In Bloom

All Subjects Change A community can be heavily influenced by the power of its people. In Chinua Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart, an African village is intruded by a group of European missionaries who try and change the village for their own benefit. However, the outcome varies and turns out to be brutal for the main character, Okonkwo. In this novel, Okonkwo learns of the hardships of how change in a community can benefit or destroy a person. Achebe shows how the manipulation of a community…

Before Kambili goes to stay with her Aunt in Nsukka, we see she has a tough time discovering herself and has a hard time even smiling due to the stronghold her father has on her. This is then reflected by the overwhelming color of the hibiscuses that Chimamanda Adichie describes to us. The first example we get of this is soon after her, Jaja, and their cousins attended the Aro festival with Aunty Ifeoma. They had just finished watching what Papa had called a “heathen festival” and had taken…

Kate Chopin, born Katherine O'Flaherty, is considered one of the first feminist authors of the 20th century. She was born 8 February 1851 in St. Louis, Missouri to Thomas and Eliza O'Flaherty. Her father, a wealthy businessman, was an Irish immigrant that was killed in a railroad accident in 1855 when Kate was only at the tender age of five. Her mother was left to raise Kate; however, she did not raise her alone. Her mother sought the help of the elderly women in the family. She lived in a house…

Beauty by Robin McKinley is a retelling of the story, Beauty & The Beast. Beauty is a nickname Honour was given when she was younger and now finds herself unsuitable for the name. However, she believes her everlasting courage makes up for her absence of beauty. When Beauty’s father returns home with a tale of an enchanted castle in the forest and the promise he made to the Beast who lives there, Beauty knows she must go to the castle, in order to save her father. I would give Robin McKinley…

until she starts seeing people that no one else can see and going through a series of strange events that alters her life forever. Throughout the book, she grows into a fearless, courageous young woman with a strong mind and heart. Her personality blooms and she goes from being an ordinary girl from Brooklyn, New York, to a lethal shadowhunter with revenge on her mind. She also gets to experience something that she was not expecting any…

long term use, these two drugs act in different ways. Orlistat is involved with reduction of dietary fat absorption in the gut, whereas Sibutramine acts within the central nervous system to increase energy expenditure, and decrease intake (Cooke and Bloom, 2006). Despite a promising 3-4% weight loss, for both drugs, they come with, what on the whole have been received as unacceptable side effects; Orlistat based on its method of action decreases absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (Foxcroft and…

Fish Kill is the process in which dead or dying fish seen in a body of water. The article released by Florida LAKEWATCH says, “There are many factors that contribute to fish kill.” Some factors are a result of human interference and the environment itself causes is another cause of fish kill. This paper will address the different factors leading to fish kill as well as other information about fish kill. Fish kill can be a natural process as well as a human error, either way the result puts an…

Water Quality Challenges Jesus Lopez-Moreno CSU Fresno PH 161 Rohan M. Jadhav Abstract The research looks into water quality challenges. The focus will be on what are water quality challenges and what are the elements that affect the quality of the water and the effect on the people. The research will also focus on the effects it has on humans and the environment and what procedures can be taken to better the situation. Finally, I will be stating my conclusion on the topic based in the…

On a daily basis, I use an excessive amount of water. I am guilty of taking this resource for granted by taking long showers, not using a stopper while washing dishes, thus leaving the hot water running for far too long, and washing less than a full load of clothing on multiple occasions. Rather than wasting all of the water that I use in the shower and while cleaning dishes in the sink, I could have been reusing it as greywater. Greywater is household wastewater that can be reused to clean…

Dr. Fitzsimmons raised many different questions during his talk on integrated aquaculture-agriculture. The most prominent question was if we can use integrated aquaculture-agriculture to supply both higher crop yields and an alternative protein source? Not only does using an integrated system increase crop yields significantly, but it also farms an alternative protein source for the American public. As we look towards the future, using an integrated system will help provide the crops and protein…