Dean Acheson

Journal - Kc Adams 1. Give a full description of where the issue discussed was observed. This is a song that I have listened to for several years. I liked it when I was younger, so I bought it, but I have never looked closely at the lyrics before now. 2. Give a brief statement as to why this issue was chosen. I chose this song because the title of the song itself "Angel With a Shotgun" feels like an issue immediately and because I wanted to look closer to see how the image of an…

Mentally, courage is boldly standing up to hard times and abusive feelings. But is courage conquering a fear, or could it simply be completing a task that was once thought impossible? Just saying, tomorrow is another day? Those criteria are thought of as courage to some; however, it goes deeper than that. It is the adrenaline that is pumping through your blood in a time of great anxiety. Courage is what led to the survival of Louie Zamperini, a war hero from WWII. Fading, beaten and battered, it…

To some extent, the pursuit of hopes and dreams is a method of escaping the realities of everyday life for characters from both texts. In Kerouac’s novel, the dreams of where the road might take them provide an escape for both Sal and Dean from a mundane East Coast lifestyle, and a way to forget the mistakes of the past. Similarly in Thompson’s piece, a voyage of revelation fueled by an underlying desire to understand the American Dream offers a chance to escape for Raoul and his attorney using…

In East of Eden, John Steinbeck introduces Adam as young, naive boy whose graciousness leads him to be ill-treated by both his father, brother, and future wife. Adam’s refinement and ability to have empathy for others cause him to be physically weaker compared to his brother and to have a mindset that opposes brutality. Adam is unable to see how corrupt his father truly is, unlike his brother Charles, whose naturally dark and violent temperament allows him to see Cyrus’ true form. Similarly,…

until Dean Moriarty turned his apathetic emotions into the love for adventure. Dean was a poor con–man who just ran around from one city to the next, wrecking whatever comes in his way and always feels the need to move again once he becomes uninterested. In conclusion, Dean’s life is in a clutter, yet Sal inexplicably seems to envy Dean’s “madness” as he wants to live an adventurous life with Dean; a life filled with animosity, however, in actuality he wants no part of it. Sal consorts with Dean…

in the two dozen years of this cultural icon known as the “Rebel Without a Cause.” James, named as James Byron Dean, was born on February 18, 1931, in Marion, Indiana. At that time, the Depression era hit the state hard. His father, Winston Dean, decided to leave the life of farming and moved the family to Santa Monica California. There, Winston started working as a dentist. The Dean family stayed in the middle-class town for years and James attended the Brentwood Public School. However, the…

Sam and Dean are having a drink at the local pub, a couple books and newspaper clippings strewn on their table. The boys are quietly discussing the new information they found while at the coroners office. Sam is pretty sure the creature they are hunting is a Djinn, explaining its basically an evil genie that gives you trippy dreams and melts your brains while feeding off you. Dean shudders muttering into his beer something about "showing that freak show a whole new world" Sam laid a town map…

When we think of Frank Sinatra we think of a man in a fedora singing and dancing in front of a big band or a main character in one of our great grandparents favorite movies. Well you're right but Sinatra had a different side that was a little scandalous. He was on the FBI watch list for being a possible communist sympathizer and having ties to the mobs. Sinatra lived a lush and lavish life while still beating to his own drum when it came to ethics. Sinatra never had any luck or self control when…

Although accomplishing anything can be difficult without passion, too much passion leads to obsessiveness. Unlike passion, obsessiveness causes the mind to go mad by disregarding its surroundings and dedicating every moment to one sole purpose and focus. This tunnel vision affects a person’s ability to make choices that will benefit himself and those around him or her in the future. This scenario presents itself in several pieces of literature including Wuthering Heights, “Porphyria’s Lover,”…

In the mid 1990s there was a powerful new technology that seemed poised to revolutionize the communications paradigm in American politics. The internet was supposed to be a total game changer, returning power to the people, and removing the media, and thereby the need for big money, from the political equation. Now, twenty-some years later it is apparent that the internet, and online communication specifically, has only served to entrench prior communication patterns rather than revolutionize…