Business Essays

“There was a great deal of fussing to be done before Mr. Summers declared the lottery open” (Jackson). Shirley Jackson is the author of “The Lottery”. She is well known around the world. Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco on December 14, 1916. She began writing poetry and short stories as a young teenager […]

ou open a book and the words swim around the page. A bunch of letters in seemingly random order. You know the sounds that the letters make and you’ve practiced the sounds many times but you can’t figure out how to put those sounds together. You have dyslexia. Dyslexia is a learning disability many people, […]

DNA could be compared to the instruction book of life. DNA is a nucleic acid that makes up the genome, or sum of an organism’s genetic make-up, of an organism. (“DNA”). The nucleic acid serves as a template for replication and transcription; many cell processes would not be able to take place without the information […]

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment documents the internal struggle of tormented Raskolnikov, a young man who murders an old pawnbroker and her sister. Raskolnikov believes that his intrinsic status as one the few elite men among all others gives him the right to break the standard rules of society. He decides to murder out […]

It seems an odd thing to think about. What color describes a person best? First, one needs to figure out what the color means, and then, ask if it applies to a particular person. That is a challenging thing to think about, but once a person figures it out, it seems so simple and easy […]

The story “A Rose for Emily” is not just a disturbing tale of an unfortunate woman; it is also a canvas for the reader response method. Using reader response criticism the reader can analyze William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” through morals, hidden meanings, and anthropology. This is all just a way of criticism, but […]

Different things attract different people, which is why innovation is needed to attract new consumers. Innovation opens new doors and expands the popularity of a company. For a company to stay in business for a long time they must change eventually because technology, people and places change over time. Most of the world renowned companies […]

Music was very influential in the Civil Rights Era because it spread hope, communicated feelings, and inspired the protesters. This led to sit-ins, filling up the jails, Freedom Rides, and even a major change in society. During the protests, people sang the songs to spread hope through the crowd and keep the protests peaceful. Songs […]

The book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a judgemental, but eye opening kind ofstory. I honestly love it. It has a lengthy beginning, but as soon as the action starts, it doesn’t stop until the very end. I didn’t want to put the book down. I also like it because you learn […]

Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soulAnd sings the tune without the wordsAnd never sleeps at allAnd sweetest in the Gale is heardAnd sore must be the stormThat could abash the little BirdThat kept so many warmI’ve heard it in the chillest landAnd on the strongest seaYet- never in extremityIt asked- a […]

The Atomic Bomb How would you have felt if you had to make the decision to drop an atomic bomb on a city? That is what President Truman was faced with towards the end of World War II. In 1941, the Manhattan Project began and a few years later the first atomic bomb was produced. […]

There is evidence that Happiness is more of a state of mind rather than an emotion that is not controllable. Instead of being an emotion that is more of a reaction to other people and events. In other words, if you put yourself in a good mood, you can make yourself happy no matter what […]

Once the Nazis were in power, ordinary citizens were unable to protest the policies and practices of their totalitarian government without lethal consequences. Without an effective protest, Nazi actions grew increasingly bolder and ultimately the German people’s civil rights were restricted and eliminated. The NSDAP used anti-Semitic and nationalistic propaganda along with brutality as a […]

Water Pollution “Around the world, an estimated one million birds and 100,000 marine mammals and sea turtles die each year when they become trapped in plastic or eat it, perhaps mistaking it for a tasty treat. It is one of biggest threats to all whales and dolphins occurring throughout the world’s oceans” (http://www.wdcs.org/wdcskids/en/story_details.php?select=879). Animals are […]

Since the early 1990’s, video game technology has grown to immense popularity. It has evolved into a leading source of revenue in the world market, and provides a new method of interactivity in the world. Opposing groups, such as concerned parents and radical politicians, believe that this steady development of video games causes degradation in […]

Ryszard Kapuscinski, author of The Other, discusses the idea of seeing oneself in another person, a concept dubbed seeing the ‘I’ in the Other. When a person meets someone new, he must bear witness to this Other, seeing and accepting the different qualities of the Other and simultaneously learning about his own defining qualities. Kapuscinski […]

Imagine being the most important individual in the world, but later finding that your legacy had been dashed to pieces. If Warren G. Harding were to come back from his dreadful deathbed, this is what he would find. Today, Warren Harding is a forgotten president. It is not a surprise that a president who created […]

Perhaps what sparked my interest in archeology is because it is the study of past civilizations, therefore being the story of our past. And being an aspiring novelist, stories are the things that I generally live for. The story of our past.. ….it’s a complex and unexplored terrain that we must learn from if we […]

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” -Walt Disney Ever since I was a young boy, I was a creative person. At age 8, we all enter second grade. For me I was just moving back to this school district and a new elementary school. Our first assignment was “What is your favorite […]

School and Leadership can never be separated. School means an institution for people to learn something that will give benefits to them. The meaning of leadership is the ability of an individual or an organisation to lead the people or the team player under them. School is one of the most effective place for youth […]

Senior year, the year many students look forward to. The seniors at Arrowhead high school are going to be graduating in ten months. Arrowhead High School has seen students come and go as graduation season comes around. Some students will be graduating in January, while others will be graduating in June. Graduation is there to […]

The song We Shall Overcome, famously performed by Joan Baez, eventually served as the de-facto anthem of the Civil Rights Movement. The song Horst-Wessel-Lied also served as an anthem, but for a much darker cause, the Nazi Party. Horst-Wessel Lied, written by Horst Wessel himself, was made the co-national anthem of Germany from 1933-1945. These […]

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 […]