Biscuit

In the novel In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, the plot centers around the murder and investigation of the Clutter family. The plot also follows the two killers, Dick and Perry, and the events in their lives that lead them to this point in which they commit this crime. These two men have done a deed so inhumane and so ruthless that many people see these two men as deserving of the death penalty. However, Capote gives the reader a moral question to ponder because of the way he makes the two…

In 1945 directly following the end of WWII, Nazi territory was separated into zones. Each Allie country (US, France and Great Britain) were given a zone during the Potsdam Conference. During this conference the Soviet Union’s assigned zone encompassed all of Germany, along with other European countries. This concerned the Allies as it was apparent the priority of the USSR was to spread communism and their idealistic views. Therefore the Allies divided the city of Berlin into East and West…

Napoleon’s Buttons by Penny LeCouteur and Jay Burreson explores 17 molecules that have had an immense and reflective effect on history. One molecule explored in the novel is a molecule known as ascorbic acid. Ascorbic acid, also known as vitamin C, played a key role primarily throughout the Age of Exploration. The first indication of vitamin C was detected through a condition known as scurvy. Scurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of the ascorbic acid molecule. Humans and certain…

The novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad published in 1902 is regarded as the best writing in English and it about imperialism. It is about Marlow’s journey to find Kurt an ivory-trader in Africa and bring him back to civilization. He was traveling through the Congo River by steamboat. He got attacked by the Natives who were ordered by Kurt, Kurt was worshipped by the Natives because he has power and he was brilliant. Kurt was supposed to bring civilization in Africa but he eventually…

Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad is a fantastic novella and the author’s famous work. Primarily, it has gained its popularity due to the unique and interesting plot, which entices the readers. Specifically, the main story of the book revolves around the voyage down the Congo River and describes the peculiar adventures and events that happened with the captain of the ship and his brigade during their trip. In addition, besides the thrilling plot, the composition is known for the unusual…

Chase McGuire is an extremely smart yet shy, dedicated teenage boy. He has ambition, responsibility, and a strong desire to succeed in his life. Standing 6’2” tall, with brown hair and green eyes, sunken in cheekbones, and glasses, Chase McGuire wasn’t anything to write home about. Classmates at James Powell High School knew of Chase as the class valedictorian and not anything more or less. Unfortunately, Chase faced a great amount of obstacles besides losing sleep due to writing a paper due in…

Global Warming is more than just temperature change. The cost of global warming is extraordinarily expensive. According to a report by the United Nation 's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released in March 2014, the Earth 's rising temperature could bring about economic disaster ranging anywhere between $70 and $100 billion a year. This would be the result of “the combined cost of crop losses, rising sea levels, higher temperatures and fresh water shortages” (Surrey 2016). Furthermore…

make her own clothing her mother would made the children their clothing out of flour meal sacks, they were the 50 pounds of flour meal sacks. All the children had one pair of shoes. She also had to help her mother in the morning make three pans of biscuits from scratch for breakfast. Three meals a day was very important to her family. Her family did not have a lot of money but they never went hungry. Robirda, Vinnell’s mother, was a home maker. She stayed at home raising the kids and…

Christmas time is one of my favorite times of the year! All of the joy and happiness in the air, everyone smiling, the excitement of spending time with family and getting gifts! Remember when I had Christmas dinner at my grandmas for the first time. I was about 7 or 8 years old when we went to my grandmas for dinner. We didn’t have enough food at my house and my grandmother said that they had enough for my mom, dad, and I, plus the rest of our family! There were at least 20 to 30 people there.…

Agriculture and industry have traditionally been considered as two separate sectors both in design and for its role in economic growth. It has been estimated that agriculture is the characteristic element of the first stage of development, whereas we used the degree of industrialization as the most relevant indicator of development of a country on the path of development. Furthermore, it has often say that the appropriate development strategy is one that allows more or less gradually move from…