For this paper I want to compare the observation post in Tim O’Brien’s novel, Going After Cacciato, to the intercalary chapters of John Steinbeck’s, Grapes of Wrath. I feel that without those chapters a lot of the books meaning would be lost and in Grapes of Wrath it is very evident. Even though some people […]

Why is it that people bully one another, instead of trying to make a difference in bullying? There are teens out there being bullied day after day nonstop. There are about 46 suicides in every 100,000 teens. http://kidshealth. org/en/teens/suicide.html. A lot of teens run away from home because of bullying and are never found. Teens […]

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist that lived through the literary period know as the realism period. Realism focused on the actual nature of life, and provided factual descriptions of ordinary characters and events rather than larger than life heroes. Also the period’s writers expressed […]

Are you sick and tired of dragging your heavy book bag to school every single day? Are you aware that some of your classmates are carrying bags that weigh up to twenty-five percent of their body weight? You are probably thinking to yourself, why is this even an issue worth discussing? My heavy book bag-wearing […]

“You don’t get another chance, life is no Nintendo game”, said Eminem (goodreads). Today, people know Eminem as one of the best and most controversial white rapper in the music industry, yet awhile back, when Eminem first started his career he was criticized for being too derived, especially since unlike most successful rappers he was […]

Imagine going to school every day and not being able to be in the same classroom with your friends. Why? Because you learn differently than everyone else. There was a time in education where people thought that inclusion was not right. Educators believed that is was best to separate the children with disabilities. Overtime beliefs […]

The Crusades (1095-1212) was an attempt by the Roman Catholic Church to regain the Holy Lands from the Muslims. Several Crusades took place during this time period. Although the initial Crusade was successful, later Crusades not only seemed to lose sight of their original purpose but also appeared to be an excuse for violence and […]

HW # 83: Read pages 948-953 (“Reagan’s…) Evaluate Reaganomics as a solution to the economic crises of the 1970’s. “In the 1980 election Republicans successfully exploited popular discontent over the stagflation of the Carter years- an unprecedented combination of recession, high inflation, and the highest interest rates in American history”-Out of Many. President Ronald Reagan’s […]

The topic of racial inequalities advance has been debated for years. Racial inequality has been around since mankind itself. Racial equality has caused turmoil throughout the world, it was a major cause of the civil war, today still affects us today. Many say racial equality has improved greatly, but there’s still a long way to […]

On the day of December 18, 1777 there was a master at being a thief , his name was John Adams. He always thought he can’t get caught by anyone. Then one day he was walking down a trail a man ran up to John Adams with a message coming from George Washington asking John […]

Helen Keller once said, “Life is either a great adventure or nothing at all” (Keller). On February 23, 2006 around 12:30 P.M., at Shoals Elementary in Shoals IN, I fell off a slide and sustained severe brain damage that almost killed me. My mom took me to the emergency room where the damage was picked […]

Mental State: How Stable are the Twentieth Century Characters? How are people measured? People are measured in several different ways: How they look, what they wear, what they eat, who they associate with, but most importantly people are judged by what they do. Throughout literature characters have been seen doing rather peculiar things that reflect […]

Romanticism was artistic, literary, an intellectual movement that originated in the 1800s. This was a time in which the literary arts flourished and some of the most influential writers of our era came to be recognized for their brilliance. Romanticism is partly based against a revolt on the aristocratic social and political norms of the […]

In reading “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, I can connect to the main character, Emily, using the language, setting, and the characters actions. First, language played a major role in the story. An example is how the author describes the changes she physically goes through. In the beginning, she is described as being […]

It is without argument that a new player has revealed itself on both the Asian and the world market. It is a new stem sprouting from one of the most ancient civilizations of the world. In the twenty-first century, it faces new challenges of growth and sustainable development. A series of political instability and class […]

Socialization is an integral part of our lives. We are each a part of many groups, whether it be school, sports, clubs, or social circles, and we do not even step back to truly realize how important these connections are. Community is essential for the psychological development of people; the isolation and lack of human […]

Ms. Maudie declares,”Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”(Lee 92-93) after Scout asks her why it’s a sin to […]

Having everything you want doesn’t make you happy. You can always think that nothing can ruin your day, but in reality, something bad can always happen. But even when I find myself in that position, I think, I have absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain. The only thing that keeps me from giving […]

In some ways, space is just like a pond of water. One of biggest problems in modern astrophysics is the search for gravitational waves. First proposed in Einstein’s theory of general relativity, gravity waves are ripples in space-time that can transfer high amounts of energy.The pebbles are suspected to be compact objects like white dwarfs, […]

It was my second year of Destination Imagination in 2012 and our team challenge was Wind Visible.This challenge made our team think of ways to have wind be part of our skit.The seven of us got together for days thinking of ways that we could come up with a skit.We had many skit ideas before […]

You’re driving down the road, absently listening to the song on the radio when it suddenly starts skipping. Repeating the same word over and over. Normally, that means you have a scratch in your CD. Now it mean whoever’s singing the song probably wrote it ( and not very well, I might add). Drum machines, […]

Encryption is nothing new. According to Frank there has been a debate over the legalities and practices in data encryption since 1997 (1997).The recent ‘flare up’ on the issue has again sparked a major controversy. Who is right and, most importantly, who is wrong? Should Apple unlock the iPhone for the FBI? Or rather, can […]

The unexamined life is not worth living. -Socrates ”I would rather die having spoken after my manner, than speak in your manner and live.” Those who are familiar with the Apology by Plato would recognize this phrase as belonging to the Greek philosopher Socrates, one of many final statements before willingly submitting to his death; […]

Dear Jodee Blanco, Everyday at 3:30 pm the end of school bell would ring, and my heart dropped to its stomach, my palms filled with sweat, and my head would pound so hard it split. I dreaded the globs of spit that hit my hair and face and the trashes to my legs I endured […]

“Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They’re only powerful when you got your back turned.” Marshall Bruce Mathers III, also known as famous rapper “Eminem,” learned to never have his back turned to anybody. Marshall was born in Kansas City, Missouri on the 17th of October in 1973 and spent most of […]

East of Eden, while having many Biblical Christian references, can also be personally significant to its readers no matter what religion. A main theme in this story comes down to the distinction between good and evil. Though almost every character consciously makes this decision, just as many choose the wrong path versus what is right. […]

Picture this: a breath-taking rush of flowing water that causes you and your body to become numb, a powerful strike of shock that cultivates through you forming chills that you’re unable to discard for minutes, and a refreshing shower of Niagara mist surrounding you as your standing still entranced in the falls. Niagara Falls is […]

Everyone can remember, at one point or another, the cute, funny kid they looked up to when they were younger (and, subsequently, their inexplicable need to impress or at least be noticed by them.) For me, it was a girl who was a year older than me that I rode the bus with in first […]

America is constantly changing. It is easy to say and easy to believe that almost the second something is made, produced, or invented, it becomes obsolete. This same object obsessed over and coveted by many will soon be replaced by something bigger and better. Materialism is a growing obsession in America for always wanting what […]

In the words of Janis Joplin, “Freedom is another word for nothing left to lose.” When you have nothing left, you can do what you yearn for. There are no ties so you are basically free to do whatever you please. According to the dictionary, freedom is the state of being or absence of ties […]