Farther Along

immigration has always been an essential part of America’s history. Many historical pieces of writing document the cause and effect of immigration on America. Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford describes his and the Pilgrims voyage to the New World along with their interactions with the Indians. The Generall Historie of Virginia by John Smith describes one of the first English towns in America and its struggle to survive. Finally, ‘Blaxicans’ and Other Reinvented Americans an essay by…

in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals’ song for it…”(Fitzgerald, 120). It is only then that Gatsby realises within him that his love for Daisy and his desire for wealth were one and the same. The reason why he chased the dream was to impress her all along. Over time, the innocent feelings he felt for her turned into the necessity of material gain. Eventually this lead to him entirely changing himself through money for another, whereas following the american dream is about becoming the best one…

his business. This encounter of a new animation corporation made a significant social change in the company because Walt couldn’t get anybody to work with him. Eventually though, Walt encountered his soon to be wife, Lillian, who worked for Walt, along with Walt’s brother, Roy, and Ub Iwerks, a very close animator friend of Walt’s. “The company thought about the assembly line as a way to get product out.”- Ed Catmull. As Ed stated, by working together as an assembly team, Walt and his co-workers…

On the surface the book may seem like any other YA book written by some adult who knows the exact formula in order to make their book popular. However, when one gets farther and farther into the story the resemblance of the question “to unwind or not to unwind” which plagues many of the adults in book is unquestionably the same as the question of wether or not to abort or if abortion should be legal. In a painfully realistic…

Own”Tom Shiftlet chooses to save himself and stop at nothing to achieve that. He doesn’t care who he has to deceive or trick to get, what he thinks is, farther in life. The life Tom Shiftlet saves is his own. He abandons Lucynell Carter, his deaf, mute wife, in a diner asleep telling the restaurant boy that she’s simply a hitchhiker trying to make it farther than he is willing to take her. The only word Lucynell Carter can even remotely say is “bird”, which Tom Shiftlet taught her say. Tom…

Changing for Good Reflective Essay Precontemplation I was unaware of the amount of physical activity I should have been getting when I started my journey as a sophomore in high school. I was a four sport athlete participating in volleyball, basketball, golf and softball throughout high school. Everyday, I would attend a one to two hour practice but I was not meeting the physical activity requirements because I was not continuously active throughout the practice. I was meeting my 150 minutes…

On the 17th of September, 1862 at approximately seven o’clock in the morning, Brigadier General Willis Gorman of the Union army began mobilizing his units as part of Major General Sedgwick’s division to assault the Confederate defenses in the West Wood. Gorman’s brigade was the first brigade of the second division under Major General John Sedgwick who was under the command of Major General Edwin V. Sumner, commander of the Second Army Corps. This narrative will discuss the events that took…

mirages. Mirages demonstrate the impact that the weather and thus the Trail had of the psychological health of the travellers. The alternatives routes, i.e. mountain route was a somewhat easier journey because of the availability of water but it was farther and was not quite as often used in the trade as the Cimarron…

the outside frame narrator reflects on Marlow's narration technique, it begins to narrate Africa’s darkness the way Marlow narrates it, implying that Marlow's narrating enlightened him. However, at the beginning of the book, the outside narrator, along with Marlow, had little awareness about the jungle’s darkness. As their awareness increased, the dual narrators conclude that the jungle’s darkness is a bigger concept than at first glance, they impose the idea to the audience with…

didn’t work for this study, and use that as a starting block to continue the research farther. Like the author, I also think the results from this study can be used to help create a better awareness of the personality traits and tactics used by child sexual offenders. This could be used to teach children how potential abusers may interact with them, helping to prevent more children from being victimized. Along with the author, I think this study could also be used to help shape rehabilitation…