Bonfire

When I was eight years old, I moved from Manchester, MA to Fort Mill South Carolina. For the first five years, I absolutely hated it there and I despised my parents for making me move there. The first few years were rough; I felt like I didn’t fit in because I was from the north and I couldn't understand half of my teachers because of their thick southern accents.I struggled to make friends and couldn't wait to move to somewhere new someday By the time I was a freshman, my attitude changed; I…

a heavily armed escort. This event was known as the Death March lasting from January 17-21 of 1941. The Death Marches cost many of them their lives. Once the prisoners had been evacuated, SS soldiers destroyed all four crematoria and then made a bonfire out of documents from the prisoner. Then the soldiers burnt the building holding the belongings looted from prisoners about to be gassed. When the Soviets arrived at Auschwitz at the end of January, 1945, the camp was mostly empty. When the SS…

A clear concern, visible from the literature and the forum posts, is the amount of mental health cases that police assist feeling unequipped and unqualified to deal with (Thames Valley Police 2015). Yet, neither the police or the mental health services, alone, can effectively serve the mentally ill and therefore it is essential the two work together (Bradley Report 2009). With this in mind, it is important to investigate the progress of multi-agency partnership in order to decrease the issues…

Independence Day, July Second 1776 July Fourth in the United States of America is the day that we as a nation celebrate our independence from the British Empire. Although Independence Day is celebrated on July Fourth, it should be celebrated on July Second, because that is the day that congress truly motioned for independence. There are many factors that led to July Fourth becoming the national holiday celebrated today. From misconceptions about the actual day of signing the Declaration, to…

Baka and Hadza v. Urban European Society: A Rebuttal of Thomas Hobbes Statement Regarding Life Outside of European Life Throughout existence, all sides of the globe have had ever-growing communities with different worldviews and perception of what society should look like. Communities like the ones seen in “The Baka: People of the Forest” and “The Hadza: Last of the First” widely differ from what westerners are used to seeing. The Baka people of the Baka community live in the southeast rain…

Literary Analysis Lord Of The Flies Essay How do the characters in Lord of the Flies relate to our personalities? In the allegorical novella, Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, A large group of english schoolboys crash on a deserted island with no adults or supplies. Two of the boys named Piggy and Ralph find each other and instantly connect and work together to try and build a civilization. Unfortunately for the boys, a headstrong leader called Jack’s only interested is in having fun…

Today Halloween is the second most commercialized and profitable holidays in today’s world, where trick or treating, costumes, and decorations all are apart of some of the favorite things we like to think about with Halloween. Although in Rick Bass’s short story Antlers, the story starts with the town’s annual Halloween party, where the traditions they have are a little less traditional. In the story the party itself holds a very symbolic meaning and has many underlying tones throughout the…

Gate-Away to Kalinchowk! Travelling is liberating. People talk about why they love travelling and how they travel. In my case, there are two reasons. First, I love to explore things and widen my perspectives. Travelling, for me, is a therapy and it always makes me grateful towards my life for many reasons. Second, I envy my dad's travel diaries. Perhaps, I fathom, I got that travel-itch in heredity. Towards the third week of January, I decided to go to Kalinchowk. Again, there are two reasons…

In Nazi Germany, students and professors compiled lists of books that they deemed inappropriate for Germans. Libraries were raided and books thrown into huge bonfires. These books were destroyed simply because they contained ¨ideas the Nazis viewed as different from their own and therefore not to be read¨ (Nazi Propaganda). Books like 1984 and Animal Farm, both by George Orwell, have been banned in communist Russia…

Looking back on my life I can honestly say I have been blessed with a “Precious” and sometimes “wild” life; there has been drama, regret, trials, and tribulations, there have also been many moments I will forever cherish. Life has not always played out the way I thought it would, not all my dreams have come true, some of the people I once cherished have moved from this world to the next, some of the choices I have been regrettable and for that, I have paid the price. The days spent with my best…