A Series of Unfortunate Events

Famous All Over Town Do you believe that the actions and choices you make today will inevitably sculpt your future? Or that your destiny is not predetermined and that you have the ability to live the life you choose? This concept is evidently integrated into the overall all theme of the novel, Famous All Over Town by Danny Santiago.The protagonist Rudy Medina, faces many obstacles in which could justify that he was doomed to a life of crime. However, there were many opportunities and…

village, rose to the top of society through manipulation and harlotry. Abigail Williams realizes that under normal circumstances, she holds no influence in Salem, but giving in to the irresistible desire for power, she seeks to change this by making a series of baseless accusations against the other citizens in town. The only way for Abigail to move up the social hierarchy in Salem would be to prey on the intense piety and fear of the Devil held by the townspeople and to use it against Salem…

Throughout the novel the reader is able to recognize many parallels of suffering that create a “discrepancy between fact and fiction” between Twain and Huck (Quirk 44). Growing up, Twain was involved in a handful of unfortunate events. Many of these experiences he dealt with led him to grow more as a person. Twain replicated many of his hardships throughout the story of Huck’s life. One example of this is the lack of education the two received. Mark Twain quit school at the…

successfully executed an escape from a New York prison, that there would be more actions taken toward making sure that prisoners cannot escape and that all of them are accounted for at each bed check. In reality, little to no changes were made following this series of…

After Idomeneo, Mozart composed a few more operas, but in 1786, the premiere of Le Nozze di Figaro set Mozart’s opera career on a new path. Le Nozze di Figaro is one of, if not the most famous opera buffa composed by Mozart. The Libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte, and is the was first of the infamous Da Ponte operas, the others being Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte. The opera is set in 18th century Spain. This story takes place on the wedding day of Figaro and Susanna, Count Almaviva’s…

In the unfortunate event of a cancer diagnosis, what treatment will you and your doctors pursue? Getting any kind of cancer will be fearful for almost anyone. Normal cells grow, divide and then die. But when they grow and divide too quickly, they clump together and form tumors instead of dying off like they are supposed to do. (1) One who has been diagnosed with cancer must decide how they want to have it treated. This can be hard to do especially at the beginning because your mind is trying to…

Perfectly captured in the title, the character being the unnamed narrator of this short story “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle. This story follows the narrator though a series of unfortunate events where He and his friends Digby and Jeff attempt to exemplify the persona that they believe would be considered in accordance with a bad or “Greasy Character”. These three boys at their last teenage year as they spin there wheels in a June summer of 1960’s suburbia. Just as many small towns there…

Until the mid 1800’s, Africa was a melting pot of cultures, with hundreds of different ethnic groups, religions, and languages. Although native Africans had had some contact with Europeans on occasion, nothing could possibly prepare them for the arrival of thousands of European colonists, hailing from highly advanced countries, and with technology, weapons, and laws completely unknown to the Africans. Their goal was to take advantage of the wealth of unexplored land and resources waiting to be…

of the gods that were emerging in contemporary Athenian literature into tangible, high classical and visible images. Roman copies of his work were created, and can be viewed to this day in honor of the works that he created so masterfully.It is unfortunate that we are unable to view Phidias’ original works to this day. As time goes on his masterpieces will continue to remain as a legacy of his immense contribution to the cultural and artistic heritage of…

presidential election. Historical Background The berlin wall was John Kennedy main focus throughout his presidency. It would be Kennedy's main priority from his inauguration day up until his assassination. The Kennedy have been known to have a series of misfortunate events which led to the Kennedy curse. The Kennedy curse is a just a conspiracy, many believe that it's just a regular coincidence that their family has experienced many times. The Kennedy family would be seen as American Royalty…