Gladiators 2000

Ruby Mendoza 02-21-17 “No, I’m not.I just think you’ll get back all right.” When Ralph realizes the harsh reality of rescue, Simon says this to Ralph to reassure him that everything will be alright. He could have said that they are dead, that no one will rescue them ,but instead, he lets Ralph know he’ll survive because of his kind nature. The same innate goodness is shown in Golding’s novel, the…

In chapter 7 of Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys and Ralph embark on another hunt for a boar. They view a sizable boar and Ralph aims his spear into the snout. Ralph was tremendously excited and felt steadfast that he hit the boar (even though he didn’t kill it). After this event, the boys decided to reenact it because they found it humorous and entertaining, and Robert acted as the boar. All of the boys decided to participate in this reenactment, including Ralph, and they were not…

George is a good friend to Lennie, but he can also be a bad friend. A reason of how George is not a good friend to Lennie is that he verbally abuses Lennie. Throughout the novel, George talks to Lennie with harsh words that would be considered bullying. A way that this was shown is when George was talking to Lennie. Lennie says to George, “You said I was your cousin, George.” George responds by saying, “Well, that was a lie. An’ I’m damn glad it was. If I was a relative of yours I’d shoot…

The downturn of the economy causes consumers to spend less and seek better bargains for the money they spend. This causes companies to be in a unique situation. Companies have to make the decision to increase prices or to let employees go to keep their businesses alive. The United States recession of 2008 saw a decrease in employment of over 6% double that of all previous postwar recessions (Auguste, Lund, & Manyika, 2011). During the most recent economic recession one million jobs were…

In 2005 over 1,283,000 family homes were sold throughout the U.S. housing market according to U.S. Statistics. This was a larger number of houses sold compared to previous years with a range of 609,000 houses being sold per year. This was expansion, with lower interest rates, economic booms, and most people living in houses they couldn’t really afford if you looked into their finances. This is what later created negative home equity balances, and forecloses along with many evictions. Before the…

Have you ever had a recurring nightmare? Chances are you have, they are very common. And believe it or not America has had one too. During the the early 1900’s America was involved in an extreme depression, caused by the crash of the Stock Market. nearly 50 years later, America is yet again at bay with another economic struggle. Both recessions that occurred left America vulnerable yet again. The Roaring Twenties was an iconic time in the early 1900’s. The prohibition on alcohol was ratified,…

Italy’s economic system. One of the largest issues is the country is excessive government spending. In the early 2000s, the country’s debt, spending and the division between the north and the south was affecting the country. Since the south is metaphorically cut off from the north they suffer corrupt government spending and are widely and actively controlled by the mafia. Towards the late 2000s, the Parliament and the prime minister were working to regulate all the troublesome areas. In 2007,…

The United States government needed to do something to help save its economy and help pull its country back out of recession since the consequences that this recession had on the United States were devastating and affected a countless amount of people. That is the reason why the 111th United States Congress in the month of February in the year 2009 passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on the date of February 17, 2009.…

Starting at a young age, kids are swarmed with societies ideal image of what each gender of children should look like and play with. Children are not born with this distinction that dolls are for girls, and that trucks or guns are meant to be for boys. No, these ideals are established in their heads from what toys they interact with as a child, and the clothes that they wore. When walking into the toy section of a store, you are either overwhelmed by the amount of pink and other bright colors…

Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” is a poem that contradicts itself as a whole many times. When reading it, there are two contrasting ideas that can be visualized. He uses certain words that are playful while also using words that have a clearly negative connotation to tell this story between a father and son. Other times, there is ambiguity in the phrases he chooses. Even the rhythm of the poem can have different meanings to different people. It all depends on which words stand out to the reader.…