Bernard Edwards

In light of the current election, many hurtful and narrow-minded things have been said about illegal immigrants and their families. The infamous statement that has been blurted from the mouth of America’s favorite clown, Donald Trump, says horrible things such as, “When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best…” Trump also talks about how, “They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists.” Statements like the one just mentioned have twisted the view that people have on illegal immigrants and their families. However, poems like Original Dreamers by Xico González and Dreamers by an unknown author have provided a unique and accurate insight into the lives of immigrants. Original Dreamers is a poem that describes the hardships, the struggles, and the sacrifices that many of these families have made in order to give their children a chance to fulfill their dreams. The poem that reveals what the children of the hardworking Original Dreamers is Dreamers. Dreamers paints the picture that no one has ever imagined, displaying how Dreamers have a hard time fitting in and how they work harder than anyone to achieve their dreams. While there are some differences between Dreamers and Original Dreamers, the reader can also identify the notable similarities between the two. Since the differences that these two poems contain outweigh the similarities, it is…

desires to find love with a mere mortal named Giovanni, in the midst of her otherwise poisonous environment. In the end, Beatrice swallows an antidote, putting an end to her own life, while Adam and Eve face banishment for all eternity for eating the forbidden fruit. Edward A. Abramson, a lecturer in American Literature, analyzes the similarities in the two gardens in his article called “Gardens and Edens: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘Rappaccini’s Daughter’ and Bernard Malamud’s ‘The Lady of the…

The fraud that Bernard Madoff committed was discovered in December 2009, which was based upon a Ponzi scheme. He did so by taking money from new investors to pay earnings to old customers. The higher the number of his clients who wanted to withdraw of retire their investment, the more revenue he would need. Ponzi scheme is named after Charles Ponzi whose crime was discovered in July of 1920 by the Boston Post. Madoff started in the investment business legally by buying and selling stocks that…

luxurious lifestyle, lived by a man from Queens, New York, and accompanied by his family and friends. The leader of the scheme, Bernard Madoff, is now serving 150 years in prison for cheating his investors out of an estimated $65 billion dollars. He is arguably one of the most hated people in history, ruining the lives of essentially everyone who believed in him. In 1960, Bernard Madoff created a small trading firm with his name on it. The firm was created with, "money he saved working as a…

Orientalism is a term which indicates how the West perceives the East as the ‘other’. Edward Said published his controversial book Orientalism in 1978, which talks about how Orientalism forms an inferior Orient, in terms of knowledge and domination. Edward Said opens his introduction by mentioning the Western’s misconception about the East arguing that “The Orient was almost a European invention” (Said 1). The Orient played a significant role in the creation of the European culture and it…

Edward Abbey's Great American Desert Environmentalist and desert-lover, Edward Abbey in his essay “The Great American Desert” warns readers about the perilous dangers of the American deserts while simultaneously stirring curiosity about these fascinating ecosystems. He both invites and dissuades his readers from visiting the deserts of North America through the use of humor and sarcasm. In this essay, he is rhetorically successful in arguing that the open spaces of the undeveloped deserts…

Skinner believed that good behavior would be learned if an individual were rewarded with something pleasureable for them after an expected behavior. He also believed good behavior can be acquired if a “bad behavior” is punished. Educators in school systems have incorporated the method of Token Economy as a reinforcement for good classroom conduct, and it has been proven effective, now educators have noticed the “amount of inappropriate behavior exhibited by children decreased” (Filcheck, McNeil…

In so many ways technology and Google has simplified people’s lives. Technology has become a necessity for just about everyone. All the information people need is at the tip of their fingers, directly on their phones. So, because of the easy access to Google and technology, individuals should be smarter, right? The fact is technology and Google makes people stupid, and this can be seen in a series of ways. First of all, Google alters the way people’s brains operate, and as a result they become…

Mark Madoff was put in a very difficult position on whether to turn his father, Bernie Madoff, in for his Ponzi scheme immediately or give his father a week delay as he requested. If Mark would have not immediately gone to authorities, he risked looking guilty for involvement and risked the charges associated with involvement, in addition to possibly facing charges for withholding information on his father’s illegal activity. If Mark chose to wait it out, he would be giving Bernie not only a…

We all want certain things, and sometimes greedy people want more than others. Like just about everyone, I have been a greedy person, and have had greed. My greed is ordinary though it is my motivator to go to college, get a better job, and truly succeed in life. I believe greed is good and bad because it can bring out the worst in people, but others it truly drives them to just be successful, happy people. I hope to describe how greed is something that just about everyone has and what…