Little Men

Moana is a curious young girl who is raised on Motunui Island. She is drawn to the ocean as soon as she can walk and has a connection with it, the ocean makes way for her as to protect her and draw her closer in. The movie starts off with Moana’s grandmother, aka “the crazy island lady” as she refers to herself and she is telling a story which appears to be a legend to young children. It’s about the trick playing demigod Maui who stole the Mother Island Te Fiti’s heart thousands of years ago.…

Memories of a Lifetime All it took was five seconds. Five short seconds to watch my life flash before my eyes. As I saw that teen lying on that stretcher, that eventually turned into her deathbed, my own life flashed before my eyes. As the nurse opened the door to take the medications needed I saw one of the most gruesome scenes in my entire life. A teen laying on a stretcher hanging on to her life with all the strength she had. She had just been in a head on collision while she was driving to…

It has been almost 70 years since the end of World War II. Today, nuclear power is used in everywhere, and it has become a very familiar thing to people. It is used in nuclear power plants, cancer treatments, radiocarbon dating for research and investigation purpose, and even in every household like smoke detectors. It has been contributing greatly to the modern society, and made people’s life better. However, its fast development is inseparable from the Manhattan Project in the World War II and…

The Power of Words in Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll” “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me!” This sing-song chant has echoed across school yards and classrooms in America for generations, often in retaliation of carelessly thrown phrases from bullies and friends alike. Despite its adamant positivity, the message proves to be less than reliable. No matter how many times the phrase is repeated, there is no escaping the fact that words do indeed hurt. In “Barbie Doll”—a…

Introduction During the concluding stages of World War 2, on August 6, 8:15 am, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb was dropped by a B-29 bomber, known as ‘Enola Gay’. The bomb was released by parachute and exploded at around 590 metres above the city. About 45,000 people were killed instantly and the final death toll was about 70,000 people because of the radiation precipitated by the explosion. What have I found? Nuclear weapons instantly kill…

Anchor Text Palacio, R. J. (2012). Wonder. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Wonder, by R. J. Palacio explores the life of August (Auggie) Pullman, a boy with mandibulofacial dysostosis – a condition that leaves the face with undeveloped bones and tissue. This heartwarming story is told from multiple perspectives to convey what Auggie and everyone else feels and experience as Auggie starts going to a mainstream school for the first time. Being the new kid is hard enough, but with a face like…

Transcript for RECOUNT ORIENTATION In the town of Northwood, a small petrol station was combusted in a small explosion. Later details revealed that a lit match was thrown in a puddle of gasoline. As the fire spread, it hit the engine of a small car, causing a large explosion. Said explosion resulted in the death of two people: A store clerk who went outside to investigate, and the owner of the car, Aisha Holst. It is believed that the act of arson had been an accident, but later details…

launched the Manhattan project. The project was originally named Development of Substitute Materials. It included over 30 different research and production sites. It took place in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Manhattan Project made three bombs: Gadget, Little Boy, and Fat Man. To get people to move there and participate they asked young people if they wanted to help out with the war. That was all they knew…

People in Hiroshima early knew that the bombing could get closer to their place, but they did not get any idea about the new type of boom. On August 6th 1945, when everybody was doing their daily activities, a single atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. With a noiseless bright flash, the city turned into a rubble masonry. A hundred thousand people were killed, uncountable number of wounded people, more than half of the doctors in Hiroshima and injured most the rest and the…

That fateful day in Hiroshima August 6, 1945, Japan will forever be the primary example of what unpredictable outcome an atomic bomb can unleash on an entire population. Although this event brought an end to World War II and a United States victory, the chain reaction of energy coming from bursts of fission was not predicted to have such a devastating effect as it did on the Hiroshima community. It was even out of the Hiroshima bombing that physicists coined the term kiloton (1,ooo tons) and…