A Series of Unfortunate Events

program that “brought millions of Mexican guest workers to the United States [which] grew out of a series of bilateral agreements between Mexico and the United States short-term, from 1942 to 1964.” Unfortunately, my great-grandfather passed away a while back when I was very young, therefore, for this assignment, I decided to acknowledge my parents’ migration story, a story that relies on a series of events that tore our family apart but simultaneously brought us closer together. I interviewed…

His Administration championed multiple acts for the Nation. During the 1930s, the President signed for a series of four policies: Resettle Administration, Farm Security Administration, Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, and the Agricultural Adjustment Act all in favor of America 's farmers. As mentioned earlier, Roosevelt had many companions while…

Composed circa the end of the eighth century by Greek poet Homer, The Odyssey is an epic poem which retells the journey of Ithaca’s king Odysseus’s return home after the fall of Troy. During his voyage, Odysseus encounters a variety of different characters, all presented with their own set of attributes unique to them, but none of which deviate from the typical example consistent with their respective archetypes. Heroes, heralds, mentors, threshold guardians, tricksters, shapeshifters, shadows,…

Biswas" portrays through a series of homes he had and fairly brief life of a poor journalist turned civil servant in Port of Spain Trinidad, in the years before and after World War II. Born into an Indian family whose father worked in the sugar cane estates, Mr. Biswas, as he…

into his physical undoing. Free will is determined by the presence of a choice. It is defined as the power of acting without constraint of necessity and the ability to act at one’s own discretion. Given that, if the situation and the development of events are beyond a person’s control, this can be considered more as fate. For this reason, Macbeth’s destruction can be traced back to his own doing rather than a predetermined destiny. Specifically, in the beginning of the play, the witches chant…

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the drama presents a plot where there is a thin, blurred line between fate and free will. Several aspects attribute to the downfall of Macbeth and there are a variety of viewpoints that coincide with each of the possible faults. However, in actuality, Macbeth’s murder and all of its elements predominantly stem from Macbeth’s own choices. The cause of Macbeth’s death is primarily due to his free will to go and seek unknown dangers and commit heinous crimes. In addition,…

What is it that makes a miracle? Miracles are known to be a wonderful and breath taking event, and are the causation of God. A miracle can be personal, meaning that it has only occurred and affected you, that you have been the only being touched by it. Hendrik Van der Loos states that comparative religion reveals that belief in miracles is universal, “In every religion we find miracles resembling those of Judaism, Christianity and Catholicism. They are all acts through faith and for faith, with…

mother receiving a phone call from what is assumed to be a teacher, requesting her to help out Emily. The mother quietly contemplates her whole life and Emily’s while she is ironing. She thinks about the hardships she had to endure and how all those events have led Emily to ruins. Before Emily had turned a year, her father had left her and her mother could barely support both of…

Although people may not realize it, there is an underlying template for many stories that are popular today. This template, called the Hero’s Journey (or a monomyth), serves as the underlying structure for a wide range adventure stories. There are many steps in this story model, but the more important ones are the “Call to Adventure”, the “Hero’s Acceptance of the Challenge”, the “Road of Trials”, the “Gathering of Allies and Powers”, the “Initial Loss to Evil”, the “Dark Night of the Soul”, the…

were controversial for its time. It touched on the topics of deism, toleration, humanitarianism, optimism, and even freedom. The story of Candide is a story of blind optimism in a pessimistic world. Candide is naïve. For a time, he reacts to such events as torture, war, and catastrophe by recalling the favorite sayings of his tutor, Pangloss, among them “Every effect has a cause” and “All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.” As the situation only seems to get worse, his doubts…