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Monsters are imaginary creatures that humans created. People’s fears, worries, or anxieties have been used to create the fictional monsters. Monsters have features that society deem to be scary or bad. The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the novella The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka follow the story of a ‘monster’. Pushed away from society, … Read more
My first trip the rocky mountains in colorado was amazing. I had so much fun! It all started when a few days before summer break began last year when I overheard my step-dad and uncle talking about a hiking trip in Colorado that we were going to take sometime in the month of early July. … Read more
Proserpina was terrified as she entered Pluto’s world. Everything was so dark and cold, and she felt very lonely. She missed her mother terribly and all she kept thinking is how she disobeyed her mother and what would’ve happened if she would’ve just listened. As she rode beside Pluto in his chariot she looked around. … Read more
The Last Guy Who Did That… He Died! As my younger cousin, Travis, walked into the living room of my house, he looked for interesting things he could look at and touch. He started to slowly walk toward the broken, bottom half of our entertainment center. My siblings and I, enjoying our Thanksgiving dinner, watched … Read more
“Macbeth has murdered his king, becoming king himself and managed to escape the law. He is killed in battle but in many ways he has eluded punishment and committed the perfect crime”. Do you agree? The play Macbeth is written by William Shakespeare. This play was set in Scotland and focuses on a mighty and … Read more
Spanking, defined as the use of physical force in punishing children, takes many forms such as canning, belting or smacking. It has however received opposition from humanitarians and activists. However, research in different countries on parent’s perception of the same has yielded surprising results with the majority arguing that sometimes it is necessary to spank … Read more
Human Geography in the Life of a Pharmacist “How is the study of geography and geographic concepts going to be helpful in the study of pharmacy? ” The use of maps when tracking the outbreak of a disease has a direct impact on pharmacists and others in the medical field. For an example, maps can … Read more
David Mitchell’s article, “You can’t ban boredom… it’s a life skill” was published in The Guardian online in order to express his opinions on the recent ‘crackdown’ on ‘boring’ teachers by the Chief Inspector of Schools, Christine Gilbert; Having read and considered these arguments, I must agree with many of his views. Mitchell’s first point … Read more
I considered the gravitas of my actions only once before deciding to bandage a part of my body. I had wondered if girl I sit next to in Sociology lecture would believe the stories behind my injury. I had wondered if my friends would notice the injury and try to aid me as I walked … Read more
Itake a deep breath and shoulder my backpack. My ears perk up and listen for the familiar clink of the metal pins attached to my bag, but I don’t hear anything besides the sound of feet shuffling in the hallways and friends greeting each other. The pins aren’t there anymore, not after I took them … Read more
The film “When Harry Met Sally” is rife with examples of interpersonal communication victories and utter failures. The main characters- Harry Burns played by Billy Crystal and Sally Albright played by Meg Ryan-are captive to each other’s company during a car ride from Chicago to New York and quickly find they maintain very opposite viewpoints … Read more
“O, a story about the Black Man, how he haunts the forest” (Hawthorne 175). A collaboration between three major symbols can be seen as Pearl, the daughter of the main character, asks her mother HesterPrynne to tell her a story about the Black Man in the forest. Pearl is a changing symbol who started as, … Read more
The Romantic era of literature brought a reverent attitude towards nature, writes utilizing the external elements of their characters to ease emotional distraughtness and connect them with humanity. This interaction between people and their natural environments is attributed to ecological thinking, which is the recognizing of the natural world and its effects on the relationships … Read more
“What’s the Matter with Kids Today? ” is an article written by Amy Goldwasser, an author of young adult books. She has edited and written for various publications including, but not limited to Vogue magazine, The New York Times. Amy has been writing for many leading publishers for fifteen years. She currently lives in Manhattan … Read more
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are still somewhat of a mystery in the medical world. Most people believe that they are one in the same. More often than not, people use Alzheimer’s disease and dementia interchangeably, due to their similarities. This, coupled with the public’s lack of awareness of these subjects, contributes to mix-ups and misconceptions … Read more
Poetry is a collection of words that tell stories, paint pictures and stir up emotions. Poems can be interpreted differently by each reader. Some find a particular poem to have a specific meaning, while another could find a completely opposite meaning. Poems often use imagery and simile or metaphors to illustrate an idea, thought or … Read more
Exercise affects all people differently, specifically a person’s heart rate and blood pressure. After exercising your heart rate should increase and your blood pressure should decrease (Blood Pressure Association, 2008). The purpose of this lab was to determine which level of exercise would have the greatest impact on affected pulse and blood pressure. In this … Read more
In 1987, Nico was murdered. Nobody noticed who murdered him. He left behind one of his pennies whitch was covered with blood. There’s a tale that says whoever carries his pennies will be possessed by Nico’s ghost. The day is long and the night is short. Joy’s family decided to visit her grandparents house in … Read more
“Yes! ” Today was the day of my first golf tournament. I was tingling with emotion and excitement. Personally, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew this day was coming, hopefully one of many tournament days. On the first tee, I was as nervous as an athlete competing in the olympics. I met my … Read more
Life is full of incredulous and horrendous surprises. Mistakes are natural in human nature; humans can better themselves by facing and accepting their mistakes. In the short story “The Swimmer” by John Cheever, Ned Merrill swims through his neighbors’ pools to get home. This short story has a variety of symbolism that connects to the … Read more
When Julia moved to Virginia three years ago, we immediately became best friends, and she eventually explained the reason for her move. Her mother was an alcoholic and was progressively becoming worse. She knew her mother was unfit to make healthy parental decisions, so she moved in with her father. It was not very long … Read more
Love is… Love is one of the basic instincts to which all of the human race is affected. In James Joyce’s “Araby” and John Updike’s “A & P” show different ways that the protagonists are affected but these acts are unrecognized by the recipients of their love. The authors manage to apply a tone, style … Read more
Today, women represent almost half of the workforce in the labour department. There have been increasingly more opportunities for women to enter the labour market who are equally competitive in some fields as men. Despite the high amount of achievement and participation that women have made in the labor force in recent decades, they are … Read more
The period approximately from 1000 to the late 1300s can be concerned to be the time of full bloom of the Gothic cathedral. As the famous architectural style, the Gothic style was originated from France. In this essay, French gothic and English gothic have been selected to demonstrate how two historical periods can have many … Read more
“Mom! Why was not a designer baby? ” “Well, sweetie, your father and I did not have the money to design our own child like all of our friends were doing at the time. ” “I’m not as smart as all of the other kids in my class. I cannot run as fast as they … Read more
Many highly populated cities across the world rely on their location proximity to the coast for commerce and sustainability. Being located near large bodies of water allows for faster transportation for trading, and export/import routes. This easy access brings money and jobs to the cities which boosts economies. Trade and shipping are very important to … Read more
The day it all changed was the day when I met Otis Shemloh, the Otter of deduction. I bumped into him at a city block, and after the collision, he quickly said “Follow me. We are heading to a scene”, and without question, I followed. I have no logical reason as to why I followed … Read more
There was once a fair maiden named Cinderella. She lived with her stepmother; Lady Tremaine, and her two stepsisters Anastasia and Drizella. Unfortunately for Cinderella, she was always treated as a servant and a peasant at home. Due to her never socializing enough to actually have friends she was so desperate that she befriended mice. … Read more
One of the most recognized critiques of Aquinas is David Hume, who addressed the argument from design in his work Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Hume began by summarizing Aquinas’ logic, and the many alterations that followed. Essentially, Hume argued that attributing design in the natural universe to an intelligent creator is flawed in two ways. … Read more
As a dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale reflected a repressive society, through the first person point of view. Offred, the woman who brings the reader to her daily life in the Republic of Gilead, tells the story as it happens. She also leads the readers to her flashbacks, when Gilead did not exist, the times … Read more
There have been many forms of oppression throughout history. While many forms of oppression have been eradicated, many forms still exist in today’s society. Concerning the forms of oppression that have been eradicated, the question that comes to mind is how these forms of oppression were dealt with and what led to them being eradicated. … Read more
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel explores the lifestyle that many woman of Mexico were faced with during the Mexican Revolution around the years of 1910-1920. Published in 1989, the book gained so much support that a movie was produced to go along with it. Three years later, the book was translated to English … Read more
The Oxford dictionary states a drawing as ‘the formation of a line by drawing some tracing instrument from point to point of a surface; representation by lines; delineation as distinguished from painting… the arrangement of lines which determine form. ‘ So, by following this rule I have selected two drawings, one contemporary and one historical … Read more
What is the first thing listeners pay attention to when listening to a good song? The instrumental and how it shows the rhythm and base of the composition’s flow? The voice and how it shows the feeling and how it captivates people with the harmony? The lyrics and how it carries the melody while painting … Read more
Corruption is lurking around the corner, waiting for the perfect time to pounce on innocent people. Abuse of power is everywhere, like cockroaches hiding under your couch, once you see one you know they’re everywhere. Watch out, keep your wits about you and don’t trust anybody. Many superior people are taking advantage of their role … Read more
In Lorena Garcia’s book Respect yourself, Protect Yourself the situation of school sexual education is brought up with how it’s a bias system that lacks in teaching students proper sexual education. The system as Hochschild puts it “Research on sex education has revealed that sex education policies are informed by national and local struggles over … Read more
Interest groups are a key aspect of American politics in the world today. An interest group is an organization of people with shared policy goals that enter the policy making process at several points to try and influence the policy. The development of interest groups has led to the creation of three theories used to … Read more
“War is like love, it always finds a way” (Bertolt Brecht). Although one is pure and the other evil, the forces of both love and war influence the best stories. A more interesting topic emerges when a character must choose between loyalty to a loved one and devotion to government. In “The Sniper” and “Cranes” … Read more
Young children loves exploring their environment and surrounding. Head Start is a time for exploring and learning. Most children entered Preschool or Head Start at the age of three. As they enter these programs, children learn various subjects. Learning letters and their sounds is a child important step with their educational journey. When children master … Read more
Humans have performed dangerous stunts since the beginning of time. These daredevils, deemed as either utterly insane or as possessing death wishes, are usually viewed by society as mere lunatics: people who do not value their lives. On the surface they are laughed at, but underneath the public condescension and jeering they are viewed with … Read more
Mastering Baguette Food provokes lively, warm, jovial feelings for me; this is especially true during the holidays. Baked goods still sparks my olfactory sense and makes me reminisce of Christmas. When | recall these memories I am at my grandmother’s house as a young child. It starts when the oven door opens, vapors of brown … Read more
My Dearest Carlo, As you know, I went through a series of events to get to Ellis Island and my experience there is worth telling. I will tell you about my voyage there, the very maddening inspections, and all my little experiences in-between and after. Let me tell you about my journey to get to … Read more
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a powerful leader in the modern day feminist movement, once said in a speech presented at TEDxEuston, We Should All Be Feminists, “Some people ask: ‘Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that? ’ Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, … Read more
What exactly should we read in school? Is there a set of certain books that we should all read? It should be up to the student to decide what to read. People wonder why students don’t read outside of class, but maybe if teachers and administrators stop telling students what to read they will read … Read more
Amy Tan writes as many hidden things as the number of her story in Two kinds. As its complex structure suggests, the book tries to organize the the stories of mother and daughter with the intention of reaching the same destination: the daughter’s recovery of her cultural and ethnic identity as Chinese by overcoming the … Read more
In today’s world traditional families is not what you usually see anymore. You usually see a single mother or fathers taking care of their kids or you see biracial couples together. Sometimes you see a grandmother/grandfather or aunt/uncle raising the children because their parents simply cannot do so. Or occasionally you will see a lesbian/gay … Read more
The “Reunion” is the shortest yet most powerful reading by far. In my own opinion, the biggest thing we as humans waste is sweet, sweet time. It is taken way too much for granted, and it seems that we only appreciate it when we’ve realized we’ve run out of it. The people you take for … Read more
As stated by Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince “The means justify the end”. This novel was similar to a manual that taught royalty how they should conduct themselves. This famous quote was a means for justification for cruelty by royals as long as they were successful rulers in the end. Regardless of the fact that … Read more
The line “to be, or not to be, that is the question” refers to being alive or dead, but can apply to many different conflicts in life and within ourselves (III.i.62). The tragic play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, brings out many of these inner battles of madness with oneself, which can include choosing life … Read more
Even people that appear perfect have character flaws. While not always fatal theses flaws are there. Many people in today’s society have been brought up to hide their imperfections. Hiding them always seems to be the answer. As a whole species we want to please other people because, humans are social creatures. Almost everyone growing … Read more