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History project A: Hatshepsut- Although the status of women in ancient Egypt was higher than in any other ancient civilization, the notion that a woman could be king was abhorrent to the Egyptians. Yet, a woman did become king and not just an ordinary king. Her name was Hatshepsut and she ruled as pharaoh for fifteen years. Sadly, after her death the Egyptians, who were a deeply conservative people, obliterated her memory so that later pharaohs such as Ramses II and Cleopatra would have been…

Ashenputtel is an original German folk tale. The German folk tale was written in 1857 by the original Grimm brothers. The Grimm brothers have written over 200 tales and many are famous around the world, including: Aschenputtel, Die Gansemagd, Hansel und Gretel, Rumpelstilzchen, Dornroschen, Schneewittchen and many more. The Grimm brothers not only wrote German folk tales they also wrote well-known mythologies. Additionally, the stories were originally not even or children, although they become…

The mission of JROTC is very simple to explain. The mission of JROTC is to motivate young people to become better citizens. If you don’t know what motivate or mission is then you are in for a rude awakening. Motivate is to provide a need or purpose which causes a person to want to do something. You can’t just command someone to do something and expect them to do it. Mission is a specific job given to a person or persons to accomplish. Its our job as former JROTC cadets to help motivate the…

The Populist Platform immediately declares their concerns and demands as soon as the reader starts reading the Preamble. The Preamble was written by Ignatius Donnelly, Donnelly was a lawyer, farmer, politician, and a novelist from Minnesota. He doesn’t waste any time in the Preamble and jumps straight to the points. He starts off by stating that, “corruption dominates the ballot-box, the Legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine of the bench.” This is how most of the Preamble goes.…

The message of Pocahontas is that new settlers destroyed the forests and wanted their own version of civilization in the new land, whether or not it was approved by the Natives or not. When the settlers decided to fight the Indians, their tribe retaliated by capturing John Smith and then prepared to kill him. Only Pocahontas, who so desperately wanted both sides to get along, can save the day by saving john and almost killing herself in the process. Pocahontas serves here as a heroic symbol of…

It has always been since the beginning of time people have worried about what others thought of them. During the time when this story was written wealth and your social class were of the up most importance. People were known in this high class society by their beauty, income, or grace. When Guy de Maupassant (1884) wrote the story “The Necklace” it was right during this time period. This story portrayed a young beautiful woman with big dreams. The problem with her big dreams was she was a simple…

Everyone has a different way of feeling and dealing with emotions, whether good or bad, some people cry others laugh, still other simply have a desire to move. In “The pearl”, by john Steinbeck the main character, Kino goes through a very emotional time. First his baby son ,coyotito, gets stung by a scorpion, then they find a huge pearl and suddenly coyotito is fine and the poison leaves his body. After they find the the pearl the family falls into an oddly timed period of misfortune. During…

Colossus – The Forbin Project Colossus: The Forbin Project is a 1970 American science fiction thriller film based upon the 1966 science fiction novel Colossus written by Dennis Feltham Jones. A massive American defense computer, named Colossus, becomes sentient after being activated. It decides to assume control of the world and all human affairs for the good of mankind. Dr. Charles A. Forbin is the chief designer of a secret government project to build Colossus, an advanced supercomputer to…

The Purpose and Value of Labor Support What is a Doula? A doula is a person who shows support emotionally and physically to birthing women and their families, compassion when she mothers, and service through her mission to serve and care for others when it's their time to go thru childbirth. When a doula shows support to a birthing women many women seek a doula because they are scared to birth since it's their first time and fear is the main concern, "will I be able to have my baby ", or…

It is often said that a picture is worth a million words. If that is true, how many words would a statue be worth? When people or events are memorialized, they contain a message so powerful, it becomes a duty to let it be known. Sometimes it a difficult journey and other times it's very simple. Conditions have to be just right so that the memorial is well accepted. The factors to be take into consideration before memorializing a person or event include, the location, the design of the monument,…