YOUR TITLE GOES HERE In the essay that Anna Quindlen wrote. It talks about schools out for the summer but there is still a big issue still going on in the world and it’s called child hunger and why do we still have child hunger? The author who wrote this essay talks about why did the the advertising agency use the slogan “The Sooner You Believe It, the Sooner We Can End It?”…
RAINN states online that “sexaul violcenc can have a psychological, emotional and physical effect on a survivor” (RAINN). Throughout the story Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson describes how a sexaul assult accident can impact one's daily life dramatically in many ways. The novel Speak, is a story of Melinda Sordino who was ferociously raped over the summer at an upperclassmen party and after the incident she calls the police for help and they arrive to find only a highschool party with illegal substances. Since no one knows about Melinda’s night, a majority of students who attend Merryweather High School in New York thinks she got everyone caught. In conclusion, Melinda loses connections with everyone which makes her feel like an outcast. Laurie…
“Brotherhood” by Anne Westrick is set in Richmond, Virginia during the reconstruction period after the civil war. Tension between the Yankees and native southerners are at an all time high. The book follows the story is Shadrach Weaver, a fourteen year old who is confused. One day, after following his stronger older brother, Jeremiah when he sneaks off in the middle of the night. Shad joins this brotherhood that he knows nothing about. They promise “to protect and defend the weak and the innocent, especially the widows and orphans of solders who gave their lives in sacrifice for our noble cause…”(pg 35). Actually being the Klu Klux Klan, Shad realizes many people in the community are now his brothers, like his grandfather, Bubba, Clifton, and even the sheriff. Unfortunately Shad doesn’t hate the newly freed African- Americans. He even meets a spunky black girl named Rachel, who winds up giving him reading lessons. Through Rachel he meets her family and friends - Ms. Perkinson, Eloise, Miss Elizabeth, and George Nelson.…
Only to Serve excerpt (part 1) by Debra Davis. She was a grocery clerk for ten years, and she was laid off by her employer. She couldn’t find a regular job, so she searched on the internet for an online job. She finally found a job that appealed to her. The job required her to give advice to people on the telephone.…
How often do you lie? Why do you lie? In the article “Honestly Tell the Truth” by Barbara Ballinger talks about how it is sometimes good to lie sometimes bad to lie. And in the article “Teens Do their Share of Lying “ by Loretta Ragsdell says that to cover up a lie you lie again. Lying is sometimes acceptable when you are in a certain situation.…
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, is a sociology book written by Eric Hoffer in 1951. His book attempts to explain and analyze the motives of mass movements, how and why mass movements start, how they advance and the way they will end, and the similarities between all of them. Whether it is, social movements, religious movements, political movements, personality’s movements, and so on. He argues in his book that, the goals of every mass movement are substitutable because all mass movements attract the same followers, use similar tactics, and share certain essential characteristics to get their members. Some of the examples he uses were, the fanatical Christian, the fanatical Mohammad, the fanatical nationalist, the fanatical Communist, and the fanatical Nazi. In…
Certainty is perfect knowledge that has total security from error; no certainty is used in this play. Emotions are the only fact in this play. Doubt, A Parable by John Patrick Shanley, was written in 2005. This play is a classic antagonistic pair. Shanley writes about the suspicions of the principal of a catholic school about the new Father at the parish. The principal, Sister Aloysius is the hard charging strict nun, and Father Flynn is the laissez-faire new comer. This play unfolds with the help of Sister James and a student named Donald Muller. Father Flynn has taken a liking to young Mister Muller and Sister Aloysius thinks the Father is up to no good. The principal will stop until she thinks her schoolchildren are safe. Does Sister Aloysius go too far in her quest to get Father Flynn to confess? Sister Aloysius’s old school way of thinking does not mix with Father Flynn's new school approach.…
The books that we were required to read for Bible 115 class were Engaging God’s World – A Christian Vision Of Faith, Learning And Living by Cornelius Plantinga Jr. and The Call – Finding And Fulfilling The Central Purpose For Your Life by Os Guinness. Both books offered very useful advice for today’s Christians. Engaging God’s World is written for students and will help them make sense of their education in a Christian perspective. Both authors use scripture, humor and common sense to validate their points.…
On the contrary, it is only these intellectuals that can experience the true beauty in her work. Only a cultured individual can be seduced by the obscene, and offer it a second glance. John Constable put it best, in saying “There is nothing ugly; I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, -- light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.” Kara Walker’s art is important because it isn’t created to comfort or coddle, but rather to inspire and upset; to add fuel to the fire of American…
What defines honesty and integrity? Is there a connection between these two words, and what does that imply? Stephen L. Carter, a law professor and writer, questions the common definitions of these words and the their moral interpretations in his essay, “The Insufficiency of Honesty”. In the essay, he makes several about the key differences between what “honesty” and “integrity” actually mean, and I agree with Carter that too often integrity is mistaken for honesty. He mentions that, “…acting in accordance with what you think is right and risking no loss in the process is a rather thin and unadmirable form of honesty”, and I concur that selfishness of that caliber lacks integrity by definition.…
A wise philosopher named Aristotle said, “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but the inward significance” (McDowall, Carolyn). Norie Sato the artists of the artwork One, Now, All aimed at acting out that quote in her piece by adding significance to her piece along with a deeper meaning and an understanding of her work. One, Now, All stands to be a noteworthy piece of art in Palmer, the Human Development and Family Studies Building and to the campus of Iowa State University for the reason of the background of the piece, the artist, and the elements of the artwork.…
If you’re someone who doesn’t care to even look at art, it’s a big deal when you take time to think about what it could mean. This is what happened to me with Rose Ellis’ “In One Breath,” even giving me a way to reflect on my beliefs. This is a painting that takes time and some concentration to work its full emotional and pictorial magic. Ellis’s painting, though seemingly simple, is anything but. “In One Breath” by Rose Ellis effectively provokes thought in its viewers because of its composition, its color scheme, and its open-ended symbolism.…
If I burn these drawing, it would be a huge loss of art history. If I’m not, the girl will die. But the decision is still there to be made, I burn them without any hesitant. If the world blame me for this, so all I could say to defend myself is that even when the paintings are priceless, I always believe saving people is the highest priority. Further explanation is that our world is in the postwar period, human resources would be needed more than ever before, and the children would be the future of human kind. To save this girl is just like saving one more hope for the world, which make this girl live matter than any drawings in this museum, and this make my decision more rightful in every…
“The Healing Power of Grace”, by Katherine, is about a man who lost his wife and became very depressed and after two years he finally let her go and moved on. The literal meaning of the narrative is if you lose your significant other it is ok to be sad but after you can get over them and move on.…
On the night of giving word Soraya’s father was talking to Amir and said, “as the husband of my daughter who is the noor of my eye,” (Hosseini 168). The General is giving his blessing for Soraya’s to marry Amir. The song I loved her first is about a father talking to his future son in law telling him he “loved her first,” but, “it’s still hard to give her away.” In the scene called Giving Word, the General gives Amir his blessing to marry Soraya. The same way the song I loved her first is about a father letting go of his daughter so she can find happiness.…