Hate List is an astounding novel that follows the aftermath of a school shooting at Garvin High school caused by a troubled teen, Nick Levil. The story is narrated by Valerie Leftman, Nick’s ex girlfriend. She was in love with him and never thought he would shoot up their school and then ultimately commit suicide; the story follows her inner and outer turmoil as she faces loss, grief, and resentment. Nick and Valerie created a “hate list” one day to let out their bottled up rage and resentment…
there are events in our lives that will never leave our everyday thought. There are people who we may never be able to find the strength to forgive for bringing pain upon us. Occasions in which challenge our minds to their breaking points. “The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return” by Kenan Trebincevic is an autobiography about his personal experience of surviving the ruthless war and ethnic cleansing that broke out in his Eastern European hometown of Brcko at the young age of eleven.…
How can animals facing extinction be helped using modern science? Identification and description of the problem Extinction is referred to as the death of the last organism of a certain species; thus ending those organisms altogether. However, since most species are globally spread out this is something that takes careful consideration of every fact such as ‘is there a possibility the organism may have has a chance of survival somewhere unexpected?’(Hawking, 2012) Biologists have been trying…
Spielberg the Academy Award for Best Director of a feature film. Since Schindler’s List, Spielberg has been involved in many Jewish causes and in constructing the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. His success with these films shows how the personal perspective of the director can have a marked influence on the film that he or she creates. Spielberg says that part of the reason why he wanted to make Schindler’s List was to honor his Jewish relatives. His experiences as a Jewish male…
individuals have been dramatically increasing inside the Corrections System of the United States and have become a great problem for all prison institutions. According to a piece of writing written by Roy Walmsley titled “[The] World Prison Population List” states that the United States holds approximately 2,239,751 prisoners in penal institutions including pre-trial detainees as of late 2011 (3). That’s almost 22% of people incarcerated world-wide, which is roughly 10.2 million inmates…
Sleep Deprivation: A B-List Killer “Sleep is the best meditation,” as the Dalai Lama once said. From time to time, everyone wakes up feeling groggy, irritated, stressed and sick. Most blame it on being run-down from all the work they’ve been doing, some blame it on their lack of sleep and having to go to bed too late and having to wake up too early. Despite there being an understanding of the negative effects of sleep deprivation, the average American does not understand them completely,…
Entertainer: Taylor Swift, and the list goes on and on. (Secret) .At the end of the press release, Victoria Secret Introduce and advertise their sexy little things collection,…
The Verona Murder List In Verona in the setting of Romeo and Juliet, there are many accounts of direct and indirect murder between the two families of Montague and Capulet. Although there are multiple culprits to the numerous deaths, two culprits I have concluded are reasonable for murder are Mercutio and Benvolio. The two boys are most villainous in acts two and three in which they proceed to go to Capulet ball; that’s where the whole problem begins. The people of Verona have the right to know…
Many species in the world are endangered and eventually becoming extinct. The main problem that generates extinction is human activity; people cause extinction every day and unknowingly to them, it is killing innocent animals. Due to pollution, natural forces, human interaction, and loss of habitats, animal extinction is a major crisis in the world; people are the only ones that can save the animal population before it is too late. Pollution is among the most insidious threats to animal…
Have you ever thought what if I had tried harder then I would have succeeded? Most likely you have and that is known as counterfactual thinking. Counterfactual thinking is the theory of what could have been. We tend to correlate our failures with counterfactual thinking. For example, if we had studied harder on that test and not gone out that night we might have gotten an A on the test not a B. We can also look at counterfactual thinking in a positive way and how that helps us in our lives. In…