Kingdom of Ends

While so many tv genres have seen their time come and go, food shows have stayed popular and relevant since Julia Child and her TV program. Even now, as countless new forms of entertainment arise, food shows still have massive followings. This begs the question: why are these shows so popular? These shows are popular because they resonate with the culture in which they were founded. Specifically, each show has attributes that their culture values. For example, cooking shows, like Barefoot…

Traditionally, museums are considered secular sites in which curators display art objectively; however, in her work, “The art museum as ritual,” Carol Duncan examines how museums act as powerful entities which influence the visitors’ perception through the display, organization, and architecture of the space. She elaborates that the museum’s authority actually enables them to represent and define entire communities, which consequently shapes the visitors’ perceptions of said communities. Perhaps…

especially in the last year the prices have been increased by 18.4 percent. Due to that London became the priciest city in the world to live and work. Due to the large amount of people who want to work in the United Kingdom instead of other countries, for example; Canada. United Kingdom became the second attractive location in in the world after United States by 37 percent. This…

Hawaiian Kingdom. As a result, it tends to be a sacred song instead of a song for dancing. However, some perform Kaulana Na Pua as a dance for mature women. After five years, in 1898, Hawaii became one of the states of United States of America. This is also known as the Annexation of Hawaii in 1898. In Kaulana…

power was not going to remain secure for long because Russia had become a huge influential power in Europe next to Great Britain, and was determined to grow her influence further. For example, Russia had attained Warsaw which turned into a separate kingdom of Poland and took Bessarabia from Turkey in 1812, which posed a threat to the Ottoman Empire and the international order. Britain, on the other hand, became dominant at sea and traded with many countries such as India. Although the Allies had…

Decades after the creation of the United Nations, a reform of its Security Council has been a highly discussed topic of many political debates. The global political field has changed drastically since the establishment of the UN, and yet the Security Council has adapted little to new world demands. Despite the many calls for change in the past, efforts to reform the UNSC have proven to be unsuccessful because of the abusive power of veto, held by the permanent members (P-5). To begin discussing…

Industrial revolution After the independence as the Government was formed, White Americans were fortunate to live under a representative republican government, but for Blacks it was still not the Freedom. They continued to live a life of slaves. Republicanism influenced social and family values. Also there was a complex interaction between republicanism and religion. Women devoted their energies to religious purposes as they got inspired by Second Great Awakening. In this era two major…

The poem “Bilingual/Bilingue”, by Rhina. P. Espaillat describes how a young girl is struggling with her combined cultures and two separate languages. The girl was born in a Mexican family who speak Spanish, but she is bilingual(bilingue) and speaks both Spanish and English. The girl must must struggle with the fact father fears that, because she is bilingual, that she will lose the part that connects them together, that being their shared language. The poem utilizes language, imagery, as well…

A twelve-year old girl sits in the classroom; the buzz of many voices whirls around her and a feeling of helplessness and confusion overwhelms her. Everywhere she looks, she sees words written that she cannot read and hears words spoken that she cannot understand. She wants to connect to the people around her and make new friends, but she cannot communicate her thoughts out loud. This girl is experiencing life as an English language learner, who has recently immigrated to America. There are…

White Privilege White privilege is the idea that whites have a particular advantage in society over the minority groups in terms of social, political or economic situations. White privilege advantages whites in many ways. The most important way I feel that white privilege advantages whites in that they may never have to worry about getting in trouble with the law enforcement officers over unnecessary things. For example, with the Sandra Bland case, the officer that arrested her was put on…