Herod the Great

The Effects of Coal Loss In the documentary “Oxyana” by Sean Dunne the loss of the local coal industry has caused a spiral effect, with the coal miners not working there isn’t any currency flow, with no currency flow the local businesses have no other option but to shut their doors. With no businesses to drive the economy it is at an all-time low, with most of the state living below poverty level. So, the locals have lost everything they have, even their dignity which has resulted in…

of power, strength and superior morality. The invention of Thuggee can be seen here to be directly linked to providing justification for their extension of power and control. A credible argument it illustrates how the British controlled India to a great extent, illustrating the invention of Thugee as having multifaceted benefits. Not only did the invention of Thugee allow a greater hold on India as a sub-continent, it also provided colonial authorities with motives and prospects to intervene in…

Harlem in the twentieth century was associated with crime, violence, and poverty. With a child mortality rate of 5%, 1 in 20 children would not survive. With an unemployment rate twice as high as New York, people were poor and often turned to drugs and gangs. But next to all this tragedy, Harlem was a community of musicians and artists. Theater, novels, poetry and music arose from people’s suffering. Bands playing music was a common sight on the streets of Harlem. In Sonny’s Blues, James Baldwin…

promises to dub him a knight. He garners interest in Don Quixote among the towns-folk by informing them of his fantastic form of madness. As a result, many people come to watch Don Quixote standing on guard of the rusty armor that belonged to his great-grandfather which he has placed on a trough for safekeeping. A man of the inn enters the yard and moves Don Quixote’s armor so as to water his horses at the trough. Don Quixote reels at what he takes to be the man’s aggression and begins to attack…

Brooklynn Burchett Many characters in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men are alienated from the rest of the people on the ranch. Two of the most prominent, are Crooks and Curley's wife, who experience extreme loneliness throughout the novel due to their separation from the group. They are alienated from the rest because they are in drastically different situations from everyone else. Steinbeck uses them to comment on society. Society tends to shun individuals that are in different situations from…

BSIT – Writing and Information Literacy II Measuring the Achievement of Maguire in Analyzing the NEET and its Counteractions 909 words Leyla Jafarli  Measuring the Achievement of Maguire in Analyzing the NEET and its Counteractions In the article, “NEET, unemployed, inactive or unknown - why does it matter?” by Sue Maguire, the main idea is about reducing the unemployment of the youth between 16-24 by calling state and special organizations to action. Maguire states that the tremendous…

Buffalo Creek Disaster Rough Draft The buffalo creek disaster is one of the worst coal mining incidents in the history of the united states. The Book Buffalo Creek disaster written by Gerald Stern is an expose on the wrongdoings of the NewYork based Pittston company but also a summation of the events leading to the 13.5-million-dollar settlement awarded to the victims. The book also serves the purpose of a basic depiction of how the court systems in America work. Gerald Stern served as a…

In the novel Shade’s Children by Garth Nix, a strong representation of friendship is demonstrated. In the book, a small boy named Gold-Eye has run away from his base camp once he had turned fifteen, which was just around the time of the change. The reason he was nicknamed Gold-Eye was because the change has placed an effect on his eyes, making them into a gold color. While his eyes are gold, they also have a special power. What he refers to as the “soon to be now”, meaning he can see into the…

Simple Symbols with Deeper Meanings When people think of F. Scott Fitzgerald they think of the roaring 20’s and his famous novel the “Great Gatsby”, what many tend to not recognize or acknowledge is Fitzgerald’s skills of capturing the mood of the 1930’s as well. Written in 1930, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Babylon Revisited” is a perfect example of his writing about life after the 1929 stock market crash. The short story introduces readers to Charlie Wales, the main character who lost everything…

Hostess Baking Company: Never a Full Recovery Hostess Baking Company was founded in 1919 by selling their baked goods in the Continental Baking Co in New York City. Hostess began to succeed in the 1950’s after being exposed on the TV show “Howdy Doody” and has been well known ever since. In 2012, Hostess Baking Company, which is famously known for Twinkies and Wonder Bread filed for bankruptcy. Hostess had already filed for bankruptcy once before this time and had struggled financially for years…