Almost Famous

to country. The greatest military honor in the U.K is the Victoria Cross. In the U.S it is the Medal of Honor, given for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity, at the risk of life, much above what is required from you. They are people who reacted almost instantly and without regard for their own safety. Many of the people who earned the medal are honored after…

picture of this famous boy is so iconic, no one truly knows his identity. The Warsaw Ghetto was a devastating hell-hole for those who were forced against their will into it. Life in the Warsaw Ghetto was fatal and devastating to many to say the least. Life in any ghetto was horrific as well but today we will be talking about the Warsaw Ghetto. Specifically the uprising in this concentration camp that came to be. The…

it use to provide rooms to legendary bank robber John Dillinger, who was a famous American gangster. This hotel celebrates his capture each third weekend of the month of January with different entertainments. In 1934 of January 22, the hotel catches on fire causing, it started in the basement and made its way into the third floor, causing serious damages, which will later recover. The surroundings of Hotel Congress are almost in front of the Rialto Theater and two minutes away from the bus…

The setting of the lottery is a small town.The population does not exceed 300 and they are all gathering for the lottery. The author begins the story by giving the reader a foreshadow.The little kids are picking up stones and piling them up.This is usually made to give the reader an idea of innocence and purity of a younger child.This is later twisted by the turn of events. The plot consists of the people in the town all gathering around a black box and drawing slips.They all are ordered to open…

made May 1, 1941, Orson Welles depicted the American dream. Based on the mood, tone, and camera angle of Citizen Kane, Orson Welles depicted the American dream as people would rather give up their family and be hated by people closest to them to be famous and to make money. The mood of the movie is effected greatly by the lighting. In the first scene it was very dark. The movie showed Kane laying on his death bed. The darkness represented Kane’s loneliness and that no one gave much care…

made up of contained beads or metal. The most famous percussion instrument the snare drum also has beads with adjustable tension along with metal disks…

obtainable. Why is this a problem? Well for one, the broadcasters are intelligent enough to place famous individuals in the commercials themselves so their credibility is higher but…

On August 28, 1963, American civil rights activist, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered one of the most famous public speeches in American history. During the political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, King and over 250,000 civil rights supporters gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the march and Dr. King’s speech was to advocate for civil rights for African Americans in the United States. In his speech, King calls for a permanent end…

When I say the words eating disorders what comes to mind when you here those two words? I always think about girls who try to starve themselves to make themselves look like a celebrity or one of their role models. But the real definition of what an eating disorder is “any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits (such as anorexia nervosa).” We were asked to choose a social problem or topic that interests us and I chose how the media influences…

when Egypt was one of the wealthiest and most dominant civilization in the world. But the pyramid’s age still not precise and still a going debates, some believe that they were built from about 2700 to 2500 BC. Many researchers believe that close to almost 100,000 workers contribute to build the pyramid. There are over 100 identified pyramids in Egypt. Most of them were built as worship places for the Egyptian pharaohs. Later not only worship place but also as a tomb for pharaohs.…