Al-Farabi

In the article, “An Afghan American Speaks” by Tamim Ansary, he talks about how it was for him after 9/11 happened. How Americans were raged by the fact of how could someone want to kill so many people. Many Americans wanted to take all of their anger out by, “bombing Afghanistan back to the Stone Age” as Ansary says in his article. Ansary uses Pathos a lot throughout his article. Some ways that he uses Pathos in his article is at the beginning when Ansary states how he heard on the radio that…

The Roaring Twenties in the Great Gatsby By: Isaiah Aguilera The 1920s was a decade of exciting social changes and profound cultural conflicts. For many Americans, the growth of cities, the rise of a consumer culture, the upsurge of mass entertainment, and the so-called "revolution in morals and manners" represented liberation from the restrictions of the United States’s Victorian past. Sexual mores, gender roles, hairstyles, and dressing all changed profoundly during the 1920s. But for many…

Throughout time in History there have been major obstacles and setbacks in the development our country to expand our economy, and wealth to our greatest potential. However, we have met some complications from some other countries, and a strong opposing force or a terrorist organization whose goal was to weaken our economy and stop the Great Country of America. A major attempt at this took over half a century ago in the state of Hawaii at Pearl Harbor, which was bombed from Japanese fighter…

D.B. Cooper: The Unsolved Hijacking “Miss. You’d better look at that note. I have a bomb,”. This quote from Cooper is what began the infamous hijacking in 1971 (Gray). There is still plenty of debate about whether or not he survived the jump that enabled him to get away on that night. This debate stems from the plethora of facts that can back up either side of the story. Who knows how it has been over forty years with the case still open and still unsolved. Although it may never be proven…

Turning on the television at 10 o’clock for the evening news as you do every night. Except this time you see a catastrophe unfolding, deaths being committed as you watch the cameras rolling the horrifying footage. As I clearly remember as if it were yesterday, today I will discuss the tragedy that changed Paris forever. • II. Relevance to the audience: Have you ever had the pain of your stomach knotting up when you hear bad news, the death of a family member, or see a horrific car crash? This…

Borders. What are borders? A border in a vague description is an end of an object that separate the object from another object. Though there are borders of that are much more important, these borders cause pain, war, and death, these are the borders that surround every country. Some may say these borders are not important, but i do not agree. There are borders that are more important, the borders that surround us at all times, the borders of the United States of America, But even today, these…

On September 11, 2001, the world stood still as the United States of America fell apart. Nineteen militants, four airplanes, and over 13,000 American citizens were involved. Nearly 3,500 died in all plane crashes and over 10,000 were injured in the attacks. The deadliest day for New York, was also the day nothing in the world would be the same ever again. Because or a terrorist attack and a startled country, people lost faith in their safety in the US, and I don't blame them. This not only…

Terrorism is a real time problem faced by lots of people everyday. It also affected Najmah in Under the Persimmon tree by, Suzanne Fisher Staples. Najmah is affected by the taliban because the taliban killed most of her family and took her brother to fight in the war. This is important because all around the world people are being treated poorly by the Taliban. These people are forced to give up in what they believe in and replace that with there own strict laws. My piece is about the harsh…

September 11, 2001 is a day that is forever ingrained in the brains of every North American citizen. The continent was taken by surprise when several commercial airliners collided with New York’s World Trade Towers and Washington, D.C.’s Pentagon building. The deadly terrorist attacks left over three thousand North Americans dead and the rest with scars that may never heal. But these scars are not the only outcomes of the tragic assault. From that day, North America’s security was vigorously…

Flight 93 may have been accurate movie based on the United States Government’s recollection, but there may be evidence that concludes otherwise. Flight 93 was not a very exaggerated movie, it is filled with raw emotions of those who had to say goodbye to their families. Most of the nitty gritty details were captured in their essence but some larger details were left out completely. The movie was a perfect replica of the US government’s press release of what happened during 9/11. Some large…