Form 10-K

Have you ever wondered why Instagram is so popular among the current generation? Well, everyone wants to do what their friends and peers are doing, especially if they have good things to say about it. How many times have you eaten somewhere because you were advised to, or bought that item because everyone else bought one and seemed to enjoy it? Many young adults and teens also want to do whatever it is ”cool” to do at the time. Another fact is that humans, as social beings, enjoy connectivity.…

innocently declaring “I found a dimpled spider, fat and white." The speaker has happened to come across a spider. At this point in the story, we cannot look too deeply into it’s meaning though. Frost uses light and innocent words in the iambic pentameter form to piece together a beautiful picture. The heal-all is a white flower known for it 's healing capabilities, as the name suggests,…

Jack (as the group of boys head up the mountain to witness the Beast) contemptuously order Piggy to “go up and see [the Beast]” adding “good riddance” (214) to his command. Because Jack represents the dictating form of government, his attitude towards Piggy is biased and judgmental. Correspondingly, some governments will selectively pick who’s allowed into their society. Generally, the society will contain only the fittest and exclude the disabled. French philosopher…

Interviewer:I 'd like to thank our guests today for taking time out of their busy schedules to agree to this little interview, almost debate like conversation, today. Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to do so! I 'd like to welcome for Dakota Nakos, the Native American 's point of view, and Abraham Cyrus, the Puritans 's point of view, and Jacob Smith, the settler 's point of view. jacob smith:I 'm really excited to be here today to share my point of view.DAKOTA NAKOS:It 's a…

standing on a soap box. Another aspect that he integrates in his works is nature. In his poem “Sugar Bowl” Pacheco looks at the health of the Native Americans by describing interactions in his family. This poem is a free verse poem and is written in prose form. He uses roman numerals to separate the stanzas. Pacheco uses repetition to set some rhythm in the poem but he does it in such a way that does not create any fat in the language. Pacheco also creates a sense of humor and affection. In the…

The title of the isorhythmic motet is “Felix virgo/ Inviolata genitrix/ Ad te suspiramus” and is composed by Guillaume de Machaut. The structure of this motet is an isorhythmic motet in that it is made up of two poems where the motet gets its lyrics. The translation of the motet title is “Happy Virgin/ Inviolate mother/ To you” in reference to the Virgin Mother Mary. The last words of the title “...Ad te suspiramus” is a song that was made to the Virgin Mary to come and give support and to…

known for writing about his admiration of a woman. The sonnet quickly spread throughout Italy and was formally known as Petrarchan sonnet. The sonnet consisted of two stanzas, the octave (first eight lines) and the sestet (the final six lines), the form totaled 14 lines. The octave usually presented a problem or question which was later answered in the sestet. The rhyme scheme was abba, abba in the octave, and cdecde or cdcdcd in the sestet. This rhyme scheme perfectly suits the Italian language…

The Story of an Hour vs. The Interlopers “ ...For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” (James 4:14) Words of truth from the book of truth. We have no idea how long our lives will be on this earth. This concept is brought to light even more in the two short stories we will be discussing, “The Story of an Hour” and “The Interlopers”. These two stories share some similarities and some differences that we will be looking at. These two…

“The Unknown Citizen,” written by W. H. Auden, is a poem that describes the life of man lived a life that most people would see as ideal. The man illustrated by this poem did what society expected him to do which resulted in a model life. This poem, however, can be seen in more than one way. Some may see the story in the poem as a description of a man who had an unfulfilling life because he did only what was expected of him. Instead of trying something new, exploring the world, or making a…

depicts humankind as prisoners, bound so they can only see what is directly in front of them: shadows cast by various objects passing behind them. However, as they have only ever been exposed to the shadows, the prisoners believe they are the true forms of each object. When one breaks free and discovers the real world, he returns to the cave to enlighten the others, who refuse to stray from what they have known all their lives. This represents the idea that humans are innately inclined to accept…