Bodyguard

More than a half century after its publication, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee’s is often called a “Great American Novel” because of the many memorable and timeless themes she included. The novel, written in 1960 but set in the 1930’s, tells the thrilling story of the Finch family and their tiny town of Maycomb Alabama. Of the many relatable themes Lee examines, innocence is one of the most important because so many of her characters are developed with this theme. In a way she was writing…

the assassination plot Booth and his co-conspirators were preparing. Or so many of the events that gradually led to Lincoln's murder, but what shocked me the most was that it could have been avoid. There were a ton of careless mistakes made from bodyguards, policemen and from President Lincoln himself. Give examples( of how they were…

This deadly flower could have been placed in his wine, leading to his slow yet painful death. But who exactly would have the audacity to poison Alexander the Great? Since Alexander’s father, Philip II, was assassinated by Pausanias (one of his own bodyguards), suspicions immediately fell on those whom Alexander associated with. These suspicions were mostly narrowed down to his general, Antipater, and Antipater’s…

Jerry Carroll-Parks History of Ancient Rome I have chosen the topic: “What caused the fall of the Roman Republic?” and so in this essay I will highlight the history of the Romans and briefly explain the events that led up to their destruction. In the history of Europeans, the collapsing of the Roman Republic was seen as an example of the failure of constitutional system. Civil war between Caesar and Pompey became inevitable when the senate ordered Caesar to surrender command of his army and…

Throughout American history, millions of people around the world have abandoned their homeland for a change, to start a new life in a foreign country. Nonetheless, when it comes to Latinos, their migration has been a direct result of the United States’ domination and involvement with Latin American countries. The massive Latino migrant flows had a direct relationship to the growth of the U.S. Empire, whether it was through a political need of establishing relationships with its neighbors or an…

Americans against the Persians. There were many inaccuracies in the film that led to this opinion. 300 can be compared to our modern war situations, with the Persians as the fighters of the Middle East and the Americans as the Spartans with the 300 bodyguards as our Navy Seals or Marines. The…

Jackson, quickly stood up, and dimmed the lights. He peeled his shirt over his body, as he walked towards her. His hands found the bottom of her dress, peeling it over her head, careful not to mess up the curls, he knew she had worked on the night before. His hands working her bra off, mouth clamping down on a breast, she gasped, wrapping one leg around his waist. “Tell me you 've missed me.” He whispered, working his pants down his legs, as she moved her pelvis against him. “You know I have…

Thirty-thousand years ago, Princess Talitha, a six foot tall mouse-like being from a race called the Pontikian, crashed landed on earth. She was taken in by a local tribe of Neanderthals and nurse back to health. While there she finds out that they were facing extinction. For their kindness she convinced her father, Emperor Grypas, to uplift them. Fifteen Thousand of them were brought from Earth (the Pontikians called it Gaea) to a giant space station in a nebula. The Neanderthals…

Many Americans were saddened when JFK was shot in Dallas. Music lovers were shocked to hear about the shooting of John Lennon in New York City. For the hip hop world, however, the shooting of Tupac Shakur is probably one of the saddest, and most controversial shootings of a famous person in recent history. Tupac was shot in Las Vegas on September 7th, 1996. At this time, many eyes were on the city of Las Vegas. Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon were fighting in one of the biggest boxing matches…

word to describe it. It wore its branches proudly and exuded an imposing and powerful dignity like a king. It was like love at first sight to me. Every day I would be playing around the tree. Sometimes, I even pretended that the oak tree was my bodyguard, protecting me from the imaginary bullets shot by the imaginary gunmen. When I was bored, I would try to climb the oak tree, which I failed to do so. I leaned against the trunk as I felt it was somehow comfortable as if I could feel the warmness…