Flags of Our Fathers

For almost as long as I can remember, I’ve been playing piano. It has been the most consistent thing in my life and has grounded me during the ups-and-downs of my adolescence. My journey with the piano began as a seven year old at the end of my short affair with the violin. On a trip to my grandparent’s home in Jamaica, I sat at an electric piano with my grandfather and he taught me Hot Crossed Buns. When I returned home, I begged and pleaded with my parents to sign me up for piano lessons, and…

There are many freedoms And rights granted to us,some of which were fought for such as the first few amendments after we,The US beat the British or when women finally were allowed to vote.Even fighting against discriminatory laws put in place by racist people like blacks being told to celebrate the emancipation of the US from the British when the blacks were still slaves to the whites.But during the 1800’s some of these rights and amendments were kept from immigrants and slaves,even basic human…

It is at this point in the essay where examining the specific journal entries of Lewis, Clark and the known associates of the expedition help prove the question of whether or not the expedition was truly well prepared for their journey westward. Upon beginning their journey, Lewis was attentive as ever, “staying up till midnight, making observations every five minutes or so for an hour or more.” This was only practice, as the group was still making its way down the Ohio, and was often…

The group consisted of her father who was the patriarch of the family, mother, four older brothers, and five older sisters in addition to the wives of her two older brothers. Great efforts were made when it was concluded that those of Japanese descent would be relocated to various…

Ernesto Che Guevara normally identified as el Che or Che was born on June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina. The oldest of five children, Che Guevara was born in an Argentine household of Basque and Irish background. Guevara was an Argentine groundbreaking socialist, physician, writer, revolutionary leader, diplomat and lastly, a martial philosopher. Despite everything, he was a major symbol of the Cuban Revolution, whose conventional appearance has made him into a universal countercultural icon of…

Science Foundation, 61 percent of all the Puerto Ricans tested have Amerindian mitochondrial DNA, 27 percent have African and 12 percent Caucasian. (Nuclear DNA, or the genetic material present in a gene's nucleus, is inherited in equal parts from one's father and mother. Mitochondrial DNA is inherited only from one's mother and does not change or blend with other materials over time.) Another test conducted revealed the sample set collected from people who claimed to have a maternal ancestor…

everything any women would have dreamed of – he showered her in gifts, love, and laughter. Their relationship quickly developed as they got engaged, married, and pregnant within a very short period of time. Soon after, Kate began to notice small red flags in their relationship that she immediately brushed off. He started with small lies, jealousy, talking of abuse and hatred in his previous relationship, and controlling her actions (e.g. not allowing her to join Facebook for fear of cheating on…

Caesar says to Brutus, “Men at sometime were masters of their fates. / The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings” (I.ii.140–142) In Plutarch’s version we are constantly reminded that Caesar has no real power or control over his inevitable fate. This makes the argument that Caesar didn’t deserve to die, but it was…

version of communism. Stalin wanted everyone to unify under communism and create only one type of communism and he wanted to be the “grandpa” to all these communist countries. He wanted them to depend on Stalin. In some sense, Stalin wanted to be the father of…

African Americans and women to follow the Constitution and fulfill the duties that are vital to their lives. Now that they are citizens they should obey the law of the land. Now that they are citizens they are expected to show respect to the American flag, as the symbol that represents them. The author writes, “Finally, we reach the ultimate demand of citizenship to defend this country against all enemies” (John E. 240). This statement explains that being a citizen isn’t simply a name or a title…