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used nappies which has huge health implications. Presently, the community of Mariannridge is despoiled by chronic litter bugs. We all know the reasons why littering is harmful for the environment as well as our own health and wellbeing so I won’t harp on those aspects but I would like to touch on the fact that the biggest litter problem in the community is chip packets and sweet wrappings. There is an abundance of sugar-loaded, highly processed food made available cheaply by vendors to the…

“My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.” Quoted from former President of the United States Ronald Reagan talking about hard work. In modern day America, there are so many ideologies thrown around, one that is very important to this country is “Bootstrap” Americanism. The core concept of “Bootstrap” Americanism, well noted by Reagan, is how strong values and hard work can…

Haile Selassie, a Solomonic and African ruler, reined as emperor of the Ethiopian Empire from 1930-1974. Haile Selassie’s role as the only African king and his claim to be a descendant of king David through King David’s Son Solomon and the African Queen Sheba (1 Kings 10) made him the perfect candidate for idolization in a post- Marcus Garvey Jamaica. Garvey’s ideas on Back to Africa and Black Pride influenced Jamaica as a whole, but especially the Rastafarian movement (Manuel 2006: 194). Bob…

She is self-centered, lies to her grandchildren, manipulates her son, and harps constantly about the inadequacy of the present and the superiority of the past. Also, when the grandmother encountered The Misfit, she says “I know you’re a good man. You don’t look a bit like you are common blood. I know you must come from nice…

The culture of Ireland is an amazing country that is located in the northwestern part of Europe. The country is also identified as an island and is the 20th largest island in the whole world and covers 84, 421 kilometers of land. The population of Ireland is vast, as it consists of 6.4 million people and its capital of Dublin alone has 1.237 million people. The geography of the country consists of many vast plains, rivers and hills. The current currency of the country is the Euro and the…

In Homer’s The Odyssey, the ability of Odysseus to improvise and mix truth and lies to deliver some of the most believable stories is what trademarks our hero in this epic. With the use of his quick wit, Odysseus controls first impressions and is able to craft a favorable image with each new encounter. In particular, when Odysseus is disguised as an old beggar he crafts a story for his wife that is part truth and part lie. By telling the story, Odysseus hopes to gauge his wife’s remaining…

tv shows, songs, and society in general promote the ideal that heaven is boring and unexciting. In the article “Hollywood’s Heaven and Hell” Todd Hertz states, “Heaven is pretty boring in most shows--angels just sit around on clouds, playing their harps and gabbing. In Little Nicky the biggest excitement for those in heaven is to watch everything going on down on Earth...Heaven’s apparently so boring in the movie Dogma that even God leaves once in awhile just to play skee-ball on Earth.”(Hertz)…

The griot is a traditional storyteller and musician in African societies who recounts genealogy at ceremonies such as marriages, circumcisions and funerals, through the use of a Kora. A Kora is a twenty-one stringed West African harp which requires great skill to master, and is used by the griots of West Africa to accompany their…

In the story of Araby, a boy was infatuated with an older woman and he wants to make a good first impression. He asked her if she would go to the fair with him, but she can’t because she’ll be out of town. Then he told her he will go to the fair and buy her a gift. At home, he asked his uncle about the fair; therefore, he could buy something for his admirer. Although the uncle came home late, and he has forgotten about that. At that moment, the boy realized everything is ruined. He had planned…

“The American Scholar” which was originally named “An oration delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa society, at Cambridge, August 31, 1837” was delivered by Ralph Waldo Emerson as a speech to Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa society. Later that year, the speech was published under it’s primary title and then republished in 1838. After a couple of years, in 1841, he embodies this essay in his book of essays under it’s new title “The American Scholar”, aiming to extend his audience. Emerson Introduces…