Ember

At the start of the novel the conch shell symbolizes order. Soon after the boys arrive on the island, Ralph blows the conch and they gather on a large rock and form an assembly. After selecting Ralph as their chief, the boys quickly realize that with so many of them trying to talk during the assembly at once, no one can be understood, and with no adults around, they must establish a working society. Ralph suggests “‘I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s…

Camping with Wolves My most memorable camping trip Growing up my family went camping a lot. My parents wanted to make sure my brother and I grew up appreciating the outdoors. Of all of the campouts I’ve been on, my favorite was our trip to Mission: Wolf. Mission Wolf, is a wolf sanctuary located in the mountains of southern Colorado. We left our house very early in the morning on a Friday. It was still dark out and the moon and stars were twinkling in the blackness. As we drove, the sky to the…

Slavery in America was a very cruel form of work, in which many did not have the option but to work as slaves, for example Frederick Douglas, who was born to Harriet Bailey (a former slave), did not get that option, although he was born to a “white man” who was whispered to be his to be his master, (Narrative pg. 20) by law Douglas had to follow the condition of his mother who was a previous slave (Narrative pg. 21). Douglas starts off doing simpler work because of his young age, but as he…

Globalization’s Impact On My Plate At first thought, the food my family ate didn’t seem all that interesting. In fact, I couldn’t think of anything more boring to do than talk about a diet of pasta and potatoes for three generations straight. But the more I thought about this topic, the more I realized that my grandmother growing up couldn’t say her favorite food is a mango like I can. Being from rural New Jersey, she had to watch her mother walk to the nearest grocery store once a week, a long…

Haile Gerima, born in Gondar, Ethiopia in 1946, is a professor at Howard University, a historically black college in Washington, D.C. The fourth of ten children, he moved to the United States in 1967. His father was a writer and his mother a teacher. He performed in his father’s theater troupe, “which presented original and often historical drama, always submerged in the genuine culture of Ethiopia.” Is genuine synonymous with authentic? Unlike authenticity, genuineness rests outside of…

George Santayana (1863-1952) [Madrid, Harvard, Rome]. A poet and essayist as well as a philosopher, George is an outstanding representative of Critical Realism, a form of naturalism. The objects of knowledge occupy either of two statuses; they may be existing substances or subsisting essences, though it is impossible to prove the independent existence of either type of object. Santayana stated that we believe in the objectivity of substance on the basis of animal faith. The ultimate substance…

King Arthur, a movie filmed in 2004, portrayed Roman Britain in the winter of 467 A.D. Artorius Castus, also known as Arthur, was a Roman officer who commanded a unit of Sarmatian auxiliary cavalry in Britain. These Sarmatian knights include Lancelot, Bors, Gawain, Galahad, Dagonet and Tristan. When the knights completed their years of service in the army, Bishop Germanus asked them to complete one more mission for the Romans in order to gain their freedom. During their task, Arthur and the…

As detailed earlier, Frankenstein creates life, and what he creates is the monster, the creature. But throughout the book they experience several role reversals. Obviously, in the beginning of the novel Frankenstein is the creator, but further in the novel the monster becomes a creator, but only in the sense of “creating suffering and misery” (Cantor 107), such as when he kills William, proclaiming, “I too can create desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable; this death will carry despair to him,…

“There are few contemporary figures have been so vilified as Fidel Castro. Both worship and vilification distort the true image. Fidel is one of the most extraordinary men of our times, but he is neither saint nor devil. Take him for what he is.” -Herbert Matthews Fidel Castro is a name that many know - be it for its power to strike fear in the hearts of liberal U.S Americans or be it to cause hearts of patriotic Cubans to pulse and tremble with passion at the sound of the name of their…

Book Arrangement: The Insanity of God begins with a foreword written by David Platt. Following the foreword is the prologue, which is the followed by 34 chapters. Book Content: Chapters 1, 3, 5, and 7: In these chapters Ripken describes his time in Somaliland in the days before his organization began to take hold in this war-stricken country. He recounts stories of children dying of malnutrition just hours after interacting with him and mothers attempting to shove their infants into his…