Gladiators

Suzanne Collins provides students with a clash between morality and tradition. The story follows Katniss Everdeen, a girl who volunteers to compete in the yearly “Hunger Games” set up by the ruling Capitol. This annual tradition acts as a glorified gladiator battle and only serves the purpose of displaying the Capitol’s dominance. Throughout the text Katniss verbally displays her discontent for the Games, “‘I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable,…

The airplane was crowded and unbearable. As if being confined tightly with a bunch of strangers wasn’t enough, I’m extremely motion-sick. I had to keep reminding myself that the grueling plane ride will all be worth it just to see the big, beautiful ocean and to try new, exciting things. After many hours of travelling, my family and I finally arrived in the Dominican Republic; our luxurious home for the next seven days. It was much hotter than I expected. The sweltering heat caused many…

As many as one in five people were enslaved in Ancient Rome. Though these slaves were treated with little respect, they seemingly had bonds with the people who owned them. Individuals who were slaves could have been previously taken from the losers of any battle or were sold by their family. Slavery, in Ancient Rome, was different than many other forms of slavery that have taken place since that time. There was almost no requirement for someone to be enslaved by, anyone was at risk. Ancient…

The violence and cruelty in Sports One of my favorite memories from childhood is sneaking outside to play soccer with my friends instead of doing my homework. No matter how many times my mom caught me, and no matter the punishment, I still snuck out as often as I could to play soccer with my friends. For most of us, sport is a fun entertainment and a social activity with physical benefits. Professionals, who dedicate themselves to their sport of choice, consider it a passion to compete against…

The Roman Forum was a great center of commerce, an architectural wonder, and most importantly a governmental supercenter. The Roman Forum was an architectural wonder due to its massive size. The Forum was made up of many buildings, including; The Curia (a senate building), The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, The Temple of Saturn, and more. The Roman Forum was also very architecturally significant because it created the style that we use today for our state capitols. This proves that the…

“At the height of the Roman Empire a quarter of the world’s population lived under Roman law”(“Frontiers” 1). The Roman Empire was a powerful yet strong government. It grew to five million square kilometers under the rule of a great warrior and emperor named Trajan. “Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman History…”(“Trajan”1). Trajan lived to be sixty-three years old nineteen which he ruled as emperor. He was a great man,…

The Hippocratic Corpus is a school of thought created by Hippocrates that was taught to medical students (Week One Lecture). This way of thinking was so highly regarded that a temple was built to honor it and to teach future medical professionals. The Asklepieion was “built in 357 BC in Kos” and can be compared to a hospital (Week One Slides). Adherents to the Hippocratic Corpus approached the diagnosis and treatment of the ill with regards to the patient as an individual. Rather than lump the…

a way, had to defeat his own type of phantom. Both authors agree that inequality still happens today, however, Gates challenges it more when he states that until we do something “we will continue to perpetuate a system akin to that of the Roman gladiators, sacrificing a class of people for the entertainment of the mob.” Any type of segregation requires sacrifices for integration. Though a vast majority of the articles are the same, there are a select differences. “Delusions of Grandeur”…

Medicine in ancient Rome began as a very basic and unexplored field however by the end of the Roman empire, things had gotten drastically better. Romans had a large influence on medicine, mainly in public health, for example during that time there were an abundance books written about medicine and remedies, they began having established hospitals, and the medical profession was made separate from home. It was during Roman times that medical schools began being established and there were people…

The NFL—doubtfully the biggest sport in America, of which has millions of viewers—has had a big impact on the American culture. From taking the day of the super bowl off of work to the change in masculinity, football continues to change the culture. Granted many might know just about everything there is to know about the sport, many don’t the suffers of the players. The forceful impact on the body and the head can lead to brain degenerative diseases, to painful body aches, and change in…