John Farrar

The legacy of Thomas Jefferson is one which had set the stage for the Unites States government and the manner in which the procession of politics was conducted. His prominence in American history is matched by his willingness and dedication towards ensuring the success and stability of the fledgling nation. The issue many opponents of Thomas Jefferson hold against him was his inability or willingness to take a stance and stick with it, often acquiescing to demands of his political adversaries.…

from events such as wars or presidential elections and use them as a way to create a character around that specific event. One major event like this and a novel that builds of that event is the Great Depression and the novella “Of Mice and Men” but John Steinbeck. The story takes place just after the Great Depression and it can be clearly seen that there characters have all been affected by it in different ways. When first reading the book I was unaware and not thinking about that historical…

Nozick: Justice as a Fair Inequality or Entitled Right? Distributive justice is the economic framework within a society which determines the distribution of goods amongst its members. How goods should be distributed and to whom have been interpreted by John Rawls and Robert Nozick, two contemporary philosophers that share the belief that there is no practical form of equal distribution of goods within society, but disagree on what constitutes a true distributive justice when taking that into…

This book, John Adams, is a biography that tells us of the life lived by John Adams. There is a lot of historical information that is involved regarding John Adams, but there is also parts that focus on John Adams the man outside of his political stature in American history. In this book you will see who he truly was and get an unbiased perspective of how he carried himself. The author David McCullough did a great job with his book about John Adams. His writing style and diction flow well…

1. The Boston Massacre was a result of American colonialists who harassed and intimidated the British military in regards to the Stamp Act. This act violated the rights of the American colonialists because it was passed without their consent and did not benefit them. Several people were injured and killed in this attack between the British military and the colonialists. Many would say that this was propaganda to promote opposition against the British rule. The Boston Tea Party was also a very…

anyone liked me, but later on a grew to make a couple of friends and that changed my perspective on the school. After I made a couple of friends I felt more comfortable walking in through the front doors of that school. this book Of MIce and Men By: John Steinbeck. this book happened in the great depression. The great depression was a hard time on many of the people, and caused to have too many people and not enough jobs. in the book of mice and men a huge piece of this book is the fact that a…

The United States and Japan both wanted control over Asia .However, they both had different objectives on how they were going to gain control of Asia between the years of 1899 and 1942. John Hay, who was the secretary of state of the United States, proposed an idea called an open door policy which consisted of the option of opening up trade in China to the United States, China, and several nations in Europe. One of the United States objectives for gaining control over Asia is having China…

Although life seems as if our advances are making tasks easier, if you give an individual the proper facts and knowledge of where the ecosystem stands today life is in fact becoming more complicated. The gadgets we use on an everyday basis have the potential to sway ones opinion, but in the grand scheme of things they are aiding in the destruction of nature and our planet as we know it. The word complicated was used because with every new device being rapidly mass created, a new set back occurs…

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a group of people named the Puritans sought to flee from the country of England in an effort to escape the Anglican church to find religious freedom. The Puritans sought to purify the church and remove some factors, such as corruption. After first attempting to settle in Holland, they immigrated to the New World where they began to live in communities that allowed them to be within close proximity to each other. Inside of these tightly knit…

naturally inclined to focus on those philosophers whose ideas resonated with me the most. As a believer that the purpose of education is to raise active members of society and that education can indeed change and improve our social system, I selected John Dewey and Paulo Freire as the two pillars of my teaching philosophy. From Dewey’s point of view, learning and real life are intrinsically related and the school should be an “embryonic society” that echoes the community itself; Paulo Freire…