2.2: Oceans Earth is mostly covered with endless bodies of water but while scientists study the wildlife in our water, scholars provided useful information including the amount of our trash being dumped into our oceans. According to their article Who Is Responsible for Marine Debris?, Neal and Leous estimated 80% of trash found in our waters “originates on land” (Neal and Leous 258). Neal and Leous have also mentioned the amount of cruise ships and commercial vessels that not only carry from 2…
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to wake up and not know where you are or who you are? At the beginning of this book, Cady wakes up on a cement basement floor in a cabin overhearing two men talk about finishing her off. One man leaves while Cady knocks the other out with a rock. Cady drives away in the unknown car in the driveway, hopefully heading into town. She stops at Newberry Ranch Security, where she tries to figure things out but only finds herself in a dangerous situation. She…
Self - acceptance is truly the missing link in life. Without confidence in yourself and abilities, it can leave one feeling miserable and inferior to others. In the short stories, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber and “The Prospector’s Trail” by Cathy Jewison the protagonist are faced with the conflict of not accepting oneself which leads them to an unfulfilled life. Then they accept their places and realize to not listen to others opinions. As a result, the protagonist learns…
In community corrections the probation officer is taught that the only difference between us and an offender being on probation is being caught. This general statement is meant to keep the officer level headed as a deterrence of letting power of authority create an inflated ego. In many cases, citizens commit crimes that if they were caught it could possibly land them on probation. However, many of those citizens are not the typical offender on probation. Probation is an alternative sentence…
In the very early morning of January 18, 2015, two Stanford graduate students were biking across campus when they spotted a freshman engaging in sexual acts, such as thrusting himself into an unconscious, half naked women behind a dumpster at the Kappa Alpha fraternity house. They quickly chased down the culprit and pinned him down until the police came and detained the young male. Given the situation, the students alongside with many others in the nation, as the news abruptly went viral, must…
unpredictable and chaotic for a child to be stable. She loved him and did as much as she could for him, but wasn’t prepared for being a mother. With Andy witnessing his mother get raped at knifepoint, being woken up at 2 am to rob a house then eat from the dumpsters and being evicted from their apartment to move in with a pastors family and when that didn’t work, moving into a motel, it is way to much for a child so young. He was not allowed to go to school because her voices were telling her…
affects of her destructive upbringing. It is a cold night in March in New York City and Jeannette is sitting in a taxi that is driving her to an upscale party. While she is stuck in traffic she spots her homeless mother searching through the trash in a dumpster. Jeannette then describes her mothers awful appearance in great detail. However, she comments on the facts that even in this condition, her mother still looked like the lovely women she remembered in her childhood. Sadly, Jeannette…
there. For example, when we take plastic water bottles and throw them on the ground, we are hurting the life that depends on the ocean. Instead of throwing the trash anywhere ,next time put it in the recycling bin. Acting as of the ocean is a large dumpster is negatively effecting us creating toxicity. Most water we drink, it’s safe to boil it first. There once was a bacteria in the water known as amoeba. Amoeba is a single celled animal that extends fingerlike projections of protoplasm to…
Venezuela’s change in presidency and governmental representatives have caused major negative effects to not only the people but the environment around them. Hugo Chavez’s death was the worst thing that could have happened to them. They have since been under another president who has seen a once prominent nation with many resources dwindle to poverty and serious political struggles. Declining oil prices, 500% inflation plague, and failed economic policies have cost this ,once wealthy nation, a…
The Hideout Characters: Addison, a 20 year old friend of Mr. Frank, babysitter for Anne Mr. Frank, a l40 year old father and husband Mrs. Frank, 36 year old mother and a loyal wife Anne, a joyful 14 year old Margot, a quiet 19 year old Setting: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The main office of Mr. Frank. Addison is an american citizen who has been working for Mr. Frank for 2 years. She began working for him in a marketing position. They have been good friends since then. Addison is helping…