A Different World

The world tells us that we as human beings have the right to feel free from any form of slavery, abuse or violence. They say that those are our fundamental rights as human beings, we should be respected equally no matter how poor or rich. Those rights are supposed to be protected by The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They also stated, that children need to be protected, and that children are not supposed to work in horrible environments or even worse, become sex slaves for adults. But…

does your culture, religion, and life experience change the way you see the world? There is so many amazing things about culture. The different holidays we celebrate, the way we view situations, and religions we turn to in need are all things that only happen because of culture and life experiences. Your culture effects the way you see the world because of how you were raised, religion you follow, and over all the different types of people you have had the pleasure, or displeasure, of meeting in…

"I am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak is the story of an ordinary 20 year- old Cab driver, Ed Kennedy. It is a story that has given me a whole new perspective of the world and the actions that occur within it. Ed is assigned series of missions to help people through the use of Ace playing cards. From this, Ed learns to face his fears and ignore his feelings of incompetence. He discovers that anyone can make a life-changing effect to somebody else’s life through the smallest of actions. Some of…

Grice explains how there is no need for the deathly venom yet it still exists, and he relates this to the evil of the world, how purposeless it is. However, within his work he remains in awe of the widow, keeping the tone mystic but informative. Through all of this, he wants the reader to understand that not everything has a purpose, especially the inherent evil nature of the world…

Teen Titans In the world, people are often confronted with different problems. Each individual, however, chooses to either disregard those problems and leave them for others to deal with or take initiative to positively influence his or her community and others’ communities. Those who decide to wake up and make a difference for good in the world are called activists, but some are young teenagers still growing in their youth. Particularly, three teens, Malala Yousafzai, Alex Lin, and Iqbal Masih,…

Social media is a technological phenomenon that has shaped modern society. Applications like Twitter and Facebook are used by millions on a daily basis. People all over the world are constantly checking and updating statuses, even in third world countries. Even children are using social medias, although they can barely read. The reason for the popularity of social media is because of its usefulness in business advertisement, its ability to create unlikely relationships, and the instant contact…

In Dorothy Allison’s “This is Our World”, Allison describes how art has had such an impact on the way that she views different aspects of life. She started her essay by describing a Jesus mural behind a baptismal at a Baptist church when she was only seven years old. The mural became a very important piece of work to her and it allowed her to view art in a different way. Allison uses very descriptive language when it comes to explaining art. Later in her life she compared writing to art. In her…

Why is the World so unequal? It’s weird to think that in a time where places like the United States have so much, places like Papua New Guinea have so little. To come up with the answer you have to go back to the start, all the way back to the roots of inequality, before civilization happened. Although most people believe that inequality first started with race and religion, it really started with geography. Geography caused change in climate which determined what crops could grow in certain…

Their world- Our world The world- Fine without us, but with us without it we have nothing. We would not be living the way we are now if it were not for the astonishing discoveries that those of the first civilizations have brought upon us. How can we pay back to the people who have used up all of their time and recourses to make this world a better place for future generations? We owe a debt that nobody on this planet can be able to push back. Both very powerful yet humble civilizations, the…

The neighborhood is a dead end, or blind, street similar to the blindness and innocence with which the boy views the world. His world is sheltered and secluded from outside influences, comparable to the houses on the block. Resemblance between the setting and the protagonist is intentional by the author. The environment where he is raised directly determines his early beliefs…