I believe that children committing serious crimes should not be given the same punishment as adults. More and more children today are being tried as adults but are these solutions ethical? Many children committing these crimes have simply just been overwhelmed with something happening in their life and at the time weren’t thinking about how […]

LEADERS’ USE OF POWER When I first began to think about types of power, I saw them as universal (i.e. every leader had them). After researching power, I not only realize that these powers are not universal, but that each leader puts a different twist on each type of power that they possess . How […]

“This man, Hitler, is Germany’s destiny for good and for evil…” Ulrich von Hassell says of one of the most powerful and manipulative men in Germany history. Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany rose to power during the aftermath of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Germany was embarrassed and vulnerable. When Adolf Hitler was appointed […]

Chicago’s world fair is an event that stays unrecognized by much of the modern populace. Knowing the history behind the fair’s development, historian Erik Larson turned what was once a scarcely documented American event into the form of a novel, The Devil in the White City, bringing together two stories from opposite spectrums of the […]

It is in the nature of humans to fill up empty spaces. Empty stomachs are relieved by the intake of food, awkward pauses in conversation are gone with just a few words and blank pages soon have something on them. The official definition of Nothing according to Dictionary.com is “no thing” and “nonexistence”; however, there […]

Sixty-five billion dollars later, the plane of the future is about to become the plane of the past with no present in between. Having been developed for over 10 years, Lockheed Martin, the company responsible for the design and building of the F-22 for the U.S. Military, has finally built their 100th F-22 Raptor; one […]

“Stop doing your homework! It’s already late! Go clean the kitchen, instead!” My dad always yells at me whenever I’m doing homework. For as long as I’ve lived, parents are usually the main ones that encourage their children’s education. In my case my mom is the only one that encourages me. My dad’s excessive drinking […]

Admit it, the world economic crisis is rather worrying. In one way or another, it has somehow affected you too. Whether it was something drastic like losing your job or something not so major like having to cut back on dinners in expensive restaurants, it has, in one way or another affected your life and […]

Everyone has relationships. Whether it’s with a friend, a family member or even with a boyfriend or girlfriend, they will always surround us. However, it isn’t always the easiest to maintain them. People constantly get in fights, have arguments, and disagree on specific topics for instance. It’s easy to break a relationship and tear it […]

Destroyer of Worlds On August 6, 1945, the day the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, the world was forever changed. Thousands had perished due to the highly destructive bomb and the Japanese city was completely demolished. The project that had created the weapon of such devastation had been known as […]

By any standards Alien Covenant is an incredible movie and deals with some very heady and complex philosophical issues and questions, especially for a horror movie and a movie in the Alien franchise nonetheless.Paired with its preceding film, Prometheus, it forms one consecutive story arc of truly epic scope that recounts a tale of the […]

One’s maturity can be affected by many aspects throughout one’s life. Events may occur to influence how a person acts or mentally thinks. It is also possible that an atmosphere, or childhood can shape a person to be who they are. Although it has been scientifically tested and proven that males are significantly less mature […]

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”This question, little did we know, was our initiation into the addictive concept of the American Dream. Every child in the world is taught to believe in the pursuit of happiness, the American Dream, the dream of a better life.In 1931, Truslow Adams said “life should […]

“Lucy, I’m home!” This famous quote from the successful television series I Love Lucy, has made Lucille Ball one of the most famous women alive. Starting off as a model, and slowly making her way into the limelight of television stardom, Lucy has won many awards, and earned much respect from the newest generation of […]

The complex and structured world of time can certainly be a perplexing topic to discuss – especially since it’s so hard to mentally grasp in our minds. The objective of time itself is not only a struggle to argue, but a collage of seemingly day-to-day terms and scheduling that humans – as well as animals […]

Tale as Old as Time The famous question of “what to do with the time that is given to us” made famous by renowned author J.R.R. Tolkien dates far back into the history of man, challenging humans to define “time well spent” and pursue their ambitions whether they are based on love, revenge, lust for […]

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/are-there-natural-human-rights/ Do natural human rights exist? Or are they simply inventions of Enlightened philosophers? The author of this essay, Michael Boylan, makes comparisons of different philosophers and their points of view. I believe that people have no more rights than other animals. They do, however, have freedom to do as they choose. If people are […]

Opposites attract. Nothing is truer than this old adage in regard to Hamlet and his relationship with his best friend Horatio and his best enemy Fortinbras. Hamlet is diametrically opposed to both Horatio and Fortinbras; the strengths of Horatio and Fortinbras, which highlight Hamlet’s weaknesses, are so profound that even Hamlet himself acknowledges the dissimilarities. […]

As you’re listening to your music, you don’t stop the music to realize how music came to be. Finding out about music history can tell about the importance of the rhythm. Seeing how music has changed throughout the years, and how instruments were made. Prehistoric times The first instrument was actually drums. There was no […]

How long does the planet have before there are no more rainforests? People need to learn more about the rainforests locations so they can prevent illegal logging. People need to learn more about the rainforests because more and more is disappearing each day. People need to know more about the world’s rainforests because the tribes […]

You cannot read this introduction sentence, because a higher authority has deemed it objectionable. Such a claim sounds absurd. The freedom of expressing your ideas, through speech and print, is so important, it’s the first liberty guaranteed to us in the United States Bill of Rights. However, students everywhere are aware how flexible the authorities […]

Clare Luce once said, “Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn’t have what it takes.’ They will say, ‘Women don’t have what it takes,’” (Luce). Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the author of The Yellow Wallpaper, wrote the story in first person since […]

Prologue: introduction, description, insight. In Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief, the prologue not only sets the stage for the novel, but it becomes a springboard for the dually entertaining narration that progresses the story. In it, we meet Death: the blunt and sarcastic commentator that guides a tale of words and thievery. We often associate […]

The emergence of the Internet has shaped the world to become more interconnected than ever before. Millions of global citizens are able to exchange their intellectual, physical and financial capital with international networks. Since the first generation of Smartphones, these technologies have catalyzed the freeexchange of cars, homes, and other belongings for financial capital. The […]

The Constitutional Convention that took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, was set in motion to address the problems in government in the United States of America. This Philadelphian Convention was being operated under the Articles of Confederation following their independence from Great Britain. Even though, it was intended to revise the Articles […]

Can you accept that many years ago, powerful immortal deities were thought to walk the earth? Ancient Greek life was full of gods and goddesses and their belief of them affected their daily living greatly. With powers far greater than a human could ever hope to possess, the ability to shape-shift, and often having drop-dead […]

From this book I have learned how to treat life. I cannot pinpoint one exact thing, but I can say I have learned more than I ever expected to learn from a book. Before reading this I thought it would take me years to fully appreciate my life. It came as a surprise when my […]

There are many examples of foreshadowing in literature. Writers use this to make the reader more interested in the story by making them predict what will happen towards the end. Many examples of foreshadowing can be found in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. There are three major examples that stand out the most in […]

We live in an artificially and materialistically induced society, where children believe they need IPhone’s and IPad’s, this and that gadget. Preteens are starving themselves, sixteen-year-old girls are getting nose jobs and breast augmentations. Adults are doing drugs and drinking heavily to subdue the pain and stress they feel on a daily basis to be […]

At the Local Animal Shelter Helping animals is one of the best decisions I have ever made. One of my favorite things to pass time and help the community is, volunteering at a local animal shelter . I will tell you how I helped the community by doing one of my favorite hobbies, volunteering. I […]