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President John F. Kennedy spoke to the German people of West Berlin addressing the issues of Communism v.s. Democracy dividing the city. Kennedy’s purpose for writing this speech was to keep the loyalty of the West Berliners as well as give them hope and courage to continue fighting this battle. He speaks with an unwavering voice to evoke bravery, strength, and stoicism. He adopts this tone to appeal to his audience’s thoughts and feelings pertaining to their current situation. In his speech to…

By the mid-twentieth century, India had gained more than just its independence—the flames of revolution forged a new literary genre known as Indo-Anglian literature. Empowered by their newfound freedom, Indian poets wrote in English to open “up the possibilities of a new language and a new way of looking towards the world” (Balikai), fusing academic vocabulary and formal grammar with British philosophies to explore postcolonial themes and issues. A modern Indian identity had emerged, but the…

The remix is not an unfamiliar word to us; most people know it is a part of a larger process of adaptation. A remix involves many resources by adding, removing and changing the original parts like the modes, genres, and materials into something completely different or opposite. Remix is everywhere it could be movies, and music or even pizza. This food, which is pizza has gone beyond the language and culture barrier, acceptance by the national consumers. But this food actually comes from where…

Abstract— The history of trigonometry extends from the beginning of the development of mathematics in Greece to the enlightenment in Europe. While it has evolved from the original chord function to a plethora of functions and identities throughout the ages, many of the identities were already known in antiquity and utilized to measure distance and location in the skies. This paper provides a short review of the development of the sine and a short review of the development of the remaining…

The reason for the creation and evolution of all things is still show that baffles scientist and philosophers around the world. Questions are asked in the end yet only a selected few are answered furthermore even if the answer is clear; it only widens the space for new questions to surface. Some scientist and philosopher believe in the widely popular idea of Natural Selection. This idea originated from the scientist Charles Darwin. The idea of Natural Selection stems from the belief that those…

Republicans and democrats are very different political parties. That’s a given, but they are complete opposites in most if not all aspects. Republicans believe that each person is responsible for him or herself and should not rely on the government. Republicans believe that the government should only control what the people cannot. This idea is called limited intervention. Democrats believe that they should lean on the government completely. They want the government to control everything so…

relativity theory. There have existed a lot of theories about her involvement in the works of Einstein. In the past decade newly found documents have offered enticing glimpse of a woman who was ambitious and shared her husband’s interest in science. Translations of this evidence have brought about heated debates resulting into controversy on what role she really…

Is εὐδαιμονία, happiness? How does εὐδαιμονία differ from the modern notion of happiness? The Greek word used by Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics for “happiness” is εὐδαιμονία. The translation, “happiness,” can be misleading, because etymologically, it is made up of εὖ and δαίμων, meaning, “well, good” and “divinity, fortune,” respectively. So, εὐδαιμονία literally means, “having a good fortune,” or “having a good divinity.” The latter points to something like having a divine being guiding our…

Additionally, boundaries in America stand between itself, and other countries, specifically Mexico. Borderlands, according to its definition, are districts or land surrounded and separated by boundaries. These boundaries, no matter how physical or literal serve the purpose of distinguishing between groups of people and bodies of land. In the United States, this applies its neighboring countries,…

the colder more concise term in Lorca’s piece alludes to a form of rest where the soul and physical body are trapped inside of a coffin, while sleep is a peaceful and rejuvenating state in which the soul transforms. Due to language barriers the translation of the poem shows reversals in these themes, a clear example of this would be the line “I want to sleep that sleep of that child, who longed to cut his heart open far out at sea.” (Lorca) The terms sleep and cut his heart open actually mean…