Business Essays

What is Poetry?

Poetry Oozing from my lips like a foam, it sneaks its way into our hearts. A layer of phrases and words coat onto the untouched fleshy skin, as a typewriter prints onto slightly tanned paper. It changes us, our perspective. The spotlight is dashing freely across the room, as if a child at play. Our […]

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Alliance for young artist and writers. Young writers and artists should be able to write or even draw their own ideas and come up with many designs that of course make sense. Teens especially should understand. Writers should be able and aloud to express themselves through what went on during their lives or even write […]

Sounds of Silence

The clock ticked as the students all sat in silence, waiting for the teacher to hand out the exam papers. The buzz of the lights hummed through my ears. Behind me, the boy with an abundance of freckles tapped his foot against his desk rapidly, keeping a dubstep beat. It reminded me of the MUSIC […]

Key Legislation in Favor of Black America

In December 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, announcing the freedom of black slaves. It set Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 into motion (Frazier 113). While the Civil War brought freedom from the binds of slavery, it did not offer security from angry Confederates. What did offer that security was the group of laws passed […]

Is E-Reading Taking Over the World? (I Think Not)

You know something’s wrong when you salivate over the scent of flattened, bleached wood pulp. Or maybe the real problem is knowing that that is, essentially, paper. Maybe it’s because I grew up in a paper house. On Saturday mornings, my mother would balance her tea and bacon over the musty tablecloth of newspaper, explicitly […]

Easy, Breezy, Beautiful, Carcinogens: The Rise of Toxins in Our Cosmetics

As I brush my teeth each morning it is difficult not to notice the colorful array of shampoos, conditioners, lotions, antiperspirants and perfumes that are line the countertop. Each label boasts a new and improved formula. The meticulously designed images and lettering describe advanced technology that helps the product last longer, smell better and shine […]

Teen Depression

Teen depression occurs all around you and people don’t take note of it as much as they should. Teen depression should be watched for and treated accordingly. We need to keep teens from getting depressed because it’s a big issue and should not be a normal thing. What causes it, and how can you handle […]

Amyloidosis

There are many strange diseases in the world today, but one of the most uncommon and difficult to cope with is Amyloidosis. It affects the major organs of the body by producing proteins that breakdown the organs’ ability to function. This disease can make everyday life a struggle for the afflicted individual. Having certain symptoms […]

A Rose for Emily Critique

A Rose for Emily is a recollection of the life of Emily Grierson on the day of her funeral. It talks of her actions and secrets that make up the peculiar woman. William Faulkner is one of the country’s greatest 20th century writers. He is most known for writing about morals, as he does in […]

The Woods Asylum

After several years of trying to get Boylor to open a ward for for mental patients and multiple attempts to get a hearing with the medical center for backing Dr.Blackman realized that his dream of treating and curing the mentally ill would not come to fruition. Frustrated with the situation Dr.Blackman began to develop plans […]

One Prozac a Day

“People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be” (Lincoln). Happiness and depression are far too complicated to be controlled solely by levels of serotonin, a chemical in the brain. Instead, there are many variables in life which can affect a person’s overall mood. Happiness is an attitude, and can be […]

The Economic Costs of Sugar on Human Health

The Economic Costs of Sugar on Human Health It is undeniable how much healthcare costs can strain individuals and the economy. Many people throughout the nation struggle daily to try to pay off these debts. Sugar is one of the biggest contributors to healthcare costs because of how cheap sugary the foods are and how […]

The Lottery Narrative Essay

“The girls stood aside (Jackson).”The short story “The Lottery” was written by Shirley Jackson in 1949. Shirley has been writing since she was a young teenager. When she entered Syracuse University she wrote her first story in 1937. Jackson wrote novels that were made into films and won a poetry contest in college (Jackson). The […]

Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing

Today it is easier than ever for an upcoming author to publish a book. Two main ways of publishing are available for authors: traditional publishing and self-publishing. According to Infinity Publishing, traditional publishing is when a traditional publishing house- such as HarperCollins or Penguin Random House- buys a manuscript and proceeds to publish the book. […]

Romeo and Juliet: A Feminist's View

Close Passage Analysis – Romeo and Juliet Feminist Critical Theory In this passage, two men, Capulet and Paris, are speaking of their arrangements of marriage for Juliet between Paris and Juliet. Capulet informs Paris that he would like to have his daughter Juliet marry Paris, and asks his opinion on that. Capulet says, “Sir Paris, […]

Eldorado: A Golden Myth

[We are Human Beings. Human Beings have always been fond of possessing gold. This lure has led to many weird and strange adventures. Above all, the most strangest and mysterious of all expeditions lies in search of Eldorado- The Golden Land. For centuries, the legend of Eldorado, the fabulous land of gold led many people […]

Bengal Tigers

What forest do they live in? Bengal tigers live in tropical rainforests in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Nepal. However, most of the population is found in grassland or deciduous forests. Bengal tigers like the constant shade that the forest floor guarantees with the understory’s leaves leaving the tigers cool. The tropical rainforest temperature […]

Door to Another World

Just over nine years ago, Congress passed a bill known as No Child Left Behind. To put it simply, this new act required that students from all over the country be tested and tracked in their progress in Math and Critical Reading. Little did people realize at the time, by heavily emphasizing Math and Critical […]

A Cashless Society

I believe that physical money creates more opportunities for crime and drug smuggling than electronic money does. Imagine that you are a one hundred dollar bill and are being shipped to a cash depot in Lighthouse Crossings, Florida off the west coast of Tampa. There you are sorted into circulation with the other one hundred […]

Analysis of e. e. cummings' "i thank You God"

e. e. cummings nutoriously used visual representation of his poems as well as the connotation and denotation of the words that compose them, then tampered with the rhythm of the lines to get across his point to the reader in “i thank You God.” He presents his spiritual rebirth with the renewal of how he […]

"The Fall of the House of Usher" Analysis

Poe creates an overall sense of dread and gloom by using nature to weave an atmosphere of horror. He uses cacophonous word choice and evokes a feeling of despair in the reader with the words “dull,” “dark” and “insufferable. ” Poe includes “phantasmagoric” to add to the haunted effect. The setting, described mostly by imagery, […]

Waste Becomes Resources for Hydroponic Farming

Imagine being a kid and living in low income housing near abandoned buildings. Your mom struggles for money to feed you. She is unemployed, like most of her neighbors and you suffer with asthma, like many of your friends. There are fields you can’t play on because long ago manufacturing plants dumped hazardous waste and […]

The Beatles: Taking the World by Storm

At the end of 1966, after months of tension and failure to devise any creative or unseasoned ideas, the Beatles at last formulated a plan of action regarding their musical metamorphosis. The Beatles had already accumulated a plethora of fans, starting the British Invasion and causing the craze that came to be known as Beatlemania […]

A Guilty Mind

Have you ever felt so guilty that you confessed to what you did? In the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator kills an old man he serves because of his “evil eye.” He hides the corpse under the floor in the living room. The police come shortly after the concealment […]

"i have a dream"

Dylan Wright P2 October 25, 2010 “I have a dream” “I have a dream, that one day all African Americans will be treated equal.” As you probly no, This speech was presented by the famous Martin Luther King jr. Martin changed the world with his persuasive speeches and acts. In 1954 martin joined the national […]

Pfizer vs. Nigerian Families: Reality Is More Miserable Than Plot of Fiction

Medical experiments on children. Inhumane tests by a large American pharmaceutical company on a third world country. Sounds like the plot of a novel? It was. The book is called “The Constant Gardener.” and a movie of the same name followed in 2005. Nonetheless, the plots in both the novel and the movie were based […]

Contamination in the Hudson

The Hudson River is filled with PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyls). PCB’s are an environmental problem that some people feel it cannot be fixed on its own; some feel that needs to help in order to clean the water in the Hudson River. General Electric is a company that is being accused of dumping over 500,000 pounds […]

If it Were Only Girls

The Lord of the Flies is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding about a group of boys marooned on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results. These well -educated boys are faced with multiple human issues involving survival and power that eventually lead to savage and inhumane behavior. Would […]

Panem vs. USA

What if you lived in the future in different districts in a country called Panem? Then have the Government send you to an arena and fight other children till there is one left. Well that’s what happened in the hunger games, in the games the children had to learn survival skills to stay alive for […]