A Hanging

“Things Fall Apart” is a novel written by Chinua Achebe about how the Europeans affected the Ibo society in the 19th century. The British wanted to occupy Nigeria because of the major slave-trading opportunities. The British first invaded Lagos but eventually occupied the rest of Nigeria. In the book, the main hero is Okonkwo, who is a leader of the Ibo community. Okonkwo strives to be unlike his father whom Okonkwo saw as lazy and a loser. Okonkwo’s name means pride and stubbornness…

Sixty-three percent of all Jewish people were killed during the Holocaust, Polish Jews suffering the biggest casualties with a ninety-one percent population loss. The Holocaust was lead by Adolf Hitler and lasted from January 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945. The Holocaust was a tragedy where 11 million people, most of them Jewish, were abducted for work and death based on their political stance, religion, and ethnicity. Back in 1920, Germany was experiencing an economic crisis and Hitler convinced the…

your time in a luxury one located on the top floor of the skyscraper in the big city, surely that these odd swimming pools below will make you excited and dream to swim in them once in your lifetime: Hanging Gardens Ubud Hotel’s swimming pool, Bali, Indonesia Located inside the 7-star hotel Hanging Gardens Ubud, the swimming pool here is known as one of the most remarkable swimming pool in the world. The highlight of this pool is in the special…

Long ago, in the area now known as Iraq and in the area now known as Egypt, were two different ancient civilizations. In now modern-day Iraq, the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia ruled the land surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. In now modern-day Egypt, Ancient Egypt ruled the area surrounding the nile river in northeastern Africa. While these two civilizations are two separate entities entirely, they share many similarities. But the many similarities are accompanied by a number of…

Gabi’s Gunderson is the child of Jenni and Kent Gunderson. Her mom works in a office and her dad works at the chicken farm and owns party buses. She has one brother who is 21 and is now working at Nationwide. Gabi was born on April 10th 1998 in Grinnell, Iowa. She is currently living at Holiday lake. She has two dogs, a hamster and 4 pony’s at her dad's house. Gabi attends school at BGM in Brooklyn Iowa. When Gabi was younger, Gabi’s first words were “don’t”, which makes sense…

the white men that if they kill Solomon they would be killed also. The men then leave the scene but Solomon is still dangling from the tree to the point where he can barely touch the ground. The master then leaves the scene and Solomon is still hanging…

beer. “Bud Light: Between Friends” adequately persuades adults to purchase their beer, not only for themselves, but encourages them to share the product with friends as well. The commercial starts off with introducing different clips of two friends hanging out and enjoying the product, Bud Light beer, no matter if it is at a wedding, at a game, or simply at home. Bud Light displays that their beer will diminish and make all problems seem minor. For example, the clip at the beginning shows the…

Christmas in the middle ages and the UK is on the same day the 25th of December. In the middle ages they had a lot more holidays and Christmas lasted more than 2-3 days. The 12 days of Christmas is from Christmas which originated from the middle ages. In the 12 days of medieval Christmas their was serval holidays, St Stephen's day was on the 26th of December, holy innocents on the 28th of December and Ephaniny and the feast of St Nicholas was on the 6 of December which was linked to gift giving…

The oldest method of execution comes in the form of hanging. Many botched attempts caused hanging to become the least favorable method of execution. During a hanging, the prisoner is restrained and led to stand over a hinged trap door (Melusky, Pesto). Joseph Melusky and Keith Pesto explain, “The noose is placed around the offender’s neck, with the knot behind…

When I got to middle school, it’s like my whole world was flipped upside down. I went through several drastic stages throughout my adolescent phase. Some were good and some were bad. I don’t regret any of it because my pass made me who I am today. Newman and Newman (2012), broke down the different phases that adolescents undergo. Myself personally, I experience several of the phases hands on. In 2012, Newman and Newman established the developmental tasks that female undergo. They describe…