I hate dreaming. Dreams have a funny way about them. When I was thirteen and dreaming of becoming Queen of England, it was one of those funny kinds of dreams. It was my wedding day. There was even cake. The only tiny misleading factor was that I hadn’t quite gotten past my thirteen-year-old obsession with […]

Some of the most powerful and influential writings of our time came from the pen of John Locke. He expressed the view that government and people should both have a say in the running of their country. Locke’s ideas and beliefs were proven many times over a long span of history, even up to modern […]

When most people think of sickness, they instantly associate it with negative things. But aren’t there positives that come out of every bad situation? Shakespeare, I’m sure, would agree with this thought. The greatest and one of the most deadly plagues ravaged Europe during his days. This was the Bubonic Plague. It was contracted through […]

A poor old man sits alone in a room, without any friends due to his terrible breath and yellow teeth. He has lung cancer and one of his kidneys has already malfunctioned. He coughs with quite some effort and takes his last breath as a white cigarette sucks his life and soul away. Cigarettes. Such […]

Katniss, Tris, and Cassandra all have one thing in common, they are all female protagonists from modern dystopian novels. In the past few years, modern dystopian literature has become increasingly popular and so has the use of teenage girls as the protagonist. There has also been a drastic change in modern teenage girls beliefs. The […]

When someone asks you what you’re doing tomorrow do you know all the time or is it I’ll figure it out later?My answer is normally I’ll figure it out, but speaking about long terms I know I can’t do that. When I think about my future, the question of college normally pops up and whether […]

“Now, I’ll read the names—heads of families first—and then men come up and take a paper out of the box. Keep the paper folded in your hand without looking at it until everyone has had a turn. Everything clear?” Shirley Jackson was an American author in the mid-1900’s. A popular writer in her time, her […]

Since men and women have approximately the same mental bandwidth, if women were biologically and physically stronger than men, would societies, starting from the first century, have developed into matriarchies rather than patriarchies? As Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is set in the fourteenth century, all activities are conducted around a highly patriarchal society. […]

Our five senses provide us with the ability to experience reality; however, it is our imagination that gives us insight into the far greater and complex aspect of illusion. The world in which we live is perceived through our interpretation of what we see, hear, and perceive through the five senses. The times that the […]

Rythea lee stresses “So many children and adults live through terrifying events but do not get the chance to process, unravel, or mend the pain. ” Domestic violence is not just blows, but also words that can last forever. It is a terrifing trauma that manifests pathways of extream confusion and fear. unfortunately these monster […]

“I want you to be better than who I am” “You can be more than what you’re aiming for, I know you’re going to be someone in life ” ” I have high expectations for you and your expectations for yourself should be high as well” A bundle of phases that didn’t go in one […]

What if we had to kill just because we were ordered to? Of course that feels like a job of an assassin, doesn’t it? This was the reality for the tributes of Panem in The Hunger games. If the tributes survived through the experience, they got a surplus of food. Was it worth it? Panem, […]

From the moment babies are born, most parents treat boys and girls differently. One study says that parents have different expectations for boys and girls as early as 24 hours from birth, according to Susan D. Witt of the University of Akron. Gender is a huge aspect of society that influences much of how people […]

Have you ever had a disagreement with your parents about something you felt as if you did not do anything wrong? I never tried to understand why my father whom I love would always get frustrated because I was quiet. The worst argument I think we ever had was at some restaurant in South Texas […]

In every class, there is that hardworking kid who sits in class everyday frantically taking notes and lingering on the teacher’s every word, but in the end still doesn’t do well on the test. We’ve all seen that kid before, and we all wonder how that’s possible. It is undeniable that students will thrive in […]

Modern medical science uses poisons, such as mold, venom, and even toxic bacteria, to produce agents that can cure patients of diseases or immunize them against the effects of poisons. Snake venom is used to cure snake bites. Penicillin, a common and well-known antibiotic, is made from bread mold. The life-saving blood thinner Coumadin (warfarin) […]

Plastic quickly went from holding our beverages to soiling our earth. The extra effort to recycle cans and bottles has caused Americans to fall into a trap that infects the environment. More specifically, plastic water bottles have been a growing phenomenon since the early 1960s. The roots of bottled water originated from Italy, where mineral […]

What I know about Ian is that he gets too overwhelmed, too distracted, and worries about everything. The one thing that makes everything hard for him is essays. They’re too much writing and researching; research is new to him, he’s never done it for school work only just for games or something that he needs […]

48 years after the accomplishment of sending three men onto the moon, 6% of the United States still believes the entire event was all a hoax. This theory has been debunked many times by factual science and detailed observations. However, the answer to a more specific question can easily dismiss an argument that’s been going […]

Don’t we all have voices in our head?This is partly true but for some people it is much more than just voices.A patient with Dissociative Identity disorder, DID, have more than just voices in their head.DID was called Multiple Personality Disorder until 1994, when the name was changed to reflect a better understanding of the […]

I was first introduced to the subjects of domestication and self-domestication on a car ride from an afternoon screenwriting workshop over the summer of 2017. I’d spent the afternoon in a dimly lit, windowless room — a blank canvas for creatures that were so alive and believable in my mind but refused to materialize on […]

Introduction Although the major events of World War II are commonly known, there are many aspects of this historical event that people know very little about. One example of this is the Nazi Olympics. Very few people have heard about this event, and even fewer know what it is. However, this topic is very important […]

In Of MICE AND MEN Steinbeck uses several literary terms and lot’s of confusing language. The biggest point of the book is the saying: “the best laid schemes of mice and men go askew often” -Robert Burns, because that’s what the whole book is about and titled. Saying that plans don’t always go the way […]

“When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral” (Faulkner 1). As a rhetorical analyst, in the reading “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner there is an overall hidden message of Emily’s resistance to accept change. There are many causes that led her to turn out this way. Faulkner uses symbolism, […]

In todays modern society, it seems as though teenagers and even adults are taking upon themselves ignorant actions which make them seem like less intelligent individuals than they truly are. Whether it’s blatant misspelling, or incorrect pronunciation of simple words, ignorance is spreading like a disease to this country, with its only goal to further […]

Frederick Douglass uses rhetoric to show the horrific and inhuman treatments of the slaves by the slaveowners. In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,an American Slave, Frederick Douglas explains situations that he has witnessed and experienced in his life before the abolition of slavery. Frederick Douglas uses a wide variety of rhetoric throughout his […]

Crippled Memories I awoke to the harsh sound of car horns beeping from below the five story, apartment building that I was staying in. An aroma of butter pancakes danced in the air, signaling that breakfast had begun. I walked to the window to open the curtains allowing the sunlight to pour into the room. […]

What would you say if your adolescent child asked for a debit card? “No way!” or “We will think about it.” is a likely response most parents would first have. Teaching your child about money is a very important lesson that not everybody receives. However, once the parent decides to take on this lesson with […]

The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders are one of the most notorious crimes in California state history. It is a story of deceit and horror and above all- corruption of one of the most unjust tyrannies in the United States- the Los Angeles Police Department. The drama and secrets involved are still being uncovered today. The […]

My Fair Lady includes a central theme of transformation that cannot be overlooked. Riddled throughout the story are examples three distinct types; self-motivated transformation, voluntary transformation, and unintentional transformation. Examples of this are shown in the personal journeys of Eliza, Doolittle, and Higgins. The play portrays circumstances and attitudes that have a large role in […]