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Throughout American history we as citizens have been able to possess and purchase firearms. Consequently, with the ownership of firearms just like the ownership of anything else, it is abused. Through this abuse there has been only one irrational reaction and that would be stricter gun control laws. However, the government, ill-advised on what to do about it imposes stricter and stricter laws but what they do not realize is that they are taking them away from those who are truly responsible…

Narration is an important part of any novel, because it solidifies the relationship between the storyteller and the reader, and is the novel’s basis of time and events. The narrator of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is Ishmael, whose process of storytelling is very detailed and intricate. The character of Ishmael extracts from an extensive amount of material and often goes on rants as he discourses his telling from the actual events of the story. Ishmael forms many relationships with the other…

In the United States law enforcement came a long way. Law enforcement developed in two fashions and its roots connect back to the policing in England. The two types of policing were both informal and communal, they were also both known as the “Watch,” or “The Big Stick”. The watch system was mainly molded from community volunteers. Their primary goal was to warn locals of danger. According to Gary Potter (2013), “Boston created a night watch in 1636, New York in 1658 and Philadelphia in…

There was no fort at Fort Mann. Just three adobes, one with a bar, one a bordello, and the other a trading post stocked with most of the basics. They reported the trouble with the Indians. Luke described the Ute’s behavior and the man who ran all three businesses answered. “They’re running with some Jicarillo Apaches. Utes do the asking. Apaches do the rest. Most everybody who comes through pays them one way or another. If you didn’t lose any of your party, did better than some.” After a drink,…

8 Henry Price COM 320 Research Paper 1 A Band of Outsiders ? A Link Between Godard and Tarantino Introduction Intro to Godard Getting to know Godard: An Intro to the Historic Filmmaker Intro to Tarantino Getting to know Tarantino: The Bad Boy of Cinema Influences of Godard Societal Outsiders (Unconventional Characters) & Unique Plots Alphaville, Band of Outsiders, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 Conclusion A Link Between Godard and Tarantino (Final Thoughts) Getting to know…

Speech has been the most important and representative way in communication and we use it mainly in delivering facts and data. Speech was developed between 2 million and 500,000 years ago. After that, non-verbal communications were the main forms of conducting inner life of people including their emotions, moods, feelings and attitudes. Non-verbal communication / body language is the actions or attributes of humans, includes all the messages deliver in other way than words that we use in…

Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang published in 2000, uses minor characters in the text which are significant as they have major impacts on the ideas explored in the text such as idea that traditional views of masculinity are in conflict with current Australian values. The significance these characters have in our response and understanding of this idea help the reader understand the weakness of patriarchy in society and associated gender norms that oppress certain characters in the…

Is Success Tangible? Arthur Miller’s 1949 play Death of a Salesman is a very powerful play that discusses not only the slow demise of Willy Loman, the aging salesman with two unsuccessful sons, but also highlights the different views that people can have regarding success. Willy Loman, the father of Biff Loman and brother of Ben, is a salesman who has dedicated his life to building up his reputation. His son Biff has spent much of his life trying to find a job he truly loves to do, but has…

While attending an art museum called “The Metropolitan” in New York City, I discovered many interesting portraits, sculptures, and much more artwork of all times. One of the portraits that had caught my eye was called Spring Time by Pierre-Auguste Cot. He painted this portrait in 1873 and it was now found at The Metropolitan Museum. The material that was used is called oil on canvas, according to the tag that was placed by this painting. Unfortunately, the size of the painting was not listed on…

The American Dream is a characteristic spirit of an era that manifested its attitudes and aspiration meaning since the idea of the American Dream was constructed the dream to achieve the American dream never died, it just moved from one generations to generations evolving and adapting. As shown in ‘Of Mice and Men’ (1937) and ‘Death of a salesman’ (1949) the dreams they have is to own a property both Willy, Lennie and George and making money. Furthermore the novella and the play were written…