Husk

into the surrounding dust. Thousands of people fled to the west, the promised land of California. The competition between families for food and work made it so that the very few resources were spread paper thin. Many men gave up and became lifeless husks because they lost all of their hope. As a result the women of the families took the reins of the family. Their survival was first priority. Women were no longer housewives, they became workers. Their drive to nurture and protect their families…

It was the summer of 1864. I was nineteen years old. I was living on a farm, in Texas, just on the border of mexico. That was such a beautiful time of year. The golden wheat fields flourished and lilacs painted the meadows a shade of bright periwinkle. But that summer will haunt me for the rest of my life. I tossed and turned one night, gloomy and sleepless. I peered out my window to the barn. The creaky white picket fence, surrounding the fields had unlatched in the night, leaving an endless…

this yet, but the zombie apocalypse has already started. From living rooms to coffee shops or on the streets of any neighborhood, mindless de-animated sacks of meat spend endless hours consumed and mesmerized by their digital devices. These human husks have the appearances of the living, but lack free will as they are chained to the screens of their televisions, laptops, or smartphones. These technological devices have changed everything in modern society; it has rewired thoughts and even…

Problem Statement Industries are generated waste water, which contain dyes and pigments in waste water. Characteristically high in colour and organic content (Grag, et al., 2004). Dyes are widely used in industries such as textile, rubber, paper, plastic, and cosmetic. There are many of dyes exist in industries and one of them is methyl red and through nano zerovalent iron removal of dyes from waste water. Dye industry effluents constitute one of the most problematic wastewaters to be treated…

Overview In 1960, a plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean. Jack, a passenger, seems to be the only survivor of the crash. He escapes to a lighthouse, and inside the light is the passage to Rapture, an underwater city. After a short video, Jack learns the city was created by Andrew Ryan in the hopes of making a saturairy free from any government or religion. It was supposed to be place where art, science, and the free market could flourish. However, at this time Rapture is plagued with a civil…

In the book Nervous Conditions, Taitsi Dangarembga explores the effects of gender roles and submission on women. Stereotypical gender roles in Rhodesian culture often portray women as inferior to the men around them. The wives and daughters depicted in the book are expected to serve their husbands and fathers and consider their own wants and needs to be secondary to the males’. Generally, the women comply with this treatment, though it ultimately takes a toll on their minds. Dangarembga develops…

homemakers, Aashirvaad is a brand of improved wheat atta that provides nourishment for people of all ages by strengthening immunity and body strength because it is an integrated mix of six different grains- wheat, soya, channa, oat, maize and psyllium husk. Marketing Mix of Aashirvaad Atta: 1) Product Aashirvaad atta is a convenient product for the consumers. Its focus on providing nutrition and taste along with easy availability with brand assurance of ITC, makes it different from its…

chemist. Due to this, Levi felt like a “…hollow man…” (27) who was “…transformed into [a] phantom…” (26). Levi was void of emotions and thoughts, his body was practically dead, and he was creeping along through life as an invisible and unimportant husk of a man. The Germans’ dehumanization of the Jews in Auschwitz pushed the Jews to the bottom of human…

variety of stories with his hands. Though the stories are different, they evoke similar feelings which are brought back in great detail. The myriad of memories “bring forth affection” to Lopez’s hands as he recalls differentiating the feeling “between husks of the casaba and the honeydew melon,” and the “wire bristle of a hog’s back” (Lopez 34). These vivid experiences result in a pattern of…

perceived hope- her life was snatched away. Conrad seals the wretchedness of humanity in his novel, and, the final betrayal encompasses Conrad’s despondence after completing the novel that made him “feel as if [he] were left behind, aimless amongst mere husks of sensations” (229) that had “no morality, no knowledge and no hope.” (Meyers) With compassion dead and suicide amidst, one would assume that Conrad’s view on humanity is exceedly bleak. One might think that the last show of total betrayal…