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The National Park Service Organic Act The National Park Service Organic Act was passed by Congress and Signed by President Woodrow Wilson on August 25th, 1916. This act created the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the Department of the Interior, and put it in charge of the management of national parks, national monuments, and reservations in order to “conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in…

In Zora Neale Hurston's book Their Eyes were Watching God, the inner voices inside Janie changes her throughout her life to finally break free when she knows what she wants. This story that Janie tells her good friend Pheoby is her life story of how she transformed over her life from a woman that is silent to someone that speaks her mind as an equal. Beginning with her childhood where she was forced into a marriage being threatened and disrespected, to being silenced and put to work, and…

Joe Starks provides Janie with an escape from the protective and unsatisfying love of Logan. Janie feels for the first time in her life that she may be able to find true love with Joe, who wants her to be treated like a lady, rather than being a farmer’s wife. Her first instincts tell her he is not her bee, “he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees” (29). Although, this chance at change, changes as she yet again hopes to find “a bee for her bloom” and she vowed that “From now on…

“Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston is a novel about Janie Crawford, an light skinned, attractive, middle-aged African American woman who exudes confidence, but is constant search for love. The novel opens up with her returning to Eatonville, Florida, after being absent for a long period of time. As she walks into the town in dirty overalls with no eye contact, the black townspeople speculate about her absence and how she appears. The gossip about what could have happened to…

Tue Nguyen American Literature (6) Ms. Glas 12 February 2016 The Prize of Eternal Love Famous English author William Shakespeare once stated that “the course of true love never did run smooth”. This quote implies that in every relationship, there are obstacles that need to be overcome. Many couples fail to cross these hurdles, but those that do take pride in the fact that they have found true love. Everyone in his or her journey of life is in constant pursuit of finding eternal love, including…

Janie's first kiss marked the beginning of her love story. Johnny, Janie's neighbor, gave her a kiss one day while she was relaxing beneath her beloved pear tree. This was something Nanny saw early on, and she decided it was time to find Janie a stable, decent husband. She wed three men in her lifetime: Joe Starks, Logan Killicks, and Tea Cake. The way these men treated Janie and showed her affection was entirely different. When you read and learn about them, it becomes apparent that one stands…

Have you ever heard the name Pablo Escobar, and wondered who he was? Pablo Escobar was a drug trafficker that was the main leader of the Medellín cartel. The Medellín cartel when at the height of its power was smuggling fifteen tons of cocaine a day, which was worth more than half a billion dollars. Pablo Escobar is responsible for making cocaine the global drug of choice. He did this by transporting cocaine by the ton from Colombia to larger markets in both America and Europe. (Watson and…

It is 2016; many view this as a time nearly free of discrimination. Sure, we have come a long way, but not far enough. Americans love to go home and watch the big game and cheer on their favorite team. Fans go all out to show their support for their favorite players: Team logos are plastered nearly everywhere. It is time to step back and think about what the name of the team, which fans have been shouting at the top of their lungs, really means. Many names are insensitive to the group they are…

Love and marriage are both two very common occurrences. When two people meet and fall in love, the next natural step is to get married and work as a team to raise a family, and build a life together; they hope to stay married forever. Statistics show that 41% of marriages end in divorce, meaning that the outcome of Janie’s marriages lasting was narrow, especially since her first two relationships were only one-sided. For example, when Janie Crawford married Logan Killicks, she felt an absence…

Hello, I have neither name nor life yet, but what I do have is a beating heart, I’m about five weeks old and my mother is about to make the biggest mistake of her life and abort me. Mothers in the United States make these same decisions every day and I don’t want my own mother, sisters, or unborn daughter to make a decision like that. Abortion is the killing of a fetus before his or her birth. Everyday men and women go to prison for killing one another, which is illegal, then why is it that…