Little Women

their couches but had speakers running with music all day long. Others had cushions but had extremely worn sandals. I became ecstatic when a place we visited had cushions which had never happened to me before this trip. I learned to appreciate the little things, like eating rice instead of Ugali and having a private place to sleep which included a mattress. Even today as I write this in my kitchen, I love having some privacy and cleaner living conditions. In the past I took these things for…

ultimately destroying the facility. In response to Iranian missile attacks against Baghdad, some 190 missiles were fired by the Iraqis over a six week period at Iranian cities in 1988, during the 'War of the Cities'. The Iraqi missile attacks caused little destruction, but each warhead had a terrible psychological and political impact boosting Iraqi morale while causing almost 30 percent of Tehran's population to flee the city. The threat of that the Iranian capital being destoyed with missiles…

A thorough assessment of a child’s behavior is important to determine possible reasons for various aspects of certain negative behaviors. In this evaluation we will be taking a look at a six year old little girl, named Brandy. Brandy has two full time parents that are raising her and her siblings. They are a supportive family and are involved with their children the best that they can be. Brandy’s mom has just finished her degree from graduate school and is now working a job that has her away…

Believing there is a beautiful place beyond is all the good I can hang onto. After the tragic death of my mum and little sister Betty, I am stuck in this sick world of my fathers. He is never home and when he is, it's like I am trapped in a world of hurt. The person my father used to be is now gone and I am left with a stranger that drinks. Before the accident, he would never touch anything like alcohol, but he's the only known family I've got now. "ANDROMEDA" yells Dad from downstairs "GET…

I Will of course explain what else happened in my story, I was as I stated before in a conversation with my fellow soldiers. But it's unknown to us at the time thing here was to get much worse, Harry saw the Overseer coming and stopped talking and saluted her. When I turned around I saw old blue eyes herself also I saw that she was coming towards us. This was not the thing that made me nervous, it was the fact that the person who was leading them was the Executioner James Franklin himself. He…

One area where many people fail to reach their full potential is service. Humans were put on this world in order to love and care for one another. Yet, many times it can seem inconvenient or tedious to give to those in need. There are so many other things people would rather do than support their neighbors, that humans today have forgot of the great importance of service. Most people, like myself, fail to understand that service doesn’t only benefit the person in need. Serving others yields…

At 8:15 am on August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber drops the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. Over 90 per cent of the city is destroyed and more than 80,000 people killed in what is known as the beginning of the end of World War II in the Pacific. This bomb changed the world’s perception of war, as this was the first time nuclear weapons had been used in armed combat. Just three days later, a second B-29 bomber drops another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an…

The author of “The Prince and the Pauper” develops theme in many ways. The author develops the theme by using plot, characterization, word choice, and point of view. The theme of truth is not always visible to others is shown in by in the inciting incident, the guards would push away the prince because he was wearing rags. Another way the author shows theme is through characterization, by describing the characters similar appearance between the prince and Tom Canty to show why people don't…

"Life is full of tough choices innit." This statement made by Ursula, the sea witch in Disney's Little Mermaid, sums up the plot in both the original book by Hans Christian Andersen and Disney's animated version. Both revolve around the choices of a young girl seeking love. The stories are similar, but have striking differences. Desire, cost and sacrifice are at the heart of both accounts of a young mermaid becoming a woman, but while one story shows growth and responsibility, the other…

“The Little Mermaid” was originally a fairy tale written in 1837 by Hans Christian Andersen that portrayed a young mermaid that faces the tribulations that comes with growing up and showcased her struggle to obtain what she wants most in life. Since then, Andersen’s story has inspired several movie adaptations, once of which being “The Little Mermaid” produced by Disney in 1989. In both the movie and book, similar archetypes between characters can be examined, however the mermaid’s ultimate fate…