Hugo

In the Time of butterflies In the book “in the time of the butterflies” by Julia Alavarez, Julia takes us back to what was living life during Rafael Trujillos dictatorship. Julia tells us the story of the Mirabal sisters, who fought against Trujillo dictatorship after Trujillo was in blamed for the death of their father. In a brief summary, Julia starts with Dede; the only sister left as she tells the story of her sisters through flashbacks to an American reporter. The location was Dominican…

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the article, "Franchise Hostages: Fast Food, God, and Politics" by Robert W. Emerson and Jason R. Parnell. Prior to reading this article, I never thought about the possible negative effects that the freedom of speech has on a company. It made me realize that leaders of companies have to be cautious when speaking about politics. This highlights the fine line of free speech and politics. The examples given in this article show that when leaders of companies speak…

by Brad Pitt's Lieutenant Aldo Raine (or by his German name, Aldo the Apache) and include Eli Roth's Sergeant Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz, Gedeon Burkhard's Austrian-born Captain Wilhelm Wicki, and Til Schweiger's Nazi-turn-Nazi-killer Sergeant Hugo Stiglitz (amongst others). Inglourious Basterds isn't…

is filled to the brim with figurative language, and is an interesting book. The main character, Guy, has to face the consequences of his choices or learn how to run fast. Ray Bradbury owns many awards; the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award and the Retro Hugo Award for Best Authors, are two awards that Fahrenheit 451 is known for. This award winning book (published by Ballantine Books) is rated 4/5 stars by both Goodreads and Barnes and Nobel. All of Bradbury’s books are unique, but this specific…

Victor Hugo once said. “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” In essence, music is the not the cause, but the effect of an individual’s circumstances and culture. Contradictory to this hypothesis, there are skeptics that believe art is the cause and culture is the effect. Is one solely right or do both ideas hold validity? In the article “Rap Music and Its Violent Progeny: America's Culture of Violence in Context” written by Jeanita W. Richardson…

Genesis 9:6 - Whoso sheddeth man 's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. In this scripture I feel like it basically states that if you kill a man by human hands then the man that kill, should also be killed by human hands. God created us in his image, so if we kill a human it’s like taking apart of God because we were all created in his image. It is morally wrong, because God created man and if someone kills we are taking that away from God. “A man who…

com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/05/economist-explains-3. Hanna, Jason. “Two new quakes shake southern Mexico, already coping with earlier disasters.” CNN, Cable News Network, 24 Sept. 2017, www.cnn.com/2017/09/23/americas/mexico-oaxaca-earthquake/index.html. Hugo, Kristin. “Climate change could make earthquakes worse for a surprising reason.” Newsweek, 24 Sept. 2017, www.newsweek.com/weird-way-climate-change-could-make-earthquakes-worse-669922. Jervis, Rick. “Puerto Ricans remain in…

This essay will discuss Baudelaire’s exploration of nineteenth century Paris, making detailed references and discussing a variety of poems from the section entitled “Tableaux Parisiens” of Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal. Charles Baudelaire is one of the most compelling poets of the nineteenth century, praised for his modernist innovative style and often shocking subject matter the poet is acclaimed for his interactions and observations with every aspect of Parisian life. In “Tableaux…

Part of Hugo Munsterberg’s contribution to behavioral management was that psychologists could contribute to industry by studying and determining which people are best suited for particular jobs (Kinicki & Williams, 2013). This goes hand in hand with One Smooth…

The Enlightenment and Romanticism were time periods in European history that marked great change in European society. Enlightenment thinkers and Romantics were dissimilar in their ideas of what the human mind should seek, where people should turn their thoughts, and religion but similar in their ability to liberate the minds of citizens and focus on themselves. The Enlightenment and Romantic era were different in several ways. Firstly, the Enlightenment focused on logic, reason, and…