Cockroach

Love; selfless or selfish Love being one of the most complicated and sought out feeling we aim for, happens to be quite selfless. Though we might act selfishly when we are in love or when we simply love someone; the actions we take to please our loved ones are pretty selfless. When it comes to love we’re mainly driven by the feelings of security, passion, and adventure. To begin, when we think of love, we think William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Nat King Cole’s song “L-O-V-E,” and…

There is one element that is present in all great literary works, without which the works would be one dimensional and drab. Symbolism is a necessity in literature, adding depth to stories and characters. A common misconception about symbolism is the belief that only objects can be symbols when in actuality anything can be a symbol, including actions. Though literary works may vary widely, symbolic actions can connect them. An example of this connection is visible between Death of a Salesman by…

three factors to give the story meaning. By having more than one narrator as well as racial, gender, and cultural identity, it sets an impact on the story to give it more originality. “ In Wide Sargasso Sea, the young blacks call Antoinette “ white cockroach” and “white nigger,” epithets for Euro-Creole woman…

In Maus I & II by Art Spiegelman and “Metamorphosis” by Kafka, a heavy (and sometimes overwhelming) theme is alienation and dehumanization. While both texts discuss different topics and scenarios, their pivotal theme is what ultimately tie the stories together. Both authors use very different strategies to showcase the alienation and dehumanization based upon their story’s genre. Maus I & II is a very real and intense comic that gives a snapshot of what it was like to be a Jew in World War II…

CCN 2115 Food Service Operations Individual Assignment Newspaper: New Food-poisoning case involved North Point restaurant: CHP (982 words) Tutorial Group: A01 Student Name: Wan Hiu Lam Student Number: 16052562A The food-borne illness is transmitted to people by bacteria through infection. At Harbour Grand Cafe, 74 victims suffered from diarrhea, abdominal pain and vomiting after eating lobster, sashimi and Peking duck that is high severity of consequences. In this time, the food poisoning…

The Metamorphosis raises several questions for people like me, a student who faces time of transition and transformation. Gregor transformed into a cockroach which is very unfortunate. The story of the unfortunate Gregor Samsa can make us all have a deeper outlook on life and finding ourselves. Each individual would experience metamorphosis differently as it is a personal event; yet, each of our lives share some sort of connection with a broader history. No one in Gregor’s family talks to him…

Graphic Novel Essay One of the darkest time in Rwandan history was the massacre of Tutsi and moderate Hutu; It lasted a hundred days and an estimated one million Rwandans were killed. The genocide was planned by a group of Hutu extremist known as the Akazu, and the killings were carried out by the government supported militias like the Interahamwe and the Impuzamugambi. Even though innocent civilians were being slaughtered because of their ethnicity, the United Nations choose not to intervene…

So what makes it a classic? Classic doesn’t necessarily translate to “favourite” or “bestselling” but when it has stood the test of time. It is an expression of life, truth or anything about the universal condition, and continues to be relevant to inspire emotional responses to people across all time periods and cultures. F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel, ‘The Great Gatsby’, published on the 10th April, 1925, follows Jay Gatsby, a man who revolves his life around one desire, to be reunited with…

Approximately seven hundred years in the future, the Earth is over-run with garbage and devoid of plant and animal life, the consequence of years of environmental degradation and thoughtless consumerism. The surviving humans are living on the spaceship Axiom after vacating Earth centuries earlier. Axiom is operated by a large corporation called Buy N Large, whose BnL logo appears even on the artificial sun visible from the ship's main concourse. The original plan was for humans to live in outer…

Everyone has experienced a bad lunch. Lunches can be unhealthy, but that is a person’s decision. Students in public schools are sometimes forced to eat the lunch in the school cafeteria due to financial reasons, but public school lunches aren’t considered the healthiest. Arkansas has been known to serve unhealthy school lunches. Arkansas public school students aren’t receiving healthy lunches because public schools don’t follow the federal guidelines; therefore, it is important that these…