September 10th is Suicide Prevention Day. Worldwide, the International Association for Suicide Prevention, has spread the word about this issue via social media and their website, http://www.iasp.info. In the United States alone about 40,000 lives are taken every year for suicide and suicide is the second leading cause of death for Americans ages 15-24, according […]
Carolina Maria de Jesus was born in 1915 in Minas Gerais, Brazil. She was an illegitimate child and grew up as an impecunious peasant. Carolina was ostracized due to the fact that she was a bastard child and was repudiated by the Catholic Church, however, she continued to recognize herself as a Catholic. Carolina eventually […]
Only dinosaurs can be extinct. At least, that’s what I thought when I was younger. Whenever I heard the word “extinct,” it was used to describe creatures that far predated humans. It never occurred to me that entire species of animals have died out over the course of human history, and it especially didn’t occur […]
In recent years there has been much controversy over the decision to allow women to fight on the front lines of the American military. To not allow women the right to fight on the frontlines would be a disgrace to all progress made by women’s rights activists since the nineteenth century. Taking this once achieved […]
Boeing is an aircraft production facility in Seattle, Washington. There are a variety of planes ranging from fighters to jet planes that can hold 440 passengers. One component Boeing faces are the Airbuses that are made in France, however, Boeing will always be the United States plane manufacturer. Throughout the years Boeing has released new […]
Albert Einstein was a person who created the theory of relativity. He wrote a book on it and won an award for the explanation of photoelectric activity. An example of this is “In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.” The challenges he faced was that he […]
To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Telling people that Boo Radley committed the murder of Bob Ewell is “sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird.” I believe this because Boo stays inside all of the time and no one knows anything about him. He is also like a mockingbird in that he doesn’t harm anyone or anything. […]
“A stone hit her on the side of the head” (Jackson). According to an internet source the author, Shirley Jackson wrote the short story in 1948. It was published in the New Yorker and was controversial for many years. Jackson refused to make any comment other than, “Explaining just what I had hoped the story […]
It was December 9,2010. I was sitting in class, I don’t really recall the class it was. Too boring to remember i suppose. So there i was working on some unfinished homework? maybe? I think my teacher was babbling about her kids. The phone rang which usually meant someone had to go to the office, […]
From traditional Native American storytelling to the bible and the tale of Jesus Christ, this ancient story unifying all cultures and the World since time immemorial has had its authenticity left untouched. The story of a holy being or entity creating humanity is tacit in all religions and the story of a holy man performing […]
Violence happens every day. According to ChaCha Answers, on average a person is murdered every minute worldwide. Murder and violence are also prominent factors of The Hunger Games, where children are forced to fight to the death in an arena for entertainment. Plaudits are given when a child dies; the capitol loves a good fight. […]
Eat for a Day Kewalos is a beach in Kaka’a’ko. It’s streets are lined with tents and shopping carts. A bright orange sun was setting on Kewalos. The sky was littered with pink and orange clouds, and everything that touched the sunlight had a slight orange glow. Two foot waves rolled in every now and […]
Should the “N” word be replaced with “slave” in mark Twains “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”? The answer is no. In his book Twain is trying to portray the hillbilly of the day, the old fashioned, and the west. He was not meaning the word in a racial, demeaning term, so implying that all blacks […]
Most of us have heard about the book: Anne frank- the diary of a young girl. Most of you have probably read it. I have also read it. After reading it, I was so moved that I decided to write it down in a non- fiction piece of article. In brief, the book is actually […]
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I have a dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Martin Luther King Jr. said himself that “today will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” His speech talked about equality and freedom […]
One of my two goals for my community service is to feed the homeless. My second community service goal is to donate many things to the people that need it. One of my extracurricular goals is to be in varsity softball this year. My second extracurricular goal is to be in varsity volleyball next year. […]
Does some type of struggling dominate current society? People first think of children or families dying of starvation. Digging deeper illustrates that people are struggling on many levels, including both the people of Panem and the ones living in America. Panem is closer than thought. Panem and the contemporary society have many similarities. There are […]
Marguerite Ann Johnson was born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. Maya’s nickname was given to her by her oldest brother, Bailey Jr. She was an African American women, growing up during a time when there was segregation. Maya was a poet, civil rights activist, dancer, film producer, television producer, playwright, film director, […]
Hundreds of anthologies of poetry exist, dealing with a myriad of themes and subjects. However, small portions of those poetic anthologies focus solely on the twentieth century. Twentieth-Century American Poetry, edited by Dana Gioia, David Mason, and Meg Schoerke, is one the few well-written anthologies that focuses primarily on American poetry and poets. Unlike most […]
Nobody really likes to move. At least, I know I don’t. We were living in West Jordan, Utah and I was in the fifth grade. We moved into our house in West Jordan when I was about two months old. Life was going great. I had lots of good friends that I had been around […]
Fireworks. Barbeque. Parties. A long, summer day that stands out from the rest. Possibly long, strenuous drives, for many people. This is the imagery that comes to many people’s minds when thinking of the fourth of July. Yet how many people really think about what this holiday was originally based upon while they are busy […]
“A dog is a man’s best friend,” is a phrase that has been around for centuries. The first known record of this phrase was in 1789 by Frederick the Great of Prussia. He was very fond of his Italian greyhounds and loved them so much he wanted to be buried next to them. Throughout history […]
I recently read a story concerning the group Anonymous. The story intrigued me greatly, and it went something like this: After the Food Not Bombs scandal in Orlando, Anonymous, the Internet hacktivist group, declared a new operation, deemed operation Orlando, in which they will fight what they see as a freedom of expression violation. Now, […]
Iran, has a thirst to quench. A thirst for making an atomic bomb, just like the U.S. But European countries and the U.S do not want Iran to make,or in this case succeed in making a bomb. Why? Because Iran isn’t too “responsible” in handling a bomb. Instead of using it like the U.S is, […]
During the Romantic literary period where the individual and pursuit of happiness was at its highest point. Poetry was at the heart of this wave of literary expansion. Poetry was today’s television, and families would sit around a fire and read this poetry, and these poets became known as fireside poets. Poems such as” Old […]
The dots of paint flow along the path made by the wind blowing calmly. The thread of dark chocolate is the only thing holding up to hundreds of dots depending on it. The once light pastel colors above us convert to navy blue filled of sparkly diamonds as the hours pass by. Rainbow creatures crawl […]
Anxiety I was in class ready to present a big project I had been working on. I was next to present and all of a sudden I had sweat pouring down my forehead, hands were shaking like an earthquake, and heart pounding like a drum. “For teens or anyone else , anxiety is a normal […]
On June 19, 1944, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, or the Marianas Turkey Shoot, would occur. It would end as a decisive American victory with the Americans losing 123 aircraft, 80 of which either ran out of gas and the pilot had to bail out or landing on the moving aircraft carriers as night, […]
The movie begins with an introduction to the average, nuclear family: Mufasa (father), Sarabi (mother), and Simba (son). Simba was just born, and Mufasa and Sarabi begin the long and perilous journey from the beginning stage of the family cycle (establishing a home) to the parental stage (becoming parents and raising kids). For the entire […]
WASHINGTON’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF 1789 a transcription: In the transcription of “Washington’s Inaugural Address of 1789” from the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington outlines his promises for his presidency. Washington’s main focus is that he is trying to assure the people that he will not become a monarch. He believes that the United States […]
