English-language films

In the book, Krik Krak, a series of short stories, the author Danticat utilizes juxtaposition to create miserable characters that in return, create the overall mood of brooding throughout the book. The misery that the characters had because of what they went through, caused the mood of the short stories to be brooding. The terrible struggles that the characters had went through in Haiti had put them in such a dilemma. Haiti was in a state of great reformation and so it affected people negatively…

My Closest Grandfather (Revision) My grandfather passed away on Jan 19, 2014, due to kidney problems. My grandfather had suffered a lot before he died. They were the worst days for me because I didn’t imagine my grandfather would be hospitalized for over a year. This was an especially difficult time because I was away with my family in Morocco. I felt sad most of the time because I didn’t have the chance to visit my grandfather in Saudi. My grandfather was a good man and I love him because…

The wind was blowing and the clouds were starting to become darker and heavier, we knew a storm was coming. It was a typical summer thunderstorm, so nothing was out of the ordinary. My dad was driving my brother, Justin, and I to the dentist because my mom was at work and we could see the clouds becoming lower and lower. It was only a matter of minutes before it down poured. We made it to the dentist and we were the only one’s there, we were the last patients of the day. Everything was smooth…

The best time of the year is a soft, warm summer 's night. I can sit on my porch swing and listen to all the sounds. Distant spattering’s of a dog 's barking and neighbor 's cars coming and going down the street. They all blend in the background of my mind as I feel the warmth of the summer cover me with scented breath. For these reasons, I opened my house door and sat on the porch swing with my Bible. I rubbed my pink eyes and opened them wide to see the starlit skies glisten and the luminous…

The word father ideally has many definitions that come from both the dictionary and people in general. Just like any other parent or family member every person has a different opinion of what this word truly means from their own perspective based on their life experiences. However, the definition of a good father has is generally something everyone can agree on. In simple terms the “good father” is the foundation for family, one who originates, guards, and provides. The leader, source of…

College Essay Prompt: Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family. Focus, Capture, Develop, and Take another shot are hard concepts to grasp while growing up and maturing. Throughout every obstacle that I have faced whether personal, academic or social I have had to remember to apply these qualities to my life daily. Due to participating in yearbook, the anatomy of the camera has…

Learning in a traditional classroom versus learning in an online setting is different in many ways. With traditional learning you have that classroom setting, that more one on one help. Also with traditional classroom setting one can get better understanding with assignments versus online settings. Traditional classroom settings requires that you attend class, therefore with attending class one can also get into other activities that the school has going on. The help or guidance that one can get…

1. What are the facts? The facts of this scenario are as followed. Buffy is a student who is enrolled in a Distance Learning sociology course. She is a single mother who works full time at a hospital to provide for her five-year-old twin sons. A term paper that Buffy needs to pass in order to not fail her sociology course is due in two days. The instructor of the course, Professor Snidely, has made it clear that there will be a zero tolerance for cheating or plagiarizing. Jim Bob, who is a…

first knew very little about where they could be taking him, and the other slaves on the boat. For a moment Equiano even thought that they were going to kill him right on the spot, due to him being tossed around by the crew which was speaking a language he couldn’t even understand. Equiano saw no hope for every…

valuable assets to his advantage as a leader. However, although Ralph’s rationality is an important quality, even more essential to his leadership skills is his undefinable charisma that draws the boys in. His appearance as the quintessential good English boy is mostly what makes the boys vote for him, as evidenced by the quote “But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out; there was his size, and attractive appearance” (22). The boys overlook important qualities, such as…