George W. Jenkins

Based on What of This Goldfish Would You Wish?, Texas v. Johnson Majority Opinion, and my own experiences, our reactions to situations define our relationships with others. In the the short story What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish? by Etgar Keret, Yoni a young man with a thirst or making it big by creating a documentary knocking on doors, and asking people if they had three wishes from a magic goldfish what would they ask for. Along Yoni’s journey he comes across a man named Sergei in which…

Introduction In 1991, David W. Abbott and James P. Levine predicted that, “In the not very distant future the candidate who loses at the polls will become the president of the United States.” Abbott and Levine framed this possibility as the “coming constitutional crisis,” and made ominous predictions about the effect that such an outcome would have on the American public. Less than a decade later, George W. Bush became the 43rd president of the United States after losing the popular vote. This…

If it is true that tragedies come in threes, then the death of American democracy is surely inevitable. The trio is affecting this nation is evangelical, paternalistic and sentimental nihilism; a toxic combination of institutionalized practices and behaviors that perpetuate systemic racism and imperialism. The threads of nihilism were woven into the fabric of America since the values of the nation were conceived in the Constitution. The architects of this paramount document set a precedence for…

Half a millennium. 500 years. The span of time between the creation of the play The Taming of the Shrew written by William Shakespeare and the filming of the movie 10 Things I Hate About You. The former was wrote during the Renaissance era while the latter was wrote during the birth of what has become the modern age. It is easy to spot not only differences in the cultures but also the similarities in the character’s attitudes. Even though 4 centuries separate Katherine (Kate) and Katerina (Kat),…

Summary In the documentary Remembering the WSU Plane Crash, they documented the October 2, 1970 plane crash that killed 31 people on the way to a game in Logan, Utah. The documentary explains and gives information into how and why the event happened and also how it could have been prevented as well as giving an inside look with members of the team that survived the crash. From 1970 to present day the effects of this event are very much alive, whether it be the annual memorial or the statue that…

I still think back on the night that changed my life. The night started off so normal, but that changed fast. I can truly say that was the most traumatic night of my life. A memory that’ll never be lost. I was only four at the time yet I still can feel all the emotions from that night. I lived in the projects. Saying that I was still trapped with my parents. That night with them changed me for good, and it made me the person I am today. The tiny apartment always fueled altercations between…

the thoughts of other authors. George W. Bush was the president that was in office during the nine-eleven attacks, and he was needed to speak shortly after it happened. Obi Chidubem is a little known poet that has an idea about a world with no separation, no hate, and only love. They have different ideas of unity, but they both believe that the best thing that they can do is help bring separate groups and communities together. The speech “Address to Nation” by George W. Bush and the poem “We Are…

On january 21st President Barack Obama made a speech that would much relate to the speech Dr. Martin Luther King once made on August 28, 1963. They both believed that one day the country would come together and a great nation would be formed. That everyone would get the opportunity to be treated equally. They also believe that this country cannot function without everyone coming together as a nation. In Obama’s speech he will be talking a lot about bring the nation back together and that…

In the following, Barack Obama´s victory speech, which was held in November 2012 after being re-elected as President of the United States of America, will be analysed. Generally, one can say that Obama sends a message of shared values and hopes by using rhetorical devices and structuring his line of arguments in a way that establishes a connection and a feeling of togetherness and involvement in his actions in the audience, for example by the usage of pronouns like “we”. Now, a closer look will…

Yasser Arafat: Father of Modern Terrorism “I come bearing and olive branch in one hand, and a freedom fighters gun in the other. Don't let the olive branch fall from my hand.” This was Yasser Arafat’s most famous quote spoken when he addressed the United Nations. This was his life, a constant battle to try to gain that olive branch, freedom for Palestine, through way of the freedom fighter’s gun or war. He was fighting a losing battle, losing more men than Israel was. Yet through all this he…