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Mark Twain defined American literature and changed it forever. Mark Twain’s real name was Samuel Clemens. He was a very powerful American author. Some of his most famous works are The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, his most famous being Huckleberry Finn. He wrote during the realism movement, right after the Civil War. Some literary techniques he used were symbolism, imagery, and allegory. “Mark Twain’s writing applied to all people because he wrote with normal…

American Sign Language (ASL) is made up of complex hand signals most commonly used to communicate with the deaf or hard of hearing. Unlike all other languages, ASL does not use or need neither speech nor hearing. Therefor, it is the most effective way to communicate with the deaf. Everything is made up of elements. Even the smallest bones in the human body, which are located in the ear and are vital for your ability to hear. People have been evolving form the beginning of time. Humans were…

Cultural appropriation can best be defined as the use or adoption of elements of one specific culture by members of a different culture. One of the primary ways to make best use of one’s travels is through immersion of oneself into the culture of the geographic location visited. In a land where all is green and unfamiliar, approaching such experience with an open mind allows for the experience to mold your identity. Alfred, Lord Tennyson in “Ulysses” states, “I am a part of all that I have met.”…

Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare is a not-for-profit health service company that strives to improve the quality of health and care for its members in states like Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maine. Harvard Pilgrims main goal is to make a difference and create value through those differences in the community, in their company, in the marketplace and with their business partners, suppliers and vendors. In recent years, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare has made continual effort in overall…

With a continuous increase of practicing Muslims in the United States than there are American Episcopalians, Jews, or Presbyterians (Yahya, Harun). It certainly does seem inevitable for a religion like Islam not to have an impact on American main stream media, politics, or pop culture. Even though, they represent a smaller portion of the total population in the United States, Muslims over the years have been greatly influential in shaping certain aspects like the sciences, art, and humanities of…

In the 1890’s to the 1920’s America had many large businesses and companies starting up. Many of these Businesses and companies were owned by large tycoons like John D. Rockefeller. A tycoon is, as described by dictionary.com, “a person of great wealth, influence, or power.”One of these large business tycoons was John Pierrepont Morgan, he is better known as J.P. Morgan. He was a financial, railroad, and a banking tycoon who sometimes merged with other companies. Such as the time that he merged…

The entrepreneur I interviewed was Jessica Gonzalez, the owner and founder of Lash Esthetica. Lash Esthetica is a salon located in West Hartford, Connecticut that specializes in eyelash extensions, facial treatments and medicinal aromatherapy. Lash Esthetica was the first eyelash extension shop to be opened in Connecticut. The salon opened in 2006 and is still in business today. I found Jessica because I had been in the salon before when I was back home from school and knew she had opened and…

On March 27, 2015, Facebook and Twitter were filled with the message “Daundre Barnaby, An Olympic Sprinter from Weaver, Drowns.” When I first read this message, my heart was crushed. I was hoping it was a mistake. Daundre, my dear friend, was swimming in the Atlantic Ocean and was swept out to sea by a strong current. It was hard to control my emotions and tears. I was consumed with anger, frustration, and remorse, and at that moment I knew my life would never be the same. Daundre was a local…

I. Career-Leadership Aspiration I aspire to become a Marketing Analyst immediately after my graduation. I will utilize my initial 2 years to: 1) Get hands on experience on the rapidly growing Analytical tools in the market which will help me take educated decisions once I move into senior role. 2) Get a hang of the cultural differences, understand the work culture and collegial dynamics in the United states, learn to do healthy networking and refine my decision making and people skills. I…

More than 30% of Americans still believe that women should stay home full time to care for children; this affects how much choice women feel that they actually have (Pearson). An insurance firm, Hartford Inc. Connecticut, was sued for saying that women with children are not good planners and cannot do either job well (Murphy). Unlike a father, who is seen as serious, hardworking, and reliable, these qualities make it so they can provide for their…