Fearless Tour

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green. This book is the story of a teenager named Aza Holmes. It focuses on her day to day life and her continuing struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and anxiety. Whilst portraying modern-day teenage tribulations, this fictional novel tells a story of love and mystery. The main character in this story is Aza, a teenage girl who is very much an introvert and portrays her story as though she has no control over what happens and how, in the same manner…

“The Ireland which we have dreamed of would be the home of a people who valued material wealth only as the basis of a right living, of a people who were satisfied with frugal comfort and devoted their leisure to the things of the spirit” one author said (Hennessy). This couldn’t be more evident than through the life of Eamon de Valera, the most important person in Ireland history. Ironically, Ireland wasn’t his birthplace, as you would assume; instead, de Valera was born and raised in The…

the ability to draw one’s own conclusions and to be independent. With the sense of hearing comes the ability to trust and to have faith in another’s words. The legend of the sea of flames was real enough for Marie-Laure when she was told it by the tour guide in the museum. Her belief in its curse and power grew even more when she actually felt the stone in all of its perfection in the palm of her hand. Not only did Marie-Laure have faith in the story of the stone but she also had faith in…

Women of the Southern States” was enthusiastically received throughout the North, and rapidly published in numerous antislavery papers and reform journals. Furthermore, numerous, radical abolition groups vigorously praised Angelina Grimké for her fearless courage, and zealously labeled her as a crusader for African Americans and…

Zaman gives Farid and Amir a tour around the orphanage. Zaman states that the orphanage is running out of supplies such as food, beds and blankets. He is then attacked by Farid after Farid finds out that he gives away one child to a Talib official every month. Amir stops Farid from…

Born in Compton, California, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is easily recognized as one of the greatest rappers today. From releasing his first mixtape in ‘03 under the name K. Dot to winning a Pulitzer Prize, Kendrick has moved from underground rapper to global star. It started in middle school when his English teacher, Regis Ingis, decided the kids needed an outlet for their aggression and suggested poetry (Moore, 63). Due to the prominent gang violence in Compton between the Crips and the Bloods,…

Born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum to a Jewish family in Tsarist Russia, Ayn Rand was surrounded by pogroms aimed at the Jewish and anti- semitism increased after the assassination of Tzar Alexander II in 1881. There were two younger sisters in her family: Natalia, known as Natasha, and Elanora, known as Nora. Her mother was Anna Borisovna née Kaplan and they had a mutual dislike of each other as Rand thought she was a social climbing, unprincipled conformist and Borisovna thought her daughter did…

Si eres pobre te humilla la gente/si eres rico te tratan muy bien/un amigo se metió a la mafia/porque pobre ya no quiso ser/ahora tiene dinero de sobra/por costales le pagan al mes (Los Tucanes de Tijuana, 2002). “El Centenario” performed by the famous Mexican regional band, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, narrates the story of a humble worker whose social position produced multiple encounters of humiliation (2002). Nevertheless, his faith changed when he joined the mafia, as he acquired fortune,…

Many fearless leaders, a few being King Solomon and Alexander the Great have been known to own an assortment of exotic animals (Kisling 14). It has been said that by 4th century BCE, most of the Greek states had zoos some of which Alexander the Great was known…

Introduction: Which film? When asked to “name the film” based off of the following description: a commercially successful American production about the Vietnam War; based (loosely) on a book; prominently featuring a popular song, and directed by an Academy Award winner, the average moviegoer may be surprised to learn that two films would actually fit the bill. The first is the extremely well-known Apocalypse Now , which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola (then credited as Francis Coppola) and…