Cockroach

Genetic and Biological engineering are just a few of the plethora of types of engineering that are rapidly evolving and expanding their horizons. Many advancements have been made in the field, and the community is divided when it comes to the issue of whether or not we should use such technology, or what the limits of the technology should be. It is imperative to find a solution to this issue or to create regulations, because everyone currently does not agree on what should be done about the…

Specific Phobia Specific phobia is defined as the occurrence of intense and abnormal fear when exposed to a specific object, person or situation. To be diagnosed with specific phobia, the fear must cause last over 6 months and cause severe and debilitating anxiety or distress. There are five categories that all specific phobias fall into: animals (such as sharks), situations (such as planes), blood, injections and injury (such as getting a needle), natural environment (such as storms) and other…

which involved slave ownership, has not only caused resentment among the blacks in the town, but also with the whites living there. She has no identity and cannot relate to any one group and is often given remarks by other people such as “White cockroach, go away, go away. Nobody wants you. Go away” and “Real white people they got gold money. They didn’t look at us, nobody see them come near us. Old time white people nothing but white nigger now, and black nigger better than white nigger.” These…

American Dream The Unattainability of the American Dream The American Dream is the concept that the whole nation was founded on. Yet, it is not a reality. How ironic? The American Dream is a belief where every American individual has equal chances to gain success and prosperity through determination and hard work. In other words, the American Dream is this “perfect picture” where everyone supposedly wants to be in it. The picture is of a perfect family with two children, a nice house, and a nice…

Vertebrates also show behavioral signs when pain is induced, including facial contortions, writhing, moaning, forms of calling, and moaning in attempts to avoid that specific source of pain or attract attention in order to receive help. According to The New England Anti-Vivisection Society, The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) is the only U.S federal law that covers animals in research. This law regulates the use of vertebrates in research as well as their care, testing, exhibition, teaching, and…

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings,” said Lao Tzu, a famous philosopher and poet in China history. Through the conception of Tzu, early stages always contain many struggles, but if people go through it, they will see the glory at the end. Tzu’s perception is familiar Jarvis’s concept, “small is the new big,” in his book “What Would Google do?” Google used to be an idea, then moved on to a small company and finally become a giant technology industry. Not only Google started…

When he returned to the United States in the early 2000s, Tim was entering late adulthood. He had just moved to Tucson, Arizona with his wife Alyson, where he continued to teach. Once again, Tim noticed a distinct shift of interests during this stage in his life; his love for academia was transforming into his love for music. This alteration in interests prompted him to begin playing the violin in a local orchestra. Tim played the violin since he was a little boy and always loved music but was…

In “Drown” we find several mentions of this in the short story: "Washington Heights" is the first place Ramón, Yunior's father, finds on his arrival in New York: "His first year in New York lived in Washington", on a cockroach floor over today's Tres Marias restaurant (Drown 177). We can see in this commentary that it was the logical goal for every Dominican immigrant in New York. The idea of a small version of the original Dominican Republic, of restaurants and shops…

What is the measure of a life? This question has plagued philosophers for thousands of years. Everyone has their own answer, which helps each and every person work towards something. One prevalent answer that many people give is that a measure of a life is a measure of love and respect that person earn from those around them. This want to make impact on other people's lives is usually due to a predominant fear that many people have. A fear greater than death itself: Being forgotten. But…

Trout moves to West Virginia indicating the destruction of the planet. West Virginia is a symbol of the total desiccations of the land which has been collapsing into holes. It represents the future of the whole earth which is to be destroyed. The following lines indicate the descriptions of humans as machines by Kurt Vonnegut. He adds, “…they went around and around. Nobody smiled. They just went around and around” (124). Many people act as per the instruction in the automated mechanical…