Islands of the Forth

truly is and forces readers to think what it could be. While at times overbearing, the profanity in Slaughterhouse-Five serves a purpose by creating more realistic imagery of the situations within World War II. Just imagine a drill sergeant at Paris Island addressing new recruits with, 'Gee wiz guys, we're going to have happy happy joy joy times.' It…

Kara walker is a contemporary artist working mainly with black and white silhouettes made of paper. She invokes themes of African American racial identity in the majority of her works (artsy.net). The majority of her works are particularly heavy in meaning and are meant to invoke emotion, some may make you cry or even laugh. I’m also a contemporary artist who works mainly with traditional art such as sketching, inking and then coloring with markers. My themes vary from piece to piece and usually…

Freedom of Religion The First Amendment was written in 1791 by James Madison who was influenced by Thomas Jefferson. The first part of the First Amendment says, “Congress should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” There are two parts to this first part of the First Amendment. The first part of this is saying, Congress is not allowed to make an established religion for America. The government was not allowed to make a religion that…

According to Wikipedia “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl or Halfie” is a satirical (sarcastic) short story by Junot Diaz. The story takes a guise (appearance) of an instructional manual, that’s appearing to give advice as of how to act and also behave depending your racial group and lastly social class of whoever is reading the story’s date. A dating guide given by Diaz for the Dominican American male in his teens, takes on the authority of trial and error by employing a narrator…

Throughout history, Trinidad and Tobago have encountered an immense amount of deterrents for justice and equality. I’ve observed instances of these obstacles especially during the 1970’s where Trinidad and Tobago experienced a Black Power Revolution. The Black Power Revolution was an attempt by a number of social elements, people and interest groups in Trinidad and Tobago to force socio-political change. This ‘revolution’ was preceded by some form of injustice, inequality, oppression and…

Though I concede some may find this novel insulting and disrespectful, I take stance that history cannot be revoked, nor can anyone alter the “n” word. Doing so will deprive students of the historical context and knowledge this classic novel can bring forth. The realistic depictions combined with a naïve narrator, and satire incorporated throughout the novel, gives it merit and the qualifications to be studied in high…

The Last Voyage of Columbus, by Martin Dugard is a historical nonfiction book that discussed Christopher colobuses’ journey as an explorer. From his time in Hispaniola, to his forth and final voyage throughout the Caribbean which ended only 2 years prior to his death this book covers many important moments. I have never been someone who excels at history, because of this one reason I chose this book is because prior to reading this book I had a decent amount of knowledge about Christopher…

dare lie to him. He continued to make claims that Desdemona was cheating on Othello. Othello also witnesses what he thinks is Iago and Cassio talking about Desdemona. To top it all off, he notices that Cassio had given Desdemona’s handkerchief to the island prostitute Bianca. Given the infuriating circumstance, Othello decided that action needed to done in order to solve his inner conflict. A rumor can go a long ways, far enough to ruin a man 's trust…

tasked with overcoming the physical obstacles that are directly reflected by Riley’s internal struggles. Every time one of the remaining emotions at the control panel makes a wrong move that has a negative effect on Riley, a physical “personality island” in Riley’s subconscious plummets into a pit, preventing Sadness and Joy from simply crossing over back to the control center and forcing them to get creative and work together to accomplish their mutual goal of getting home. Through endless…

contest, Mark Twain wrote one of the greatest American novels with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The story chronicles the adventures of two characters, Huck and his runaway slave companion Jim. Even though readers praised the book, it has brought forth many criticisms. One critic, Chadwick Hansen, claims that by the end of the novel. Jim becomes a static, unchanging character. He states, “This Jim [in the final chapters] has lost all his dignity and become a subhuman creature who feels no…