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The Character of Elwin Lepellier in John Knowles’s A Separate Peace In the novel A Separate Peace written by John Knowles, Elwin Lepellier, known as Leper, is one of the main characters who are greatly affected by the World War II. The novel is written from the perspective of a protagonist, Gene Forrester, who struggles with envy and hatred within himself as well as against his roommate, Phineas at Devon High School. Although there is a severe war outside of Devon, the students are isolated…

Miwok is a word that means “people” in Miwokan. Hello, I am Papina. I am an average 16-year-old girl who is apart of the Miwokan tribe. I have a large family consisting of a mother; who stays at home, does house chores, and takes care of the children, a father; who hunts and creates tools and weapons, two sisters; who help me and my mother with daily chores, and my two brothers; who often help my father. I am going to tell you about my family, my daily life, and how the Miwoks live. We dress…

documentary series titled, "The Last American Cowboy". This three generation, 20,000 acre family ranch, maintains a traditional old fashioned working lifestyle by preferring to use horses over ATVs, baling hay with buck-rakes and stacking it with beaver slides. After having watched the series, we contacted them and landed ourselves summer jobs. This adventure was hard work and a no thrills cowboy lifestyle. We had long, demanding, workdays, but these were also filled with moments of humorous…

State has the largest student run philanthropic organization, including a 46 hour dance marathon to raise money for pediatric cancer. With all included, PSU had one of the most famous college football teams in the country named The Nittany Lions, and Beaver Stadium, where they play is the third largest stadium in the world. Penn State university is located in the middle of a valley titled "Happy Valley," surrounded by many mountains and is known for its clubs, sports programs and higher…

more reasonable for myself as a Kansas resident. When I took Chemistry my sophomore year, I quickly came to realize that a profession which will require chemistry daily is not a profession fit for me. Contrarily, I became more involved with the Beaver Broadcasting Network (BBN), and Mr. Holt gave me opportunities to explore the world of Sports Media, resulting in my passion growing. Eventually becoming the main sports anchor for the BBN, I quickly became more comfortable on the sidelines and…

Since the beginning of mankind, humans have been in a constant battle for survival. Hunting has been one of the major components to our existence dating back to the beginning of time. Thousands of years ago mankind would be reliant of hunting to be able provide and feed their family and tribe. Without hunting and proving food for your tribe, starvation and death were soon to follow. A Mammoths killed by hunters could provide a tribe meat for months. Killing a mammoth was no easy task though as…

The proposed research study seeks to determine whether external motivation impacts the treatment compliance of young adult outpatient substance abuse clients. Traditionally, qualitative research was viewed as the standard methodology for counseling related research; however, Good (p. 3) quantitative methods have been shown most effective in exploring the relationships among variables in humanistic research (Balkin, 2014). For the purposes of the proposed research, the relationship among…

In the United States, there has been monumental events that have shaped its history. One event in particular that shaped US history and changed America was the World War 2 home front and women in the work force. There was a huge shift in the workforce because of the staggering amount of men who were serving in the military at the time. Influential propaganda posters like “Rosie the Riveter” contributed to the increase of women in the workforce because she displayed strength and she represented…

In America, the media plays a huge role in the way we think. Things such as movies, music, TV shows, even newspapers and magazines can influence our opinions and thoughts on certain subjects. Thoughts and equality towards social classes are no different. In most modern TV shows and movies, the social class that is usually represented is the upper class, but even then, the way the upper class is shown in representation is generally wrong. This has been this way for quite a long time, even since…

The Recovery Act has been extremely instrumental in the recovery of solar power and expanding its technologies among the manufacturers in the US. Wind power showed to be a prosperous industry with sales in the billions at the end of 2008. Solar power rejuvenated the market for natural energy. At the same time, the people paid less for electricity. It was a win-win situation for everyone concerned. Because of this emergence in manufacturing wind power, offshore developments are…