“After months on the turbulent sea, where the gentle swaying produced a constant feeling of nausea and the sun persecuted every step, the pilgrims were thrilled to have landed.The perpetual fear that the gentle swaying would turn into a vicious storm, tossing the ships like a toddler throwing his favorite toy in a tantrum, vanished.The […]

The Holocaust, translated to “burnt offerings” was a horrendous execution of mass murders, extreme racism, and feelings of malice towards Jews, Gypsies, and others deemed “tainted” or “asocial” by Hitler’s standards of the “Master Race”. Millions of people were killed, permanently scarred, mentally and/or physically, or persecuted by the German Nazi party. A single group […]

In the beginning, North and South Korea were at war. The countries have certainly had their trying moments through which they have developed one country into communist government, and the other as a democratic republic. Though the countries are still at faults with each other, they have taken down the wall that created a barrier […]

A society’s stability and structure can be influenced by people with different perspectives on the state of societal condition. By human nature, people make their own interpretations about life and its environment, and this individuality can lead to disagreements among people. The quality and nature of interaction between people is driven by differing interpretations and […]

Tattered clothing, brick walls, wire screen houses, dirt floors, metal tin bucket showers and outdoor latrines, coal stove tops, splintered-wooden tables and counters too. There I stood in a foreign country, a microcosm of the truth about worldwide poverty. A village with faces I couldn’t recognize and places I’d never seen. I was in someone […]

After the 9/11 attacks, airport security has beefed it self up, as to prevent any further attacks. The TSA(Transportation Security Administration) was formed after 9/11 to help stop terrorist attacks, but there is little evidence that they ever have. They suck at their job, leave liabilities open, and attack privacy to fake safety. In a […]

Rubble to Renewed With every beautiful area, comes tarnished and seemingly unusable buildings. These places are either occupied with random occupants, such as homeless people or animals,or left standing with no purpose whatsoever. These buildings, in fact, have anything but a positive impact on the space in which they take up. Not only do they […]

The United States is not following in the footsteps of ancient Rome’s decline. Ancient Rome had many, many, many slaves behind them, and in their military. This was their first problem. America has volunteers for the army. We have less of a poverty level, and there is help for those who are living in poverty. […]

According to British foreign secretary, Sir Arthur James Balfour, in his Balfour Declaration, “His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of the object” (Balfour). Starting with the Balfour Declaration in the early 1900’s and […]

Statistics indicate that six million Jew’s died during the Holocaust. I am going to tell you about Adolf Hitler, the leader and starter of the Holocaust. Then I will tell you about the cause of the Holocaust. Then I suppose you should know some basic facts about the contraction camps, like the first contraction camp, […]

JSA is a school club for any student interested in political and economical issues. It stands for Junior Statesmen of America. They meet once a month on Wednesdays from 6:00-7:30 p. m. in room N162, and talk about current events. If you are interested in being a part of JSA, please talk to Tim Tower, […]

How to hook a reader into your writing Everyone loves it when others appreciate their work so if your writing skills are not up to that level this shot article will surely help. If your writing skills are strong, still this article will help you as it will make your work more meaningful and rich. […]

The most recent earthquake in Nepal has affected the area and surrounding areas in very negative ways. This is shown in an article by CNN, “The United Nations has said the quake has affected 8 million people across 39 districts.” (CNN) Inside of Nepal there are many homeless, large amounts of injured, as well as […]

“Word are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find” -William Shakespeare. The Renaissance is used to refer to the movement in Europe between medieval and modern time, marked by a humanistic revival of classical influence and expressed in a flowering of the arts and literature and by beginning of modern science. Humanism […]

Feminism is a movement within philosophy and other disciplines that emphasizes the role of gender in shaping how we think, focuses on the historical and social forces that have excluded women, and strives to produce a society that recognizes women and men as both different and equal. Women should no longer live in a society […]

Great classic literatures have a universal quality. In these texts we see universal conditions and attitudes than can be applied to ourselves. I believe the most important obstacle to overcome to reinvent yourself is just being honest. The classics of American literature like “To Kill a Mockingbird”, “The Catcher in the Rye”, “Fahrenheit 451”, “The […]

In today’s society, social media is the biggest influence on teenagers across the globe. Within media comes the strived for but impossible standard of being “perfect”. Every time you turn on the television or slide open your cell phone you are exposing yourself to the countless reality tv shows, magazines, and websites that display an […]

During the Romantic Period, poetry, novels, and short stories were often written and read throughout this literary time period by Fireside Poets. Three poems that were written during this time were “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant, “A Psalm or Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” also written by Henry […]

In the Battle of the Ants by Henry David Thoreau he starts his story off about ant fighting on the ground. As he continues the story he explains and opens up and expans so the reader can have a visual image of an event in history. Thoreau is a transcendentalist in many ways and this […]

There are many symbols in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Symbols are secret messages that are imbedded in the texts of literature. Some symbolisms are more well-known and better understood than others. Some of these include the eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckelberg, the valley of ashes, and the green light on Daisy’s dock. […]

“As I lay me down, heaven hear me now. I’m lost without a cause, after giving it my all. Winter storms have come, and darkened my sun. After all that I’ve been through, who on earth can I turn to? I look to you,” quoted from the song “I Look to You” by Whitney Houston. […]

According to the Global Burden of Disease 2010, low back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide. Furthermore, back pain is common among an older age group, which is why it is important for the younger relatives to stay on top of the treatment of their loved ones. There are many different treatment […]

Outline #15, Stearns chapter 33 Q. Analyze the changes and continuities in social conflicts in Latin America from 1950-1990. Thesis: Within the years 1950-1990, Latin America faced an onset of changes consisting of struggles for economic, social, and political stability and rebellion against ruthless dictators. Several continuities remained throughout the decades, North American interference and […]

In a patch of bright green grass, a cute marsh rabbit chews at some brightly colored green leaves of a marsh plant in the Florida Everglades. It’s blended golden brown fur shines bright in the sun and is complimented by some black waved fur on it’s back. The innocent little creature continues to eat, chewing […]

Since 1965, people have been traveling from near and far to see the amazing wonders of sea animals at SeaWorld. The shows and exhibits that SeaWorld has to offer allure families to this day. SeaWorld has a good way of making themselves seem like they are an innocent, family-friendly establishment to the everyday person. What […]

In Patrick Henry’s address “Speech in the Virginia Convention,” he uses the persuasive techniques ethos and pathos and the rhetorical devices repetition and rhetorical questions to encourage his fellow colonists to rebel against England and go to war. He uses the ethical appeal ethos to try and get people to relate to the moral principles […]

In Xiaolu Guo’s 20 Fragments, Fenfang, an alienated rebellious teenager who leaves home to make a living for herself in Beijing, faces countless struggles to find a place for herself in the chaotic city. As she leaves old relationships to create new ones and leaves old jobs to accept news ones, she finds herself lost […]

The European system of Feudalism is King, and then the King gives power to Lords over specific lands. Then the lords enlist the loyalties of knights. Then we have the peasants and the serfs. The differences between the peasants and the serfs are that the peasants have more freedoms then the serfs. The common peasants […]

Franz Kafka’s novella, The Metamorphosis, can be described in no other way than “Kafkaesque”, meaning absurd and/or completely out of the ordinary. In this novella, Gregor, the protagonist, transforms into a monstrous vermin. His mother, father, and sister are forced to adjust their lives to accommodate to living with a human-sized insect in the house. […]

We pledge allegiance to the flag – at school, sporting events, and symbolic ceremonies – but what does that mean? Does it mean the same to us today, as it did to our Founding Fathers, or to those who have lost loved ones fighting for our freedom? Does it mean the same to the veteran […]