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In the 1930’s when John Steinbeck wrote “Of Mice and Men”, there was very little assistance available to mentally ill Americans. Society looked down upon them and, at times, didn’t even treat ill them as human. Steinbeck recognized this injustice and wrote “Of Mice and Men” as a way to say that we need to do more for those who can’t take care of themselves. He used one of the main characters, Lennie, to show us what life was like for mentally ill people in the early 1900’s. The way Lennie…

On one special Christmas Day, Jeannette’s dad’s present to her was a star. Since they almost never had enough money for the basic living essentials, they rarely had any money to buy presents. Sometimes the presents were little things found in dumpsters or lying around on the ground. The stars are a symbol of her dad’s love for them. He tries to give them something that they will always remember, even if they can’t exactly own the stars. Also, Jeannette will sometimes stare up at the desert…

The only reason I wanted Mason to make the gloves because now I don’t need to go up to the computers personally, so now I can just steal the computer with the gloves. The U.S. President banded paper so now you can’t steal personal information from dumpster diving. Police Station “Today I encountered some identity thieves, and they just stole a lot of personal information about the customers. All they did was set an EMP off and plugged a microchip into the robot. Why is it that identity theft…

Today, Jeannette is successful in life and she forgives her parents from the past she had to go through. Living a decent life, she sees her mom searching dumpsters to find some valuable goods. Seeing her mother like this, she is ashamed. At the same time, she worries about her mother because she “could never enjoy the room without worrying about Mom and Dad huddled on a sidewalk grate somewhere. [She] fretted…

According to the article “The Great Depression Brings Economic Crisis” from the book Great Events, The Stock Market Crash of 1929 caused one of the largest economic depressions in the history of the United States causing many American families to lose nearly all of their money. When this occurred, the United States government did very little to help the citizens of the United States leaving families and the working class to fight for their survival. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 changed the…

apartment buildings. Some of the windows on the apartments were hastily boarded up with plywood and through others violent shouts erupted; garbage scattered the street creating a trail leading to the overflowing mounds of trash falling out of the dumpsters, which reeked of a pungent stench and created an involuntary nose cringe. I was anxious to turn around and drive far away from the unfamiliar and unappealing street, wishing I could wipe the image of this place from my memory. My uneasiness…

Another NBA season is rapidly drawing to a close and two sounds can be heard: Carmelo Anthony’s title window slamming tighter shut, and New York sports fans turning their attention to baseball. With the Knicks wallowing in yet another season of going nowhere, what can be done to fix the franchise moving forward? 1. Pick A New Shape, The Triangle Has To Go It started off so well. Everyone was completely on board. All those rings, the connection to the glory days, the zen calm and peace after…

Telephone: the use of a phone to contact individuals within an organization and convince them to give up confidential information. Online: gathering information through the use of online chats, forums, emails or social media. Dumpster diving: scavenging for information discarded by an organization, often classified paper records that were not shredded. Shoulder surfing: "Simply looking over someone 's shoulder while they are using their computer." Reverse social engineering: getting…

People believe that they could never be a victim of sexual assault, but that just is not reality in today’s society. One in every five women have been a victim of sexual assault in their lifetime, and 1.6 million men will also be victims. However, many victims are unable to get the justice they need in pursuing a case such as rape because out of every 1,000 cases, 994 of the perpetrators will walk free (“Statistics”). This means that the United States has thousands of sexual assault criminals…

Part One Book Response The Polygamist’s Daughter begins with seven year old Anna being abandoned by her mother and being sent to live with a strange man in Mexico. Main character Anna Keturah Lebaron was raised in a radical polygamous off shoot of Mormonism called The Church of the Lamb of God. Anna’s father and leader of the church, murderous Ervil Lebaron had thirteen wives and more than fifty children as he led his followers as the one true prophet of God. Throughout the book the author…