Lydia

first was seventeen, the age we started dating. The next was eight, the age of our oldest son, Spencer. Thirty-six was how old we were and fifty-nine was the name of our street. Twenty-five for the amount of letters in our children’s names: Spencer, Lydia, Matthew Lerner. And finally forty-four for the amount of animals we’d both owned over our entire lives (Aaron had grown up on a farm.) Aaron and I had never been obsessive lottery players, just occasionally dipping our foot into the pool when…

on our way to the venue. We got to the venue and the show had already started, but it was the first opening band playing so I didn’t really care. The line was still long even after the show had started, but we got in before the first band stopped. Lydia and Cosmic were already in the venue in the crowd, but me and Mikey went and bought to buy our merchandise. Mikey was texting Cosmic, trying to find them in the crowd, and we tried worming our way through but couldn’t get to where they were. The…

The Power of Words Paul Joseph Goebbels, a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany once stated: “Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will (www.azquotes.com). In literature, the usage of propaganda is prevalent in totalitarian states, which functions as a method of control to manipulate people and acquire power. According to Mr. Blythe’s Class Notes, propaganda is defined as “the spreading of…

Sue’s Employee Review Sue is a great worker, with a great attitude. Sue is part of the cleaning crew where she cleans the planes for Frontier airlines. What makes her so great at her job is that she is worked in a rush fashion. Not many people can do the work as fast and as quick as she does with a great spirit the entire time. I plan to prove that Sue is a great worker by: helping you understand her conditions and comparing her amount of work to the other competitors (airlines). Sue is in…

The Ring of Gyges, introduced in Book II of Plato’s The Republic by Glaucon, is a magical artifact that enables the bearer to turn themselves invisible at will. While not founded in historical fact; the scenario is rather a thought experiment used to explore the fundamental nature of human morality when the bearer faces no retribution for their actions. Glaucon alleges that the temptation provided by the ring is irresistible by any man, and that without consequences the bearer would disregard…

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, portrays the way of life in the provincial society of Britain amid the turn of the nineteenth century. Austen articulated the social structure of the day and carefully outlines why the title of the book is titled Pride and Prejudice, which is due to all the underlying themes of how pride and prejudices coexist. Specifically Elizabeth and Darcy’s first judgment of each other. This impression situated the plot of the novel; the consistent debate of wits and…

GMOs GMOs as we know them today have only been around for a few decades. Today, GMOs can be found in everything from the cotton in our T-shirts to the soda we sip at the movies. A GMO is a Genetically Modified Organism it is a laboratory process of taking genes from one species or food and inserting them into another in an attempt to obtain a desired trait or characteristic. (Google) They are created by gene from another organism is inserted into the crop of interest. The ways how scientist…

Choices are the hinges of destiny.’’-Lydia Sweatt. Our choices shape the future way our destinies work.In the story ‘’The Outsiders’’ a choice like hitting Ponyboy, Changed the entire outcome and shaping of all the characters in the book, like a tree which is heavily affected by the way it grows.. Choices can change the ways we think, act, and live. The choice that most affected Ponyboy occurred when darry hit him, after he returned home late. Darry made the decision to hit Ponyboy. Because…

Gilead, as emotions are a catalyst for revolution. The government of Gilead manipulates the emotions of their republic to retain the loyalty of the citizens and their contentment with the ways of their society. After the Salvaging ceremony, Aunt Lydia gathers the Handmaids and presents them with a man accused of a rape that resulted in the death of an unborn baby. As they hear of the crime, Offred states that “A sigh [went] up from [them]” and that “there [was] a bloodlust; [she wanted] to…

with a character who is led away by the feelings. However Austen does not despise that Elizabeth is fascinated by the sweet manners and charming personality of Wickham. But on the sound advice of her Aunt Mrs. Gardiner, she controls her feelings. Lydia has neither sense nor character to put check on her feelings. She elopes with Wickham at the first opportunity and brings disgrace to herself and on her…