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In today’s fast paced, progress-oriented world, it can be easy to forget that with the progress so many desire, there is a certain level of risk that must be taken. It is not an exaggeration to say that every day a gamble is made with the lives of every human on the planet based on…

“What Voice at Moth-Hour” is a poem written in first person narrator by Robert Penn Warren, a poem which consists of five four-line stanzas, in which he is principally concerned to explore the origin and nature of a voice, constantly calling him back at “moth-hour” when he finds himself situated in different locations surrounded by…

On March 26, my peers and I visited Fort Tilden, the first of two ecosystems we were to observe. At this specific site we were interested in the interaction of living and nonliving things in this environmental ecosystem. On April 2, we visited Plumb Beach, our second ecosystem we observed. Both beaches are part of…

Computer hackers in today’s world are becoming more intelligent. They are realizing that people are developing more hack-proof systems. This presents the hackers with a bigger challenge, which brings out more fun for them. The government is realizing this and needs to make harsher laws to scare the hackers more. With the increase in hacking…

The documentary Blackfish directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, leaves the viewer with many different emotions. This documentary follows the life of Tilikum, a captured killer whale who is forced to preform for SeaLand. The director uses different interviews from people who have worked with Tilikum or have seen him attack people during the shows. The Occupational…

A fraternity, as defined by the The American Heritage Dictionary is “achiefly social organization of male college students, usually designated byGreek letters. “(pg. 523) This definition, however, is very limited and leavesplenty of space for short sighted people to believe the stereotype conveyed bythe popular media, where fraternity members are depicted as drunks whoaccomplish nothing…

In “The Pianist,” director Roman Polanski reveals the struggles that Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew and talented pianist, must endure as he struggles for survival in WWII Warsaw. As all that he has known and loved is torn from him, including his entire family and way of life, Mr. Szpilman must resort to any means…

    Joanne had a serious decision to make now that she was once again settled down in a two-room apartment. She wanted to continue Harry Potter, but she needed money to support her child. To her dismay Rowling ended up living entirely on public assistance (welfare). Rowling abhorred the idea of being forced to…

An archetypal hero is respected for their good moral character, maturity, and courage. In J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and Diablo Codys Juno there are excellent examples of antiheros, characters who lack heroic qualities, but are still considered to be protagonists. J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye features Holden Caulfield,…

This scene is set in the ambulatory of the Cathedral of Rheims, just after the Dauphin has been crowned King Charles VII. Joan is praying. She is happy that she has achieved what she has set out to do in crowning the king, but she is sad because she is misunderstood. She also tells Dunois…