Summer. The season of fresh air, scented flowers and picnic food.Forget the typical brats, corn and potato salad and bring me my mother’s egg salad.However, the smell of making it is enough to make me never smell again. When boiling eggs, the air smells like fish dying, taking their last breath. However, the taste differs […]

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt by the heart” (Helen Keller). A few years ago, I lost my grandparents John and Clara Jourdan at their home. My grandpa died because of Alzheimer and my grandma died of a stroke. Much like […]

“Sure, add me to the list.”That is how it all began.Four years ago I said yes when a friend asked me to volunteer to be a part of a unique group called The Challenger Program.It was a new program in Northborough that his mom was starting, that would help children with special needs play sports. […]

Elizabeth Taylor, Larry King,Lana Turner,and Mickey Rooney .What do all these people have in common? Well yeah they are celebrities, but considering how many times they’ve been married and divorced; there really isn’t anything worth celebrating over. Just at the brink of the the 1970’s there was a 20 % increase in the rate of […]

A famous saying is, “Trust is a fragile thing. Easy to break, easy to lose, and one of the hardest things to ever get back.” Trustworthiness means deserving trust or confidence; dependable; reliable. I think about the word trust everywhere, or when I am around someone. If you lose trust, you lose everything, keeping trust […]

An ‘unpardonable sin’ is the subordination of the heart to the intellect. This type of sin is especially terrible to transcendentalist as it goes against the laws of nature; Nathanial Hawthorne expresses his view on it through his novels. In The Scarlet Letter, three characters, Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth, are guilty of an “unpardonable sin”. […]

Jealousy is one of those emotions humans constantly struggle with. Envious feelings are unwanted and can creep up when not expected. There is no cure or rulebook for dealing with jealousy and the effects have the potential to cause disaster. In A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan explores different reactions to jealousy and […]

The desire for control can destroy or build nations, lose or save lives, and break down or build up one’s reputation. Though this desire is ubiquitous in society, it has a negative impact on many, regardless of its intent. In “Use of Force” by William Carlos Williams, control and its causes are main themes discussed […]

`Everyone can have a different perspective on life and how they want to live it. However, with age comes more knowledge and wisdom on the idea if there is even a true meaning of life. The short story, Clean Well-Lighted Place does a great example of portraying that. Ernest Hemingway shows the idea of life […]

Utopia: Thomas More’s Alternative Society Have you ever heard the word “Utopia” used in a conversation? In English the word is defined as an imagined place or state in which everything is perfect. Did you ever wonder from where the word came? The word first came into use by Sir Thomas More, when he wrote […]

We’ve all heard the phrase, “it’s better than sliced bread,” but have we ever thought about the gravity of that assumption? To qualify a miraculous, stunning invention as being “better” than sliced bread, we must act under the presumption that sliced bread is tough competition for World’s Greatest Thing. Something we dub “better than sliced […]

I’d like to begin with a story. Suppose you are a trolley car driver, and you’re heading down a straight track at 50 mph. Up ahead you see five people at the end of the track, working on it, and completely oblivious to the fact that you’re heading straight for them. So, your reflexes kick […]

“Two roads diverged in a wood and I -/ I took the one less traveled by/ and that has made all the difference” (Frost 9). Robert Lee Frost was one of the most renowned poets of the twentieth century, and his work often effectively incorporated complex philosophical themes and values subliminally within the text. His […]

The Stigmatization of Mental Illness: The Ramifications of Inadequate Treatment and Societal Disregard for the Mentally Ill in the United States The extent to which the United States provides treatment for the mentally ill has been a contentious issue. The appalling lack of care for the mentally ill throughout American history has had a lasting […]

The plan was still in full force to revolt against the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. On July 26, 1953, in the isolated Moncada barracks, 130 men from the Rebel Army led by Fidel Castro attacked Batista’s forces. Hours after the bloodshed, most of the rebels were captured, arrested or killed. Fidel and his brother Raul […]

Around the United States ash trees have been cut for flooring, lumber, and furniture. While shipping these trees, the emerald ash borer has the ability to spread. Now you can ship them, but why would you want to continue the spread of insects that are killing trees? By cutting them down while they are still […]

Have you ever tried to take a serious topic and explain it to a child? Jim Henson tried, and failed. Teaching kids about things that they are going to have to know for the rest of their lives isn’t an easy task. Sometimes when telling something to a kid you leave out some important things […]

The eurozone consists of 17 out of the 27 European Union member nations. It was originally formed for the purpose of raising the economic strength of all its members, and thereby raising the power of Europe as a whole. Those who are part of the eurozone share the euro as their common currency, forming a […]

The art of scamming is almost as old as the art of story telling itself. Today we can imagine someone claming to be a Nigerian prince or the wife of president of somelittle known country, it is a tried and true story meant to scam you of your money. Now imagine taking this idea to […]

The wind stung my eyes as I flew past my father and brother standing at the end of the dock. Tightening the grip I had around my mother’s waist, I dared to take a look behind at the men in my family. The jet-ski was moving at a blinding speed, and soon the boys disappeared […]

Why do we Dream? Through different types of dreams we discover ourselves, each type with a unique trigger or cause, each cause or trigger with a potential meaning symbolic or literal. Dreams are where the conscious reality and the subconscious interpretation meet. It is the one area where fact and fiction collide and still hold […]

The 1920s were a different place compared to today. In the 1920s, it’s an age of dramatic social and political change. A lot of Americans start to move from farms to cities for a new life. The economic growth caused Americans to have more money to spend on goods until the Great Depression. The 1920s […]

I have always hated school trips. I could never stand the long bus rides, the unstructured time with teachers frazzled and kids running wild; the time between when you first arrive and are placed in different activities, and then we have to remember where you put your lunch; did in end up on your seat […]

Over one thousand people died at Jonestown from James Warren Jones’ deadly concoction of Kool-Aid, Cyanide, Sedatives, and Tranquilizers. Jonestown is located in Northwest Guyana near Kaituma. James Warren Jones was the mastermind behind the Jonestown Massacre, and 1,000’s of people died under his control. This was truly a dreadful atrocity. Even though Jonestown was […]

Has someone ever told you your only one person and can’t make a difference? Well guess what? They’re WRONG. You CAN make a difference, so start today. You can do the smallest of things, like recycling, and still make a difference in your life. Let’s talk about the topic of littering. Why not find a […]

School has become boring. Kids are falling asleep and with no new experiences in their learning. Kids should have some sort of visual art classes because it improves students’ abilities and their courage. Therefore, the purpose of this essay is to show the positive effects of having visual and performing art classes in school. If […]

Analyzing a text is not just about figuring out its meaning. Anayzing is breaking down the article piece by piece. Figuring out how it relatesto you and the world around you. Examing how it would affect you and the character in a positiove or negative way. When I analyze a text I break it down […]

Have you ever had someone influence you or changed your life? Martin Luther King Jr. was a man who did that for the better. Martin Luther king Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. […]

“Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost is an amazingly beautiful poem. Only nine simply worded lines that somehow manage to be both meaningful and cruel. The author explains two sides, good and evil, fire and ice with just the right amount of rhyme. He uses vocabulary that is seemingly light, but makes the words feel […]

There you are sharing a room with twenty other people and all you have to eat is bread and water. If possible this could happen then this would cause wars over resources. Resources will run out. World hunger will kill millions of people. The purpose of this essay is to show the effects of overpopulation. […]