Idiot

Hero or Zero? Was Columbus a hero or was he a just a plain jerk? In my opinion I think Christopher Columbus was just a jerk. All Columbus did was walk onto land that already belonged to Native Americans and started to act like it was all his. He also enslaved the natives and made them work on their own land. In elementary school we learned that “In 1942 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” They told us that Christopher discovered America. In school they also said that he was a nice man and even…

After the presidential election, I kept hearing stories of riots and acts of violence breaking out across the country. People were so upset and distraught of the outcome of Donald Trump winning the election, that the only way they knew how to cope, was to act out in anger and aggressiveness. These people who were acting out in aggrieve manners, were prevented from reaching a goal, the goal being, Hilary Clinton winning the United States Presidency. The Frustration Aggression Theory states that…

Macbeth’s Soliloquy Close Reading Macbeth’s soliloquy in Act V, is one of the most well know soliloquies in Macbeth, and perhaps in all of Shakespeare's writings. In his soliloquy, Macbeth addresses the fragility, and ephemeral nature, of human life on earth. Macbeth’s speech is more or less a depressing, pessimistic view of human mortality and what humans leave behind after their death. And humans don’t leave anything behind. When Macbeth says, "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, /…

“To build a fire” In this story, “To build a fire”, there is a man who has many failures in life. The man was not prepared for the cold. Steven took food over clothes. His clothes were frozen and he used the fire to cook food. He made the mistake of not taking someone with him when he went on the trip. He made a lot of mistakes, in which led to his death. The young man went unprepared to the Yukon. He didn’t bring extra supplies. For example, his socks and shoes were frozen and he went…

haven’t seen The Three Stooges. The Three Stooges is about how three boys named Larry, curly, and Moe got left on a nun’s doorstep at a young age. Larry, Curly and Moe eventually grew up to be stupid, finger poking, face slapping finger tweaking, violet idiots. After a certain amount of time the three stooges come to find out that they were going to lose their home due to a lack of money. So these three boys were woo-woo-wooing their way into the city…

Another example to show this is that when Matt is at his/ El patron’s party and people begin to treat him in an awful way, As this precluded, he began to wonder about what differences he and others had. He began to think, “ Why should he be different from everyone because he was a clone? When he looked into the mirror, he saw no difference between himself and the others. It was unfair that he was treated like Fur Ball when he had good grades and could name the planets, the brightest stars, and…

also wrote how asylums were a dumping ground used to house the unwanted. People who had lower I. Q.s are labeled within the 1845 Lunatic Act and Asylum Act labeled the insane not only as mentally ill but also people with lower I. Q.s often called "idiots and imbeciles" (Wright). Insane asylums was a way to weed out society to only be filled safe and healthy people. Anne Underwood writes, "As Penney sees it, significant improvements will come only when patients with mental problems are viewed…

R.O.N Many people like exciting action books. If you are one of them, you will like the book “The scorch trials” by James Dashner. This book has an exciting plot, amazing characters and a relatable theme which makes this an awesome book. “The Scorch trials” is a novel about a group of kids who are sent on a trial to prove they're worthy to get the cure for the flare. After escaping the maze, Thomas and the other gladers were divided into two groups and sent into the scorch, where many…

Summary of “Buying Gloves in Gibraltar” by Mark Twain In “Buying Gloves in Gibraltar”, Mark Twain describes a man who buys gloves that do not fit him and that are not needed just because he wants to appease the desires of the young, beautiful saleslady in the store. The actions of the man buying something that he does not even want or need illustrates how easy it is for man to be hypnotized by a beautiful woman into doing what she wants instead of thinking of his own needs. The man enters the…

I recently read that Congress is adding a new national holiday and were looking for citizen input. Billie Joe Armstrong should have his own holiday, named Green Day, for having his band be very influential, helped renew interest in punk rock in the U.S., and has sung a variety of different music types that appealed to a large audience. Billie Joe Armstrong’s band was very influential to the music industry. A Times UK article states about the American band, “their influence has been all over…