Dirty bomb

In a hectic world, people of society look for things they can control to feel secure. Through control over one’s surroundings and peers, they can feel powerful. However, power can often go to one’s head if they are not responsible with it. An example of such is Reinhard Heydrich who played the role of a perpetrator in the Holocaust due to his influence and leadership positions pertaining to the Nazi Party, Final Solution, and Czechoslovakia. Reinhard Heydrich was a perpetrator of the Holocaust…

As we have seen since the early 1900’s, there is a constant influx of immigrants coming to the USA. Each year, the number of immigrant as well as the number of attempted entries continue to grow. The US has tried to control and reduce the number of immigrant by implementing harsh immigration policies and increasing boarder patrol. However, instead of addressing the problem, there has only been an increase of immigrants being held in detention centers sometimes for year and an increase of…

Imagine being chained in a small box, naked, scared, and hungry, but you killed dozens of people in an attack you performed. Would you expect remorse? Some people believe that torture violates rights and is an all in all horrific form of treatment. On the other hand, others think that torture is great to a point when it is used correctly. Although torture can be gruesome and harmful, some people believe it can be extremely beneficial to America regarding acts of terrorism. Throughout the…

In the depths of World War II on a tiny Italian island called Pianosa, a squadron of United States air force bombers struggles to survive the war long enough to go home. Despite the differences in the colorful characters represented in the novel, there is a series of common desires among them, the most pertinent of which being the desire to stay alive, even if they die trying. Everyone in Catch-22 wants to make something of themselves, whether it is to seem intelligent, to become famous, or…

truly a brave task, attempting to somehow get Warsaw back from German forces. I lead a small team of about 20, consisting of the most experienced, intelligent, knowledgeable people that were able to survive those 63 days of hell. I remember the bombs exploding in the background, while I lay closely against the wall with a gun and a few rounds of ammunition in some apartment building on the 6th floor. The earsplitting calls of the machine gun were answered with distorted shots of different…

doubts, not a single one. There was something though. Disconcertions ... was that a word? Recent visits to a company doctor in Jo 'burg. An elderly, soft spoken, competent gentleman, careful with words, especially when he was dropping them like dirty bombs. An explosive diagnosis which sounded like it had been named especially for him. In his honour. His affliction alone. Lewy Body Dementia. And now, here, on a foreign shore, could it be kicking…

“Madness is like gravity all you need is a little push” (Nolan). As the Joker suggests in the previous quote, madness is in everything, movies, books, plays, and even real life. It’s a classic news headline about people who received the “little push” and did something crazy. It also appears in most gothic literature because it’s a classic convention for there to be "mad" men or a villain who lacks all emotion and acts in irrational ways throughout the story line. The “mad” man adds an element…

going through in the refugee camp. The alliteration in ‘blown…bellies’ intensifies the hardships and starvation that the children are going through, and the repetition of the word ‘washed’ in ‘unwashed children’ and ‘washed-out ribs’ emphasizes how dirty the children are and how much they have to undergo. Moreover, the poem only explores the suffering of one side of man; the victims (refugees). It uses the image of ‘No Madonna and Child’ referring to Jesus Christ and his mother. The use of the…

April, it was such a beautiful April. The year was 2012 and my mother wanted to fly to Dominican Republic for the spring break as usual. She bought the flights for April 5th to the 12th. I was thirteen years old, but had a mind and an appearance of an older person. Nobody could 've said I was younger than 16. It had been four summers in New York with my father. It was about time I got out. When I finally arrived in The Dominican Republic, I felt so alive. As you exit the airplane, you could…

Slaughterhouse by Esteban Echeverría and National Rock of the late 1960’s to around 1976 are both considered political platforms which use subliminal underlinings for the authors or musicians to express their dislike for the current political situation during these times. The rock movement and Slaughterhouse were more than a hundred years apart which illustrates that subtle political advocacy has continued to be used a platform over time in Argentina. In addition, Slaughterhouse was written in…