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Once Upon a Time, in a hypothetical, magical world lived Princess SZA. In her enchanting kingdom lived all different sorts of youthful beings Now Princess SZA and her guardsmen were all lead by Sir Kendrick, who was an enlightened guardsman, philosopher, and quite talented rap smith. It was a dreary, but peaceful day when Sir Kendrick embarked on his daily rounds where he surveyed the kingdom searching for disparities. No later than an hour later, when he finally concluded his rounds, Sir…

The rules of the game are simple: the contestants have 90 days to find and kill all the other contestants, and the last one standing will become the new God of Time and Space.-10 Yuki initially has no desire to win the game, but after Deus informs the other contestants that Yuki, as the "1st" Diary owner, is his favorite to win the game, he is forced to team up with the 2nd Diary owner, his obsessive stalker and lover, Yuno Gasai. In order to survive the constant attempts on his life by the…

Jonas woke to the unpleasant stinging sensation of snow pressed against his right cheek. As he rubbed his face with his numb hands Jonas looked around confused at where he was. I don’t understand, Jonas thought with increasing worry, Is this Elsewhere? As Jonas willed himself to stand up, he felt the cold object pressing against his chest. His heart dropped as Jonas realized where he was. Behind him a few steps down the hillside Jonas saw the now frozen bicycle. Wrapping his arms around him and…

It is 1973, the Vietnam War is still going strong and will continue for two more years. The women’s liberation movement has payed-off with the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and the world is still adjusting to this new layer of freedom and equality. It’s in the midst of this upheaval that 18 year old Carmon R. Bulkley will begin her journey to become the first female helicopter mechanic working on the flight line. I had the honor of interviewing Carmon, now Carmon Hepp, the following are her…

Children’s Rights during Divorce Proceedings Divorce is an ordeal that significantly affects the children as it does the parents. As a result of its negative impact, children’s rights during divorce proceedings to help them, their well-being a primary concern. The current divorce rights for involved children consider many aspects to provide families with the superlative remedy. The sole concern of the justice system, in terms of children’s rights during divorce proceedings, is to consider the…

In Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, a woman fakes her death in order to leave her husband. She does this because she blames him for making her play a part for him in their marriage, and she wants him to pay. She feels as though, ever since she 's known him, she has been pretending to be the woman he wants instead of the person she is. While no such drastic measures are taken in “Crossroads: A Sad Vaudeville”, the woman does something very similar- she puts out a picture of herself that she has…

Rhetorical Devices of Elizabeth Stevenson In Babbitts and Bohemians: The American 1920s, Elizabeth Stevenson describes a change in the American people’s way of life during the 1920s. This change occurred in the way people, especially women, started to live a more free and distinctive lifestyle. Throughout this excerpt from Stevenson’s piece, she developed her argument using helpful rhetorical devices that displayed the 1920s as an exciting, new, and noteable change of life in America. Diction…

The novel “This Is How You Lose Her” by Junot Diaz is a novel about relationships. The story follow the main character, Yunior, a plain Dominican man living in the suburban area and his relationships with women. The novel also tells the story of Yunior’s father and brother and their relationship with women. Yunior speaks both Spanish and English, and usually speaks with a Spanish slang. Yunior, in the novel, is popular with the women, and Yunior make use of this to sleep with countless women.…

is staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love” Jennifer Weiner. Starting a family with your high school sweetheart and having one boy and one girl and having the dog playing in the backyard of your brand new white picket house is the ideal American dream. Unfortunately, that house comes with a mortgage payment, an electricity bill, the family needs groceries, the kids need school supplies and clothes, the dog needs to be seen by a veterinarian, the spouse…

The start of equality between men and woman started in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention, which gave the woman the right to vote. Although, the world has changed since 1848 the equality between men and women is still present. When the men went off to war and the woman took over their jobs, that was when “woman gained a footing in the business world” (Hackamack and Solid). My motivation to write about this is from a movie and a commercial. The movie was saying how woman should dress and act…