A Hanging

Towards the back where the shoe aisles are are couches on the right side. Next to the couches is a fitting room and bathrooms. In the front around the cashiers are racks and hangers with clothes hanging on them. Jackets are hung on the walls. The left side is the mens side and the right side is the women side. This helps also show how organized are store is with the separation of male and female clothing. The clothing are also separated by style…

Trinity High School has provided many wonderful memories and one of them was robotics. The Iron Raider’s went to OCTC for state competition than San Andreas, TX for national competition being hosted by FIRST FTC. FIRST is abbreviation for “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology” and FTC stand for “First Tech Challenge.” FTC is meant for 7-12 grades to be creative on building a robot that would overcome annual challenges. The program of FTC taught students how to do teamwork,…

vile thing, let loose, or I will shake thee from me like a serpent!" With this line from Lysander we have Hermia hanging on to his leg, which is kind of a metaphor for her hanging on to her and Lysander's love, and then we have Lysander literally shake her off. We think with that motion it shows how strong the love potion has changed Lysander's love for her. He was once pledging his love for Hermia…

through harsh weather conditions and had to work all day. They were treated like animals. Two quotes are, “ the soup tasted excellent” (60), and after seeing the hangings that night the soup tasted of corpses” (62). The first quote, “ the soups tasted excellent” they were so dehumanized they didn’t care the man was hung. They just wanted the hangings to be over. The second quote,” the soup tasted of corpses” they were so hungry but couldn’t eat because they just witnessed a little boy being…

The Holocaust consisted of a large range of atrocities, which included forced labor, starvation, and the implementation of extermination camps such as gas chambers or human furnaces. Millions of old, young, sick, and healthy Jews were unjustly stripped of their rights and murdered during this time because of the Nazi Party. Their hatred and powerful government influence caused Jews and other targeted groups to be forcibly removed from their homes and communities and transported to concentration…

being sent to their premature death. Everything was going to chaos. No one knew who to trust any more. Even the ones claiming to be afflicted followed the accused to the gallows(Andrews). Luckily none of them were sentenced by fire or water, and hanging was mildly quick and painless (Andrews). Five were hanged in July, five more in August, and eight in September(HIstory Staff). After that, I had lost count.(History…

Satire has the power to persuade and influence the reader to view the poets/authors viewpoint and used to expose various flaws within society such as foolishness, corruption, or racism. Bruce Dawe, a poet famous for his use of satire, criticises aspects of his society during the end of the 1960s, and the start of the 1970s in the following poems; “ A Victorian Hangman tells his love,” a poem criticising blind obedience of such a cruel and inhuman act, and “Weapons Training,” of how our attitude…

The film I reviewed for my rhetorical analysis was the documentary Thirteenth (13th). This documentary uses many methods to show the viewer how the oppression of African Americans has evolved overtime since slavery. Thirteenth was directed by Ava Duvermay, who is a well-known director that produced other renowned films such as Selma. The documentary was produced by Ava DuVermay, Howard Barish, and Spencer Averick. This film does a great job of using notable speakers, pictures and facts to…

‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ is a poem written by Wilfred Owen during World War 1. The title of the poem literally means “it is sweet and proper”. The theme of this poem is patriotism because through the use of propaganda, people felt more patriotic and were happy to die for their country. Owen used a lot of language techniques to effectively convey his message to the readers. Here are the language techniques that he used in this poem and its supporting evidence: Rhetoric Words like “guttering”,…

Whenever someone asks if it is moral to commit murder, the answer would always be no, but if it was asked what the punishment should be for those persons, then the feedback would vary on the extreme levels. When the conditions are correct and the person found guilty through due process of law, their punishment should nearly always come down to capital punishment. Capital punishment is the execution of a criminal as a result of a crime, which is primarily murder but also includes treason,…