Escape from Alcatraz

One of the most well known of all prisons in America is Alcatraz. Located 121 feet above sea level, in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, this prison sits on only 22 acres of land. Alcatraz was nicknamed “the rock.” The Rock held some of the most notorious criminals, murderers, and gangsters in the United States. Some of these people include Al Capone, Robert “the Bird man of Alcatraz” Stroud, and George “Machine Gun” Kelly. Alcatraz is such a famous prison in America’s history because of its…

The song, “Be My Escape”, by Relient K, uses one main poetic device to convey the story that the speaker is telling: metaphor. Throughout the poem, the speaker illustrates that they are locked inside a house. We are told that they know how to get out, because they know who has the key, however they are afraid of what lies beyond their safe walls out in the world. They initially think that they know what is best for themselves. Eventually they come to the conclusion that they must take the chance…

Shikitsune lay her gentle hands along the land to create mountains, for treks earning perseverance. She pressed in valley’s, to go through the troubles of what life may offer, but learning to find a way up. She raised large trees from the land to give the wind a place to rest, smaller plants as food for the creatures, and the four-legged beasts that would roam the land. She created the beasts that would rule the sea, and the plants of the sea to let the currents rest. At last, she…

No matter the status, an inmate was either labeled as “weak” or “strong.” Prisoners who succumbed to the exploitations of their peers were dubbed “punks” or “homosexuals”; those desired protection from the officials were “snitches”; others fought to prove themselves as “good people,” often earning a belligerent notoriety. If an individual capitulated to the injuries taken against him, he would be seen as “weak;” snitches, however, were considered…

Earth became habitable once more. Mankind had been sending extraterrestrial vegetation evaluators or EVE to Earth to know if mankind were to ever exist upon Earth once more. As it is, one EVE came back positive, but a programmed AI couldn’t wander from his coding, which consequently was never to return to Earth. Wall-e the robot goes back with EVE for he had…

collapse. So Misty and Toad helped pick him up with Alec and Mark. He later died and they didn't even know what happened. After that Alec and Mark were determined to figure out what killed him. Later on, Misty caught it and she died. Toad caught it from Misty and he died. So that’s when Mark, Alec, Lana, and Trina really started trying to figure out what was going…

While her right hand was engaged in writing a note on a piece of paper. "I am not removing you from the football team, but I feel I cannot let you play if you persist in neglecting your education." She paused as she read some of her notes in his file, "I have taken special consideration in your case, I have noted that your home life has taken a turn…

Being a dominate player in the auto business for over a century, Ford Motors have been reluctant to keep up with current trends and evolving competitors from growing economies. This has forced Ford to take dramatic measures by cutting jobs and closing a large numbers of its manufacturing facilities. Considering the company’s external and internal opportunities, and directing their resources towards a more skillfully R& D (research and development) department would be the first step to recovering…

many of the characters in the story and is drawn on with materials that these characters find lying around on the island. Through symbolism, Golding shows that the mask has its own identity, controls the actions of the boys, allows the boys to hide from what…

3) In the poem of If Thou Must Love Me by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, she states in the first two lines of the poem that she wants unconditional and pure love. Secondly, she desires a love that is not based on external qualities because those qualities will change over time with aging. Browning also believes that the love that exists between the souls of the two individuals is deeper and more profound than the love based off of appearance. Lastly, the poet also states that love for the sake of…