Gerry

From the bloodline of Joseph Adams and Susanna Boylston, John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in an area just outside Boston known as Mount Wollaston in Braintree. Prior to his birth, there had been a wave of emigration in Massachusetts better referenced by the Bay Colony. In 1630, a large number of Puritans, roughly 1,000 of whom were refugees, fled England in hopes of seeking religious freedom. John Winthrop, a Puritan lawyer and instrumental figure in the establishment of the Massachusetts…

Science Fiction is an extremely popular TV genre, with its proof being its long-running longevity through the history of television. There can also noticeably be three forms of science fiction; ‘stories of travel through space (to other worlds, planets, stars), stories of travel through time (into the past or into the future) and stories of imaginary technologies (machinery, robots, computers, cyborgs and cyber culture)’ (VIII, Roberts, Adam. 2006) it is through these three categories that…

This essay will analyze the role that Latin American women play in the intersection of class, race and gender particularly focusing on two short stories from Panama and Puerto Rico. The former, Rosa María Britton’s “Love is Spelled with a G” tells the story of a young Panamanian Mulatto city girl who aspires to escape her near-hopelessness of her racial and social situation by marrying a white US soldier. Britton is one of the most read Panamanian writers and one of the reasons for her success…

EITHER women OR men. One of the most interesting aspects of renaissance literature is the way in which many texts from this period tackle the issue of masculinity. Many writers explore the themes of male gender roles through their characters and Gerry Milligan states that this is intrinsic to Renaissance work as ‘the question of masculinity lies at the heart of masterpieces of Renaissance art, philosophy, and literature.’ This is certainly true for both Thomas Middleton’s ‘A Chaste Maid in…

Anthony Piela, after his father. Helen’s first child, she was both excited and scared. John grew up as a happy child in a big house filled with loving parents. When John was four Helen had her second baby, a little baby boy John and Helen named him Gerry. John was excited to have a little brother to play with. John started preschool at age ?5? at Saint John David Anthony Piela Isidore's Elementary. Second grade was John’s favorite grade because of the wonderful teacher he had.…

The Audacity of Sincerity I 'm being sincere here, I promise; but the thought of blazing a trail of sincerity in a world that is accustomed to lies is an audacious move that requires stern commitment. I have wondered time and time again that how did we get to the point where manipulation has become the norm; sincerity and irony have almost become synonymous. On the part of the pop artistes, I see a conundrum of insincerity that is necessitated by an audience that has developed “itchy ears” for…

Human life is set and determined by many factors which contribute to how we behave. Every person has a personality. The ideas of our own unique personalities is demonstrated by Erik Erikson’s Stages of development. These eight stages run from childhood to adult hood. In each of these stages there are positive and negative aspects that can contribute to our physical, emotional, intelligence, and social morals that make us who we are (Wade, Tarvis, Garry, 2014, p.489). Each of these stages…

At the turn of the 19th century, life for the women in Great Britain was less than pleasant. Drowned in poverty, chores, demands from husbands, duties to the children, and without money or freedom, life as a British wife or mother was an absolute nightmare. In believing that women as a whole deserved more than just being servants and bystanders to corruption and oppression, they began to take a stand. The Women’s suffrage movements of the 19th and early 20th century had three primary goals: the…

Case Summary: Robert Dziekanski, YVR Taser Incident Conducted energy weapons also known as tasers have come out in the last decade in policing. The conducted energy weapon under the criminal code of Canada is “classified as a prohibited weapon”: meaning only police officers may use this weapon (Brainwood ,pg7) .The purpose of the energy weapon is to gain control of an individual using an electrical current. Although there have been some cases where the use of the taser has ended in death or…

Confederation and Constitution After fighting the British in the Revolutionary War, our new independent nation faced some difficult and challenging times economically. This critical time was a danger to colonists and the new future of the delicate republic. Independence had been declared and the recent state and national governments needed to make some very difficult decisions about how to stabilize the suffering economy (Ushistory.org, 2016). Articles of Confederation vs Constitution on…