The number of teenagers getting cosmetic surgery tripled between 1990 and 2009 (Sweeney). Some individuals get cosmetic surgery because they want to fit in, some get it because their parents want them to, and still others get it because they think it will solve their problems. As these teenagers get older, some are happy that […]

In 2012, the Smithsonian American art museum announced the opening of an exhibition titled, “The Art of Videogames. ” Since then, the question of the authenticity of video games being a form of art has been widely debated by art critics and gaming enthusiasts alike. The first video games were produced in 1960 and have […]

What if you were me, enjoying some food at your favourite restaurant. Then suddenly, you caught a whiff of that awful smell, you turn around to find the person behind you was smoking, I am sure you will be irritated. That is why you are like me and other people who are thinking the same […]

William Sydney Porter’s works captured his life, ranging from his happiest moments and times in which were his darkest;he made it known to readers of his experiences in life. O.Henry’s style of writing often lead readers to envision difficult scenarios in which they could solve in unique ways. “The Gift of the Magi”, a famous […]

“You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him,” asserted Booker T. Washington concerning the peculiar institution of slavery. Although an abundance of Booker T. Washington’s contemporaries during the 19th century marked this idea as a foolish and false declaration, Mr. Washington hosted a very credible theory. The bondage of African Americans in […]

Everyone can be good looking, but there is always a flaw that makes someone ugly. Tragic Heroes are usually people with great qualities but, have one horrible flaw. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet can be considered as a Tragic Hero. Juliet was willing to sacrifice her life in order to be with Romeo. Her tragic […]

Sexism, racism, and stereotypes — these elements tend to be thought as practically extinct in our society today. But Brent Staples objects otherwise through his cogent statement. In his article “Black Men and Public Space,” Staples uses ethos, pathos, and diction to prove his point that even nowadays, black men tend to be — and […]

Human beings emotions are sophisticated, they are different from robots, which do not have feelings. Sometimes people have to stand between rationality and love. When an innocent and passionate woman like Mrs.de Winter began to feel in a “sense of fear, of furtive unrest, struggling at length to blind unreasoning panic”(Daphne du Maurier, page5). The […]

What if a child, deaf from birth and with seemingly no hope of repairing the damage, could suddenly hear her mother’s voice? Cochlear implants may be controversial among the deaf community, and they are ultimately a decision a family must make for themselves, but the benefits they provide can potentially outweigh some of the risks […]

Using feminist criticism, the reader can analyze Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper through character, symbols, and setting. The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story told through the journal entries of an anonymous female narrator who appears to suffer from anxiety. The narrator’s husband, John, arranges for his wife to spend the summer in an […]

Look at your hands. Examine your hair. Assess your taste in music. Where did it all come from? Was it your genetic makeup or your upbringing? The debate has raged on for decades, and just as soon as we believe we have unearthed the definite answer, we learn about new paradigm-shifting information that turns the […]

I think aliens are real. I’m not thinking of the green aliens you see on a TV show or a movie. Here are my reasons why. This one bacteria can mix with another chemical and it might be able to create life and survive on another planet. This is called Phosphorus.The chemical that it needs […]

School. Everyone hates it. Well, almost everyone. Admittedly, they have good reason to dislike it. Sitting in a classroom for seven hours a day, then going home to do homework is not pleasant. In fact, it is awful. However, there are some (myself included) who think that school is okay. I kind of like it. […]

On August 28th, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his most influential speech, “I Have a Dream”, in Washington DC. Martin Luther King Jr. , who born in Atlanta, Georgia, started his non-violent protest for African Americans’ rights and equality in the late 1950’s. In 1963, thousands of people gathered from many states to Washington […]

Answer: In a story, there is always a destabilizer that dislodges the protagonist from his or her preset equilibrium. In this case, we can infer from the author’s description of “the Weed’s Dutch Colonial Home” (paragraph 5) that Francis Weed has led a tranquil, regular, and domesticated life with his wife and children prior to […]

My most treasured memories are when I was little and in tap dancing class. These are my most treasured, because back then I enjoyed dancing in front of people. Now I can’t even give a speech in front of people without feeling that I have to puke. When I was little I did not have […]

Guy de Maupassant was a great writer. His family was aristocratic but, sadly, his parents were divorced when he was only eleven. Maupassant was an intelligent student, and was admitted to the University of Paris to study law. However, the Franco-Prussian war began when he was twenty years old, so he was drawn to join […]

“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought for on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal,” Abraham Lincoln argued in his famous Gettysburg Address. Keep in mind that he gave this speech while his country was in torn apart by slavery. Even […]

In analyzing the old English poem “Beowulf” we come to see that there is honestly more than meets the eye. We come to discover Beowulf (the protagonist) is in fact not all good. The character Grendel (the antagonist) is in fact not all bad. Thru out theses next few pages we will analyze these two […]

“He was not of an age, but of all time!” spoke Ben Johnson, of his dear friend William Shakespeare, a mildly successful playwright, poet, and actor, upon his death (Johnson, 42.)Shakespeare’s plays changed the very foundation of playwriting, forever changing the theatre industry, as well as English literature itself. Shakespeare was baptized April 26, 1564. […]

Dear United Nations Commission for Preventing Religious Conflict, I am sure that your position as religious mediator within the United Nations means that you have dedicated your diplomatic careers to analyzing past religious conflicts so that we may be able to avert them in the future. The UN itself was formed on the basis of […]

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” -Abraham Lincoln In society, there is an idea of power from men towards women; that is, men possess a sense of power over women.The way this power is exerted is dependent on one’s character. In Chimamanda Ngozi […]

Too many people and things in our lives are taken for granted. As we grow older and put the pieces of our lives together, we sometimes tend to overlook the underlying importance of certain things and certain people in our lives who have contributed in shaping us into the person we are now. In life […]

Tea: Life Before the Tea Bag Steam rises from a cup of tea Inhalinng ancient times and lands And we are wrapped in history An exquisite journey between our hands If you were to place a tea-leaf in water, it would color its surroundings. Likewise, when tea was placed on Earth it slowly changed the […]

In 1503, the great artist sat before a blank canvas, unaware that the thing he was about to create would be the most famous painting in history. He began to sketch the maiden sitting in front of him. He himself didn’t know why he chose her, when there were kings and queens asking him for […]

Upon entering the high school this September, students were greeted with the absence of the club banners, which have adorned the lobby ceiling for many years. Philip Conrad, newly appointed high school principal, reports that the banners have been removed for cleaning, as they have been up for nearly twenty years. The banners were in […]

“Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness, will never seek the light” (“11 Powerful Bruce Lee Quotes You Need To Know”), is one of the most powerful quotes Lee Jun-Fan, also known as Bruce Lee, has said. One of the meanings of this quote could be “Those who are unaware they are doing […]

Flavius Valerius Constantinus was a well-known emperor, and was remembered for many things. Constantine ruled the empire from 306 A. D. to the year 337 A.D. Constantine is most famous for being the first Christian emperor, ending persecution against Christians, and allowing Christianity to become the primary religion of the Roman empire. He was born […]

Among the Brodie set in Muriel Sparks’ The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Rose and Sandy present the most complex trajectories. Through much of the novel, the two remain Miss Brodie’s closest confidantes.Yet, the two girls ultimately stray the most from Miss Brodie, with Rose openly shedding her teacher’s influence and Sandy going further by […]

Zombies are one of the most popular and well known monsters in the horror genre. There are numerous reasons that have been put forth to explain the success of these undead terrors. Zombies can symbolize almost anything, from war to humanity being stripped of its personality. They can also show us how individuals react to […]