Essays

Humanitarian intervention had better be avoided because it is difficult for foreigners to enforce human rights”. Liberals argue that states are recognized by the knowledgeable consent of their citizens argued that fairness could only be established by a local struggle for liberty. Human rights cannot take root if they are carrying out or enforced by … Read more

A population was a group of potential participants to whom a researcher wanted to generalize the results of a study (Leedy & Ormod, 2013). The population for the study was licensed early childhood centers in Illinois. The research population for the study was early childcare staff from childcare centers, home based programs in Illinois. The … Read more

C. S. Lewis once described faith as “the art of holding onto things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods. ” This concept of faith is repeatedly tested throughout Yann Martel’s novel, The Life of Pi, which follows the life of Piscine Patel, or Pi for short. The book begins by … Read more

Since everything has a start, the greatest way to explain something, for the slightest extent of misunderstanding, is to start at the very beginning. My question for the history books, is where did swing music originate? Upon further research I came to the conclusion that the United States is a relatively young country, and I … Read more

Pip’s changing perceptions of himself, the world, and the people he interacts with are affected by various characters throughout Stage One of the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. In this section of the story, Pip’s life is centered upon the Forge and the Satis House. The characters in these settings alter and shape his … Read more

The world is becoming increasingly more interconnected and as it does societies become more complex as well. Globalization, multiculturalism, schisms within society, subcultures, and polarizing issues all come together to create a multilayered society of competing factions, ideals, values, beliefs, religious identities, political and social identities, and cultures. We see this happening all over in … Read more

Tello Mendoza, Jose Ramon. Ligeros Rasgos del General Juan Vicente Gomez. Caracas: Tipografia Universal, 1904. Jose Tello was a writer and a close friend of Juan Vicente Gomez, thus Tello’s composition about Gomez attempted to honor his ideas and describe the difficulties he overcame before taking over as president of Venezuela. The book does not … Read more

Introduction Have you ever wondered how the Inuit and the Innu are alike of different? Did you know that The Innu and Inuit decorated their winter coats? In this Essay we will discuss how the Inuit and the Innu are different and similar we will also discuss the housing of the Innu and Inuit. First, … Read more

The Wide Range Achievement Test: Fourth Edition (WRAT 4) is a test that measures basic academic skills, written by Gary S. Wilkinson and Gary J. Robertson. Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc. published this test in 2006. Administration time for this test takes about 15-25 minutes for younger children ages 5-7. Administration time for those eight years … Read more

I have a vivid memory of the day that I found out a person in my life had killed themselves. I watched from the couch as two cars pulled into the driveway, and a handful of people I knew walked into our house. This seemed to be anything but a just a friendly visit. I … Read more

Gateway communities are defined as communities in close proximity to public lands, serve as an entry point to public lands, and have an economic influence of public lands. For example, gateway communities include towns within the proximity of national and state forests, monuments, refuges, grasslands, wild and scenic river corridors, lakeshores, and parks. Tourists and … Read more

William Faulkner’s Light in August follows multiple characters who currently in Jefferson, Mississippi by describing both their current actions and memories of the past, to show the connection and influence of past events on current situations. In the case of Reverend Gail Hightower, a defrocked minister in Jefferson, his current life is completely determined by … Read more

1. Look up Machiavelli. What were the circumstances surrounding his writing of The Prince, i. e. why did he write it? Niccolo Machiavelli was a diplomat for 14 years in Italy’s Florentine Republic during the Medici family’s exile. The young Niccolo Machiavelli became a diplomat after the temporary fall of Florence’s ruling Medici family in … Read more

The Cure band members grew up during the Cold War and the Anti-War Movement. The Cure also played punk rock music during the 1980’s, during their time it was not socially acceptable. Marvin P. Goldstein made an “Underground Alternative Arts Center”. Underground meaning that the information was not given to everyone. “Alternative Arts” are singing … Read more

The true-life story of John Newton, a former slave ship Captain, who became a clergyman and fought to abolish slavery. STORY COMMENTS A WRETCH LIKE ME is a character driven story based on the true-life narrative of John Newton, who helped abolish slavery and composed the lyrics to the haunting and soulful song AMAZING GRACE. … Read more

Do you ever long for a love that seems eternal, only if it lasts for a moment and the whole world turns against you? “Romeo and Juliet”, by William Shakespeare, is a play about two young teens from enemy households who fall in love, only for it to end tragically. It is a timeless classic … Read more

Nathaniel Hawthorne published The Scarlet Letter in 1850. Hawthorne engenders a protestant society holding community values to be the standards, leaving Hester Prynne in a difficult situation. According to community values she’s a sinner, a wrongdoer, an atrocious person, conversely , looking at her own morals she could be a hero, a role model, an … Read more

The Cold War is in full swing in 1952 and new ideas are emerging from everyone. The United States released its newly created nuclear submarine, DC Comics released Firefly and Rex the Wonder Dog, and Harvey Kurtzman on a lesser note released Mad. During this time period, middle aged Antonio Prohias was working for El … Read more

Life was not simple for those living in the American Midwest in the late 1800s. The times were changing. Small towns were no longer adequate places for success for the ambitious. Now, the big towns were the place to be. Sherwood Anderson, a well known American writer, was caught in this transition. The situation and … Read more

In the modern age of sexuality there is a consistent shame associated with lying within the peripherals of passion and sexuality. With the general public growing more tolerant and less judgmental the possibilities of a new comprehension on the fundamentals associated with sexual preference are becoming actualized. Through the awareness of historical critique there can … Read more

Today’s Olympics have changed a lot. The Olympics in Greece focused mainly on the gods. The Greeks made sacrifices to the gods on the first and third day of the Olympic Games (Ancient). That is not how they focus today at all. In fact, many people don’t believe in the gods being more than myths … Read more

People have always told me to follow my dreams. We hear that again and again, day after day, but most people never listen. Dreams may seem so far out of reach, but if they aren’t scary, they aren’t big enough. I constantly wrote down my dreams because they were frequently changing. One dream of mine … Read more

The music found in Latin America is as rich and diverse as the people that reside there. Latin America is comprised of several countries including Mexico and all of those found in Central and South America. Considering all of the countries that contribute to and influence Latin music, one might imagine just how culturally dense … Read more

Hyde comes to represent the embodiment of pure evil merely for the sake of evil. When he is first extracted and in our first encounter with him, he is seen running over a young girl, simply trampling on her. He does not do this out of spite — or intentionally; it is simply an amoral … Read more

Shiplier talks about con artists in the loan programs in America. You will pass by buildings that say “Quick Cash” or “Easy Money”, tricking people into thinking that they will be able to pay off what they need to and be done. When in fact it is a whole mess of loans between you and … Read more

Rent is personally one of my all time favorite productions. It is a Broadway musical and motion picture that is set in New York City’s East Village during a time period when HIV and AIDS was a common issue. This musical expresses many other issues through its content. Most of these issues are things that … Read more

Cumbersome, consistent advertisements. Lack of imperative school funding. Money problems for once-flourishing companies. These issues have deep roots in the system of an establishment – many of which are hidden from the eyes of the public. These issues arise in a community with the lack of outside support from corporations or organizations. Corporate sponsorship, the … Read more

There are a multitude of things that can affect a police officer’s discretion. The first big factor that they take into consideration is the suspects demeanor and how they carry themselves in the presence of the officer. A suspect that makes the officers job harder than it must be rather than cooperating with them are … Read more

In order to find the Vitamin C content you will need to use a process called titration which, according to the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, is when you add a chemicals to a liquid in order to create a reaction which can determine the content of a substance inside the liquid. This is how you will … Read more

In the article “An Inconvenient Ice”, author Lisa Margonelli examines what methane hydrates are, the capabilities of methane hydrates, and the potentially detrimental affects methane hydrates can have on global warming. Methane hydrates exist in the seabed along coastlines around the world and are massive deposits of gas that are trapped in large, icy structures … Read more

True Colors by Grace Shi Animals. It is a word that is often associated with savagery, wildness, and bestial manners. Scientifically speaking, humans are a part of the Kingdom Animalia; our biological processes are strikingly similar to the rest of the Kingdom. However, nobody really grows up believing they are an animal. People tend to … Read more

Essay 1 – Self Defining A laughter came from my mouth as jokes were being made about a kid sitting alone at lunch by those in which I surrounded myself by, people whom I considered my friends. Our entertainment came everyday from teasing others, because in middle school, that’s what the “cool” and “popular” kids … Read more

Teeth fossils from millions of years ago can explain why we have the teeth in our mouths today. Teeth are very crucial to humans because our jaw and teeth act as a feeding mechanism for humans and if it were not for teeth, we would not be able to chew our food, voice our opinions, … Read more

“Meanwhile, the women of Southern Sudan flee, they die, they are raped, they starve, they get sick, they are abducted into slavery, they struggle, they despair, they resist. ” (Hyndman) The Civil War in Sudan has been an on-again-off-again type war (1955-1972 and 1983-2005). It has been many years in between fighting where both the … Read more

In the first scene of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, Menenius tells a short story about how a human body wasted away. He begins with the “members” (organs of the body, excluding the stomach) complaining about how the “belly” (the stomach) does no work while the members do all of the work. Menenius continues by saying that the … Read more

“It doesn’t suck to be intersex, it sucks to be persecuted” sadly this is the mindset that is still popular/ widely associated with individuals who are intersex. These individuals are normal human beings and people who desire to have everyday lives, normal love lives, and to be confident in their own skin. 1. 7 percent … Read more

In 1800s Britain, the Industrial Revolution resulted in the development of a new class society. Change in the definition of societal classes is often credited to class feeling, defining society based on a common source of income (Perkin, 176). In the relevance of socialism, it is important to understand the most crucial class in economic … Read more

Wha… what? ” Merlin’s voice was soft and it trembled with the effort to speak. Had he just heard right? Had Balinor been a noble lord, not just a Dragon Lord? The lands of Gedref, between Camelot and Nemeth, were where Anohora resided and guarded over the unicorns and the labyrinth that led out to … Read more

Right after the rape, the wife seemed to display most of the short-term effects of rape trauma syndrome, both in the text and the film. For instance, she was extremely terrified of the hateful look her husband gave her, and throughout the event she constantly was crying and laughing hysterically. Also, in the text, she … Read more

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu once said, “Cinema is universal, beyond flags and borders and passports. ” By that, he meant that films uphold the concept of “show, not tell,” using various cinematic techniques and strategies to create a mood and tone that anyone in audience, despite language barrier, can understand. Tim Burton is an American director, … Read more

The document, a book titled ‘The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920’ was published by writer and English economist, John Maynard Keynes. The title of the book itself briefly indicates the topic that Keynes had decided to write about in great detail and provides the reader with a general understanding of the topic which Keynes … Read more

Surveillance is key procedures in many cases, in this case however it was kind of a bust. The FBI were investigating every lead they had including putting potential suspects on twentyfour hour surveillance on the ground and in the air. None of their potential suspects were the actual bombers though so the surveillance turned out … Read more

Many parents have questioned if they should vaccinate their child. There have been so many negative comments on this topic and no clear answers. By the end of this paper, parents should have a clear understanding of why they should vaccinate their child. This paper explores one article that explains the reasons why this topic … Read more