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One of the many book series focusing on the Dungeons and Dragons universe, known as the Legend of Drizzt, is one that focuses strongly on the darker tones of having to live as an ostracized member of society and the good things that come anyways. The story focuses on Drizzt Do’Urden, a rogue drow elf that escaped the murderous, hedonistic lifestyle of the underground drow city of Menzoberranzan and the accompanying worship of Lolth, the spider goddess. Drizzt faces many hardships within…

“Do unto others as you would have them do to you” is an oft-quoted statement about kindness and love. Sometimes, however, it is taken too far. Simply because one person enjoys something does not mean it will be welcome to others. It can even lead to confusion and judgment over other people’s purposes and lifestyles when one expects everyone else to follow their accepted patterns and ways of life. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, confronts this very problem, as well as demonstrating how it…

In recent years, gun control has been one of the most controversial and debated subjects around. My stance is that heavy gun control laws do more harm than good. Now, today more than ever it seems impossible to pick up a newspaper or turn on the TV without seeing some tragic event being reported by the media in relation to gun violence. Unfortunately, to grab as much viewership as possible, facts are often skewed or ignored, and gun control is blamed. Contrary to what the media would have you…

12 August 2015 In the chapter called “What Do You Do With The Kid Who Can’t Read?”, we find out that Faunia absolutely loves crows and that she almost considers them family. Faunia says that she is a crow in a human’s body and she hopes that she will turn back into a crow after she dies. This obsession with the birds reveals several things about Faunia and the story as a whole. First off, Faunia says that most people see the crows as ugly scavengers, which means she also implies that people see…

if any, do all human beings share?”. Epicurus would answer this question by stating that all humans are self-centered, seeking to secure pleasures and avoid pain. In other words, everything that one does is simply for the sake of gaining pleasure. To Epicurus, pleasure is the only intrinsic good and it is the foundation for all human choices and all evaluation of things as good and bad. In this context, pleasure is good, resulting from getting what you want, and pain is bad, in which you do not.…

Do people need to belong? Belonging is a natural human instinct. There is an emotional need to be accepted into a group of people. That being, friends, coworkers, family, etc. People crave to feel this way so they belong to something greater than themselves. When you belong you have the comfort that you belong. You do not have to wake up everyday, questioning where you may belong, you already know. When you know that you belong you do not have as much to worry about which would calm you and…

Do school suspensions work? People think that school suspensions do not work while others think they do and they have been trying to prove one is true. School suspensions do tend to work though and schools should continue to suspend kids for doing the wrong thing. Suspending the student can show the student that there are punishments for their actions, the students are placed in a supervised setting that can help them get disciplined for the thing they got suspended for, and it can help students…

Americans as lazy people. Third, Americans believe they can travel in America for a lot cheaper than going to a foreign country. Americans do not think about what is happening in foreign countries because they are not trying to be involved. Americans do not travel abroad as frequently as people in other countries do because they believe that foreign countries have little to do with American interests. Foreign countries believe Americans are…

their are starving people in America still today, should athletes still get all the money? Athletes worked hard to get where they are, but there are kids all over America who deserve a chance at life, however athletes get way too much money. Athletes do not deserve that much money, the starving children of America need that money. The athletes worked hard to get where they are, but the children in America that are starving deserve that money that gets wasted. When athletes get that much money…

Tang Soo Do may only look like a simple martial arts class that teaches you how to defend yourself from any danger that you may encounter in your life even as you grow up. I believe that Tang Soo Do represents more than just defense, to me it represents the knowledge and strength of achieving a high goal to reach which is Black Belt and learning the techniques as to why they are so special in a combat experience. When I first started Tang Soo Do at the age of 4, it was something new for me and…