Sarah McLachlan

The article “When School Was Scary” and the poem “The Ballad of Birmingham” both show very harmful events. The event that happened to the little girl in “The Ballad of Birmingham” is very different and more effective/powerful compared to what happened in “When School Was Scary”. In the article, Elizabeth got verbally and physically abused, but in the poem, the little girl walks into a church and then it gets bombed. Getting blown up is more destructive than getting bullied. In the article “When…

How could isolation be so tempting after the abandonment of a loved one? In Lock and Key, written by Sarah Dessen, Ruby is a seventeen year old left by her mother to fend for herself. After living smartly and quietly for several months, Ruby's plan of solitude was crushed by a landlord. Because she was caught, she is forced to transition into the lifestyle of her wealthy older sister who hadn't been seen in years. As Ruby meets the caring and loyal people in her new, unfamiliar life, it becomes…

traveled with no idea what to expect starting school in a completely new city. Like Sarah, when she answered Jacob`s advertisement and agreed to travel from Maine, I also agreed to move to an unfamiliar…

Since 1991 when The Smurfette Principle was written a lot of things have changed; mostly for the better. Movies, shows, politics, and the workforce have become a lot more female centered. However, there is always room for improvement in any area; I feel we are leaps and bounds ahead of how things used to be. Today I will thoroughly explain how things have changed for the better, for the female sex since Katha Pollitt’s essay was written over twenty years ago. As a mother of a preschool-aged…

On Sepetember 27, 2008, Saturday Night Live (SNL) performed a cold open sketch of Katie Couric interviewing Sarah Palin during the presidential election of 2008. Tina Fey impersonates Sarah Palin, while Katie Couric is portrayed by Amy Poehler. The two comedians mock an actual interview done by the potential vice president and journalist that was performed a few weeks prior. The 7 minute cold open, which is longer than most of their sketches, contains a plethora of communication methods to…

To what extent does hypocrisy affect society? Hypocrisy is normally seen as a personal issue and it’s societal impacts are often overlooked. During the Salem witch trials, hypocrisy played a huge role in the hangings of 19 people. It created mass hysteria, which deeply affected how Salem’s societal values were interpreted. Hypocrisy is ultimately responsible for the events in Salem and The Crucible, as characters try to cover up their own flaws with lies, leading to innocent people being hanged…

formatted to look and the culture also greatly affect his work.The cartoon’s main figure ( Sarah Palin) also believes that gun control could easily leave millions of people defenceless in the U.S., which given with the several who seek to brutalize Americans such as Terrorists, crazed gun-men, and even random psychos .…

Cameron, an artificial intelligence called Skynet, dominates the future world and attempts to destroy all human life, causing a war between machine and human. On the verge of defeat in 2029, Skynet sends a “Terminator” back to the year 1984 to kill Sarah Conner, in order to wipe out the existence of John Connor, who is the leader of the human Resistance. To prevent the murder, John Connor sends one of his soldiers, Kyle Reese, back in time to protect his mother. Whenever time travel is brought…

Samantha Bee is a comedian, political commentator, and a late night television show host. Bee hosts the late night comedy show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS. She started out as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. She was on the show for twelve years and was the longest serving correspondent before leaving in 2015 for her own show. According to The Cut, Bee has talked about women’s rights like abortion and child care, examined current political issues…

the two films that people still argue about being the most famous, but because of a poll that was published, in people's opinion, Terminator 2 is the most famous. This movie is the sequel to Terminator 15 years later. The Terminator failed to kill Sarah conner and her soon to be born son named John. Now, since they have sent another terminator, John is the target. John decides to fight back, so John made a replica of the terminator that tried to kill him 15 years ago. Therefore, it is terminator…