Boris Becker

It 's intimidating enough to feel the burning eyes of the various doctors in the room watching me, but the sight of the syringe with a large needle in the short grumpy old nurses hand makes me feel very unsettled. "You will only feel a slight pinch in your arm okay." Said the nurse while she grabs my upper arm and tries to find the dot she drew on my arm earlier camouflaged in the faint freckles up and down my arm. I take a deep breath as she brings the syringe , filled with the "magical"…

When one is asked to think of their idea of a monster, they usually come up with something along the lines of no emotions, no remorse, and pure disgust. On the contrary, two prominent novels in literature, Grendel by John Gardner and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, claim that monsters can indeed show emotions and the ability to reason as a normal human being. Both novels introduce a physically hideous monster on the outside, isolated from the rest of the world. These two creatures are shown to…

Tchaikovsky Hamad Alrashed Fall 2016Tchaikovsky Hamad Alrashed introduction Tchaikovsky an always associated composer with the Moscow school according to his teaching position , as well as using Russian harmonies , and melodies as much as the mighty five do. The turning point of view between Tchaikovsky and the five by his philosophical point of that he is akin more to western ideas. Tchaikovsky bridges the gap between the two schools, for example tonality in his thematic presentation…

A Fatal Transformation: Mikhail Gorbachev Leadership in the Soviet Union contained several dimensions of complexities. To significantly change the political system from its former Communist style leadership, the Soviet Union required a dedicated, intelligent, and compassionate leader. Paving the pathway towards building a free society would not happen overnight; rather, it would take years to refine and develop. Transforming the Soviet Union in the late 20th century presented challenges for…

Putin’s Presidency began in 1999, he came into office two days after a radical group of Chechens started an attack on the Dagestan. They wished to establish the “Independent Islamic State of Dagestan”. They did so to hopefully cause an Islamic Anti-Russian uprising. This caused Putin to respond after five days of waiting. The Russian Bomber Jets arrived in Chechnya, which symbolized what was going to come. The result was that tens of thousands of Chechens died, who were mostly Chechen citizens.…

Mikhail Gorbachev was a very influential leader because he was open to negotiations, he held a leading role in the peace process, and helped end the cold war. MIkhail Gorbachev is a former Soviet Union statesmen. He was good allies with Ronald Reagan, which would be a key factor in the later years of the Cold War. He also helped bring the Berlin Wall down. Gorbachev ended the war in the most peaceful way possible. He was very open-minded and worked well with other people. Mikhail was very open…

human world. His speech becomes quite fluent and his manner most sophisticated. The story would have been completely different if Rick had not been able to speak; if he was just an indifferent, unintelligent, voiceless beast as the one represented in Boris Karloff 's version of Frankenstein. Instead he is extremely well versed and quite reasonable. In the way of intelligence, Rick is especially human. On page 118, Victor 's father tells him, "It is also a duty owed to yourself; for excessive…

In his attempt to create a new being, Frankenstein (who is the scientist, NOT the monster), is successful. That is, he is successful until he allows his creation 's innocence to be tainted by the relentless savagery that is reality. As a result, Frankenstein 's creation becomes Frankenstein 's monster, defiled by hatred and the need for revenge. Not only did the destruction of Frankenstein’s creation’s innocence occur in Shelley’s novel but Victor Frankenstein himself turned into a monster…

Frankenstein, written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, follows Victor Frankenstein’s journey as he attains the necessary education and understanding of the human anatomy to be able to breath life back to an empty vessel. Inevitably creating the Frankenstein monster, an absolutely atrocious and terrifying abomination. Gradually Frankenstein learns of his peculiar inception and understands why his life is full of mistrust and misunderstanding, eventually leading him to seek revenge against Victor’s…

Rebekah Joan Boley, age seventeen, lives in Adrian, Michigan. She is one of nine children in her family and an eleven-year veteran of home schooling. She is a member of Fairfield Baptist Church where she sings in the choir and been a puppeteer. She has volunteered for both Habitat for Humanity and for the Lenawee Therapeutic Riding Program. She has also participated for three years in the Southeast division of CEF (Child Evangelism Fellowship). She is currently attending the EMT program at LISD…