Easter Island

and the Montserrat islanders of the West indies whom you studied in 1965 and 1967” (Messenger v). The island of Inis Beag as referred to in the book by John C. Messenger is located off the coast of the Connemara in Ireland where the people are Irish Catholics who traditionally speak the Gaelic…

This past semester, I worked with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of South Niagara over the Easter weekend for their annual Easter Egg Hunt. This is a charitable event that raises funds for the organization with the help of the City of Welland as well as the Welland firefighters, both volunteer and paid. Also, with the aid of many, many volunteers, the event almost always runs as planned. I have helped at this event for the past two years with friends. Both years, my friends and I have painted faces…

Kite Day is a favorite among many special days in Kindergarten. This fun-filled GCS tradition began more than twenty years ago, as a “Dads and Kids Day”. Over the years, it has transitioned into a mentoring day for each kindergarten student and their eighth-grade buddy. Both grades have something in common, since they are graduating from their grades and preparing for big changes. As Kite Day approaches, the Kindergarteners anticipate finding out who their special eighth-grader will be.…

Lottery, there is an aspect of confusion when it comes to Easter. Easter originated as a day to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but today is twisted into a holiday about the Easter bunny, and finding as much candy as you can. “ All major branches of Christianity observe the holiday. Today, other than church attendance, the holiday often involves Easter Eggs for toys and candy as well as the imagery of bunnies and rabbits” (“Easter.” religionfacts.com 17 Nov. 2016.). Today people have…

James Connolly was an Irish Republican and Socialist leader who was born in the slums of Edinburgh, Scotland in the tenements of Cowgate in the year 1868. Connolly is perhaps most fondly remembered for his role as the military commander of the Easter Rising of 1916 in Dublin . Connolly was born into an Irish Catholic immigrant family, his father, John was born in some part of Ireland and it is believed his mother, Mary, originally came from County Monaghan . Connolly had five other siblings and…

have a haunted house for kids we would also do an Easter egg hunt on Easter at Blackwater Falls Resort. Both I would always participate in I would help set the haunted house up and decorate, I would hide to scare the kids in the haunted house, but also help with the many activities that went on. During Easter, I would make hundreds of boiled eggs along with other volunteers we would decorate and hide them. I would sometimes dress up as the Easter bunny and take pictures with the kids. I have…

Many world leaders throughout history have attempted to compose the great society, or as they believed, utopia. On these occurrences, they in some way try to subdue the creative and free thinking side of human nature. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Mustapha Mond achieves universal stability. As we see in the New World society, stability is made the first priority at the expense of most of the people 's intrinsic human faculties. Mond explains eloquently and quite persuasively to John and…

explain some attributes of island species that remained puzzles for Darwin. Secondly, this hybrid…

How close is modern America’s government to controlling all, if not most, of our society today? Our current government gradually begins to take over the lives of people like that in Brave New World. Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World depicts a futuristic society that utilizes science to control the lives of mostly everybody by categorizing them into specific castes. The author’s vision of a utopian society in his novel is relatively, but not entirely, close to modern American society.…

A Response to “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas The whimsical city of Omelas is a beautifully portrayed utopia, or model of a perfect society. Everyone who is anyone would love to live in this place of joy and happiness. This futuristic society has no ruler and no laws but everything seems to work in perfect harmony. But there is one simple, yet disturbing rule. One must suffer for everyone to have this perfectly happy life. I would be one to walk away from Omelas , reason being in my eyes…