Essays

Modern Family takes place in Los Angeles, California. The show is based off of a “typical” modern family in today’s time, or what the writers of the show perceive it as. The show is based off of one big family, but is divided into 3 subfamilies to portray each of their lives. The main characters … Read more

Taylor Rychtarczyk Professor S. Stoner Western Heritage Course Paper 20 November 2015 Are Honor and Glory Critical to Understand Heroes’ Motivation? Honor and glory are central to the Greek character. Since heroes are the essence of the society from which they come from, Greek heroes live their lives according to honor and glory, in all … Read more

At six years old, I believed in magic. I believed in Atlantis. I even believed in the Tooth Fairy. I would wake up in the middle of the night convinced that I would finally catch the Tooth Fairy. However, all I would ever find was a dollar hidden under my pillow. Out of all the … Read more

I am writing to express my own personal thoughts and images when it comes to describing Native Americans and Pacific Islanders. Admittedly, after a short while, I have come to realize that what I would consider useful, thoughtful insight about Native Americans and Pacific Islanders is very limited. After attending Tuesday’s lecture, I’ve realized that … Read more

It was 1920 and the war had left France devastated. After the war, our industries were destroyed, our economy collapsed, and our families ripped apart. Our lands and homes were gone; so we all had decided to leave and rebuild elsewhere in a land of opportunity. We were gathered on this ship in hopes of … Read more

Years ago, my neighbor had this bumper sticker, “You were created for something awesome. Find your purpose. ” I would see this bumper sticker every day, and hope that, indeed, someday, I would find my purpose. I never imagined that I was meant for more than being a mom and wife. Content with my role, … Read more

“F**k this” I don’t believe that I have used that phrase more than during year twelve at school. Not because I want to sound cool or rebellious but because I actually have no idea what I’m doing, I’m sort of just winging it really. Leading up to year twelve, you get told by every single … Read more

When Erikson developed his psychosocial theory, he used Sigmund Freud as a basis for his theory (Capps, 2011, p. 881-882). Erikson expanded on Freud’s stages because he wanted to include old age, since Freud did not explain his psychosexual theory passed adolescence (Fleming, 2004, p. 9-3). It is significant that Erikson continued his stages of … Read more

1. How many of you have ever worried about the physical appearance of your bodies. Does this make you stressed and tired? II. Let’s take a look at our lives today. Now, we do not have to put a lot of effort to get things done because there are equipment that do this for us. … Read more

For a long time it was an activity I could evade with ease. In fact, my creativity was not even challenged until I was well into elementary school. In kindergarten and first “I don’t want to”, was deemed a valid excuse. Naturally second and third graders have absolutely no bladder control, and thus responding to … Read more

Loss of limb is associated with several changes in one’s personal life, including changes in well being, quality of life, and autonomy. Persons with loss of limb are often stigmatized as ‘disabled and subject to prejudice; it is as though people see the missing limb before they see the person with loss of limb. To … Read more

Having people being treated poorly because of their skin color or their ethnicity today is not socially acceptable but back then, everyone did it. The Indian Removal act was an act created by President Jackson. He had these poor people forced from their property because of their ethnicity. The Indian Removal Act was not justified … Read more

My biggest problem with Shigatsu would having to be the constant monologuing. I don’t have any problem with monologues as a literary device, but Shigatsu uses it too much. It takes away from the impact of the monologues. I’m a big fan of showing, and not telling as much, but Shigatsu just barely does any … Read more

David Walker David Walker was an American Abolitionist during the first part of the 19th century. He was an African American born with a father who was a slave and a mother who was free. Due to him being born in North Carolina, he got his mother’s free status. As a result of him being … Read more

Weakness of the study design The biggest flaw in any cross-sectional study design is the inability to establish a causal relationship. This made any causation deduced from the results a mere inference. Positive correlation derived from the study is not sufficient and convincing enough to be acted upon. The study is also vulnerable to recall … Read more

Quentin Crisp writes about his life struggles and successes as a flamboyant, unabashed gay man in 20th century London; his autobiography including retellings of his failures, opinions on sexuality and experiences with various people in his life. Throughout his narrative, the reader gets a glimpse into the heteronormative society that circulates misinformation and condemnation of … Read more

Feminism has consistently been a major theme of literature throughout history. It has been used as a commentary on the status of women in a given time period, or to show how people’s attitudes have changed over time. Feminism in literature can also be used, as in the case of The Awakening by Kate Chopin, … Read more

Identity is the sense of self and everything that can contribute to that sense. It is something that lies within ones mind and is very subjective. However, certain outside conditions can shape the way an identity can develop. Each persons identity and the way they define what their identity is can rely heavily on the … Read more

This is Barney. He’s a Randal. He lives with his family in Carrollton, Alaska. His friends, the little Randals, are planning one last adventure before everyone is forced to move. The first to arrive is Clint and he loves to dance. His favorite move is the “Chunky Monkey”. Although his legs are slow to go, … Read more

1. INTRODUCTION Brazil is a land of diverse culture and people, due to being part of the former colonial empire belonging to Portugal. It is the only country in South America to have Portuguese as its national language instead of Spanish. Along with this colonization, Brazil would see a huge surge of culture from many … Read more

“Kindness” and “hope” are two simple words. One could look them up in a dictionary, define them, write them, and do what they wish with them. However, to know and to act are two different things. Kindness can be define as “the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. ” Kindness is doing your best … Read more

In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks written by Rebecca Skloot, there is a debate over whether Americans should be hopeful for the future of healthcare or whether to be pessimistic about what’s to come. There are times where people can see both sides of the argument and it is understandable why people have different … Read more

Purposely applying unpredictable and sparse punctuation and conventions, Cummings emphasizes the importance of logic versus emotions through this style. In the poem, Cummings conveys his love and devotion to a woman of an unknown source by thus stating, “[they] are for each other. ” Cummings expresses his beliefs that emotions are much more powerful and … Read more

For the Infant and Toddler Curriculum class, I was assigned the toddler classroom at Montessori Day School to complete my 24 hours of observation. The classroom had ten children with two teachers. The classroom was divided into four sections by two-shelf bookshelves. There were two tables, large carpets, and small white rugs where the students … Read more

Dust being carried and swept all around your home and town basically describes The Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl led to a major decline in an area’s population because large numbers of people moved, people left to go to safe states, people lost jobs, and the number of storms affected the population. To start things … Read more

For many years, the battle of the Alamo in 1836 has widely been regarded as the turning point in the Texas Revolution. But of all the unknowns regarding that battle, such as how Davy Crockett died or if William B. Travis was placed on the funeral pyre alive, one of the most important mysteries is … Read more

With tensions between the colonial townspeople and the higher class British soldiers sparking conflicts, the Boston Massacre was sure to happen at one point. As the most famous story goes, colonists threw snowballs at the soldiers, called them nasty names, and dared them to fire their bayonets. The Redcoats responded as so by readying their … Read more