Dark side

For centuries there have been legal fights against slavery to abolish it, unfortunately, slavery still lives on today because the fights to stop slavery have failed. Therefore, slavery continues. According to the text, The Dark Side of Chocolate, “In a previous guest lecture, Kellie Carter Jackson, Harvard College Fellow in African and African American Studies, had told the class that the connection between chocolate and slavery extended even beyond cacao, all the way back to…

The Dark Side of Humanity Death seems to be creeping all around, slowly crawling into the dreams of innocent minds. The sad part about death is that humans tend to be the cause of it. Humanity is cruel, especially when it comes to killing. Humans tend to have the ability to harm without any remorse or emotion. Imagine the sick and twisted mind of those that have the capability to take the life of another living person. The shooting of President John F Kennedy was one of great darkness and mass…

Everyone has their own wall, they have built and it is not until someone special comes along and removes the wall will you see the real person inside. In the poem “Please Hear What I’m Not Saying” by Charles C. Finn the speaker states “You alone can break down the wall behind which I tremble” (78). When the speaker says “you” he is indicating that there is a specific person who can “break down” his wall. Someone who loves and care about him. When the poem talks about breaking down a wall it is…

“High Hopes” by the iconic band Pink Floyd was released in 1994 and remains a huge fan favorite of many classic rock listeners. David Gilmour is the singer and song- writer for Pink Floyd and has had a very successful music career. Like most of Pink Floyd’s songs, the rhythm of “High Hopes” is very slow and calming but conveys some of life’s harsh truths. This powerful song illustrates society’s unrelenting quest to pursue the perfect life that God intended but hampered by the uncontrollable…

John Dionisio HCOM 100 Shari Selnick 29 March 2017 Communication Analysis: When Anakin Turns To The Dark Side George Lucas’ Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith is a fascinating movie that describes the concepts of interpersonal relationship. The movie provides the uses of indirect and direct communications from various characters, which are vital to the fluidity of the movie and how characters build relationships. For example, one scene that builds the interpersonal relationship of two…

The Dark Side of Having It All As I walked into the village of Gokakope, I see an infant drinking water from a bottle. The water inside the bottle was so dirty you could not see through it. I thought, “ They must have scooped it from a mud puddle.” As I watch this my heart begins to sink and I feel my left hand tighten as I look down at the bottled water in my own hand. My clean, fresh , never opened, and purified water. I walk towards the mother and baby and ask my translator to ask her…

Most people are confused about the differences between lyrics and poems. Poems are outlined to be silent or aloud, on the other hand lyrics are mapped out to go along with music. Poems, unlike lyrics, can be misunderstood and read without a sound, however lyrics normally need accompanying music to be understood in the correct way. If you lay out the lyrics of Pink Floyd 's song "Time" without the accompanying music, many questions and observations come to mind. One of which why is there no…

The dark side of sports is nothing new to the modern society, in the 1960s drug testing for all sports was born. February 1968 at the Olympic Games, was the first time a drug testing was brought to light. Fans and critics saw how the game of sports was slowly changing in various ways that could possibly affect a player's health while playing sports. Growing up playing sports, a child goes through too many pressure that's being thrown at him all angles such as the parents, the coach, and…

shaman. Also, discussed in this book is what mental diseases are and how psychology rides off it. Chapter two talks a lot about origins to medicine and treatments. This helps us to understand treatments used today and where they originated from. The dark side to medicine is also brought up in this chapter. The issue between…

The American Dream has often been portrayed as a lifestyle in suburban America, in that if you work hard, long hours you will be able to achieve wealth and happiness. However there is a dark side to this, as it implies that happiness has been tied to materialism and wealth. This casts a blight on American society as being driven by greed to have materialistic wealth, instead of strong family ties or relationships like the ones America was built upon. The American Dream has been transformed…