Business Essays
Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, once said, “All it takes for evil to flourish is good men to stand by and do nothing. ” The media can also be included in this statement because it’s their job to report on what’s happening in the world so people can take action. The lack of attention of what […]
Can Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare really be considered a love story? It is considered a famous love story, but depending on how it is experienced, it can be interpreted differently. People watching the 1968 Zeffirelli film will find the relationship between Romeo and Juliet rushed, whereas viewers of the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film […]
It’s that time of the year again. The smell of formaldehyde fills the hallways. Some complain about the scent while others tolerate it. High schoolers around the country are dissecting animals. The dissection of animals in high school classrooms dates back to the early 1900s. Back then, frogs were the animal of choice due to […]
We live in the past. It takes eighty milliseconds for our brains to recognize and interpret the information they receive. When they do, removed in time by what to reality is both an eternity and an instant, we can only perceive colors existing within a tiny fragment of the electromagnetic spectrum, emitted by the changing […]
“Senior Year Has Been a Journey” Senior year has not been a journey. Mostly because I haven’t been in school long enough to call it a journey but also because it’s been a lot similar to that of a prison sentence. If you think about it children have been in school since they could walk […]
As the calendar reaches the end of February, excitement is practically palpable. The lines outside the movie theater reach to the end of the parking lot. Popcorn constantly needs to be replenished. Celebrity magazines stop printing insignificant gossip. Japan is overwhelmed with the mass production of tiny statues. Average people sit around judging the outfits […]
Many issues with the Albanian government reflect directly on the people, considering they are the representatives of the country. Therefore, negative opinions on the government are taken into consideration for Albanians omit. The government of Albania has many issues, one of them being that opposing parties always decide on opposing ideas and instead of focusing […]
America in the 1920’S was a roller-coaster ride because many people did not know what to expect after the war. All of the changes led to the reformation of the Klu Klux Klan (a.k.a., the Klan and KKK). The Klan’s’ belief was to oppose civil rights of any person other than white Protestants and this […]
M stands for Mature, and is the second highest rating on video games today. Games that have been rated “M” by the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) are said to include bloody gore, extreme violence, foul language, and some instances of rape. Still, in many households children under the suggested age of 17 are playing […]
The Enlightenment Period, otherwise known as the Age of Reason was a period in time when intelligent individuals believed if given the ability to reason from God or nature, they would be able to unveil truths and find answers in any proposed question (Background Essay). The Enlightenment period started in France where thinkers from Britain, […]
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Passing of Grandison are two works of fiction that invoke discussions about slavery in America. A sensitive topic, slavery had a tremendous impact on America’s domestic conflicts and international reputation. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn portrays the escape of a fugitive black slave and a young white boy. […]
When Truman Capote fans first think of his novella “Breakfast At Tiffany’s,” the image of Holly Golightly wearing the iconic little black dress immediately appears. The character Holly Golightly is known for her positive outlook and sensual appearance. During the story, she is constantly looking for a way to make her dream of becoming wealthy […]
Students, you tend to overload your schedule with hard classes, after school activities, jobs, hanging with friends, and late nights doing homework. This has caused your lives to be ubiquitous. After a week or so of school, you’re fretful over everything you have to do and are ready to pull your hair out. Stress of […]
Some schools including my own feature a option called workroom. The rules of workroom are if you owe work or need to catch up then you go there to work. Sounds fair right, well if you think that then you are wrong. because if you go to workroom then you get a check. If you […]
It was over a year ago, that I graduated from eighth grade. I remember that day was the proudest moments of my life. It was the evening of June 5th and i was waiting for graduation to begin. The teachers gave us the sign and we started to walk into the gym and take our […]
There are multiple definitions of what it means to be an American. These definitions are as diverse as the people that call America their home. Many American authors shared what is believed to be an American like Maureen Dowd’s “Liberties; Drill,Grilland Chill” which talks about how Americans go big with everything, including our ignorance. Americans […]
Understanding the Graffiti Past What litters the alleyways? What covers the old abandoned buildings and subways? That’s easy, graffiti. Today we think of graffiti as a crime. But I think graffiti is an art that we should not consider a crime. People use this art form to make changes in the world and to create […]
Although Baz Luhrmann’s stellar adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s New York Times bestselling novel The Great Gatsby possesses a great many well-transitioned similarities with its paperback predecessor; one of the most intriguing diversions from page to screen was the finalized execution of the characters. Particularly that of Jordan Baker, a famous American pro-golfer of disputed […]
“What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met” (David Levithan). September 11, 2001. Looking back, the day just seems to have been a blur. One wouldn’t think that one hour and forty-two minutes could affect the country as it did. Many had […]
In his essay “On Dumpster Diving,” Lars Eighner narrates about surviving solely from Dumpster diving and gives practical advice, should anyone ever find him- or herself in a situation similar to Eigner’s. He polemicizes about the property of the items found in Dumpsters – whether they are public or private – and how much could […]
Frederick Douglass had once said, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men”. Whether it was children or men who were cast into it, slavery is not nearly close to a humane and morally right activity and should never be tolerated. As seen in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, […]
“It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my life, which in the same sentence is my obit and epitaph too, shall be them both: He made the books and he died” (Faulkner 1). William Faulkner expresses his goal and duty in life through these words; all he wanted […]
The Sirex Woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, is an invasive parasite from Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. It goes by several names such as the Sirex Woodwasp, European Woodwasp and the Eurasian Woodwasp. In its native homelands, it is a secondary pest, and is easily controlled by natural predators. It isn’t a huge problem to the parts […]
By August 1945 the United States had successfully detonated an atomic device in New Mexico. Known as the Trinity Test, it would unleash into the world unrestricted power. As World War II dragged on, the Allies prepared for a costly invasion of the Japanese mainland. They were faced with a dilemma: either invade the mainland […]
In American society, where freedom of speech is a right that every one of its citizens exercises liberally, the social norms of the public aren’t simply expressed through formal learning centers. What it means to be an American, in fact, has been broadcast in dozens of different forms of media, including through television and movies. […]
Coral Bleaching Imagine finally being able to afford a trip to experience the sandy beaches and beautiful turquoise waters of the Caribbean. You have been saving for years, but small setbacks keep occurring. The air conditioner breaks and you have to buy a new one; your son’s college tuition went up for the second time, […]
“…[H]e was the most striking figure in Starkfield, though he was but the ruin of a man. It was not so much his great height that marked him, for the ‘natives’ were easily singled out by their lank longitude from the stockier foreign breed: it was the careless powerful look he had, in spite of […]
“It was just a dream.” I told myself. Ever since my sister started driving its made me focused on is me buying my own car. Where is school in all of this? Well I don’t really know; I just did what I felt like doing. My grades weren’t horrible, but they weren’t amazing. Everyday I […]
A mysterious shadow appears and moves across the empty stage as the curtain ruffles. The temperature suddenly drops on the left side of the aisle as a woman feels her skirt lift. A child’s laugh is heard heading towards the back of the auditorium even though no children are present. It may be a faulty […]
”We hold these truths self evident that all men and women are created equal”(Brill). Elizabeth Staton was the woman who had rewritten the Decleration of Sentimits. Many women have suffered descrimination for centuries. The reason for this is because no one would speak up for them , until Elizabeth Stanton. She was the leader of […]
