Business Essays
The ideals of transcendentalism revolutionized the way people considered the world and they flourish to this day, as the ideas of nonconformity and free thought still manifest themselves in contemporary American culture. Society encourages the oppression of individuality but the ideals of nonconformity, an integral theme of transcendentalism, still influence movies and novels. Conformity is […]
A possible solution to solve the problem of sexual assault and rape in college campuses would be for colleges to provide safe places for victims to report any incidents involving sexual assault. A major factor that attributes to the inability to solve this problem is that oftentimes students are afraid to speak up about incidents […]
Persuasion is a part of every-one’s life, but how we all use persuasive techniques in the end determines if our persuasion is successful. For example there are a lot of characters in the play Julius Caesar that try to persuade someone one way or the other. Yet not all these character’s are successful, Brutus, for […]
Everyone has dreams, whether it is to become a doctor, president of the United State or a scientist. Education is the one thing that that can make any of these dreams comes true. We all know college is hard, but what we learned during those times are the key to do any you wish, to […]
Contemptuous, jaunty, graceful. These are all used to describe Jordan Baker throughout the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. But who is Jordan Baker? A professional golfer, a best friend? She was around since the beginning of the story and was there until the end, but not one good thing came from her. […]
One day, I overheard the school director compliment my teacher, calling him a “Master of the Educational Arts,” to which he responded “Thanks. But I am just a dude with a whiteboard and some fun info to share.”At University Lake School, Stephen Tomasini taught every science course except Chemistry to our small, secluded school of […]
It’s nearing that time of year. Students from all over the country and the world are getting in last minute study sessions as they all prepare for the test that could determine their entire future; the SAT. The SAT, meaning the, Scholastic Aptitude Test, is a big turning point for the life of a student. […]
The sounds of sirens wailing fill the filthy, dark street with an invisible cloud. The citizens nearby think ,”What has happened now?”, the policemen are bored thinking ,” This happens every night”, and the suspect, a 15 year old drop out, is thinking about why he did it. Johnny, just a regular teenager, committed an […]
Steinbeck’s novella “Of Mice and Men” is a story with themes of dreams and aspirations, themes of powerlessness, themes of prejudice, themes of companionship or friendship and the desire for it, and most importantly to this paper: themes of loneliness. “Of Mice and Men” has its story set during The Great Depression of the 1930’s. […]
The SAT and ACT test is needed for a student to be accepted into college.According to the sat.collegeboard website, “The SAT is a globally recognized college admission test that lets you show colleges what you know and how well you can apply that knowledge. It tests your knowledge of reading, writing and math — subjects […]
Truth starts with language. Since language is the medium for meaning, using assertive clear language delivers an accurate meaning. When language becomes the medium for politics, using the most accurate language conveys a truthful practice of communication in politics governed by lucid meaning. George Orwell, in his essay “Politics in the English Language,” wanted his […]
In 17th century New England, people lived in constant fear of the Devil. As a result of this fear, innocent people were blamed for doing the work of the Devil as witches. Many people were brought into court, tried and then sometimes executed for not admitting to something they did not do. People who did […]
What is romanticism? It would be rather difficult to imagine a time where freedom of expression in the arts was frowned upon. This is what life was like for artists before romanticism. Prior to the Romantic Era, an artist’s imagination was very limited. Romanticism was an artistic movement in the late 18th century that stressed […]
The Letter A could mean a lot of different things; like one, or a fragment of a sentence, or something out of the ordinary like Able, or even adultery. How do these coincide with one another? Adultery is something that is extremely bad, but if people live up to what they are, then maybe that […]
Edmand betrayed his family because of three reasons. One, he did not like being treated so cruelly by his siblings and the Witch had been so kind to him. (Then again his siblings treating him so cruelly were in result of his own spite and foolishness.) Two, as the book mentioned, once one has a […]
Even sad things are important. Sometimes when a loved one passes away you seem to look at everything that you didn’t see when you weren’t sad. It’s not sadness it’s grief. In the tv show Greys Anatomy Meredith loses her husband and her friend starts dating the girl that couldn’t save her husband’s life.(derek)She knew […]
In the 1700 and 1800s, the U. S was prone to war.If our county wanted something, we fought to get it.We battled against Native Americans for land, against Great Britain for independence and freedom, and even against Mexico for land twenty years prior to the Civil War. But this time, instead of fighting against someone […]
The United States Government’s methods of combatting drug use are entirely ineffective and need to be reformed.In order to come closer to solving these problems, a massive change in policy is needed soon. In order to see what caused the current issues with the American “War on Drugs” came from, a closer look into its […]
John McCrae served from Canada during WWI wrote a poem in 1915 called “In Flanders Fields”. It was a famous piece that was about The Great War (which went from 1914 to 1918) from the perspective of a soldier. In Flanders Fields “In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That […]
Unbeknownst to the vast majority of people, stigma plays a role in the lives of every individual, determining their opportunities and future. Stigma, by definition, is a mark of incompetence that is associated with a particular category of people, that causes outsiders to assume they have superiority. Seemingly, this is a rare phenomenon that is […]
Animals were very important to the people of Ancient Mesopotamia. This essay takes a look at some of the different kinds of animals used by these peoples, and the ways in which they used them. Likely the first animal to be domesticated, in around 11,000 B.C., was the dog. Dogs descended from wolves, and were […]
For most people, when they hear the word romance, they think of love. In modern times, this is an understandable reference to the word, but long ago during the Romantic Period of the United States, the word romantic meant something totally different. Some characteristics of the Romantic Period are valuing feelings and intuition over reason, […]
In Prometheus’ monotonous City, every action of every person is dictated by the controlling government, called the Council, in an attempt to carry out the flawed idea that complete discipline and equality leads to complete happiness. Prometheus’ romantic love for the Golden One, his craving for knowledge, and his desire to be free and strong-willed […]
Helen Keller said,”Your success and happiness lies in you, resolve to keep happy and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” (Keller) Helen Keller was about two years old when she got sick and became deaf and blind.Because of losing these things, she had a lack of communication. Much like Helen […]
Freedom is a right that everyone deserves to have. However, this right was taken away from Africans in 1619 as they were transported to Jamestown and used as unpaid laborers. Indentured servitude was also used as a way to grow the colonies. Poor people paid their way to the colonies in labor. Indentured servants paid […]
Should the U.S. government help establish healthier living? Yes, the government should help the population with a better eating habits and a healthier way of life. But this should not be done by banning or imposing higher taxes on junk food. It’s our choice to buy what we want; it’s also our choice to live […]
In the early 1960s, a woman looking for a job would open her newspaper to find two lists of employment advertisements: one for men, and another for women. Not surprisingly, the jobs available to men were challenging positions with potential for advancement, while those available to women were typically low-paying and involved mundane clerical tasks. […]
A recent study found that the number of students taking the SAT, which was once taken by a majority of high school students, has now fallen to an all-time low of 35 percent. This is largely due to students’ creating their own test. From drawing geometric shapes at home with colored pencils and scratch paper, […]
“So the next say we all said, ‘She will kill herself’; and we said it would be the best thing” (Faulkner). William Faulkner grew up in Mississippi; he came from a southern family. He mostly built his novels around family drama. A Rose for Emily is a story of a woman having a difficult time […]
President Nixon, aside from the Watergate scandal, is remembered for his lofty rhetoric regarding illicit drugs. In July of 1971, he declared a war on “America’s public enemy number one”, drug abuse. Nixon’s program called for an expansion in federal agencies responsible for drug control as well as the empowerment of warrants and mandatory sentencing. […]
