Essays

The Baroque style of art emerged during a tumultuous period of religious and political change (Carl and Charles 2012). During the 16th century, rival religious beliefs weakened the power of Catholic dogma and papal authority across Europe. As a result, the Counter-Reformation sought to make institutional reforms, and reinvigorate the mystical and evangelical ideals of … Read more

“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. ” – The Tale Of Despereaux Reading is my life. It’s my escape from the world around me. I love getting lost in a story about monsters and myths, or a Cinderella gone wrong. If I didn’t draw as much as I did, I’d … Read more

A bold statement for recognition of talent, the Oscar Award has become one of the most coveted awards in the film industry. Simply being nominated for an Oscar carries it’s own prestige. Every year, actors, film crews and fans alike anticipate nominations and winners for each category. A curious trend continues to arise with the … Read more

Miley Cyrus seductively poses on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine, wearing Mac Lipstick, she captures the consumers attention instantaneously. The use of controversial images to promote interest successfully peddles products because the current era of pop culture. Due to the recent rise of social media, consumers have the ability to track or “follow” their idols. … Read more

The books Bird by Bird and David and Goliath, by Anne Lamott and Malcolm Gladwell respectively, provide their readers with many new ideas and ways of thinking about the world around them. They also allow for certain opinions to be created or changed, and are powerful tools altogether. Because I have learned to look at … Read more

1. What is anthropology? What are its four sub-fields and how are they briefly defined? Use your own words to answer these questions! Anthropology is the overall study of humankind. The four sub-fields of Anthropology are; Social-Cultural, Linguistic, Physical, and Archaeology. S-C Anthropology studies living people’s cultures using comparisons to learn how different they are … Read more

My Question: Do plants have or need a digestive system? Some plants have digestive systems, but those plants live in marsh areas because they can’t get adequate nitrogen. But most plants don’t have digestive systems. Plants that don’t have digestive live in soils and environments that contain all the nutrients and other things they need. … Read more

How has product placement came to be such an important factor on television and in the movies today? Why is it that when we are watching a movie, we see all of these random products we’re familiar with? Product placement began in the nineteenth century. It has been used more and more ever since. Product … Read more

In American advertisements and entertainment, sex is everywhere. Women in revealing bikinis are on TV, shirtless men displaying six packs are on billboards, and couples in intimate poses take up glossy two-page spaces in magazines. This is by no means unintentional. Media moguls make calculated moves when inserting touches of sensuality and eroticism into their … Read more

Conflict as defined by Floger, Poole, and Stutman is the interaction of interdependent people who perceive incompatible goals and interference from each other in achieving those goals. The word that was reiterated was interdependent. The author states that there cannot be conflict if you do not have interdependent people because the noninterdependent people will give … Read more

‘Avatar’ is a sci-fi action feature length film directed by James Cameron. It has been argued that ‘Avatar’ presents the message of the greed of capitalism against the people who want to live in peace and preserve their culture. The blockbuster hit, ‘Avatar refers to a major element in American history – the Invasion of … Read more

A child’s development is affected by their social relationships and the world around them. The ecological systems theory introduced by Urie Brofenbrenner (1979) focuses on the development of a person within the ecological environment, outlining and explaining the complex relationship and exchange between the infant, the family and society, and how these exchanges impact upon … Read more

Cell phones are changing social interaction. Having a cell phone is a really good thing to have for emergencies or any other type of situation you’re in. using your phone is fine but using it a lot does affect the way you see the world, once you do let go of that phone you should … Read more

Freedom of religion? Are we really free to be apart of whatever religion we choose to believe in? If we are really free to believe in whatever religion we choose then why aren’t we able to pray in schools? Everyone in the United States has amendments that they have to obey. The first amendment to … Read more

Cry, The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton, contains numerous comparisons between two different yet similar locations in South Africa. Each comparison further shows the deviation between the thoughts and traditions of old and new. The main conflicts in the novel revolve around the differences of two locations, Ndotsheni and Johannesburg, which represent the thoughts of … Read more

My heart was pounding on the car ride home, I knew that I did poorly this school year and neither of my parents were going to tolerate my grades. “You’ve disappointed me this school year, son. You’ve had all school year do get your grades up and you didn’t. We had this same talk last … Read more

Monsters Behind The Monster Introduction In order to maintain an aura of mystique, a monster usually would not expose its entire physical body in the beginning of a sci-fi creature movie; however, the director Bong Joon-ho subverts the genre convention and “reworks genre convention using them as a framework for exploring and critiquing South Korean … Read more

Homer’s The Iliad is a timeless epic that reveals the events during the Trojan War around twelfth century BC. The lliad is an epic that has stood constant through thousands of years and is used in modern life. The lliad provides questions and produces stories throughout the epic and some have never been answered. The … Read more

For the past seventy-eight years, Disney has been creating disney princess movies, a phenomenon that has swept the world, with worldwide gross of up to six hundred million dollars. Little girls from the age of two watch and enjoy these chauvinist movies, spending hundreds on outfits so that they can resemble their most idealized princess. … Read more

Within sixty years of the opera’s appearance, new concepts developed such as the aria, which similarly to a theatrical soliloquy, real time stops. “In an aria, the librettist provides words that pause and reflect and the composer creates music that interprets and deepens the emotions behind those words” (L12, 8:12). About “the year 1660, the … Read more

“No rules. Don’t be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn’t like it that way. ” – Masaharu Morimoto. Chef Morimoto has not been afraid to break rules and push boundaries. Because of this, from an early age, he has gone on to have a great career, created a great cuisine, and has been … Read more

In four years when I read this I honestly won’t be surprised if nothing really changes. I can’t see myself changing in any major ways. I will always love sports, hunting, fishing guns and anything that has four wheels. I sure I will still not understand the point of reading books for school and writing … Read more

Perfection. It’s more than just a universal truth. We believe in it. We crave it. We strive for it. It’s safe to say we basically breathe for it. But tell me, what is perfection? Each and every individual asked that question would have a greatly altered definition of their perception of perfection, ranging from personal … Read more

What’s next The time to become a successful adult is ticking down fast. The choices I make now will only affect me of what I want to accomplish in life, although I know its going to be a long ride. Before I start talking about what I want in the far future I need to … Read more

Behind its gentle image is a tough, highly lucrative bank. Banco Compartamos portrays itself as the gentler lender to Mexico’s poor. Compartamos means “let’s share,” reflecting the philosophy of its founders, the two Carlos’. The non-profit Grameen Bank model and the commercial for-profit Banco Compartamos have many differences, the fundamental distinctions between them is in … Read more

What others say: The teaching philosophy at the Florida State University College of Music is very focused on technique and quality education. The first statement you see on the Music education page on the university website is, “Selection and preparation in music education at Florida State University is based upon an important yet extremely simple … Read more

In stories, the setting is influential to characters who face unique situations and environments. Both “The Story of Keesh” and “Life of Pi” contain characters who have hope, and perform brave and skillful actions that provide them the means to survive and live in an extreme environment. The characters portrayed in “The Story Of Keesh” … Read more

Another phenomenal and heartening lecture by Ray Bradbury. His words of wisdom transcended people’s mind; making them want to dream again. The lectures and readings itself didn’t only inspire me, as a student to be more engaged and exhilarated by their work, but it also changed their perspective and endowed them with ideas on what … Read more

Fertility is the ability to conceive children. Throughout the existence of humanity, fertility is what created populations of both animals and humans. Fertility rate is “the number of live births per 1,000 female population aged 15 to 49 years”(eLearning, Fertility and Fecundity). Different countries have different fertility rates, which can be caused by different cultural … Read more

Treasure Island is a novel written in the era of the eighteenth century. The technology was basically just being started. Back then if you wanted to sail a ship, it was wooden. In this time period pirates were very common. Robert Louis Stevenson was right on point. Treasure Planet is a Disney movie that is … Read more

The capacity for evolution defines the intellectual, emotional, social, physical, spiritual, and historical experience of humanity across time and space. It is this human capacity for simple and complex changes within the structures of self and society which provides the inspiration for the scholarly study of leadership. The term leader naturally conjures up historic examples … Read more

Ring Ring, we herd the phone and my mom answered, I could not hear what they were talking about but it just so happened to one of they most important phone calls of my life. It was December 10, 2014 that we got the phone call from a band asking me if I was interested … Read more

Last Man Standing by Norman Collins was quite an eye opening read. It walks the reader through the life of a WWI soldier on a daily basis. Norman Collins’ life revolved around the war. He joined when he was still a teenager and saw the battle through to its end. The hundreds of letters he … Read more

“Antipersonnel landmines are explosive devices designed to injure or kill people. They can lie dormant for years and even decades under, on, or near the ground until a person or animal triggers their detonating mechanism” (Land Mine Monitor, 2014). There is not control for detonation of landmines and can be activated by pressure, by a … Read more

When I was in fourth grade, I had a classmate a classmate that considerate himself the king of the school, due to the fact that his parents were rich. Because he was constantly abusing of his power and purchasing the latest toys to brag about them, he made all the other students seem inferior. He … Read more

Remittance is defined as a migrant worker sending money to their families in their homeland. The concept of remittance has been an interest in most recent years, especially concerning the Mexican peoples. In 2013, migrant workers sent about 68. 3 million dollars back home. That number is only a fraction of what makes up the … Read more

Somalia is a great country with a very beautiful and friendly people in a strategic location in the Horn of Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden in the north, the Indian Ocean in the east, Ethiopia in the west, Kenya in the southwest and Djibouti in the northeast. The flag of Somalia (a light blue … Read more

The results of analysis of transitivity choice in Fifty Shades of Grey show that Anastasia Steele is represented as character who is physically less active, less affecting, and easily affected by her sexual partner, Christian Grey. In contrasting manner, she is portrayed as a highly conscious, rational, and impassive entity who is less emotional and … Read more

How does Morten Rhue use literary techniques to explore the positive and negative effects of peer pressure and social movements like, The Wave? Peer pressure can be defined as persuading or using force upon a group or individual to change one’s beliefs, behavior and values. ‘The Wave’ by Morton Rhue, was published in 1981, and … Read more

The 1999 film The Insider is one that deals with a man trying to make the toughest decision of his life as it pertains to the safety of his family as well as the well being of the entire country. While the movie is plenty interesting in its own right, the dilemma the man faces … Read more

The media is a powerful tool and shapes the way we receive as well as perceive things. According to the textbook “a medium is sometimes defined, as a channel of communication, a way to move signs from one person to another. ” Television and the computer are popular ways of communication. You might have seen … Read more

The first novel written for a young adult audience on record is the Swiss Family Robinson, written in 1812 by Jonathan David Wyss. This charming novel documents the adventures of a family stranded on an island, fight pirates, and exploration of the island. This genre had been slowing climbing its way up the genre ladder … Read more

In this paper I will discuss the consequences of absent fathers in children’s lives. Many children in the world today grow up without a father. Fathers are very important in a child’s life, without one, they will only receive a certain percentage of parenting. Without a father, how can the child get the full experience … Read more

Standing proudly as two of the great pillars of world literature, particularly ancient world literature, the Book of Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh provide a great deal of insight into the nature of early human-animal relationships. In particular, the documentary hypothesis, which persuasively postulates that the Pentateuch is comprised of the writings of four … Read more

Weve gone far on the planet, we have traveled to places for survival, hunting & using our knowledge to get us where we are. We are one of the most advanced and smartest of mammals. We are… humans. We started out in the place youd least expect and by doing so, we depended on whatever … Read more

Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 tells the story of Captain John Yossarian and the 256th Squadron, a group of U. S. bombardiers based on the Mediterranean island of Pianosa. The novel is set during World War II but, unlike the majority of war novels, it does not focus on the relations between sides or the war itself, … Read more

The Cherokee Indians are members of an important tribe of North American indians whose first known center was in the southern parts of North America. Currently there are three federally recognized Cherokee tribes: the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, … Read more

Trepidation filled my head. Despite the negative 10 degree weather, sweat pooled in my gloves and rolled down my face. Thoughts raced through my mind; a wrong execution could mean death. 11 years of ski lessons had cultivated to this one moment. My life was on the line, yet a wave of excitement shook me. … Read more