Arsenic

about how Homer would take out Emily every Sunday afternoon, “they feel as if she is forgetting her family pride and becoming involved with a man beneath her station,” (sparknotes.com, 2016). Emily goes to the drug store later in the story and buys arsenic and gives no explanation about what it is…

In a peculiar and intriguing short story called “A Rose for Emily,” William Faulkner tells about a mysterious and reclusive woman named Emily Grierson. Although the story is not told in chronological order, the five acts flow in such a way that the narrator is able to easily describe Miss Emily’s character through her actions over several years in the southern town of Jefferson. Despite Miss Emily’s family once being the town’s somewhat social-royalty, the speaker informs readers how Miss Emily…

Carson claims “In nature nothing exists alone” (51). She substantiates this claim through her explanation of the presence of arsenic in our drinking water. Using arsenical insecticides on plants leaves arsenic in the soil. Our rain water then takes the arsenic into the water table. Just because the arsenic isn’t sprayed directly in a water source doesn’t mean that it won’t ultimately reach the water table. Her quote reminds us that direct contact of harmful chemicals…

The Vietnam War continues to have lasting impacts even though the war ended more than forty-three years ago. The herbicides used during the Vietnam War can still be found in high traces in some places in Vietnam. The environmental impacts caused by Agent Orange and other herbicides than lead to many deadly illnesses for soldiers and local natives. The used of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War has effects millions of people and it will affect many more in the years to come. Clearly, herbicides…

is triclosan, a chemical that can mimic female and male hormones. Other areas where EDs can be found are in our drinking water and canned foods. Drinking water may be contaminated with atrazine, arsenic and perchlorate. Atrazine is known to completely disrupt gender reproductive functions, while arsenic and perchlorate can cause a multitude of irregularities. In canned foods, bisphenol-A(BPA) are found in certain food brands. BPA has been related to multiple health issues in pregnant women and…

“medicines” can never be restored once they are destroyed. Much like how the blueberry fields in Yellowknife are now gone and instead 237, 000 tonnes of arsenic being stored underground remain (Shebafilms, 2012). This has significantly impacted the Dene community that lives nearby, as it has become their responsibility to ensure that the Arsenic does not escape (Shebafilms, 2012). We as Canadians need to be more mindful of the effects these actions, and bridge the gap between our understandings…

In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” shouts of the resonating mental impacts that a protected adolescence can have on a man. Miss Emily goes up against the part of the tyke, protected by her dad from her general surroundings. She is not instructed to adjust to her general surroundings, nor is she ingrained with the correct ethics of a working individual from society. Her perspectives are most clearly communicated through her dialect and activities; however, they are additionally evident…

Typically in the first phase, all-trans retinoic acid, ATRA, is given. This substance is similar to vitamin A. It is then combined with standard chemotherapy. In the future, doctors plan to try to use arsenic trioxide during induction with a select group of patients. During the second phase, ATRA, arsenic trioxide, and chemotherapy are given together. The combination of these three drugs are used in attempt to get rid of any cells that may have been inactive during the first phase, but could now…

Three people whom I talked with this week This week, three different people whom I spoke with enjoyed hearing about our projects. These people are Yukio Kumazawa who has been a marathon runner more than ten years, Curt Lowry who is planning to run in New York Marathon this year, and Rachael Herpel who is an assistant director of Water for Food Institute on Innovation campus. The following are the details: Yukio Kumazawa: Yukio is a fan of marathon. He told me that he runs as a way to stay…

Emily Grierson, a Complex Character with a Complex Reality. In the short story A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, the main character, Emily, is very interesting. She lives in an alternative reality where the rules of the world are not applied to her existence. There is a principle in philosophy that states that the way a man thinks is strongly influenced by the way a man lives. This seems to be the case of the protagonist of the story. Emily Grierson seems to be mentally disturbed, but…