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DeNiro’s Game is a novel based around war and the effects it has both mentally and physically. The novel is set in the war torn country of Lebanon. The main characters, Bassam and George, are greatly affected by the war. Families are destroyed, there is major corruption, and they are forced to make the choice … Read more
7. El Barrio and the Upper East Side: It had been a crazy morning as I ran all over my house trying to find my jacket and boots. My mom had been admitted into the hospital that morning for a massive headache and all I could think about was whether or not she would be … Read more
Throughout The House on Mango Street, particularly in “No Speak English,” those who are not able to communicate effectively (or at all) are relegated to the bottom levels of society. Mamacita moves to the country to be with her husband, and she becomes a prisoner of her apartment because she does not speak English. She … Read more
Tam taking the life story of my mother Tammy Lynn Gallant to analyze in a sociological perspective. Tammy was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. She was born at the Grace Maternity Hospital, known today as the IWK Children’s Hospital, on November 13th 1978. Born to parents also known as my grandparents Kathleen Kharma, and … Read more
The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry depicts an African American family with many struggles, and by analyzing their struggles, certain lessons and the theme of this drama can be identified. While the family does seem to hold together, there are many problems that arise, such as having family issues, trying to … Read more
Stephany is a 29 year old woman who was born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey. So what ties Stephany to a specific ethnic group and culture? While Stephany was born and raised in America, her family immigrated from the Dominican Republic. In addition to identifying herself as Dominican, Stephany also considers herself to be … Read more
During the Civil War, many children participated in the war by joining the army as drummers or soldiers. Many others did not participate in the war and supported the household by helping mothers out when his or her fathers were at war. For those who were left behind at home, they did underground work and … Read more
I woke up to the sound of my alarm going off. “Would you turn that shit off. ” I heard James Kennedy, my foster father, yell. I quickly stopped my alarm and got up to walk downstairs. While walking down the stairs i slipped and fell straight on my ass bone. “Why can’t you even … Read more
On 06 September 2013 Detective Tim Elmore and I were at the Cleveland County Detention Center when we heard radio traffic from Patrol Sergeant Jon McIntyre requesting Criminal investigation Division on-call be notified of the event he responded to. Detective Tim Elmore called Sgt. McIntyre and was told McIntyre’s squad just responded to a shooting … Read more
Discuss Yezierska’s representations of gender roles and relationships in her novel Bread Givers. The story ‘Bread Givers’ observes the role and practices of the Jewish immigrant, particularly females in America coarsely after the world war on New York City specifically. The novel focuses on a family and the relationship between a father who is a … Read more
James Genn once said, “Drumming is like film directing. You build a framework for everyone to create something together. ” This perfectly describes Native American music, for the drums are the sole basis of the beat and keep the rhythm going. Once the beat gets going, everyone can jump in, dance, chant, and create more … Read more
The greatest gift God has given each one of us is the gift of life. Each one of us is individually made by God and He is the one who writes our story. Not one single person on this planet has the same personal story from another and that is the beauty of life. Because … 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
Universality of The Achievement of Desire In The Achievement of Desire, Richard Rodriguez talks about his experiences from when he was a young boy until he becomes an adult who have realized his life goals. As a boy, Rodriguez describes himself as a “good student” and a “troubled son” (Rodriguez 565) at the same time. … Read more
Scientific evidence reinforces the influence of supportive family relationships and correlates family support with positive patient outcomes. Alternatively, chronic disease is not only a stressor for the patient, but also for the family. This fact requires that nursing provide interventions to the family as well as the patient to ensure positive health and well being. … Read more
The play, Fences, presents a slice of life in a black tenement and is set in 1957 through 1965 by August Wilson. It has a main character by the name Troy Maxson, who spent most of his entire career life as a garbage collector (Gale, 3). Throughout the play, Troy undergo through rebellion and frustrations … Read more
In Kiss of The Fur Queen by Tomson Highway and Lightfinder by Aaron Paquette, storytelling by elders to a younger generation is shown to be a significant part of Indigenous culture and life. In both these novels storytelling portrays the lack of knowledge the younger generation have of their history, and how in some instances … Read more
A Changed Life In the historical fiction novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, a boy named Salva escapes from his village after the rebels attack. Before the rebels took over Salva’s village he went to school everyday. Each day after school his mother would always be waiting for him at home … Read more
Hiking the Appalachian Trail “In the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. ” said Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road. Many people live the way he describes, just doing everyday activities all their life. I want to do something memorable. … Read more
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter: Literature Analysis By:Nyanna Pepper The book I decided to read was The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards. I chosed this book because it demonstrated real life situations, teaching us lessons that 9th graders can use in their later future while creating fascinating storyline to keep the story entertaining. This story … Read more
Fallacy in Fred Ribkoff’s Shame, guilt, empathy, and the search for identity in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Modern tragedies are a direct representation of many people’s life in the present day. Some would be able to realize their tragic flaws and try to distinguish their identity or purpose, but for some, raw emotions … Read more
The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age. Reprint. HarperCollins. Source Summary: This book The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age written by Steiner-Adair brings the attention of families who are turned to the screen, children continually texting their friends, parents working online around the clock, … Read more
Mary Barnett, the mother of a six month old daughter, left for San Francisco to see her fiance. Leaving her daughter behind, she returned seven days later to find her child dead. After calling the police and telling them she left the child with a baby sitter, she later told them this was not true … Read more
Some works of literature portray childhood and adolescence as times graced by innocence and a sense of wonder. Others portray it as times of tribulation and terror. In J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, childhood seems to be shown more as times of innocence. Childhood is praised by the protagonist Holden Caulfield, as he … Read more
Themes are prominent statements in both film and novels that help to add substance to characters and plot; language or film techniques are used to express these themes. American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes, was released in 1999 and is a satirical insight into the lives of American families during the 1990’s. Golden Boys, by … Read more
In Greenview the Howth clock stood over the town like a guardian. ‘TICK TOCK TICK TOCK’ it went as it counted the hours, minutes and seconds of every day. On the outskirts was the Greenview forest which contained all the memories of our childhood, building forts and playing hide and go seek. On the other … Read more
Neglect is also an important factor leading to child death and was highlighted in the high-profile cases of Victoria Climbie (Laming 2003) and Danial Pelka. In Daniels case, weight loss, the stealing of food and how Daniel was withdrawn and showing little interaction with other children was all noticed by school staff, yet the school … Read more
For my Mise-en-scene analysis, I chose the contemporary film, Drive. Released in 2011, Drive is a crime and drama film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Ryan Gosling stars a no-name Driver who lives two lives. By day, he is a Hollywood stunt driver and garage mechanic. At night, he uses his driving skills to service … Read more
Having the luxury of great health and family, it can be difficult for me to see outside the realm of comfortability and see the daily hardships people experience. There are so many people without housing, stability, and monetary resources, and these people often find themselves wondering where they can find help and figure out what … Read more
Wickedness within selfnot to talk to anyone or trust anyone, not even his wife. “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a short story about Goodman Brown who leaves his wife, Faith to go on a journey into the woods. Faith asks him to stay with her but, he says he must leave just for … Read more
My week at the Salvation Army educating clients about cholesterol was a great opportunity and I learned a lot. I never realized that the Salvation Army does that much for our community and we don’t even know about it. I think an individual really has to go and see what services the Salvation Army provides … Read more
In my current position, as a house supervisor, I work with five other nurses to provide 24 hour coverage within our facility. As a group, we all have varying degrees of experience and range in age from the youngest member, in her mid-20s, to our oldest member who is 64 years old. Working within this … Read more
The film Dead Poets Society greatly explores overcoming of authority and finding one’s identity. The conflicts the characters face thoroughly demonstrates the significant principles of individualism and freedom. Neil Perry’s inability to overcome his father’s authority led to suicide which was the only way he could see to take control of his life. Todd Anderson … Read more
Under enormous pressure, coal is able to transform into diamonds. In Alan Moore’s graphic novel V for Vendetta, Evey Hammond goes under a unique transformation, modeled after V’s traumatic experiences. By her twelfth birthday, she lost both of her parents. Subsequently, she had to provide for herself, causing her to grow in some ways and … Read more
It’s extraordinary to think about how we take so much for granted – another belief we take for granted is that every night the stars will shine. When you wake up in the morning and make plans for the day, you never really contemplate those plans changing entirely in the blink of an eye. I … Read more
Lifetime estate planning is a topic some people do not want to face. However, while facing mortality is daunting, it is something that will come to each person at some point. Estate planning is something everyone needs to do. What is involved with lifetime estate planning? Estate planning allow people to put their wishes into … Read more
Hi my name is Cecilia Mairea Bjorn, funny name for a German girl right, I am eleven years old today, that means it’s my birthday and my best friend Angie Lofkin is coming over for my birthday party. We’ve been best friends for eleven years now so our whole life we’ve always spent our birthday’s … Read more
“I live by ‘Go big or go home. ‘ That’s with everything. Its like either commit and go for it or don’t do it at all. I apply that to everything. I apply that to relationships, I apply that to like sports, and I apply that to everything. That’s what I live by. That’s how … Read more
There are several differences between different types of people out there, many which contrast in many ways. The protagonist Jeremy in When Dad Killed Mom, by Julius Lester is one example of contrasting. I am very indifferent towards this character in the novel, we both have different views of the world. Therefore I would not … Read more
Man is born evil. Our natural intentions are to disobey and rebel. Think of a young child, they are not taught to be little dick heads, they just are until they are guided by an adult to become better. We are evil by nature although we may become good people much like Mencius says, but … Read more
The tale of the child recorded in Der Erlkonig, while potentially not an exactly true account, is a generally accurate warning about against the dangers of Erlkings hidden in muggle folklore. We notice there are some partial discrepancies or vagaries, but these can (and will) be accounted for and do not hinder the overall meaning … Read more
The first time Monsieur came to call, I was nervous, but vowed to Angelique that I would not show it. Mon pere invited Monsieur de Lafontaine to our last barbeque of the season, which was usually a small affair with twenty to thirty invited guests. I alone, was to entertain Louis de Lafontaine in the … Read more
1. In the movie, Precious deals with at least 10 different issues. Identify at least 5 and discuss in detail. What is the issue, how does it play out in her life, how does it impact her, etc. (15 pts. ). 1. She has a multitudes of issues. She was abused from the age of … Read more
Front Of the class: How Tourette Syndrome made me the teacher I never had, allowed me to know about an actual child’s life growing up with Tourette’s. While reading the book I actually felt the emotions he was feeling all his life growing up. It is incredible to know all that a child can do … Read more
After her first show, she meets Mutt, her future ex-husband, for the first time. He calls her out and asks where she heard the songs she was singing during that performance. She explains to him that she wrote those songs herself. He comments that although she tries to “sing hard” (Jones 148), she is not … Read more
Cecelia Everhart was a raven haired beauty who was quite dull and vain. Seated next to her was her husband, Charles, a rather tiny fellow. Weak and unintimidating, he gave off the feeling of a rather poor man; however he was rather malapert and therefore quite rude. Their daughter was an exact replica of her … Read more
Growing up in a war torn country, I always dreamed of living in the United States. Every person in our small town talked about how exciting and full of opportunity America was. Play dates, cartoons, and trips to Disney land made the top of every little kid’s birthday wish. Unlike most children, my birthday party … Read more
This particular play is about an estranged mother and her precociously initiative daughter going on a road trip stretching from Paoli to Yellowstone, both seduced by the idea of a getaway. The daughter is living with her father who is granted full custody by the court in the divorce between her father and mother. The … Read more
He’s always there: next to me in class, across from me at lunch, following me at recess. There’s no escaping him. I could take a step to the left, and you could count on him to close the gap. His words taunt me every day. His cruel jokes, his unnecessary teases, his painful truths, they … Read more
Psychosocial assessment is a social work tool that helps a social worker summarize a client’s problems that need to be worked on and to understand a client’s mental health, social well-being, support systems, strengths, and barriers they face. The following paper is a psychosocial assessment written by a Wayne State University student based on a … Read more