A Study in Scarlet

Helping children to have a better life is a goal of mine. I want to be a great influence and to be able to impact the lives of children like the McMillan sister have done. The McMillan sisters Margaret and Rachel wanted to create a way to help better the lives of children. Margaret and Rachel wanted to help the children who came from poverty be able to get their basic needs met. "They began to visit the homes of the poor, leading them to lives of social activism, focused on improving the lives…

time, however the color can help a reader predict the outcome of the event. Authors often use this to help the reader understand the ending more clearly. Over the span of this essay, you will see how the colors do this. The reading selection, “The Scarlet Ibis”, written by James Hurst uses the color red as a symbolic color an abundant amount. In the beginning when he was born, “He seemed all head, with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old man’s,” (109) This shows symbolization…

learned from careless skiing, I made a thoughtful decision last year to leave my comfort zone and tackle AP U.S. History. With confidence built from asking out my crush, I recruited peers to form a study group. Recalling my leadership commanding the shrimp sauce expedition, I created a rotating study system, assigning jobs to each member. In the end, by utilizing these tools, I excelled in the class and made great friends in the process. Simply put, I embrace challenge; I thrive on adventure;…

Easy A (Gluck, 2010) was adapted from the novel The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne, 1984) and makes references to the novel in the movie through the main character Olive wearing a red “A” on her shirts after her entire school begins to believe that she is promiscuous and is selling sex for gift cards. As well,…

his interest in the Orient prevailed. This interest in the Orient could have been sparked from his father’s curios, souvenirs, and logbooks along with the items exhibited in the East India Marine Society. These interests inspired him to write The Scarlet Letter and illustrate his main character with the prominent characteristics…

The Scarlet Letter is a novel containing a character that is considered to be one of the first great heroines of American Literature. Hester Prynne is illustrated as a very strong woman despite the way she has been victimized. Many people residing in the same town she moved to had mistreated her because of a sin she committed. She was publicly humiliated in front of women who, for the time she spent standing on a scaffold, belittled her. Regardless of the fact that she had to go through this…

Looking back through the years in history you will find several Scientist that stand out in their fields of study for various reasons. But, have you ever thought of what life events helped them decide what they would become? Thomas Edison is well known for his invention the light bulb which is commonly used today. However there are some interesting facts about his life that few of us know about. First, Thomas was hard of hearing and actually liked it. He was also homeschooled by his mother. And…

Living up to 500 years, the mythical dragon’s blood tree with vertical trunk and arching canopy could easily be imagined as an umbrella blown inside out. When the trunk is cut, a scarlet colored resin oozes from the tree prized for its celebrated medicinal qualities. Sap from the tree was sought by Roman Gladiators to cure wounds. Once a vast forest, these remaining trees, unique to Socotra are now classified as endangered. Recent…

As of 2015, the Christian faith had for over 2.2 billion followers in the world, representing over 30 percent of every man, woman, and child on this Earth. Historically, Christianity was the predominant religion in both Europe and North America. Because of this, it was significantly embedded into the foundation of both legal systems as well as the central basis that shaped the moral values of society. Even literature written during or about the Victorian Era, referenced many of the Christian…

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most well know fictional detective character throughout literature. Holmes was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whom at the time practiced medicine when he first published his work about Sherlock Holmes. To this day, a significant amount of people knew who Sherlock Holmes was even if they have never read Conan Doyle’ work before. It also inspire many authors and directors to base their work and cases off of Sherlock Holmes from many medias like movies, TV shows,…