Defectors

“A life is something to be suffered or endured, not something one makes.” This convenient truth helps Billy Pilgrim come to terms with the passive nature of his existence. According to Billy because the Tralfamadorians have access to the 4th dimension. This means that they do the best with the allotted time they have been given by looking at moments the only want to look at. "There isn 't anything we can do about them, so we simply don 't look at them. We ignore them. We spend eternity looking…

Felix Tran Ms. Adams Language, Grade 8 May 13th, 2016 Communism For thousands of years has mankind been ruled by mankind but not all systems of government has stood the test of time. A form of government may look good on paper but its prior history shows its true performance. Communism can and will never work for many reasons, from the poor treatment of its people to the limitations and flaws of the manifesto that founded communism itself. In the Western regions people have been living under a…

In other words, the reader cannot stop thinking about Mexico, even when the poem is set in US soil. Anzaldúa by including this poem in Borderlands La Frontera: The New Mestiza transgresses the limit of the borderlands and becomes an escapee, a defector and yet a refuge. She creates a contretemps, between the author and her audience. Defying her culture, her tradition and speaking up for those speechless muted by the social-contract between the Church, her people and the government, Anzaldúa…

Albert Einstein once said, “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” While he died during the earlier years of the Cold War, a decades-long conflict that never led to any combat but did cause intense strain, competition, and espionage between the two global superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union, his statement proved to be remarkably prescient. David Hoffman structures his whole book on the horrifically…

Medical science and technology have advanced far beyond people 's wildest dreams and imagination. So far so that an individual that has failing organs such as the kidneys or liver can begin the process of finding another one. The first successful organ transplant took place in 1954 in Boston between identical twins the Herrick brothers. One sibling received a kidney from the other this came to be known as the first transplant from a living donor. Supply and demand led to the growth of what…

The main test in terms of hyperactivity in this test was graded by a human “rater” of mobility. This leaves room for human error in terms of what is mobile and what is not. Also, as stated before this touches on the cognitive development of rats and not humans. If these tests were done on humans it would be much more significant but these tests on humans would be unethical, until then it is inconclusive. Harley et al. (1978) tested the “Feingold diet” on thirty six male hyperactive students. As…

The future is conquered by mysterious unknowns. In a world that lives in the present, the future's outcome holds the scariest time for change that will shape society either for better or for worse. George Orwell's novel, 1984, portrays a dystopian society managed by a totalitarian government that forces their ideologies on their people in a (mainly) psychological demeanor. Essentially, it is a novel that hints at a pessimistic future that will unravel, given contemporary of society's reliance…

For example, at one point, two generals desert Cyrus’ army while on their way to march against the King, and a rumor spreads throughout the remaining armies that Cyrus sent warships after the defectors; however, when he addresses the remaining generals, he states that he was “certainly not going to pursue them” lest people believe that he would punish anyone for “the good service they did for [him] in the past.” Moreover, in chapter 9 of book…

some believe that one single lunatic is responsible. Others believe there is more to it, that there was a deeper plan formed by the Mafia/CIA. One man that was accused of the vicious murder, later found guilty, and killed, was former Marine and defector of the Soviet Union, Lee Harvey Oswald. There is evidence of Oswald being at the scene, he is a prime suspect for being…

In recent times, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been under the watchful eye of many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, among others; as well as perhaps the most well known intergovernmental organization (IGO), The United Nations. The accusations laid against the DPRK are egregious and according to The United Nations, the DPRK is sui generis (in their own category). The alleged human rights violations that the DPRK has…