Deir el-Bahri

A hero can be classified by many things. A hero can be superman, a police officer, and even your mom, but what makes a hero? Is it someone who can fly or shoot laser beams from their eyes or someone who saves a baby from a burning building? I’ll admit some of these characteristics are far-fetched since I don’t know anyone who can fly or randomly saves babies on a normal day. All heroes, including super ones, all have something in common, they're admired for their courage or an outstanding thing…

Cacambo are astonished after a meal with the merchants of Eldorado at the thought of the jewels being worthless in their eyes. Candide and Cacambo soon discover many other outstanding features of El Dorado that are absent from European civilization such as education for all people and embracing the king. Both El Dorado and Westphalia are described as paradise by Voltaire in the beginning when they are both introduced in the novel. However, Candide left each paradise for different reasons and…

and purpose of how governments and control over societies should be handled. These ideas are ever apparent within the books of Candide and Letters on England. Voltaire presents his reasoning and thus tone on religion. He also brings up the prospect of El Dorado, this Heaven on Earth, leaving us with the question of whether such a place actually could exist.…

Countries in Central America are plagued with poverty, overruned by gang violence and ruled by government systems that don’t do enough for their people. The author of Enrique 's journey, Sonia Nazario paints a vivid picture of the circumstances that lead loving mothers to leave their children behind while venturing across America, in order to get to the promise land. A land charged with hopes and promises. Promises that are not always kind to immigrants. Immigrant mothers risk everything in…

“civilize” Peru to adopt European values and customs. Five centuries after European colonization; on December 10, 1981, during the years of the Cold War, the citizens of El Mozote were arrested without resistance by the Atlacatl Battalion. The next day on December 11, after spending the night trapped in their houses, the citizens on El Mozote were systematically killed in groups. Men were tortured and killed, followed by women and children. This operation is known as operative de tierra…

Satire is used in literature to criticize and point out society’s flaws. The criticism is usually masked in humour. Irony is commonly used in satires to expose flaws, an effective example is John Smith’s A Modest Proposal, in this essay he effectively uses irony, to communicate his argument about the poverty in Ireland. Similarly, in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale she criticizes the society that women live in. Atwood uses satire to display the oppression of women in political, religious…

San Salvador, El Salvador is home to over a quarter million people. But, San Salvador is also home to a huge criminal network of gang activity. These gangs are also known locally as maras or pandillas. These gangs engage in petty crimes such as such as purse snatching, robbery, taxing bus drivers and small stores in their neighborhoods, as well as small-scale drug distribution in certain parts of the city in order to fund themselves economically. In the past two decades, these gangs have not…

Many women are killed and the cases are never really solved. On the article of NY Daily News, I read that 'Femicide, ' the crime of murdering females because of their gender, is a leading cause of death among young women in countries including El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Machismo and impunity from prosecution are to blame ( 'Femicide ' on the Rise in Central America). Sadly, the number of died women being found continue to raise and…

Courage to Care Award Is it necessary to be the same race in order to help save someone’s life? Between January 30, 1933 and May 8, 1945 dictator Hitler took control of Germany. Also, he created the “Final Solution” which was a plan to exterminate all Jews by sending them to concentration camps and labor camps. He used propaganda techniques to convince German citizens that Jews were corrupted, cruel, and awful individuals. Over time, Hitler expanded his camps and territory by conquering other…

Drinking was always a part of my life until one night that changed everything. It was a long night that into the next day. I started drinking when I was 14 and it steadily escalated into something out of control. In school I never really fit and was usually teased for different reasons. This eventually led to me becoming depressed. I don’t remember why I decided to try alcohol just that in the moments when I would drink I felt better about life. This steadily became more as getting a hold…