. His parents were both members of the Plymouth Brethren, a conservative protestant sect. He did not have much space and had to stay within a 10 foot … Read more
The apartheid of South Africa and the segregation system of America divided the nations by skin color and allowed for human rights to be neglected. The segregation laws of the United States heavily influenced the future apartheid which explains the various similarities between the two systems; however, culture and environment constructed differences as well. The … Read more
“Whenever she had to warn us about life, my mother told stories that ran like this one, a story to grow up on. She tested out strength to establish realities. Those in the emigrant generation who could not reassert brute survival died young and far from home. Those of us in the first American generations … Read more
Sonia Nazario is an American journalist, born September 8, 196O in Madison Wisconsin to Argentinian-American parents. Nazario has been one of the youngest writers to have worked for the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal. She primarily writes about social justice issues such as poverty, drugs, immigration, and Latino statistics. She has won … Read more
The Civil War was a remarkable moment in history. This war went from 1861 to 1865, between the North and South of the United States. The North and South were drifting apart over time because of slavery and agriculture. The North wanted a unified country but the South wanted their own government. There were many … Read more
In Their Eyes Were Watching God a novel by African American writer Zora Neale Hurston from the Harlem Renaissance, Hurston shows the development of the character Janie Crawford throughout the story influenced by her marriages. Janie was raised by her grandmother, as she gets older she wants Janie to be happy so she marries her … Read more
The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate effective counselling skills by participating in a role play. I will be counselling a client for ten minutes, exploring the issues she is facing through the use of a vast amount of verbal and non- verbal communication. The scenario in which I will be basing my role … Read more
The Brain controls everything. An idea is created in the brain and it is planned to be made reality. Present day America is filled with inventions that have progressed over the years since they were first invented. Eli Whitney is the brain behind the cotton gin and interchangeable parts and Robert Fulton was the inventor … Read more
Imagine something that makes hundreds- no, thousands- of people miserable each year. Something that wastes billions of dollars. Something that decides the future of a child in one day. Sadly, such a thing exists. It is called standardized testing. Not only is it ineffective, it also hurts many different people in many different ways. First … Read more
(AGG) With great obsession of meaningless “stuff” comes with great consequences. (BS-1) People in the novel Fahrenheit 451 are way too focused on the irrelevant things in life. (BS-2) This has caused them to destroy their relationships with family and friends. (BS-3) Some people are “different” and actually care about living life to the fullest … Read more
“You don’t have to like each other, but you will respect each other. ” – Coach Boone. Remember the Titans is directed by Boaz Yakin, and stars Denzel Washington as Coach Herman Boone, Will Patton as Coach Bill Yoast, Wood Harris as Julius Campbell, and Ryan Hurst as Gerry Bertier. The movie is set in … Read more
The United States’ decision to bomb two cities of Japan, which we’re Nagasaki and Hiroshima, was not at all justified. Many people know that Japan deliberately attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, in order to strategically weaken the American Naval Base. However, the United States’ decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and … Read more
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out against racism during the Civil Rights movement in order to fight for equal rights for every race and end discrimination against African Americans. During the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968), there were many acts of civil disobedience, which led to violence and even deaths of … Read more
Social Justice has many definitions and uses in education and has abroad meaning depending on context. In education, social justice is a term used on how to create equality, fairness and respect for all students. Social justice means educational equality for all despite social economic status or race. According to Marzano (2000a) a school principal … Read more
First, I would like to discuss the fact that concussions are a well- known enough concern that allows people to make decisions on weather taking part in the game of football is worth the risk. In an article written in 2011 on ESPN. com, former Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew commented on whether he … Read more
Introduction: Tim Hortons is currently the largest fast food restaurant chain in Canada that provides a variety of products that appeal to a broad range of consumer preferences at relatively low prices. It is the fourth largest publicly traded quick service restaurant chain in North America based on market capitalization. (pg3) The quick service restaurant … Read more