Eric Alterman

protests concerning racial tensions and problems in the United States. Yet the case would bring another concern into the spotlight, the problems surrounding the idea of stand-your-ground laws. Following Florida v. Zimmerman, the then Attorney General Eric Holder would criticize stand-your-ground laws as “senselessly expand[ing] the concept of self-defense and sow[ing] dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods”. (Holder 2013) The problems that Attorney General Holder and others have found in…

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell is a book that displays how communism is a deficient option for a government, even on a tiny basis such as an animal farm. The way George Orwell displays how communism is a deficient option is writing about a farm, Manor Farm, ran by an abusive and neglectful man named Jones. The animals decide to take over with dreams of communism and equality for all animals. Once they overcome the farm (Renamed Animal Farm) the pigs decide to run the farm on communism, the fear…

1. Dooby Dooby Moo by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin is an example of a picture book. The genre of this book is picture book because it uses basic vocabulary that is easily understood by young children and illustrated pictures and images to guide young readers through the story. The lively and highly expressive illustrations are able to create delightful personalities of the farm animals and farmer Brown and through these energetic illustrations one is able to infer the plot of the story. The…

The animals of Manor Farm lived badly because of their master Mr.Jones, a mean and a drunkard, mistreats them. The animals rebel, getting motivation and encouragement from Old Major and it succeeds.Napoleon and Snowball fight for leadership when the rebellion is carried out.Napoleon emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. Based on Joseph Stalin, Napoleon uses military force (his nine loyal attack dogs) to intimidate the other animals and strengthen his power. In his supreme…

Power in the world today is most commonly used in one of two different fashions, it is either embraced or abused. In George Orwell’s, Animal Farm, the many farm animals are successful in liberating themselves from their horrid owner, Mr.Jones, only to find themselves led by one of their counterparts named Napoleon. Napoleon is an intelligent pig who abuses his given power in many instances such as his hatred shown towards his comrade Snowball, changing the commandments in order to benefit…

“Animal Farm Connection With the Mr. Yancey Protest” People all across the world have always came together as groups to find a solution to a problem that inflicts in their beliefs. People come together in many ways such as facebook, important meetings, protest and going as far as riots like the riot the broke out near Chicago for police brutality. In the book Animal Farm it showed animals from all over the farm, big and tall, coming together to overtake their owners. The animals wanted change…

Equality is an argument that is fought throughout the entire world. In Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the animals decide to fight the humans for their equality. Feeling unappreciated, the pigs lead a rebellion against Mr. Jones. It is not long before problems arise and their equality seems even further out of reach. Equality is a subject that today’s society has ignored greatly, due to heated debates and long arguments. Everyone is equal; although, some are more equal than others. The animals on…

In history books the act if war is always alluded to as an act constructed by humans. Humanity is the only known species to have ever invented such a mechanism for control. But what is often missed is the fact that humans are a part of the animal kingdom and that us as biological creatures, along with the rest of the animals on the planet, have an innate biological wiring that triggers actions of war and violence. In pieces such as Margaret Mead’s “Warfare: An Invention – Not a Biological…

I sighed. School can be so frustrating—after all, everywhere you look there’s pressure. Peers, teachers, parents; you name it. I can’t stand it normally, so imagine today. My friend—no sorry, “friend”—Leslie, was acting weird. Since the beginning of the year, she’s suddenly interested in other people. This isn’t an issue, except for the fact that she wasn’t herself with those people. Not to mention, she tries to tell me how much she enjoys my company as soon as she’s away from these other people…

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Mother Cabrini, was an Italian saint who was sent to America to help the immigrants. She took a stand for all the immigrants by helping and taking care of them when others didn’t, and because of that, she became the first American saint. Frances, or Francesca, was born on July 15, 1850 in S’ant Angelo Lodigiano. Her parents were Agostino Cabrini and Stella Oldini. (Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus). Her family was a very nice, but poor family.…