Blink

This incredible country of marvelous force and copious assets is losing the fight against vagrancy. The setbacks can be seen in the city corners of each city in American holding an "I will work for nourishment" sign. Destitute havens and salvage missions are at full limit. There is no space at the motel for the country's poverty stricken. Any individual who has concentrated on this issue comprehends that vagrancy is an unpredictable issue. Groups keep on battling with this financial issue while…

The film La Vita è Bella, directed by Roberto Benigni is about a man who goes by the name of Guido, falling in love with Dora, a Christian woman whom he keeps bumping into on the streets. Guido, the main character takes a horrendous event, the Holocaust and expresses the story in a comical way. Before taken into the concentration camps, Guido’s life was filled with happiness and moments of enjoyment. After being taken in, Guido’s life is immediately recognized as agony. As the film progresses,…

Assault on Paradise: Social Change in a Brazilian Village is a revision in ethnography use of Conrad Kottak’s time during the rapid iconic and social change in Arembepe, Brazil. Conrad Phillip Kottak, now a Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Michigan decided to go out and explore the village of Arembepe, Brazil. During that time, he was a participant in the Colombia Summer Field Studies program in Anthropology, as an undergraduate. During his time in the village, beginning…

Tourette's syndrome is a problem with the nervous system that causes people to make sudden movements or sounds, called tics, that they can't control. For example, someone with Tourette's might blink or clear their throat over and over again. Some people may blurt out words they don't intend to say. Treatments can control tics, but some people don’t need any unless their symptoms really bother them. Your nervous system is involved in everything your body does, from regulating your breathing to…

Seeing my life on a timeline left me with lot of emotions. I have never tired doing this activity ever before, but it really made my mind overflow with million thoughts. We spend whole of our lives planning for future, setting different goals to achieve throughout our life; whereas truth is that we are not even sure what change the next second is going to bring in our lives. It has really changed my perspective on death so as to live life to the fullest. Be that as it may, it will be alright.…

either, until I was faced with the realization that death could happen at any moment. In this case, it took having my grandmother diagnosed with lung cancer to finally realize the undeniable truth about death, and how everything can change in the blink of an eye. In November of 2013, I was just getting used to the idea of being a junior in high school, and dealing with the pressure of ACT’s, and college applications. It was the fourth week of November when my brother and I had…

The Two Wes Moore’s and Their Different Choices President Mark Keenums statement about the other Wes Moore was completely true when he said “That’s what [The Other Wes Moore] is all about. Two people with virtually identical lives, the only difference between them being the choices they made. Their choices made all the difference” (Keenum). The Other Wes Moore is a novel about two people that grew up in the same neighborhood, however, had completely different outcomes. The Author, Moore had the…

The Effects of Technology Technology had achieved many different things during the last few years; we have started to rely on more affecting us emotionally, physically, and mentally. For example texting and driving, face to face communication in adults and children, and the reliance on technology. Although these advancements have provided us with extraordinary benefits it has also given us several of unacceptable outcomes. We live in an ever-changing world that has many advantages and…

inevitable happened. Being with him the last few days made me realize a lot. I saw the ghost of a person. Someone who could no longer walk, or talk. The outline of what once had been, now crippled, small, and dying. All of this had happened in the blink of an eye. It made me appreciate life so much more. You never know when something can be taken from you. You never know when it’s too late. I am not the same person I once was, that person is dead. Gone. I have learned to cherish my family and…

My first car was a red Acura RSX, 2002. I loved this car, and would always try to keep it as clean as possible. I had this car for about two years. On the summer of 2014, I stopped cleaning it the way I used to and was also not really into it anymore. It had been two years and I wanted a new car. It was a Saturday at the end of July, my dad had asked to go run some errands for him. It was raining and dark out. I had trash, drinks and bottles all over in my car, something I never had before. I…