Lydia

Alexander, an admired individual, was considered great. Several achievements such as his brilliant mind, courage, and undefeated record for winning battles could be just a few of the reasons why Alexander was called a great. Adding the term “ the Great “ to a name indicated the leadership of a king. Someone who does what is right even when their are consequences, someone who is fearless, and someone who does the best for their country is a good leader. Alexander was great because he showed…

Training Paper: Argument and Counterargument on Rio Olympics 2016 The Rio Olympics turned out much better than most people had expected. According to a website article, published by Lydia Tomkin on International Business Times, “The overall cost of the games including all Olympic-related projects has been estimated at $12 billion for which the state of Rio is responsible for a quarter, Reuters reported.” This evidence supports the claim by presenting how The Rio Olympics were systematic and…

memory of her older sister, Lydia whose marriage is arranged for her at just seventeen due to a small disability; her left hand is limp, and deformed due to Erb’s palsy which she is born with. Their father and step-mother sit her down and essentially inform her that she could never be successful with a disability and that no man will ever willingly marry her so her marriage must be arranged. Although Adeline recalls Lydia being incredibly excited about the marriage, Lydia writes that she “had…

Often time when we think of children, we don’t think of them as being a capable of much, especially not murder. However, throughout history children have been convicted of committing some of the most heinous murders. “I killed because people like me are mistreated every day. I did this to show society ‘push us and we will push back!’ throughout my life I was ridiculed. Always beaten, always hated. Can you, society, truly blame me for what I do?” Those are the word of Luke Woodham, who is a…

The fiction book I chose was “There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books” by Lucille Colandro and Illustrated by Jared Lee. The book was published by Scholastics Inc. in September 2012. This book is aimed for children between 3 years old to 8 years old. The Lexile level is 470L, which is grade 3 reading level. The scholastics website said between PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade. This book is a great first week back to school book because the old lady is swallowing school items. The…

Much of what we know about the Persians and their writings comes from an outsider writing about them. A true historian, Herodotus, whose famous book “The Persian Wars” talks about Persians a lot. The Persian Achaemenid dynasty was founded in 539 BCE by King Cyrus the Great. Cyrus took his nomadic warriors and conquered most of Mesopotamia, including The Babylonians. His son, Darius the First, extended Persian control east to the Indus Valley, west to Egypt, and north to Anatolia. The…

Throughout life, people often reinvent themselves to get away from something that has bothered them in the past. This could include a multitude of actions such as changing one’s name, changing how one dresses, or even changing the people with whom one associates. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel, The Namesake, she describes how many characters try to reinvent themselves to escape a haunting past. One character in particular who struggles with such change is the protagonist, Gogol Ganguli, who finds his…

-=-=-=-=- CABINET BETWEEN The Ministry of health and population, represented by Mrs Jacqueline Lydia MIKOLO, Minister of health and population, (hereinafter referred to as “MSP”), on the one hand, And Apollo Hospital Enterprise Limited, a company incorporated under the 1956 companies Act and headquartered in Chennai - Apollo 19, Bishop Gardens RA…

It’s holocaust remembrance day and my best friends and I are burning flowers to honor the people who died in the concentration camps. One of my friends tells me that she brought extra flowers than the usual four to commemorate the ones who have died in the east from genocide too. I feel so bad for the families that have lost their loved ones to genocide that it makes me realize that genocide is the worst outcome of the war. This is because of the destruction it causes and the mental toll that it…

Pride and Prejudice reached a peak when Mr. Darcy proposed to Elizabeth for the first time. When Elizabeth turned him down, she listed the reasons why she declined him. These reasons included his terrible treatment of Mr. Wickham and his taking Mr. Bingley away from Jane. Because of the false claims against him, Mr. Darcy wrote Elizabeth a letter, telling her the unsavory nature of Mr. Wickham’s character. Mr. Wickham was a man who amassed debt by spending recklessly, and Mr. Darcy had not…