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Marla Runyan and Her Blind Life “I want to be remembered as someone who never gave up,” Marla Runyan said in her book No Finish Line: My Life as I See It (Abbey 104). Runyan is a legally blind Olympic runner, although she was born with the ability to see (90). Being blind, though, did not stop her from making her dreams come true. Although blindness is different for everyone, it is a simple disease. The definition of blindness is merely a high degree of vision loss (Bender 8). About 285…

Kolby Ellis Grand Canyon University: MKT-345 2/19/2017 Brand Description: Oculus Rift VR Headset Oculus Intro Oculus was first introduced to the virtual reality gaming market in 2012, when gamers could only dream of what it would be like to play quality virtual reality video games. At the time, the concept of virtual reality gaming existed however all previous attempts to create a quality headset to support the games were major flops. Fortunately for gamers, all of that changed when…

Comparatively, while Indigenous people are accounted for within the political community, they suffer from being neglected by the state, however, recent developments have manifested progression domestically. In the 1967 referendum, over 90% of Australian voters (consisting of no Aboriginal descent) agreed to change the Australian Constitution to give the federal parliament the power to make laws in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to allow for Aboriginal and Torres…

of the later crash of Swissair flight 111. Despite the fact that the reaction of rescuers here was quick, the murkiness and stormy conditions constrained the recuperation endeavors until dawn. By early morning, only 18 bodies were recovered from the 229 passenger's list (CBC…

Over the past decade, sexual assault has become very topical and newsworthy. The spotlight has become brighter with what is seemingly a constant stream of reports on college campuses and churches across the country and throughout the military. Thanks to a renewed effort to create awareness, legislation (Title IX) and more aggressive prosecution, women (and men) have become more comfortable reporting such abuses. One ugly theme with respect to sexual assault, abuse, or rape is the misconceptions…

master! Grave sir, hail!” (I.ii.224-231). Also, although he once asked for his freedom, he never complained about the bad deeds that Prospero sent him to do, “Hast thou, spirit, performed to point the tempest that I bade thee?” “To every article.” (I.ii.229-231). In parallel, Prospero discusses with his daughter, Miranda, about Caliban who she thinks is evil, but her dad claims that Caliban is a useful slave who helps get things done for them. Prospero swears at Caliban and orders him to…

Sutpen’s attitude and values, which influence his lifestyle, have drastically changed due to the huge impact that events in his past have had on his upbringing. These events helped him to become who he aspired to be but they also played a huge role in his downfall. In order to exemplify how Sutpen’s past actions affect his attitude and values, Faulkner uses multiple points of view, visual imagery, and indirect characterization. 1807 in a small town in West Virginia, a child who was a virgin too…

“She walked for the family and held her head straight for the family,” (Steinbeck 138). The historical fiction novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck depicts the Joad family’s arduous journey to survive and find economic stability as farmers during the Dust Bowl. Jeannette Walls’s autobiography, The Glass Castle, illustrates her family’s struggle to find personal happiness and a sense of belonging despite their lack of a permanent home. Both books feature families attempting to overcome…

Americans earn college degrees at less than half the rate of the entire U.S. population. Compared to the population as a whole, Native Americans are dying at rates: 600% higher for tuberculosis, 510% higher for alcoholism, 189% higher for diabetes, 229% higher for vehicle crashes, 152% higher for injuries, and 62% higher for suicide (“Demographics”). Their poverty rates may only be decreasing because many of the most impoverished are dying due to inadequate access to medical help, unsafe road…

Because the experiment takes place in a laboratory, Baumrind argues that participants will not act how they might in the real world. She states that the laboratory is an unaccustomed setting for a typical being and may cause anxiety and passivity (225). Correspondingly, Saul Mcleod, a psychologist who summarizes and critiques Milgram’s experiment, states that the “important” location of the experiment, obedience levels increased (Simply Psychology). The point about setting is one in which…