Junie B. Jones is a children’s book series written by Barbara Park. This book is an easy read for children but is disputed among parents and teachers every year. It has been challenged due to Junie B. ‘s bad behavior, bad spelling and grammar, and her bad choices. This series has been ranked number 71 […]

I was born in Germany where I started school at the age of four. I completed a year of pre-k, a required milestone in Germany. The structure was forceful yet individualized and focused. When I was seven I moved to Nebraska. When I started school teachers seemed astounded by my level of intelligence, as if […]

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like […]

Two hundred newly planted tulips wavered in the early spring breeze. I shifted uncomfortably in the cold. The temperature was going to drop below freezing that night, killing off any plant unfortunate enough to be outside, including the tulips. Next to me, my dad surveyed the backyard looking for a solution. “The dryer,” said my […]

Stranded on a dirt road , broke down and no service. It’s a good thing your in a small town. People tend to make big choices in their life, From getting married. Career they persuade in or where they live. Living in a small town has its ups and downs, or pros and cons. Living […]

Helen Keller states, “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence” (Helen Keller).After my first final grading period , I had to take my Math 1 final exam at East Richland High School. I needed to complete my course so the final was the big test to […]

What brings to mind for me is all the great detail this author is putting in to his piece to describe how much he likes winter.This author also seems to express that winter is his favorite season.Examples include him talking about how snow and the feeling of coldness really impacts his daily life in a […]

This is an advertisement for Tropicana orange juice. It has an orange looking sunrise in the background, but it also looks like this orange background could be orange juice. The new, plastic, clear Tropicana orange juice bottle is displayed in the center of this advertisement. This implies that by drinking this orange juice, you will […]

As you are sitting in the living room watching television, you hear that familiar sound. You hear the yelling, the remorse, and the crying. If you listen past all of that, you can hear a child’s voice pleading for their life. Child abuse affects a child’s life in more ways than one can imagine including […]

UPDATE:1. It’s a plague it’s getting to everyone. No one man can stop it, it just grows and consumes us all. It kills your personality to the point were u can’t name one good accomplishment in your life…Except finally reaching 1,000 follows on Instagram or Twitter. Lives wasted and forgotten, for a double tap or […]

Today, people keep diaries with all their personal stories and innermost thoughts that serve as a magnum opus into the life of the writer. These books provide much needed documentation of emotions and passions that are lost in the passage of time.Marcus Aurelius was the emperor of the Roman Empire from 161 AD to 180 […]

The Holocaust was the largest genocide in the 20th Century. “The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime in WWII. In WWII the Nazis, Who came to power in Germany in 1933 believed that Germans were racially superior then all the other races and […]

On recommending Homer’s works to friends I am often met with dismissive looks and half hearted assurances that they will read it at some point. The epics are daunting and difficult, this I will not deny; however, I think that these ancient poems contain words of wisdom that are still very much relevant today. Within […]

Countless novels have been written focusing on the rise of a dystopia where a group has complete control over what the citizens think. One of the most famous examples is the book “1984”. Written by George Orwell, it follows a man whose job is to rewrite history for the government. Known as “Big Brother”, the […]

A hero revered by his people, a righteous king, and a man plagued by an inflated ego; Oedipus is the epitome of Greek tragic character. It is difficult to imagine a more accursed protagonist in literature than the King of Thebes in Sophocles’s play, Oedipus Rex. The idea of Oedipus’s remarkable intelligence giving way to […]

Our future doesn’t seem to be so bright since our population just seems to be increasing non-stop. There will be many drawbacks deaths, war, and animal cruelty. The death ratio seems to be very massive and only increasing and it damaging our society. The purpose of this essay is to show the effects of overpopulation. […]

The Islamic world has remained constant in the way that its population is influenced by and follows the customs of the religion called Islam which determines their social/moral codes. However the Islamic world had changed over time as it expanded beyond its cultural territories and improved in its trade and education system. As centuries have […]

Let’s play a fun little game. It’s a simple game, all you have to do is make a choice. Either save 3. 3 million lives per year (Global status report on alcohol and health 2014), or have a little bit more fun at parties. Seems pretty obvious, doesn’t it? Well, despite this choice seeming pretty […]

Tite Kubo was born Noriaki Kubo on June 26, 1977 in Fuchu, Aki District, Hiroshima. Not a lot is known about his personal life or his childhood. His father was a council member at his local home town, and that he didn’t take interest in manga until the age of 17. The world has enjoyed […]

The afternoon of my tenth birthday was spent cleaning and setting up a tank for my first ever pet fish, Mr. Beta. The red and purple beta was not the first pet in my family, but he was the first animal that I was completely responsible for. I diligently cared for my fish for a […]

Appearance versus Reality in The Green Mile The Green Mile by Stephen King is a literary masterpiece. While the story and characters are clearly intriguing, there is so much more to this novel than the words themselves. Behind these words is an abundance of deeper meaning. One repeated theme throughout The Green Mile is appearance […]

What is Synesthesia? According to the Free Online Dictionary, it is, “A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.” Synesthesia is basically a condition where sensory systems seem to be linked. If you look at the word […]

The son of a salient judge, Sir Thomas More was born on February 7th 1477 as the second of six children in a residential area of London known as Milk Street. He studied at Oxford College in Oxfordshire, where he studied Greek and Latin, the philosophical stylings of which undoubtedly influencing his later works, such […]

From the novel “The outsider” one of the character whom have sacrificed is Ponyboy, Ponyboy have sacrificed his dream to ensure that the group where he comes from is successful and he understand the roles and responsibly of each group member. Ponyboy is one character who has the belief that “we’ere poorer than the Socs […]

Dance was a big part of my childhood. I started when I was sixteen months old and ended when I was eleven. My first recital started by meeting Ms. Jen, who I didn’t know. I had to take a stranger’s hand and go on stage to dance. I was scared, so I didn’t dance. I […]

The tragic romance of Romeo & Juliet is believed by many to be one of the greatest examples of true love in literature. But do those believers notice the distinctions between love and lust? If Romeo & Juliet’s love is truly is the amour everyone believes it to be, why is there an abundance of […]

When the events of 9/11 surged through the 50 states, it affected all Americans one way or another. When the identities of the hijackers were released, people started pointing fingers at the Arabs, including the ones that were US citizens. Suddenly, Arabs or any Muslim became our enemies. Ten years have passed, and tension has […]

His whole scheme of a show was about to be ruined. In a panic, he fed lines for the character of the best friend of Truman to convince Truman that his world is indeed real. Meanwhile the world stood by and watched, while director Christof sighed a breath of relief as his deception worked, and […]

There has been a new talk. A talk of something very unique. If achieved, it could fundamentally change the lives of everyone on planet earth. From those who have already left us, to our very own selves. What such talk is this you may ask? Cryogenics, the blanket to every mad scientist’s idea: that they’ll […]

Righteousness is an important quality for a country to have because of its affect on the nation’s outcome. If a country as a whole possesses righteousness, the country’s leaders will make agreeable decisions more easily. However if a country’s leaders do not possess righteousness, there will be great chaos and disorder which could lead to […]