Essays

Shakespeare and Inarritu explore the idea that human life and suffering is ultimately meaningless in the play King Lear, and the film Birdman, through the theme that the inevitability of death makes life meaningless. Using a solemn tone, both Shakespeare and Inarritu have indicated that their story lines possess tragedies, and suffering. Whereas Inarritu has … Read more

Waltz with Bashir: Showing Guilt or Lack of It? One cannot stop himself from feeling sympathetic towards Ari Folman, the Israeli soldier who is trying to recover his memories of what happened during the Sabra and Shatila massacre in the 1980s. Folman shares this journey of recovering his repressed memories in his Animated-documentary film Waltz … Read more

In the novel, “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe a Nigerian author, tells the history of a small village in Nigeria. The history is focused on the daily life of a man named Okonkwo. Okonkwo’s father, Unoka, was a man known for his laziness, and cowardice. He was unoccupied, poor, libertine, gentle, interested in conversation … Read more

For one of my internships, I decided to accept the offered position as the Operations Coordinator for the youth programming department at a local nonprofit in South Philadelphia. I decided to take on the position because it did not complete align with my career interest and so I could get different experiences that a regular … Read more

Counter arguments against hydraulic fracturing include the lack of government regulations, and environmental issues. While most energy companies are conscientious and put forth every effort to make fracking safe, without oversight, some companies are reeking havoc on communities, individuals, and nature. John Rumpler, Senior Attorney for Environment America, says those taking advantage of unrestricted production … Read more

As the late Robert Peel once said, “The police are the public, and the public are the police”. Theoretically, Peel’s statement proves true as policing is the duty of maintaining order carried out by members of society. The police are the civil force of a local or national government consisting of many departments, units, and … Read more

“Once upon a time… ” the protagonist is introduced helpless and struggling to surpass the antagonist. The antagonist, or the villain’s, objective is one of cruel intentions. The moral of the story forms our current culture, “kindness is the key,” “you are never truly alone,” and “respect others. ” The attention is drawn to the … Read more

French novelist, lawyer, husband and father; these are all things that Alexandre Dumas has been called. Alexandre Dumas was born July 24, 1802 in Villers-Cotterets, France (The Editors). He is most famously known for his works of literature. Dumas has written many books, his most famous being The Three Musketeers or The Count of Monte … Read more

First, tone serves as a prima facie aspect of Rudy Giuliani’s speaking given that the sole purpose of his speech was to comfort the American public through the eyes of the United Nations. Essentially, Rudy Giuliani directs his speech towards the UN General Assembly as a symbol to adopt more counterterrorism measures in order to … Read more

Louis Kahn, born in 1901, was an American vastly known for his works as an architect. Alongside being an architect, he was an artist, teacher and to a certain extent a philosopher, some might label him as poet and one of the great thinkers of his time. Charles E. Dagit, Jr says ‘His was a … Read more

After the Russian Revolution of 1917, communism emerged onto the world stage as a new organized governmental system. Communism’s main principles were to promote civil equality and unification within society. Communism, was a polar opposite system of Europe’s most popular government style, capitalism. Capitalism, a government method focused on industry, and production decreased the quality … Read more

Data collection would be accomplished by the assigned individual who would screen the emails in the support distribution email box, then move all the misdirected emails to a separate email folder labeled “Misdirected” each day, then and there forwarding a copy to the correct department. The moving of the emails allows a total to be … Read more

As my first grade teacher rolls the giant TV station into my class, a majority of my fellow classmates let out an over exaggerated sigh. The lights shut and the screen flicks on, filling the room with the outdated theme song to Reading Rainbow, beginning the reading lesson for the day. From despising Reading Rainbow … Read more

Capuchins have traditionally been in the genus, Cebus Erxleben from the family Cabidae. There had been four species recognized among the capuchins, such as: Cebus albifrons, Cebus olivaceus, Cebus capucinus, and Cebus apella, all of which are a taxonomy that dominated capuchin history for an approximation of 50 years (Lynch Alfaro et al. , 2014). … Read more

When I was six, my brother was burden with the responsibility to watch me, and his main hangout was the trailer park. On the other side of it were where his friends, the Fat Boys, lived. I can only remember they were obese and little dull at times, not their names or their faces. Alex … Read more

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school was a horrific event that happened in Newtown, Connecticut by Adam lanza. It caused many deaths of students and teachers. Lanza also Shot his mother in the head four times before going to the school. It all started on the morning of December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. … Read more

During the queens’ forth decade during her reign she saw two very big conflicts involving UK service men and women. She is very supportive of the military considering almost all of the men in her family have been in involved within the military in some way, shape or form. She often shares the anxiety that … Read more

Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Hamlet explores humanities complex processes and the condition of which we live. In this play, the concept of revenge is studied cohesively with the ability of humans to make judgments over their actions and human’s curiosity toward seeking answers. Shakespeare, having written this play in the 17th century, creates the … Read more

There is a girl named Malala, she was named after Malalai of Maiwand, the woman Malala was named after was one of the greatest heroines of Afghanistan. She wanted girls to have an education, but the Taliban didn’t want women to attend school, only men. Malala was fourteen years old when she began speaking to … Read more

In two vastly different books, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations and Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, one theme remains of constant importance throughout both, that love, in its overwhelming consumption, has either the power to build or to destroy. Despite being set one hundred years apart, both Pip and Lilly experience this crippling … Read more

Death is an inevitable concept that will never fade away. How one chooses to cope with it shows what they are like as a person. The fictional work, A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness, tells the tale of a young boy named Conor. He is visited by a monster who is the yew tree in … Read more

Scott Jennings Violent Weather 70867-FA-15 Why is New Orleans so Vulnerable? Early morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. When the storm reached land, it had a Category 3 rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale bringing winds of 100–140 miles per hour. The Hurricane ran some 400 … Read more

Name Professor Institution Date A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles dickens first published by Chapman and Hall on 19 December 1843 and adapted for film in 1938. The film tells the story of bitter old miserly protagonist Ebenezer scrooge who does not give to others and is only … Read more

The initial design of American tall office building is based on commercial and economy. It could be first easily identified from the transformation of the word that used to describe skyscraper. Tall office building was not original been called skyscraper. Actually, there is no commonly agreed name for tall office building at the very beginning. … Read more

When people usually think of women’s status in the Joseon dynasty, a first thing that come up to their mind is the inequality of gender. This is essentially true, but not from the very start. Unbelievably in the early Joseon dynasty, women’s status was relatively equal to those of men like the Koryo dynasty. But … Read more

Should Energy Drinks be Limited? Energy drinks are very dangerous and surprisingly have no laws to protect the consumer from these drinks. Energy drinks are everywhere in society. In the morning, many people grab a hot cup of coffee, but the younger generation leans more towards getting an energy drink. Energy drinks have as much … Read more

There are many theories on how dinosaurs became extinct but scientists have not yet found a proven reason why. About sixty-five million years ago Dinosauriformes, or as we call them Dinosaurs, walked and roamed planet Earth. These massive carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores lived many years on earth before humans appeared. There were several variations of … Read more

The source and nature of one’s identity is a theme of both A long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah and “ Stranger in the Village” by James Baldwin. Conflict can be external or internal creating depth in a character and making a very complex journey. Everyone has an identity made and changed by what they … Read more