Crescent

1. Charlie had absolutely no idea where he was. He lay like a washed-up fish on some beach gazing up into a pink sky. Charlie’s body was wilted in the heat and sweat was pooling above his brow. His curly, red-brown hair was sticking to the sides of his head, wet curls plastered to his forehead like swirls of mahogany paint. His eyes were only half opened; they were blue. A really pretty blue, as his mother had always said. Like the ocean. Only, Charlie thought, not like this ocean. He glanced…

showed his prideful nature. The way Sendak drew the wild world made me want to visit it. The detail in the pictures was incredible. The way he drew time passing was amazing, for example in the beginning of the story, the moon out Max’s window had a crescent in it, and by the end of the story the moon was full. It takes 3 weeks for a moon to go between these two cycles. However, by stating that the meal was still hot leads the reader to believe very little time had…

moon we were holding, thus creating a half Moon. When we changed the rotated our bodies to the side (Earth) and moved the moon around us, we could see the light on the Moon changing. By doing this, we were able to see the whole Moon cycle, from a crescent to a full Moon. This really showed how the appearance of the Moon relies on it’s relationship with the Moon and the Sun. By the Earth orbiting around the Sun, and the Moon orbiting around Earth, it is easy to understand why the Earth and the…

interplay of mutated genes and the environment”. Genetic disorders are the cause of genetic diseases like sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is a severe hereditary disease in which “a mutated form of hemoglobin distorts the red blood cells into a crescent shape at low oxygen levels.” Sickle cell disease is a result of a single nucleotide change in the DNA sequence of hemoglobin-Beta gene found on chromosome 11. This missense mutation substitutes the nucleotide Adenine (A) for Thymine (T),…

Foot binding was practiced in China from the Sung Dynasty to the 20th century in various forms found throughout different regions. There have been many suggests to the origin of this tradition, that limited the mobility of women and resulted in lifelong disabilities. Women had several reasons for binding their feet despite the pain, because small feet were considered a status symbol and a sign of beauty. In this difficult process, it altered the physical realities of the foot causing extreme…

There is something inside every human being that pushes us to empathize. Whether to use it to our own advantage or to just lend a helping hand, human will always need other humans. When it comes to victims of sexual assault, I realized my response time was faster when coming to their aid or defense. Crimes of absolute injustice where the sentencing rates are zero to none because victim shaming was easier than the paperwork and investigation that went into convicting the assailant. Yet it was…

The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh is a traditional symbol of the Post-Impressionist movement. It depicts a landscape that is flushed with luminescent stars, swirling clouds and a radiant crescent moon. The composition of The Starry Night is characterized by exaggerated and surrealistic brushstrokes. For example, interwoven lines are featured in lieu of a silhouette. Contoured shadows are also highlighted to convey the emotional state of Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh features precisely…

The Normandy landing was the operation that happened on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. Where the Allied troops invaded Normandy in "Operation Overlord" during World War II. Also known as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne attack in history and the most ambitious military assault (History). D-Day was the most important turning point during WWII, requiring much preparation by the US and Allies, excellent execution of the planned attack on D-Day itself, and through the effect it had helped the Allies gain…

Seventy-eight point two years. This is the average American life expectancy. Seventy-eight point two years for a person to make their life memorable, meaningful. The average person, unlike famous literary figures, Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson will spend this time perturbing over what they have yet to accomplish, but is this the best way to spend these precious years? These poets argue no. Rather than spending life focusing on what people have not done he or she should take pride in the…

Charles Pierce author of Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free, graduated in 1975 from Marquette University with a degree in journalism. Pierce is currently a senior journalist and on-line political blogger at Esquire Magazine. His writing has been published with the New York Times Magazine and LA Times Magazine along with Sports Illustrated and the Chicago Tribune. While searching the provided list of books to choose for this review, I chose Idiot America: How…