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Why should we celebrate Columbus Day? Think about it this way. How many people actually do take the time to celebrate Columbus Day? As stated by an analysis by Vox, only fifteen percent of private workers take the day off. Only twenty-two states recognize Columbus Day as an actual holiday, which is nearly half of the country. Think about it, only half the country celebrating something a holiday. We don’t consider the Super Bowl a holiday do we? No, we shouldn’t celebrate anything if…

-------Strange noises, eerie stranger, and phantasms are things that often pull an audience into a suspenseful story. In Lucille Fletcher’s The Hitchhiker a man is driving from his home in Brooklyn to the west coast. Along the way he continues to see a man who makes him nervous. Eventually, this vision makes him question his sanity. This play works because of the plot decision that the author has made. Fletcher uses the element to plot to create an effective story. -------One of the first…

‘Flowers for Algernon,' written in 1958 by Daniel Keyes, is a short science fiction story about a mentally disabled protagonist called Charlie Gordon. Charlie, who is a 37-year-old man, due to his eagerness to learn, receives the opportunity to increase his intelligence through an experimental surgery. Following the experimental process, Daniel Keyes uses the techniques of the juxtaposition of events such as the thematic apperception test, as well as changes his writing style’s literacy skills…

century. The first old Syrian stories are said to be found as early as 879 CE, and actually discovered till 1948 in Cairo (1743). Most of the collection of these stories were actually found in the 10th century. Surprisingly enough this collection is not 1001 stories but far less, and said to be a symbol of everlasting abundance (1743). These stories began to be adapted and translated for the western reader in 1702 by Galland for the public and became extremely popular in the 19th and 20th…

We live in a world of vast amounts of information. This information is readily available through the use of technology. Information comes in the form of online news articles, journals, social media, and YouTube videos. Of all the sources of information, students use social media the most. Since social media is easy to use, the reach and ability to interact with others has steadily increased especially in younger generations. Social media is prevalent in households, workplaces and schools. The…

Was Walt Whitman the first hippie? His radical ideas make him worthy of this title. Whitman rejected many of the popular ideas of his day and created on his own style, which is know as free verse writing. Whitman wrote during the transcendentalism period, transcendentalism means that there is an underlying connection between all things, such as humans, and nature. Not only did he form his own style, he also formed ideas, about, the lessons that can be taught through nature, the value of the…

What is Audience Analysis? ----- focus on before, during and after the speech was read Audience analysis can simply be termed as a process of gathering information about your listeners. The analysis gathered offers an insight of how to pass across your message so as the audience can respond as per your anticipation. Three phases make up a completed audience analysis; the first being adapting to ones audience before speaking. The best ways to do this is via, having a demographic analysis,…

Depression by social media is much greater today than five years ago because of cyberbullying. Apps like Ask FM, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Facebook all have comment options which anonymous people can leave hate messages on profile walls. These messages can change also our morals, using the theory of cognitive dissonance we think that what we previously think was wrong is now acceptable, changing our thoughts to match our actions.. Users on social media become accustomed to these comments,…

Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain? As October comes rolling around, the famous Christopher Columbus is being remembered for his discovery of the Americas. The hero Columbus, some would say, gathered his courage, and set sail to the West Indies, and unknowingly discovered a whole new continent after being at sea for weeks. If these people who call Columbus a hero knew of the evil crimes that he has committed, then the opinions and the perspectives of these people would change drastically.…

Humans have always felt emotions and had conscience in everything that they do. As the world develops, humans start to develop cultures and different beliefs about religion. Because of the certain beliefs, people have been united as one to form the first civilizations of the world. As time goes on, these civilizations begin to form moral judgments that may have come from certain values and norms. Philosophers, authors, and religious authorities have influenced the world to lead our lives with…