Isolation is a noun which stands for a physical condition, a feeling, a societal form of ostracizing. In literature, placing characters in a context of isolation serves to demonstrate various arguments and convey various meanings. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, in which a creature develops its intellect and ... Read More
I remember it being the first day of middle school, August 1st to be exact, being excited to put my clothes out making sure Im all ready to go for the next day. Waking up early in the morning just to make sure I was going to be cool like ... Read More
You see an elderly person stumble and fall on the side walk from adistance. You watch as a group of teenagers on their cellphones ignore themand continue walking. You rush to assist them because that's what a personwith any moral value would do. Being that I was raised with morals ... Read More
Things Are Not Always What They Seem With Good Country PeopleWhy that looks like the nice dull young man that tried to sell me a Bibleyesterday, Mrs. Hopewell said, squinting. He must of been trying to sell them to theNegros back in there. He was so simple, she said, but ... Read More
Chaucers attitude towards the friar is one of sarcasm. The friar is "wanton and merry," but this pleasant-sounding description is actually packed with mockery. By the 14th century, friars, who were supposed to give up all worldly things and live only by begging for food and alms, were almost totally ... Read More
Primitive forms of dance are believed to have existed in many cultures well over 20 000 years ago. Evidence of dance existing in these cultures can be seen on the walls of prehistoric caves and Egyptian tombs.Not much is known about these forms of dance except that they possibly played ... Read More
What Was Clothing Like in the Middle Ages?In the Middle Ages the tailoring business developed and fashion as a concept was born. There wasnt much difference among the distinct social classes in the way the clothing were cut, the differences became evident mostly in the colours and materials. The country ... Read More
THE UNFAIRNESS OF LIFE Life is tough enough without having barriers in one's way such as being a social outcast, a victim of racism, or having to suffer due to poverty. Three of the characters from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird were born into facing versions of those barriers. ... Read More
The ability to sexually stimulate an audience is one of the earliest distinctions of film. Before the turn of the century, an exotic dancer named Fatima performed her act for the motion-picture cameras -- and for at least those segments of the public who saw the film uncensored. In the ... Read More
At the University of Oregon, Barbara Gorden-Lickey, Ph. D., sewed kittens' eyes shut and forced them to jump from a height onto a platform surrounded by water so she could study the effects of sight deprivation on the brain. Cruel and inhumane experiments like this one is an excellent reason ... Read More
What Was Clothing Like in the Middle Ages?In the Middle Ages the tailoring business developed and fashion as a concept was born. There wasnt much difference among the distinct social classes in the way the clothing were cut, the differences became evident mostly in the colours and materials. The country ... Read More
Marx and deTocquivilleTo understand what Marx and deTocquiville two of thegreat social thinkers of all time, believed, you have tounderstand what was going on at the time. They were livingin the peak of the Industrial Revolution. The cities thathoused this revolution were overflowing with factories andpeople. People who were once ... Read More
Saving Our Fellow EarthlingsAt the University of Oregon, Barbara Gorden-Lickey, Ph. D., sewed kittens' eyes shut and forced them to jump from a height onto a platform surrounded by water so she could study the effects of sight deprivation on the brain. Cruel and inhumane experiments like this one is ... Read More
DelawareDelaware is a really cool state. I say that because there is not a whole-lot of crime there and for country folks it s great because there is a lot of cows and pigs, but there are also a lot of cars there too. It was some rivers and creeks ... Read More
The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee contain a very engaging family who are the Cunninghams. The Cunninghams are very poor they are people who live in the woods. They are a family who depend highly on crops. Walter Cunningham, the father of the family has to work ... Read More
Sgt. York His Life, Legend, and Legacy Book Review Sgt. York His Life, Legend, and Legacy, John Perry, Nashville, TN, Broadman and Holdman Publishers, 1997, 349 pgs, 16.99. In his thought-provoking book Sgt. York His Life, Legend, and Legacy, John Perry details the life of Congressional Medal of Honor winner ... Read More
The book r Lee contain a very engaging family who are the Cunninghams. The Cunninghams are very poor they are people who live in the woods. They are a family who depend highly on crops. Walter Cunningham, the father of the family has to work hard on the cultivation of ... Read More
The battle of the Guilford county courthouseBy Jarrell Norwood March 13 1781 I dont know how the war started. My cousin Tom said it was in Massachusetts 1775. That was six years ago., and the British was fighting the north. I dont know why it started. I heard it was ... Read More
Can you guess whats sweeping the people of our great nation? Well if you cant let me help you out a little. By some its considered an epidemic. It can result in the death of the infected subject and the people near himher at the climax of the infection. Its ... Read More
is a really cool state. I say that because there is not a whole-lot of crime there and for country folks its great because there is a lot of cows and pigs, but there are also a lot of cars there too. It was some rivers and creeks land definition ... Read More
Great Depression USA The official beginning of the great depression was when the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929. Stock prices plummeted and with no hope of recovery panic struck. 13 Million people became unemployed In 1932 34 million people belonged to families with no regular full ... Read More
Life is tough enough without having barriers in one's way such asbeing a social outcast, a victim of racism, or having to suffer due topoverty. Three of the characters from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird wereborn into facing versions of those barriers. The characters include WalterCunningham, Boo Radley, and ... Read More
Medieval TimesWhat Was Clothing Like in the Middle Ages?In the Middle Ages the tailoring business developed and fashion as a concept was born. There wasn't much difference among the distinct social classes in the way the clothing were cut, the differences became evident mostly in the colours and materials. The ... Read More
Far from the Madding Crowd - A Maddening Classic (review) Far from the Madding Crowd - A Maddening ClassicThis is the only work by Hardy I have read, so maybe I picked the one which didn't happen to suit my own tastes in novels. Although I sound critical, this book ... Read More
What Was Clothing Like in the Middle Ages?In the Middle Ages the tailoring business developed and fashion as a concept was born. There wasnt much difference among the distinct social classes in the way the clothing were cut, the differences became evident mostly in the colours and materials. The country ... Read More
THE SOUTH The south can be defined in many ways depending on the persons feelings toward it and that of which they have experienced. To me the south has to be the best place to live in all the United States. One of the things that stick out in my ... Read More
The Burning Times The Burning Times tape that we viewed in class made me aware of things I had no previous knowledge of. Before organized religion took root and spread like a fungus throughout Europe, women had a high status in much of that continent, in areas of healing, midwifing, ... Read More
40 lbs I was a chubby child. It learned early that the extra pounds I carried not only made me physically standout from my peers, they also socially alienated me from them. Because I was fat I was the last one picked to square dance in the fourth grade, and ... Read More
Love and friendship create the makings for a wonderful story but why not add a twist of mistrust and deceit to really grab you by the heartstrings? That's what Flannery O'Conner did in "Good Country People." Through her vivid character descriptions, she clearly communicates the idea that people aren't always ... Read More
Saving Our Fellow Earthlings At the University of Oregon, Barbara Gorden-Lickey, Ph. D., sewed kittens' eyes shut and forced them to jump from a height onto a platform surrounded by water so she could study the effects of sight deprivation on the brain. Cruel and inhumane experiments like this one ... Read More