End of the Spear

article “From Upspeak to Vocal Fry: Are We “Policing” Young Women's Voices” the victim of the growing modern age seems to be having issues with her vocal fry, She also happens to work for news radio, which probably has an older target audience who ends up becoming the judges of her voice. Although my experience in retail, ALDO & Plato’s Closet, might be relevant. Since retail requires such “youthful” sense of enthusiasm in order to sell product, I’ve noticed something in the workplace, a…

Ralph tried explaining that there were no adults and what happen but only ends up crying because of the trails and situations that he went though made him see people differently. He saw how we can kill people and how selfish we can be. In my conclusion, Ralph saw how that when there is a bigger force acting upon you, you are…

thirty years until its final end; it was from 431-404 B.C. In the beginning of the war Athens controlled one of the strongest empires, at the end of the war Athens could barely maintain itself. Why? Thucydides, an Athenian general at the time left us with an excessive amount of knowledge on this war, as he wrote a textbook on the war called “History of the Peloponnesian war.” In the text Thucydides elaborates what happened between the Athens and Sparta during the end of the Golden Age of Greece.…

“Remy always knows the perfect time to give a boyfriend ‘the speech’ telling him it’s over: right after the first romantic rush, but before any real emotional involvement happens. And Remy should have perfect timing, since she's had plenty of experience dumping guys. Not to mention what she's learned from watching her own mother, who's been married four times and is heading for wedding number five. So then what is it about Dexter that makes it so hard for Remy to follow her own rules? He's…

In Herman Melville’s Typee we are introduced to the leaders of the tribe, Mow-Mow and Mehevi. Through both characters Melville gives us the two possible nature of the Typee tribe, one being good and the other bad. But because both leaders possess the title “savage”, it is impossible to truly pinpoint one of them and say he’s less savage or a better savage. Throughout the story we are given perspective to both characters in the eyes of the main character Tommo. Through the simple minded eyes of…

The Telemachy serves as a prelude to, or a microcosm of Homer 's epic poem, 'The Odyssey '. The entire narrative sequence of these first four books foreshadows the inevitable fate of Odysseus despite his adventures actually taking place twenty years before Telemachos ' cathartic experience with the suitors. The epic narrative serves as a bridge between the stories of Telemachos and Odysseus; Telemachos must partake on a quest to gain wisdom and will face many struggles on his way. Almost in a…

embarrassing his accusers. Even though the charges seem questionable at best Socrates is charged and sentenced to death by the people of Athens. He spends his last moments with his students before ingesting what is believed to be hemlock poison. A unique end to a…

The definition of a leader is a person who leads, commands, and organizes a group. In the book Lord Of The Flies Ralph, and Jack both think they have what it takes be the leader. Ralph is 12 years old, tall, blond, and the protagonist of the story. Jack represents evil and violence, the dark side of human nature. When you're trapped on an island with multiple different people you need a person who can be kind, courteous, and most of all take charge. Ralph has all the qualities a good leader…

From 1852 to 1855, Lee served as superintendent of West Point, and was therefore responsible for educating many of the men who would later serve under him - and those who would oppose him - on the battlefields of the Civil War. In 1855 he left the academy to take a position in the cavalry and in 1859 was called upon to put down abolitionist John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry. Because of his reputation as one of the finest officers in the United States Army, Abraham Lincoln offered Lee the…

It was also called stickball. Lacrosse was mostly played around the Great Lakes area but was also common near the Pacific Coast. They played with a wooden ball and rackets or sticks with a net on the end. The goal of the game was to use the rackets to move the ball across the field and score by getting the ball into the goals. This was a common game that they would play tribe against tribe. Shinny was probably the most popular game for the Native Americans…