Flags of Our Fathers

which is what an expository essay is suppose to be. | Does the introduction grab your interest and make you want to read on? Explain your answer. | The introduction does grab your attention, but is too short and not enough information. According to our week 7 reading, I do can not easily tell what type of introduction it is. Also the thesis statement has several errors in it (wrong contraction and last half needs to be reworded. | What material does not seem to fit the main point of the…

still an unshakable cloud of racism that remains a blight on our society. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, Black Americans make up 40% of incarcerated people compared to whites at 39% despite whites making up 64% of the population compared to blacks at 16%! Not only did white America enslave blacks for years, we as a society are continuing to do so. I don’t think emigration was or is the answer. The multicultural aspect of our country is what makes it a desirable country to be a…

Sherlock Holmes has become known as a tremendously intelligent and unique individual who has a strong passion for solving mysteries. In fact, his name has almost come to stand for, someone who almost seems to have telepathy. Sherlock in the new adaptations, Elementary, House M.D. and Sherlock Holmes, has the ability to look at any given character he can distinguish their life story without even speaking a single word to them, just using his observations. Within the BBC vision of Sherlock, he…

For medicare Trump wants to “repeal Obamacare and place a new medicare and make it the best he can with spending as little money on it as he can.” That right there should be a red flag. He also wants to dwindle our economic freedom. Trump said in a MSNBC town hall that he would cut the Department of Health and Human Resources to help with the national debt. He added later in the town hall that as a result of his “amazing” funding plan Americans…

build schools, hospitals, roads, and bridges for the people of Louisiana. Elected to the US Senate in the depths of the depression, he was a critic of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ineffectual approach to the economic crisis and instead promoted his “Share Our Wealth” program. This program would have severely taxed the…

him. The next year was good news. England repealed the Stamp Act. “The news was brought to Boston in John Hancock’s brig the Harrison,” and John announced it to the public. So after the news, John threw a grand party. “He festooned his house with flags, piled his table high with food, and lighted up all of his windows. When the house was full, he rolled out a 126 gallons cask of Madeira wine.” Everybody was cheering at him as the fireworks were set off. On May 1768, John Hancock was elected to…

The book, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd opens with a fourteen year old white girl, Lily Owens. She lives in Sylvan, South Carolina with her abusive father T. Ray and her housemaid, Rosaleen. Lily was only four years old when her mother died. She heard that it was because of her as well, and this is the only memory she has of her. The only physical items from her mother she had were a pair of gloves and a picture of a black Mary. Rosaleen decides to register to vote once the Civil…

We went to the lotion shop, the jewelry cart, and the makeup store before finding our stomachs growling. We decided to go down to the 1st floor of the mall for fried chicken. I was about to bite down on a crispy wing when it all started. First, there were gunshots that sounded like they were coming from somewhere near the fountain just…

by blacks. There are indeed pockets of racial haters among all nationalities, but history indicates that the vast majority of humanity wants to live in peace and harmony and mutual assistance and cooperation with the rest of humanity. At any rate, our struggle must be to unite all of humanity against all exploitation and oppression including exploitation and oppression of women. We must fight, as a class, to win over all who can be won, neutralize those on the fence and prepare to wage war…

It is quiet. My father and brother are out of the house. They are doing their “Father-son” bonding time. I sit on the couch, watching a show. It is mindless a drama show where people fight for no reason. It is nice to let go every now and then, forgetting all the strife in life. “What is this?” my mother asks me. She is holding up my report card. I sigh, “My report card.” I know what is coming next. I pick up the remote and turn off the television. I prepare myself for her anger. “I meant…