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Skinny. Most girls see it as a goal: if you are skinny you are beautiful. People saw me as the skinny girl who did not have to worry about what she ate; what they failed to notice was that food did not appeal to me, and I had a difficult time consuming it. Having lost all color in my skin, I was given a new nickname: Snow White. What they did not know about this Snow White was that she did not eat apples. She barely ate anything. Before leaving work to begin my first day in college, I was…

appealing benefits for a healthy and natural detoxification. The decision to use coffee enemas or other alternative treatment is entirely up to you. While you decide a course of action for your detoxification, how about drinking a cup of Guatemalan Antigua to benefit from this beverage's many natural antioxidants that are good for…

Sonny’s Blue and Girl. Based on my options and opinions I decide to select these two topics: (“Sonny’s Blues” By James Baldwin’s and “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid’s). I’m going to do a compare and contrast about these two fabulous stories that are based in teens daily struggle life. Both stories could be real situations of all of us in today’s days. In the characterization of " Sonny’s Blues” we Have: (the older brother, Sonny: "The minor brother of the" the main character, Isabel:…

Writing in the startling second-individual "you" voice, Jamaica Kincaid's piece "The Ugly Tourist" investigates the possibility of the separation amongst sightseers and the indigenous individuals those vacationers venture out so far to see. This paper characterizes both what it is to be a visitor and additionally to live in the look of travelers as the other. The written work style is as forceful as its message, reminding "you" the gathering of people to reevaluate the power dynamic that exists…

In Eco-Imagination African and Diasporan Literatures and Sustainability written by Irene Assiba d’Almeida, Lucie Viakinnou-Brinson and Thelma Pinto, we see how the course objectives, “the narratives of environmental justice in developing countries” (Missihoun, Syllabus) is effecting our world. This paper will clearly define palimpsests, and the double bind. It will also include their effects on the issue of the environment. We will also see the critique in The World’s Environment: Ecocriticism…

Many Europeans, including French, Dutch, and British, came to the New World for their own reach such as a settlement. They had to adapt to new environments, learn about Native Americans, and develop new institutions. The Southern Colonies was the first region that these Europeans, especially British settlers, came to the New World for seeking riches, resources, and trading opportunities. And these purposes brought them to settle in new lands. The Southern Colonies consisted of Virginia, Maryland…

- Personal Statement For as long as I can remember I have always loved sports. Most children are naturally playful, but for me, my desire to be active stretched well pass my childhood years. In elementary school I was a part of a little league baseball team, in middle school I ran track, and in high school I became an even more diverse athlete by joining the baseball, basketball, and soccer teams. It was during that time when I realized my passion for sports medicine. I have always been…

Teysha’s hub is based just outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Their motto is powerful yet simple one, “"Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.” Powered by a team of microfinance and international development professionals the premise of Teshya is this…

A hurricane is a low-pressure cyclonic storm that develops in the tropical ocean from the easterly wave (Guida). They typically form between 5 degrees and 20 degrees latitude north or south (Guida). Hurricanes move in a counterclockwise motion from east to west in the trade winds and from west to east in the westerlies (Guida). Hurricanes have an average diameter of 344 miles and move 10 to 31 miles per hour (Guida). The strongest part of a hurricane lies in the right front/ northeast quadrant…

The plague is probably best known in the West as the disease that caused the Black Death in Europe in the fourteenth century. Nearly two-thirds of the population of Europe was killed, leaving a marked impact on Western culture (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2014). However, plague has not been eradicated and continues to be a disease that humans contend with in the twenty-first century. Natural disasters, human conflict, and abnormally warm and dry weather conditions can all cause increases…