The Victorians are known for their fascination with death. During the Victorian era (1837-1901) they took death very seriously, no expense was spared when arranging a proper funeral. During this time most American’s lives became restricted to the family. As the emotional focus of people narrowed to the immediate family, the significance of the final act expanded.…
Aron Ralston is the bravest person I know. Aron was an American outdoorsman, who loved canyoneering. In a canyon of Utah, Ralston was hiking all alone, when something deadly happened. An enormous boulder became dislodged and landed right onto Aron's arm. Aron Ralston suffered tremendously, but he was brave enough to get through this tough situation.…
Ely Marick Karstark was born in Winterfell to the parents of Amara and Michael Karstark. His family consists of his twin brother, Alex, and his younger sister, Khloe, who is four years his junior. From a young age, Ely has attempted to help his mother in the stables raising and farming animals. However, Ely has always had trouble learning new concepts and tended to frequently make errors. Although this would visibly irritate his mother, she tried not to let it show and continued to teach him. Amara first showed him how to feed the animals and proceeded to teach him how to take care of offspring. After years passed from the first day Ely attempted to shear a sheep, he eventually became reasonably adpt at serving as a stablehand and…
Walter Dean Myers was born in Martins burg, West Virginia. His name at birth was Walter Milton Myers. He was two years old when his mother had died. Walter Dean Myers life was revolved around his neighborhood and church. Walter Dean Myers didn’t do as good in school. The sport that he played in school was basketball.…
On 11/10/2015 SO EMT Perez was MG-T16 regaurding a sudden onset of altered mental status. SO EMT Perez knocked and announced his presence at the door and was greeted by the residents son who stated that Herbert Margolis had a sudden onset of altered mental status and wanted him to be evaluated. Herbert Margolis aparently started to slur his words and acting erratic later in the night which promptly corrected itself. Herbert Margolis then walked to the fridge to get a glass of water and walked back to his bedside reportedly with no issue. SO EMT Perez completed and assesment on Herbert Margolis which revealed the following; Blood Pressure 180/100, Pulse 65, Herbert Margolis was able to state his name but was not able to remember the year and…
In 1993 two minors had committed burglary, and murder. The minors names are Christopher Simmons age of 17, and Charles Benjamin age of 15. The victim was a neighbor of Christopher Simmons. Her name is Shirley Crook age of 46. Christopher Simmons and Charles Benjamin had tied up Shirley Crook to the chair and thrown her in the St. Louis Meramec river. Drowning her at the age of 46 .…
Paul Rusesabagina saved more than 1,200 refugees in his hotel, what was the world doing to help refugees during the genocide? Nothing, the UN hardly helped at all during the entire genocide. Paul was the hotel manager for the hotel Diplomates, a high end hotel where foreigner government officials stayed. Another hotel, hotel Mille Collines, was another hotel Paul had access to. During the Rwandan genocide Paul kept over a thousand Tutsi and moderate Hutu save in the walls of the Mille Collines. He kept these people safe with words, drinks and lots of phone calls. While Paul and a few other’s tried to save people in Rwanda the whole world turned it’s back on the small country even though they knew what was going on and then decided to beat…
Edward Irving Wortis, also known as Avi a name his twin sister called him that stuck, was born December 23, 1937 in New York City and raised in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a doctor, mother a social worker and he came from a family of musicians, writers and artists. His older brother was considered a genius and his twin sister was very smart too but Avi struggled in school. He was determined to be a writer even after being diagnosed with a learning disability called dysgraphia, which caused him to reverse or misspell words. Avi eventually became a renowned writer despite his disability. He started as a playwright, and then he began writing for young people after his first son was born. Avi enjoys visiting schools and brings copyedited…
made decision were assertive, confident, and dominate” (Gauntlett, David 2008). Walter Younger lives in a post-World War II era, as announced in the first scene. “Time: Sometime between World War II and the present” (Hansberry 1782). Therefore, by Walter allowing the media to shape his definition of “a man” his ability to distinguish his subjective and objective reality become impossible.…
The impacting photos that Jacob had taken in the late 19th century, in the city of New York had the chance to show the middle-class the effect it could have on readers, and them wanting to help immigrants. “How many Americans understood what the immigrant life was like?” In addition, the middle class does not really care for the immigrants up until the point where it affects the middle class and that includes money and certain rights. “Jacob Riis had taken hundreds of photos of tenements, his work had been first published in eighteen eighty-nine and later became a book named, How the other half lives.” Riis wanted to expose his pictures of the immigrants living conditions to upper…
Dystopia challenges utopia's fundamental assumption of human perfectibility. Imagine a world where everything was equal and there were no problems in life. Humans thrive to make a world like this one, but haven't succeeded because of greed. This is how dystopias are formed and humans have made multiple of them. In the article “Gaza: The Makings of a Modern Day Dystopia,” It shows that there are still people battling poverty, violence, prejudice, intimidation, hunger, etc. In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” It shows that the government had more power than the people. The societal conditions that perpetuate both dystopias is violence which was created by the ruling powers wanting more control than…
I agree with this story 100%. Thomas McGarvey was dealt a tough childhood and even blamed God for taking his father in the mining accident. He then took advantage of the opportunity that was given to him, and did something nobody else in his family has even thought about. He continued his education after 8th grade. In my career, I am going to take full advantage of the situations that are present just like McGarvey has. I am currently in the PT program but the first step is exercise science. I believe that in order to be successful in whichever path I end up taking, you have to be willing and able to take full advantage of the situations around you. In life, you do not and cannot make advances without someone willing to take the risk and in…
Lewis once said “I have pleaded (labor 's) case, not in the quavering tones of a feeble mendicant asking alms, but in the thundering voice of the captain of a mighty host, demanding the rights to which free men are entitled”. John Lewis was an eloquent spokesman for working people throughout the United States (United States Department of Labor, 2013). He was born in Lowa on 12th February 1880. At fifteen years he found work as a miner in Illinois. He then jointed the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and eventually was elected branch secretary in 1911; Lewis left the mines to become an organizer for the American Federation of Labor (AFL). In 1917 he was elected vice president of the UMWA. Three years later he became president of what was then the largest trade union in America (Simkin J, 1997) .Lewis was a great labor leader who inspired millions to join America’s new industrial unions. The 1920’s were seen as a crisis period for the movement. The postwar prosperity coupled with completing their economic shift to mass production, left U.S bureaucratic firms in a dominant position. Workplaces therefore with large craft unions became overshadowed by workplaces with unskilled and unorganized industrial workers and the United Mine Workers was one such industrial union emerging from its leadership in 1924 where John Lewis became the next giant in history of the American Labor Movement. However in 1920’s some labor leaders viewed Lewis as a ruthless autocrat who was…
My name is David Walker and I was an abolitionist reformer during the Antebellum Era. I was born in 1796 in Wilmington, North Carolina. When I was born, my father was an enslaved man and my mother was a free woman. Due to the states’ rights at that time I inherited my mother’s free title. However, being a free man never kept me from witnessing the horrors of slavery.…
Pierre Roux was born in the province of Charente, France in 1853. Roux was a French physician and bacteriologist with various areas of study. His major studies included investigating cholera, chicken cholera, rabies, tuberculosis, and diphtheria. Roux was not alone in studying diphtheria. He met fellow bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin at the Pasteur institute of Paris. Yersin was born in Lavaux near Aubonne, Switzerland in 1863. Yersin studied much more that diphtheria in his time. He discovered Yersinia pestis, prepared serums against the plague in both humans and cattle, as well as studied cattle diseases such as tetanus, cholera, and small pox. Together Roux and Yersin were responsible for isolating the diphtheria toxin.…