A Dozen Roses

With over 60 million people murdered, great cities reduced to rubble, and families ripped from one another, World War II will forever be regarded in history as one of the largest human rights’ abominations recorded in history. With the implementation of mythical nationalism and Volkish ideologies taught at German universities, Germany became the perfect opportunity for Hitler to rise into power and ultimately set his plan for world domination and Aryan supremacy into action. This paper will…

Emotions of the Mind and Heart To illustrate, some people hate it and for some it is just another day on the calendar. But a good number of people love February 14th as well, and that is what the day is all about. Every February 14th, across the United States and in other places around the world, candies, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. “Valentine” by Carol Ann Duffy and “I Wouldn’t Thank You for a Valentine” by Liz Lochhead express their…

Concussions: The Invisible Injury Ben Utecht, a former tight end in the NFL, said “The concussion crisis has changed the face of sports as we know it and it has brought to surface the incredible importance of our brain health. The time is now for us to make our brain the number one priority so that education and awareness can take effect, and begin to change the way we approach the health of our athletes from youth to professionals.” Along with attempting to prevent concussions, athletes…

What do you picture when you hear the word love? Is it a long walk on the beach or a kiss in the rain? A white tablecloth dinner or a dozen red roses? Do you picture John Cusack holding a boombox outside Diane’s window or do you hear Paul McCartney singing ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’? In any case, it is evident that the word ‘love’ has many different definitions and personal connotations. So while research has recently begun to explore the complex neural basis behind this powerful emotion, it is my…

The first sign of dawn colored the horizon, the light reflecting off the glass bottles of tonic on Ealhwyn's medicinal shelf. The light broke Della out of her half slumber. She had drifted into a half awake reality, the images of her vision twisting themselves into demons and shadowy figures with no faces. Both Merlin and Ealhwyn were still asleep. Merlin had fallen asleep with his head on the table again, reminiscent of the day before. Della's gaze drifted over to her aunt. She succumbed to…

A fishing trip turns into a terrifying test of survival after Salvador Alvarenga becomes one man against the sea. Salvador Alvarenga loved the simple lines of the fiberglass craft. No cabin or roof. Just a 25-foot-long narrow, canoe-shaped boat designed to carve up the waves like a huge surfboard, agile and fast, with the engine mounted on the back. Alvarenga was a 37-year-old Salvadoran fisherman living and working in Mexico. A heavy drinker quick to pick up the tab, he had no family tying…

The impact of the automobile in the 1920 's drove America into a frenzy of fresh opportunities. This new era can be credited in part to Henry Ford who mass produced the Model T, and made it an affordable, practical vehicle for any American with a need and want for mobility. The automobile revolutionized almost every part of life including the economy, and where Americans traveled and lived. However, these successes came at a cost. Pollution began to take its toll in major cities, crime rates…

In his autobiography Doing Battle Paul Fussell writes of his personal experiences which also tie in to several themes touched upon by social historians such as George Roeder in The Censored War. Roeder documents how the participation and suffering of African-American soldiers was censored carefully so as not to offend racists. While photographs showing dead American soldiers were a propaganda staple (as long as not too gruesome and not showing faces of the corpses), photos of black American…

Who’s your Daddy? It is not difficult to figure out that the modern image of a father is evolving and pointing to a more compassionate figure. Before, the fatherly figure was merely boiled down to him being the breadwinner and the mother was considered the sole caretaker of the children 's welfare. The fatherhood role in the old days was contradicting because the fathers in the 1800s and 1900s era were driven by masculinity. They let the masculine attribute controlled the idea of what it is to…

In the non-fiction text The Devil in the White City, written by Erik Larson, several arguments are made throughout the book. In order to support these arguments, Erik Larson describes in detail the lives of those who impacted society while in Chicago, as well as using direct quotes from these characters who ranged in different ages, backgrounds, and careers. Throughout this nonfiction book, there was one prevalent argument being asserted, that the construction of the World's Fair distracted the…