Grappling

We first meet on a Saturday morning in April when our paths cross as we walk into The History Center. Ithaca is experiencing a streak of delightful weather, and as my body warms to the sunlight, my soul jumps with the excitement of the day’s prospects; I am participating in an intergenerational oral history project piloted by Ithaca’s local history organization, and today is the day I’ll meet my senior. Together, we walk to the elevator, and I strike up a conversation. Katie is equally excited…

Student debt is an epidemic that has taken over the nation, and students are unaware of its ramifications. Schools know that students are willing to pay the high costs for a quality education, however, students do not always know how to pay for their schools. A part of this problem is that students are unaware that there are options other than student loans, there is a way to minimize their impact, and students believe many myths about scholarships that discourage them from seeking them out.…

What characteristics must one possess in order to be regarded as a tragic hero? Arthur Miller describes what he considers to be a tragic hero in his essay “Tragedy and the Common Man.” In this essay, he identifies the criteria and attributes that are suitable for a modern day tragic hero. Moreover, many can agree that John Proctor, the main protagonist of The Crucible, exemplifies Miller’s theory of a modern day tragic hero in numerous ways. By Arthur Miller’s definition, John Proctor is a…

David Beriss's Black Skins, French Voices is a brief but affluent book. It offers a freeze frame, or case study, of activist and culturally active Antilleans in Paris, as gleaned from interviews, verbalizations, and observation. Beriss fixates on Antillean migrants from Martinique and Guadeloupe who are caught in a tight web of cognations, including French convivial-class policy, universalist notions of citizenship, Euro-racism, diasporic nostalgia and diverse cultural energy. Beriss notes that…

Composing song or poetry is a simple form of artistic expression. Through song and poem words are converted to form an image that expresses feelings and emotions only by a very small amount of words. These artists have done this because putting down words on paper generated by emotions going through one’s head is a way of re-living the past and remembering the overwhelming emotions they grapple with throughout their lives. Poet Michelle Williams states that “…. humans have always grappled with…

Throughout the play Shakespeare portrays a man that does all the wrong things for the wrong reasons and causes strife and even war to engulf Scotland. Macbeth is driven by a dark power that has been put upon him by the witches and now he is constantly grappling for more. At the beginning of the play the reader is met with a ghastly introduction of thunder and lightning where three dames of darkness riddle and rhyme about who their next victim will be. Macbeth is their prey. The witches meet…

For example, I discovered that by shooting the fire elemental in it’s white, hot core you could immobilize it for a few moments. In addition, I created a makeshift grappling hook using fifty feet of rope and a bow and arrow. Many people today live with very one-track minds, but I’d like to believe this game has changed how I think and view situations. I don’t see only one way to solve a problem and know that I have many…

Mann all agreed that it promoted liberty and brought forth a level of unification. Many credit the United States for being exceptionally diverse and flexible when it comes to education, however, compared to international countries, our country is grappling. Studies have proven that the U.S.’ student academic achievement trails in comparison to international peers. The problem, in my opinion, is that the system is failing and it’s due to the fact that there…

Some of these covers with exceptional quality and value are listed below. Handsome covers for pocket Bible: for people who like to carry Bible with them everywhere they go. This book cover will help them to protect the pages of Bible incessantly grappling with the briefcase or the pocket. This cover is available in different colors. My spiritual notes notebook: This notebook is available in embedded leather on MJC products. It includes 320 pages and an attached ribbon page marker. It also…

children struggle. Such as being bi-culture/cultural translation dilemma of identity and other obstacles they faced. The second generation of American immigrant children tends to strife with identity. In the story the Pair of Tickets, Jing-Mei was grappling with the dilemma that all immigrant children tussle with the identity calamities. In the story, Jing-Mei persists that although, her…