The Great Leap Forward Essay

CHAPTER ONE Kylissa swung her sword and chopped off one of the attacker’s hands. “Well, shit.” She had been aiming for his head. “You chopped off my freaking hand!” the vampire screamed, clutching the bloodless stump to his torso as he backed away from her. The sword stuck in the wall. “Gimme a second. I can do better than that.” She pried her weapon out of the crumbling drywall and swung it again. This time, he was ready for her and ducked away, shoving her to the ground. Kylissa rolled on…

Within the next five years, trends in technology, specifically regarding chatbots and other digital interface tools, will enable an increase in civic participation and government accountability. The trend in bot technology will change user habits and demands, both as consumers and as citizens. How the government meets this demand, as we see it, has the potential to generate enormous positive social impact. The U.S. government contains both intentional and unintentional inefficiencies. Despite…

Music is an essential part of daily life. Music has the ability to communicate a message without using a single word. Music has been used to build bonds between nations, generate new thinking, and empower individuals. Music activates many regions of the brain. Over the past years, music has been found to reduce depression and anxiety, strengthen the heartbeat, lower blood pressure, boost the immune system, and generally make a person feel happier. Everyone has different reaction to music…

the undercurrent pulling my thoughts, her thoughts, to the forefront of my mind. She slows down my recklessness, throwing caution and wisdom back into the whirlwind of my mind. Although at times her/my fears catch me, freezing me momentarily before I leap, she is me, and her voice steers me clear of jumps I realize I cannot…

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) its origins and signs. From WW I to present day PTSD is a very real and misunderstood by many. Ever sense there has been war there have been signs of PTSD according to history. The signs are in writings from the great army’s that were before us. The earliest noted symptoms are written about or around 480 B.C by Herodotus. He wrote “the Spartan commander Leonidas, who, at the battle of Thermopylae Pass in 480 B.C., dismissed his men from joining the…

A large leap from the Baroque era, Classicism brought forth a time of musical discipline and emotional restraint. Perhaps this magnanimous change in pace can be accredited to the philosophical movement that took place in the later 1700s known as the Enlightenment…

Far away and long ago a kingdom stood on a hill, within it sat a contented king, a good man much loved by his subjects. His wife was adored by all for she was beautiful and kind, always willing to help those in need. His son was cheered in the streets as captain of the guard, his days were spent defending the kingdom from the many dangerous creatures that abounded in the dark forests bordering the land. His daughter was followed by the children of the kingdom as her fanciful daydreams made…

It was almost a year ago that my Father died. It was a day like this, grey and chill. Some hiker came up missing and a search party was called. As usually Dad’s great big, bay horse crossed God’s Earth and found the man. Why? My Father asked him to. That was Thor. Nobody could ride him but Dad. It wasn’t his fault what happened. So today I’m looking out the window feeling the long year coming to its unwanted anniversary. I’m angry because Mom and I are arguing again. She says with…

Jessie became intrigued with current events and began following the news broadcasts concerning the civil rights movement, which had taken a leap forward catching the public eye. Glued to a breaking story about seven African American men and six white activists now known as Freedom Riders, on May 4, 1961, the Freedom Riders left Washington, DC, and traveled through the extremely segregated Deep…

” but her legs wouldn’t move. People scrambled away, panickedly jumping over anything in their path; their only goal to run as fast as they could out of there. Mobs of bodies were shrieking with fear, and finally her feet responded as they darted forward, following the rest of the fleeing group. “Get away!” her brain yelled. Her eyes blurred and she could hardly see, but her feet kept moving, tripping over themselves, but moving. By the time she saw the bar on the ground, it was too late. Before…