Duke’s current 14 coal ash ponds pose a great threat to the nearby public, and our local government isn’t doing much to stop it. A coal ash pond is a pit where coal ash (the remains of coal after it is burned) is stored. Duke has 14 in North Carolina. All 14 have been found to contain extremely dangerous chemicals such as arsenic, mercury, thallium and cadmium. Some of these coal ash ponds are placed next to public waterways and don't contain chemical resistant lining. This means these chemicals are leaking out into water, contaminating it.…
It was meant to be a holiday: a two-week break to a tropical paradise to celebrate a sister's birthday. But for Schapelle Corby it ended up a never-ending nightmare. Arrested at Denpasar airport in 2004 after marijuana was found in her board bag, she had become the victim of every traveler's darkest fear.…
An individual’s response to the drastic changes in their life reveals a lot about their character. In Steven Galloway’s novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo, the author follows the lives of three distinct characters affected by the siege on their beloved city. In the face of such compelling and often violent circumstances, each character learns to adapt their behaviour and attitude to fit their stark surroundings. During such dark times, individuals find their survival challenged by showing acts of kindness and mercy. Much like Sarajevo itself, Arrow, Dragan and Kenan experience the deterioration of their principles and spirit. In order to survive, they sometimes have to make powerful sacrifices in war-torn Sarajevo that they would never have considered…
Good morning, Year12 of Wyndham College. My name is Bazil and I am here to briefly discuss the play "The Shoe-Horn Sonata" by John Misto in relation to the use of dramatic techniques used.…
The feud over the narrow, sickly strip of land “stolen” away from the Znaeym family had lasted for decades. Tensions had grown, and now, standing on the edge of the unusually restless trees, Ulrich felt that he could finally do something. Georg Znaeym was trespassing in that forest, and he would get him at last. In “The Interlopers”, the author, Saki, uses irony to support the theme that no matter how much power a person has, nature can always win in the end.…
Another absurdist is present in this novel. Raymond, a malicious, manipulative and deceiving person would accommodate his personality and nobody loves this Raymond. He would be placed in the same category as the conqueror. Just like the conqueror, he lies and deceives in order to obtain what he is seeking. It begins…
(Warning: This novel contains some explicit language. If this is an issue for you or your child, please contact the English Department Chair at karthur@bcps.org to discuss. An alternate assignment can be created.)…
Introduction: White light is composed of many different wavelengths of light combined together. A spectrophotometer is an instrument that shines a single wavelength of light of a known intensity into a solution and then measures the intensity of the light exiting the solution. If a solution contains any compound that absorbs light, the intensity of light exiting the solution will be less than what entered the solution. On the other hand, if none of the compounds in the solution absorb at that wavelength of light, then the intensity of the light exiting the solution will be the same as that entering.…
The three stories to be discussed in this essay are “The Bouquet” by Charles W. Chesnutt, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and “Gimpel the Fool” by Isaac Bashevis Singer. It’s interesting to dissect these pieces of literature to see how they reflect the time period they were written in, by whom they were written, and if the stories they read have any abnormalities outside what is expected.…
Life is not only stranger than fiction, but frequently also more tragic than any tragedy ever conceived by the most fervid imagination. Often in these tragedies of life there is not one drop of blood to make us shudder, nor a single event to compel the tears into the eye. A man endowed with an intellect far above the average, impelled by a high-soaring ambition, untainted by any petty or ignoble passion, and guided by a character of sterling firmness and more than common purity, yet, with fatal illusion, devoting all…
Overall, Ulrich von Gradwitz, the main character in the story “The Interlopers” by Saki, changes from a man who holds grudges, to someone who forgives since he apologizes to Znaeym and then asks him to be his friend. That and the quotes, explications, and events listed in this analysis, prove that Gradwitz is a round character, or a character who is complex and transmutes throughout the…
The essay, “The Sentimentality of William Tavener,” analyzes the events of the plot and the impact in conflict to resolution order with a little flashback in the middle.…
Today I had the incredible honor of meeting Norman Frajman. He is a Holocaust Survivor and hearing his story has impacted my life. The word Zocher as he mentioned in his speech means to "Never Forget" and as Holocaust Survivors are passing away, we must remember them and share their stories. We are the future generation. He had a message for all of us in the room is to be tolerant with one another and erase the word “Hate” from your vocabulary. If you have problems with someone talk it about and work it out. I am so lucky to have had this opportunity to meet…
And he does not have mere ‘a straw’ to find quarrel but ‘a father killed, a mother stained’. In this perspective, he compares and contrasts himself with the young Fortinbras. He sets him as an example for finding quarrels for the sake of name and honour. And then comes the resolution…
Read the attached short story and prepare to answer questions to demonstrate your understanding of the following terms. Not all will be found in the story.…