Business Essays

Terroristic Tendencies

The foremost foreign threat facing America today is the militant terrorist forces, such as Al-Qaeda, that conspire to harm and create fear in the country. However, one potential danger posed by terrorist, in which they acquire and deploy nuclear weapons against the country, continues to be greatly exaggerated in the minds of Americans. Even though […]

Are You Being Watched?

Assume that you are being watched. Don’t you believe its a little overwhelming knowing that you can’t go into public without me monitored and observed at all times? Yeah I thought so, so do I. Our privacy is going to get worse and worse as time goes on. Random people are getting into our accounts […]

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Gender Dynamics Examined in Shakespeare’s The Tempest William Shakespeare’s world-renowned play, The Tempest, addresses the complex dynamics of patriarchal society as well as the influence and oppression of female presence. Though Shakespeare’s cast of male conspirers and avengers certainly provoke the audience’s disgust for domineering males in their objectifying treatment of the only present female, […]

Puritan Outline

** **Thesis: The arrival of Puritanism in New England had diluted the current society of New England colonies, influencing new colonies to differentiate from average Chesapeake colonies in societal relationships, religion, and commerce. *Paragraph 1 Topic Sentence: Puritanism helped change the typical social and religious atmosphere of New England, focusing on strong family oriented communities […]

Letter

Dear Literary Canon Board of Directors, I am writing this letter because i think Don’t Close You Eyes should be included to the canon The first reason I believe it should be added is because in the story Janie is so brave and it teaches you to love your self even if you a little […]

The Importance of Handwriting

Having neat handwriting is never the most major problem in our minds. Finishing the next project or writing the next paper is the only thing that swims through our heads. Even so, finishing the projects is as, or even less, important than how we form it. With the ever growing development of technology and digital […]

Traditional Grip: Why it Should Never be Used

Back in the 1700’s, life was a lot different. There were no cars, no electricity, and women couldn’t vote. So much progress has gone on since then. Similarly, marching bands didn’t have the fancy harnesses for their snare drum players that we have today. Instead of using a harness, the snare drum players would use […]

Global Warming

The earth’s average temperature is rising. In the last century, it has gotten 1.5? warmer. While this may not seem like a lot, it has some rather devastating effects. Floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and heat waves are more common today than they’ve been for as long as humans have kept record. The oceans are becoming more […]

Why Did China Allow Its Presidential Term Change?

In March, the maximum term of office for a Chinese president was abolished in the constitution, meaning a Chinese president would be able to stay indefinitely in power. An overwhelming majority of The National People’s Congress in China voted to repeal the presidential term limit with 2,958 in favor, two against, and three abstaining.Western media […]

Oppression of Slaves

The evil of man is portrayed through the heinous hate crimes towards certain groups or races of people. One in particular, African American slaves, were abused mentally, emotionally, and physically. The views on hatred and it’s causes and effects are truly horrifying to think about. Would the world be different if slavery had not happened? […]

The Great Gatsby by F.Scott-Fitzgerald

In the book The Great Gatsby everybody has an American dream. Based around the 1920s everyone had their own stereotypes and everyone had their own goals to complete. To me it seems that Tom didn’t have one. He was more of a dream killer. Tom in the book felt like a villain that made sure […]

Technophobia

The tech policy here is very progressive compared to other schools. We should consider ourselves lucky. However, certain teachers here have strict no-technology rules in their classrooms that go beyond school policy. It’s the end of class, the room fills with senseless chatter, students congregate at the door. But, apparently, the no-tech rule still applies. […]

Working Definition of an Honors Student

The purpose I was given in writing this essay was to define what an honors student is. At the beginning of the year I thought this was just a reflective paper so that we would recognize how to be good little English students: read the book not SparkNotes, don’t steal other people’s work, and behave […]

"The Yellow Wallpaper" Analysis

“The color is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is torturing…It slaps you in the face, knocks you down, and tramples upon you. It is like a bad dream” (Gilman). Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a writer, lecturer, social activist and feminist (Beekman). The Yellow Wallpaper was a story about feminist […]

Drummond: Friend or Foe

In books on debatable questions such as this one, characters often come off as dry or boring, and are made solely for the purpose of regurgitating information. Inherit the Wind, a play written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, did not however follow this pattern of dry-cut characters. The play is set in the […]

One of the Best Rappers

Born in Missouri, Marshall Mathers grew up in a troubled family. He never got to see his father in his childhood since he left while he was still an infant. His mother, Deborah Mathers, had trouble staying at one job and was always moving. They mainly moved between Missouri and Detroit and were never really […]

Audrey Hepburn

On May 4th, 1929, Audrey Kathleen van Heemstra Ruston was born in Brussels to her father, Joseph Hepburn-Ruston, and her mother, Ella van Heemstra. She had two step brothers who were older named Alexander and Ian. Her father was often not home because of his work. At age five, Audrey ‘s mother sent her to […]

Rape Abuse

“Every 109 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted, and every 8 minutes the victim is a child.Meanwhile, only 6 out of every 1,000 perpetrators will end up in prison” (“Statistics | RAINN”).Rape is a form of a sexual activity that is unlawful and carried out by force. After such tragedy, the victim can fear for […]

The Bet

Imagine spending 15 years of your life locked up in a room with no human interaction and hardly anything to do. This is how the lawyer in “The Bet”by Anton Chekhov spent his young adult life all because of an argument one autumn night. Anton Chekhov used a short, quick moving story to bring to […]

Persuasive about The Giver

Dear Literary Canon Board of Directors, I am writing this letter because I would like to see The Giver by Lois Lowry entered into the Writing Hall of Fame. The first reason I believe The Giver should be included in the literary canon is because the giver has an amazing storyline.In The Giver the book […]

Complain- disease or reality

Every person has come across the word- complain. In their lives, they had either heard someone complain or had complained themselves. So, everyone is familiar with complain. In schools, this had become a matter of tense. Even, in my school, being a student of class 07, there is a girl called Priya. She has this […]

Gun Violence in America

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable.” -John F. Kennedy. Gun violence is a national problem. Some ignore it, others radicalize liberal views of complete reform. On October 21st, a man kills 59 people with an arsenal of legally purchased weaponry. This massacre was followed by comments along the lines of, […]

Buddy Guy

Many have called Buddy Guy Chicago’s blues king of today. He is perhaps the most energetic and spontaneous bluesman that any aspiring guitarist can hope to see on stage, displaying a constant stream of unfiltered feeling through his polka-dotted Stratocaster and tortured vocal style. Even Eric Clapton has called him “by far and without a […]

Nature vs. Nurture

Many people argue nature vs nurture when determining which aspect has shaped humans into how one acts and behave in their daily life.On the nature side, scientists explain it as what we are born with, including inherited traits from our parents.While on the other hand, nurture is environmental factors that have influenced a human’s behavior; […]

Writers Craft Essay

Over the course of this trimester I as a writer have improved in my writing. I’ve created a writing process that works for me. First, I will brainstorm the topic of the paper. If the paper topic is personal, I will usually reflect on experiences that left a mark in my life. Like our memoir […]

The House on Mango Street

A is for A Great Father Sally’s father is extremely disliked by Sally because he doesn’t allow her to talk to boys. If she does, he whips her with a belt until she’s black and blue. In reality, he was probably abetting Sally to reach the American Dream life. In Mango Street, several women are […]

Mary Shelley

The outsider is a classic figure of gothic fiction,representing everything that is unknown,unacceptable,damned,fearsome and horrific about humans.The monsters rejection by frankenstein,his creator,serves only to compound his sense of isolation.The monsters desperate requests to be heard by frankenstein create a strong sense of pathos in the reader.Human society will not accommodate the monster because of his […]

The Battle of the Bulge

December 16, 1944 The Allies begin their final push towards the German fatherland. The battle hardened Germans put up a valiant defense but they are overwhelmed no matter how many tanks they destroy the Americans just keep replacing them. The Americans, British and the Canadians advance from the east and the Russians from the west.To […]

Dignifying Death

Ask anyone which single event sparks the most fear, and most people’s responses would include some variation of the word “death.” It’s one of the few things in the world that universally affects everyone, but is ironically also one of the most avoided topics. It’s something few people want to brood over, much less openly […]

Stem Cells Versus Bisphosphonates

My research has to do with finding the best solution for osteoporosis. I am comparing stem cells and bisphosphonates in terms of speed, cost, and effectiveness. Bisphosphonates are a type of drug that slows down bone deterioration while stem cells are cells that can be reprogrammed to replace tissue in the body.