In the Country of Last Things

when an army officer fell down at the shah's feet and wept and begged the shah not to leave. The question was answered when he pushed back tears while going up the stairs that led to his plane. It was answered when shah's last step took forever because he knew that step was his last contact with Iran physically; Mentally, he would always remember his home. The question was also answered when Ayatollah Khomeini came back to Iran and made it an Islamic state. Iranians thought that the revolution…

of injustice and inequality. The four focal points shown in these stories are country needs more important than the people’s needs, racial inequality, economic class level and loss of innocence in humanity. The first point where injustice is highlighted is in the story “Punishment” by Seamus Heaney. The toll of the story is about the two selfish nationalist fighting for their own reason and the people from each country doing nothing for their needs besides watching this Irish innocent woman…

I experienced failure last year during my cross country season. It was my first year of cross country and my coaches thought that I was going to be able to get a 5k time in the nineteens by the end of the season. I thought that I would be able to get or at least come close to that time. This was not the case though, I suffered from a burnout and formed a stress fracture soon after. Finding out that I had a stress fracture was heartbreaking. I was very upset and didn’t understand why it had to…

am very grateful with this school because , you guys are giving me this big opportunity for to be a professional in this country and make real my dreams in this big country . Everything is very important for the future for me and for my family . I like some much this school and is very important for me. at the beginning I was feeling very sad because everything about this country was new so I can say it had been difficult for me and my family. The first time I came here I was intimidated and…

How things changed after World War II World War II started with a healthy list of rich powerful countries. At the end of the war only two so called super powers were left. The United States did not want any part of the war effort originally. The only program that was in place was the Lend-Lease Act which was put in place to provide relief to free countries to help bounce back from what the war was doing. This essay will cover why the United States joined the war and how the war was ended.…

states hate each other? The war began many resources, and they used many weapons during the war. The first thing that this essay will talk about is why did the cold war start. The second thing that this essay will talk about is what weapons they used during the war. The last thing that this essay will talk about is why did the united states and the soviet union hated each other. The first thing that this essay will talk about is why did the cold war start. The war started because the soviet…

controlling America, Monarchy is bad and kingdoms will not work. His pamphlet influenced America greatly. “Common Sense” is part of the reason why America chose independence because Thomas Paine proved how things would work better and how America would benefit more with having independence in the country. When Thomas Paine wrote this book Great Britain was controlling America. Great Britain was controlling the thirteen colonies and the colonies were very unhappy. The colonies were relying on…

to the airport since I leave packing until the last minute and while standing in the TSA screening lines I hear "Passengers with the last name Vasquez please come to the check in desk, to board the plane" The panic…

Identity is the element of existence who or what an individual is. When someone asks me who am I? The response given is that I am a mother something I consider my primary identity. Yet this a recent occurrence within the last two years as my daughter is my only child. Before my primary identity was an inclination of nationalism. My introduction would be that I am Puerto Rican as well as Cuban-Chinese. As then I would I identify as Latina. Latina is defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “A…

to allow on the boat. For example, should the selection be based on the first to come or perhaps the neediest. Last but not least, the last solution is to not add anyone else on the boat and not sacrifice their safety, besides from others on the boat. Many people may say that the last option is wrong, yet, the same people who boarded the boat or will board the boat no longer will see things like that because they will be getting on the boat as…