Crown Heights

Change is contradictory. Change can be as predictable as the tides rising and falling against the beach. It can also be as unpredictable as an earthquake that splits the ground and swallow homes whole. Many may try to resist the turn of the tide or the rumble of the earth, but there exists no way to avoid the inevitable. In a South Africa divided by apartheid, the old minded tribe struggles to strike a delicate balance with the new white rule with neither side willing to give into the other’s…

greatly influenced by the three witches and Lady Macbeth, however he is primarily responsible for his own undoing. Macbeth is accountable for his own destruction due to his ambition and hunger for power. Although this ambition brought him to his height of power, it was also what led him to his downfall. Macbeth had become so obsessed with becoming King, and remaining powerful, that he transformed into a completely different man. It led him to become power hungry, greedy, violent and to commit…

From the minute I was conceived, my chances at living a life that holds the same value as others within society quickly diminished. I would be the target of gendered racism, which is the societal oppression of women of color (Feagin 2012:46). I am an African American/ Black woman who derives from two strong black immigrants with roots in Honduras, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Barbados. My parents made it their mission to provide my brother and I with the best childhood and educational tools possible.…

Everyone has heard of the triple crown, it is one of the highest and most prestigious awards in horse racing, it was typically understood that the receiving horse was the best horse. Seabiscuit was the horse to change that belief. Many years after his victory over the Triple Crown recipient, the movie, Seabiscuit, was made to depict the life and racing career of a special horse. It also renders a surreal image of the team that raced along with the undersized contender. It is an inspirational…

Rip Van Winkle, a short story by Washington Irving, displays elements of the American Romanticism, as the author depicts the natural landscape associated with fantasy. The supernatural is a very prevalent theme in Romantic literature, and so is the love for the natural landscape, in opposition to the modern life in the city. These elements help isolate Rip Van Winkle from society, in a way that when he returns from his fantastic 20-year sleep, he becomes “the local storyteller, demonstrating the…

Sacramento’s Crocker Art Museum is home to multiple paintings including Charles Christian Nahl And A little Child Shall Lead them and his The Love Chase . The date And A Little Child Shall Lead Them is unfortunately unknown. And A Little Child Shall Lead Them painting is approximately 3’x3’. The Love Chase is a five-part series that consists of two 6’ x 5’ and three 3’x4’ paintings. The paintings are dated in 1869. And A little Child Shall Lead Them and The Love Chase are both…

Many factors have to be taken into considerations when taking a look at the logistics of an entire nation. From the demographics and cultural history of the country to the geographic landscape, multiple factors dictate the success and risks involved in a profitable logistics system. A country’s trade among industries and organizations within the country as well as importing and exporting goods are two separate factors that can also determine how successful that country will be in earning revenue…

The icy cold winter night echoed with the sounds of the rioters and protesters in Petrograd, they were angry at the terrible working conditions in the factories. Many people became very disheveled and angered once Russia entered the Great War, Russia was not very prepared for war with the much more developed German military. Everyday, there were shortages of basic necessities, food shortages, and fuel as well, not to mention, the people’s anger that millions of their soldiers had died on the…

wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of the Ka’ba in Mecca and hence the direction that Muslims should face when praying. There are many mihrabs mentioned in the Qur’an, the Islamic sacred book, and they are presented as emphasizing “their height, their inaccessibility, and in the case of Solomon’s mihrabs, their grandeur and opulence” (Khoury 59). These features of the mihrab can be seen in Mary’s mihrab by Zakariayya in that “he designed the mihrab so that its entrance was in its…

community and was used in both religious meetings and personal worship. Puritan ideals are not limited to the song found within the Bay Psalm Book however, the key beliefs of the Puritans can be found in song lyrics today. A popular Christian band Casting Crowns express these ideas in the song "Who am…