“Crime writers reserve the word ‘monster’ for top-notch murderers…He must meet certain rigid requirements. His victims killed over a period of years and not for money alone and preferably female and he must do unusual things with their bodies; he must inhibit a gloomy, forbidding dwelling, he should be scientific bent. The master of the […]

One would think that a court would not believe little children to be capable of misleading them into killing a large portion of a population, but in Salem, Massachusetts this was exactly the case. Multiple girls confessed to being bewitched including Abigail Williams. The Crucible is a play that portrays to us how these girls […]

Alcohol can ruin anyone’s life if they let it. If not monitored, alcohol can cause great pain to the consumer, but also the people around them. Often people see the problems caused by it, and how a beverage can change one’s life in an instant. From drunk driving incidents to bar fights, alcohol causes destruction. […]

Population Control Have you ever thought what would happen if the world became overpopulated by wildlife? The controversial topic of using hunting for population control has been a debated over whether it is mostly positive or negative to our world. Population control is a policy that limits the growth of numbers in a certain population […]

Bullying is a thing that sadly, every kid goes through. It has become a sad fact of life. People aren’t getting the help that they need in order to fight back the bullying. Schools should be more aware of bullying in our hallways and classes. People are mistaking bullying for teasing. There is a difference […]

Michael Joseph Jackson, a beloved character in pop music history, will forever and always remain in the hearts of many loyal fans. Though many people say that they could care less for his music, countless others disagree, and I am proud to say… …that I am one of them. – – – Michael Jackson, born […]

Do your children have good grades at school? Do they feel comfortable with their learning? I think that you should ask these and more questions to yourself about your child’s learning. Every single parent should help their children with their reading. It is beneficial to read to children to prepare them to be successful in […]

“640K ought to be enough for anybody,” said Bill Gates, the creator of Microsoft, in 1981. 640 kilobytes is less than the amount of storage space on a flash drive. Today, computers have around 500 gigabytes (500,000,000 kilobytes) of storage space, and supercomputers have hundreds of times more. Bill Gates did not realize how much […]

Several great empires emerged during the classical period: The Roman, the Mauryan, and the Gupta. The Roman and Gupta empires are both regarded as being the “golden ages” of their regions, but what was it about their reigns that made them so memorable? All three empires ruled a vast amount of land and had immense […]

In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, madness helps the narrator break away from complying with restrictive social norms. With only her husband, John, and her sister-in-law, Jennie, occasionally checking on her, the narrator lives in isolation and as a result soon descends into insanity. Throughout the story, the narrator becomes fascinated with the […]

In my opinion, Fredrick Douglass his values are education. He strongly believes that education is the key to everything and makes the difference between a simple slave who can just follow orders and his master or “owner” who can give orders and knows how to make money.Douglass was a simple slave with no education and […]

The day I read a book on military dogs was a book I would definitely read again.Do you know what military dogs do when they are with there trainer/handler?Did you know that not only humans can get PTSD , but dogs can get it to. You’re probably wondering how dogs help with the military. Well […]

Born simply in a log cabin, the 16th president had to use his wits to pull a country out of a war. As he guided the country through this devastating event. President Abraham Lincoln had his ups and downs. This down to earth and straightforward speaker got through all of his challenges. Even though he […]

Take a look at the smartphone in your pocket. That device is a million times smaller, a million times cheaper, and a thousand times more powerful than what used to be a 60 million dollar computer that was half a building in size, 40 years ago (Silva 1). Our devices are becoming smaller and more […]

Music is like a bird; it crosses continents only to come back again next spring. Music is like an Apple; it has a hundred flavors, and each one shines. Music is like a bonfire; it glows long after the last log is added. Music is like a language; it’s never out of things to say. […]

Table of Contents 1993 The Giver by Lois Lowry 1998 Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2001 Naughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman 2003 City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau 2005 Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 2008 The Host by Stephenie Meyer 2008 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 2011 Divergent by Veronica Roth Young […]

While many readers would blame characters like Friar Lawrence and Tybalt for Romeo and Juliet’s’ tragic deaths, time is really the cause of this misfortune by the various events in which a few seconds made a whole world of difference. In Baz Luhrman’s modernized version of the classic Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, there are […]

In the play Macbeth, the Weird Sisters and Banquo introduce a symbolic and constant parallel between sleep and innocence and sleeplessness and guilt. The contrast becomes especially apparent when Macbeth and Lady Macbeth unsuccessfully try to suppress and escape from their guilty consciences by trying to achieve restful sleep. The pair’s inability to do so […]

Do you know what happened on July 14, 2015? Well if you don’t know that was the day that New Horizons spacecraft made it pluto it launched on January 19, 2006. Yeah, for some people it was stupid and a big waste of money, but for the people at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) […]

On the morning of February 7, 1964, the Beatles stepped off their Pan Am flight to a legendary reception of five thousand fans and two hundred reporters clamoring to see the group of boys from Liverpool who sang about the things that truly mattered in life. The rise of the Beatles is a clear representation […]

A study comparing how Helen Keller and I overcome obstacles Have you ever had a best friend move away? My best friend of mine, Sienna and I,were at the East Richland Elementary School in Mrs.Mufflers class. On Friday, March 18, 2011 we were outside playing around and eating ice cream. Sienna’s Mom was talking to […]

Prior to the Progressive Era, few individuals actually committed themselves to social reform. Historians, however, note Florence Kelley as a great exception, who in her life advocated for female suffrage in addition to better child labor laws. In her famous National American Women Suffrage Association speech, Kelley uses imagery, erotesis, and repetition to suggest that […]

Dear Reader My topic is Germanys Rebellion. I choose this topic due to the fact that I feel that most simply don’t know about is. At first, I was set on the topic Germany Systematic Removal of Jews. Not because it is easy but because I felt that no matter how many times it is […]

Alexis De Tocqueville brought forward many observations and personal opinions about American democracy in his book ” Democracy in America”. Tocqueville made it clear his stance on the way America is pursuing democracy. It’s not that Tocqueville was completely opposed to democracy, he only felt America was not being fair in it’s endeavors. He felt […]

“Diary entry in the perspective of Lady Macbeth” 12th August 1604 “When love speaks, the voice of all the gods Make heaven drowsy with the harmony. [Love’s Labor’s Lost]” I felt like a little child dreaming, dreaming for the stars to sing a lullaby to soothe me and assist me in getting a peaceful dream […]

The 1850’s had seemed enormous growth in the railroad industry as well as wars in which by 1861, there was a total of 31,600 mile of track in America. The civil war was the first war which railroad was a major factor from the great rail centers of Atlanta to Richmond. The civil war consisted […]

“All students can learn and succeed, but not all onthe same day , in the same way” (Anonymous).Standardized test are formated in a manner in which it inspires a “simplistic way of thinking”. In this case your answer is either right or wrong, no in betweens. This way of thinking isnot realistic in real-world situations. […]

“(… )”Flapper”— the notorious character type who bobbed her hair, smoked cigarettes, drank gin, sported short skirts, and passed her evenings in steamy jazz clubs, where she danced in a shockingly immodest fashion with a revolving cast of male suitors.”- Flapper, Joshua Zeitz. The flapper, or the new woman of post-war America, was the epitome […]

President Lincoln Throughout the entire Civil War, President Lincoln’s primary intentions were directed toward resolving the tension between the states and re-uniting the Union. Lincoln centered his Reconstruction Plan on that same goal, using strategy moves such as re-instating private property (not slaves) and non-harsh managements of rebellion. One of Lincoln’s major Reconstruction actions included […]

Victims of traumatic experiences are much more likely to suffer from psychological issues throughout their lives. Whether it is a short term or long term effect, the victims will often carry these problems with them as much as they do the trauma they suffered. The effects they may be experiencing after the trauma they endured […]