Iceberg

Human’s greatest achievements have brought progress to others, but this “progress” can seldom lead others to melancholy in the future. The book Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953, is about a potential future that awaits us. The book deciphered how people don’t read books due to the technology made for them. The more prominent the technology was, the more others can read other commodities online. Although people do not read books, it shows how people are not “in play” to interact with things other…

After you have chosen which soda you would like to drink you have to make sure that the soda can or bottle is not damaged and that it is cold as an iceberg. You can drink your soda as soon as you pay for it, on the ride home, or when you are at your house. As soon as you opened your soda you will hear a pop that will make your mouth water, because you are about to enjoy your beverage, when your soda…

First Nation communities across Canada are experiencing a surge in suicide and suicide attempts, particularly among those aged 15-24. Consequently, First Nation youths within this age group are more than five times more likely to commit suicide than their non- First Nation peers (Mark,2013). Although these statistics are grim, suicide ideation (thoughts of seriously considering suicide) among adults is equally worrisome (Mark, 2013). A 2008-10 survey conducted by the First Nations Information…

Probably, that removal is a part of Ernest Hemingway’s “Iceberg Theory”, the author wants to make it more powerful and does not tell everything. For him the most important thing is how to convey the message. It has to influence readers’ imagination that is why Hemingway does not relate to descriptions or characters’ emotions. The writer does not reveal why the old man tries to commit suicide. The old waiter just explains that there has been no reason why the old customer has wanted to kill…

being displayed with “On the other side of the table, Mr. Medbourne was involved in calculations of dollars and cents, with which was strangely intermingled a project for supplying the East Indies with ice, by harnessing a team of whales to the polar icebergs” (Hawthorne 509). Then lastly, for Mr. Gascoigne is, “Mr. Gascoigne’s mind seemed to run on political topics, but whether they related to the past, present, or future, could not easily be determined, since the same ideas and phrases have…

intersectional feminism benefits many different groups and Are you aware of the wage gap myth? That is, for every dollar a man makes, a woman makes about 75 cents? As far as I can tell, it’s not actually a myth, and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. It’s actually even worse for women of color-- Hispanic or Latina women earn 54% of what a white man earns (C.Hill, Ph.D. 2015). This statistic is closely followed by American Indian and Alaska Native women, who are earning 59% of what a white man…

Child Beauty Pageants: Positive or Negative? Nick Sipes 8-16-16 The child beauty pageant, one of the most controversial topics in our modern day world. Some say they have positive benefits, such as improvements to social skills, whereas others say It is downright horrible for children to participate due to the drawbacks, such as immense cost. I stand with the cons of child beauty pageants for a variety of reasons. The number of bad seem to far outweigh the acclaimed “positive effects” on…

what he had to endure as a slave child. On the other hand, he makes them feel the need to change when he makes a slight accusation about how Americans were “all on fire at the mention of liberty for France or for Ireland; but [were] as cold as an iceberg at the thought of liberty for the enslaved of America” (Douglass para. 63). Not only that, but his past as a former slave gives him the credibility he needs so that his words are believed. Frederick was “born amid such sights and scenes” that…

Geoscientist have recently brought an end to a once mind boggling mystery of how large lakes that sit above the Greenland ice sheet drain billions of gallons of water in hours! The Greenland ice sheet extends about 656,000 miles covering most of the island. As ice melts it creates huge lake but these massive lakes are soon empty of water; where does it go? “In 2006, Greenland's North Lake, a 2.2 square-mile (5.6 square kilometers) supraglacial meltwater lake, drained almost 12 billion gallons…

A Journey to Maturity Billy is a young boy who wanted two hunting hounds but his family was too poor to afford them. Later, Billy saves up enough money and goes to town to buy two hounds from the store. The setting for this story is in a field in Idaho Far from the Ozark Mountains. Billy has three main characteristics that helped maure. Billy is generous because before he joined the coo hunting competition, he promised his youngest sister that if he won, he would give the trophy to her. After…