Christina's World

Throughout our lives we all try to please people. Whether it’s with our looks, attitude or intelligence we always try to leave a legacy and be remembered so those after us will live for us. Everyone in this world is living for someone, trying to make someone somewhere proud and give back to them. In the novel, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Walter Lee is living for his son, Travis. Walter will do anything in his power to give Travis a better life and marvelous future, even sabotage…

With everything happening in life, it is easy to focus on just ourselves and our own lives sometimes. However, it is important to not get caught up in the trivial aspects of life and lose sight of the bigger picture, or forget that “this is water.” In David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” speech, he states that “[Life] is about simple awareness - awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, that we have to keep reminding ourselves, over and over. “This is…

Everyday, in our world, there is always something blocking us from the truths and realities that lie ahead. Whether it be technology, family, friends, etc. There will always be something or someone blocking us from what goes on in the world. What Harper Lee is trying to show us, through the town of Maycomb, that so much can go on in our world and no one would notice or pay attention to what is going on. For an example, 67% of the American population gets their news from social media. This shows…

"For some reason, I've always been able to see how lucky I am,” said Dale Beatty to the CNN interviewers. (CNN.com) Hero, a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. Dale Beatty and his friend, John Gallina, run a nonprofit association called Purple Heart Homes. He and Gallina build homes for disabled military veterans. As Beatty and Gallina experience the struggles of being a disabled veteran, they decided that no disabled veterans should…

A long time ago, in Ancient Egypt, in the Cave of Beasts, there once lived a Seer, a person who could foresee the future. She once lived a battle that she wasn’t able to face. “Stop, please!” she cried. Even though she was blind, she knew that a figure in a cloak was after her to try and steal her powers. “I need your powers. They are to powerful for someone like you to comprehend,” the figure said. The Seer then waved her dress and a gust of wind blew the figure back toward the wall. “You have…

In the song “Upside Down” by Jack Johnson, the author, who is also the artist and performer, expresses the feeling that turning over a new leaf or taking a new angle is a good way forward when you feel trapped or overwhelmed in your present situation. Throughout the song, the author conveys to the audience that when things are changing, sometimes memories of how life was before the change, fade, in lieu of new memories and experiences to come using the lines, “I can feel in change in…

In The Kill Order, Earth has been hit by sun flares, which destroy vast amounts of land and creates intense radiation. The Earth’s population is cut in half, but resources are low, and the surviving population is large. Trying to prevent the rapid depletion of resources, the Population Control Committee (PCC) propose the release a deadly virus in an attempt to prevent extinction of the human race. VC321xb47 kills fast and efficiently, shutting down the brain, and causes severe hemorrhages, which…

Soccer has been in Russia and the Soviet Union since the beginning of the 20th century. Even though soccer has been in Russia for the better part of 100 years, soccer fan culture has remained the same across the decades. The fans have always and will always be enthusiastically cheering for their team. However, while there were incidents of fans getting rowdy during the early days of soccer, there is a new sub culture present today that was not present back then. This subculture is known as…

They say the first person that loves you the most is your mother. After all, you are the only person that actually knows her from the inside out. Your mother is your biggest fan; she provides sunshine when the world appears to be dark. She is supposed to protect you from all evils and fight for you until the end. If these are true, what do you do when your very life force is the main presence of hatred and bad energy? Where do you turn when nothing is going right or when the one person who is…

The world is full of diverse cultures. They used to be separated in a world without the ability to quickly travel vast distances. With the creation of more and more advanced technologies, the airplane opened the doors for fairly convenient world exploration. Now cultures weave in and out of each other, delicately or violently mixing. Bruce Knauft shares his discoveries and challenges with the Gebusi culture in his book, The Gebusi: Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World. One intriguing…