We have all seen or heard words and phrases such as “drought”, “food shortage” and “crop failure” in media headlines. Usually, the country afflicted is a poor nation with limited fresh water resources that is far away from our home countries. Our response is usually to donate money to organizations such as World Vision so […]

The controversy over the Confrontation Clause of the Constitution has been going on for many years. The Confrontation Clause states that a criminal defendant has the right “to be confronted with the witnesses against him”. These witnesses include forensic analysts. Currently, the defense in a court of law is required to cross-examine forensic analysts. The […]

The sixteen hundreds were known as the “Golden Age of Piracy”. Many pirates ruled this era. The most famous of these pirates though, were Blackbeard and Anne Bonny. There were also several other famous female pirates that ruled the Golden Age. A short list of these include: Alfhild, the pirate princess; Grace O’Malley, the Irish […]

Death by Turtlenecks The number one worst crime a person could ever commit is the crime of the turtleneck. Turtleneck sweaters are without a doubt the most horrific fashion crime to ever hit the planet. There is no human in the history of mankind who has ever looked attractive in a turtleneck sweater. Turtlenecks should […]

Mind Control The world today vastly differs from that of generations past. Humanity has coaxed out innovation at unprecedented rates and, consequently, enjoys a myriad of amenities never before offered to the forefathers of the twenty-first century. From cellular phones to nuclear energy, modern society has been graced with an unending number of technological advancements. […]

“The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions: most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.” (Jackson). Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco on December 14, 1916, and spent her childhood in nearby Burlingame, California, where she began writing poetry and short stories […]

The Romanovs were a powerful family in Russia. The family’s rule began in 1613, and ended in 1917. Though there were many years in their empire, this essay is going to talk about the very last Tsar and his family. Nicholas Romanov II inherited control of Russia in 1894. The man was born in 1868, […]

Jennifer Egan’s redefines the gothic genre with her modern novel The Keep. This book tells the story of Danny King, an aging hipster who lives in New York City without a real family or career. In high school, he was a popular star athlete who seemingly had it all. At one family picnic, seeking to […]

Search Story- Over the summer, I was helping my dad put up new gutters on the side of our house before a storm and all of a sudden I heard my sister start whining and complaining that a bug landed on her hand. I looked down from the ladder and saw my sister rapidly try […]

It is a wonder how some stories with seemingly obvious meanings can be misconceived. The short story “The Yellow Wallpaper”, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a story that, for years, was read as just another normal story. However, the reason for which Gilman wrote the story is clear as day. Gilman wrote this story […]

For my homework that involved observing a certain developmental stage, I decided to watch a 6th grade World Languages class at my own school, _______. I noticed many different things during this time, and I took almost two pages of notes about their behavior. Some things I was looking for included: gender roles, if the […]

A girl on her phone scrolling down her newsfeed on Facebook, and in an instant it begins to blow up with messages and calls. “Hey did you see what they posted about you?!” “She’s so stupid!” “So ugly!” That girl was very sad maybe even depressed, but her real friends came through at the end. […]

The governmental structure of any civilization bestows great influence on the actions executed by the citizens. The leadership of a group shapes the ideas and beliefs amongst a given population as a whole. Because power in most cases does not get distributed to many people, it is pertinent that a government provides a large variety […]

Dear Literary Canon Board of Directors, I am writing this letter because I believe that the story The Lord of the Rings should be considered in the Literary Canon. This story is textual, alive and full of characters that will just melt your heart. J.R.R defies the concept of time, makes people love his story, […]

Students and teachers can’t wait for M. A.R.E Fridays to start up again shortly. M.A.R. E awards are slips of paper you get for following the mustang way. Some ways you can get M.A.R.E awards are getting good grades, doing your homework, have good behavior, have good attendance, do your homework, and help around the […]

Google defines language as, “the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way,” and, “a system of communication used by a particular country or community.” Thus, by reviewing the two given definitions one can conclude that human life is critically incomplete if devoid […]

Obama, America’s advertised exotic hero, stands proud and definite as our cultural icon of diversity. Obama, like all of history’s leaders, is and has been processed through society’s paradoxical machine, coming out religious saint, failed politician, communist, and terrorist. Needling through the world’s diverging opinions of the indefinable man, one rarely thinks of nineteen year […]

OUCH! I have fallen down a hill! I think most people can relate to falling at some point in their life.Let’s just say when you fell, a piece of glass cut you deep in the leg and you were gushing blood. So you get driven to the hospital and they put you under surgery to […]

January 22, 2014 Fur Coats You would be a liar if you claimed that you’ve never seen that one lady at the party. That’s right, the immensely stout one with the crude face that is poised particularly to show off her “state-of-the-art” coat. It would be possible to ignore her, if only her coat didn’t […]

Background Information-The patient’s husband, John,has moved her into a home far from society. Her relationship with him is almost broken, it resembles the relationship between and inmate and a prison guard. In the beginning of my evaluation I noticed the patient had recently had a child. The child and it’s mother had no relationship or […]

The rules of the “City” in Anthem are used to keep its citizens at bay and to keep total control of its inhabitants with an iron grip going so far as publicly executing its citizens like when Equality 7-2521 watched “The Saint of The Pyre” get his tongue cut out and burned at a stake […]

A Mind at a Time by Mel Levine introduces the cognitive developmental side of why our brains work the way they do. Some researchers believe that we are born with our brains being at a fixed capacity for growth and refining, being nothing in our power we can do to change how our brains learn. […]

Soap and chocolate: the cleaning and the cooking. Considered women’s jobs, they represent the stereotypes against which feminism fights. Both materials are solid and heavy, difficult to move and difficult to break. In Janine Antoni’s piece Lick and Lather, the soap and the chocolate are used as mediums for busts of Antoni’s face. They are […]

That smell! My feet race to the front windows that open to the front yard, and i can smell the fall air, the mixture of dead grass, burning wood, and falling golden leaves. Mmm….. . I just want that smell stuck into a jar, for me to keep. Though their was more, the sun beaming […]

How much effort does it take to fill a glass with clean water? That is not something usually considered because purified running water is a available in practically every household in a first world country. However, there are nearly one billion people who do not have access to clean water, or in some cases almost […]

The Korean world is one of the hardest worlds to understand. North Korea trying to become a world super power in Nuclear Warfare. South Korea just trying to live in peace. North Korea’s old Dictator (Died 2011) Kim Jong-Il threaten the world for years with Nuclear War. He especially wanted to gain control of South […]

James Gilchrest’s poem Where beauty resides was a very influential poem. I believe it speaks out to everyone who has insecurities. Everyone is special in their own way, some people just fail to see it. “If you take a closer look at the lives of those who are open It’s almost as if you are […]

Do people ever watch commercials without the intention of purchasing the item, but at the conclusion of the commercial they feel as if they must have it? That’s the power of persuasion at its finest! Persuasion is a technique that has been used throughout the ages. Everyone has influenced someone at some point or another, […]

“Am I walking towards something I should be running away from?” once asked Shirley Jackson (“Shirley Jackson Quotes”). In her short story, “The Lottery” all of the characters come together to participate in this “lottery. ” Only it is not what most people would think. These characters should really being running away instead of coming […]

William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet investigates the intrigue that occurs in Denmark after a ghost tells Prince Hamlet that his uncle, King Claudius, killed Hamlet’s father, the true king. Claudius secretly murders his brother so that he can obtain power, which is the root of deception and evil from which all succeeding events emanate. The guard […]