five-foot circumference that most Americans have created that they like to call “personal space”. There once was a time when people craved social interactions and face-to-face communication. Before people got hooked onto machines, people lived in the moment and experienced life first hand. In Nicholas Carr’s essay, “Cyberspace: The Biggest Migration in Human History” taken from his book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing…
Kim Addonizio’s book, “Tell Me,” is a collection of poetry that depicts various different relationships and people in her life. It is mainly comprised of poems about doomed relationships and relationships that already cease to exist. In the poems, she frequently writes about memories of her past relationships. She also writes about feeling depressed and isolated. The collection of poems are extremely straightforward and clear. Many of them are also relatable and intensely personal. Her writing…
By Armish Khan From the moment of birth to the moment of death, individuals during their journey of growing up lose their innocence that they once cherished and aren’t able to escape the reality of maturity. The loss of innocence is an inevitable process that one cannot hold onto merely. Individuals don’t have the ability to preserve their innocence that they did during their childhood because as they grow up, people surround themselves in environments that expose them to the real world.…
The Virgin and the Child Reading or Ince Hall Madonna, an oil painting that painted by Jan Van Eyck in 1433. It was a painting near the early renaissance, therefore, this artwork present religious idea, which is about the Catholic’s Madonna. However, gods in religious paintings were starting to be humanized. “Jan van Eyck is credited with originating a style of painting characterized by minutely realistic depictions of surface effects and natural light.” (The Nation Gallery) Van Eyck was a…
innocent men! They’re just following orders.” Magneto replies, “I’ve been at the mercy of men just following orders. Never again” (X-Men: First Class 1:54). While Professor X ends up being able to stop Magneto from destroying all the ships, this was the moment the relationship between Professor X and Magneto took an irrecoverable turn. This is a parallel to Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr. They were aware of the dangers of disunity among African Americans and together, they “would have been a…
This form of depression causes dramatic mood swings, from one moment one can feel overly happy to feeling depressed and down and once in a while they’ll have periods of normal too. The periods between these two dramatic emotions are most often called “episodes of mania”. It normally takes a few years before people…
Time Manipulation PROLOGUE “Good morning!” a bright voice muttered while drinking her coffee. “Good morning, Jane” grumpily, Daniel Goodman greeted his wife. “What’s wrong?” “Nothing. I’m just ecstatic for another day at the firm.” Daniel Goodman worked at a popular law firm on Wall Street, New York, New York. This firm solicits to very huge corporations, such as Nestle and Kelloggs. He and his wife rented a small apartment in Brooklyn. Daniel has a doctorate in Astrophysics from the…
How technology has changed society through identity theft Zaida Liciaga Turabo University Prof. Myra Velez Abstract Until not long ago, when a thief stole the wallet or briefcases, money was all he intended. That is changing, now the most valuable is the number of your credit card, debit cards, checks and other documents containing personal information. Currently this type of fraud are based on stealing confidential information through social networks. Identity theft is one of the fastest…
in a agricultural worldview. So that means Gods of nature reigned supreme. There is one God that has been through all era’s and dynasties. That is the Jade Dragon 6. Architecture So Architecture is next! Looks like it has all been BUILT UP TO THIS MOMENT! Anyways, back to work. Chinese architecture originated and had taken shape in East Asia for many centuries. The structural principals of Chinese architecture have remained unchanged for many years in three types. Lets have a look at all the…
The last day of the contest, Krista arrived with Daniel and Lorraine a few minutes after seven. It was just starting to drizzle. I didn’t have a raincoat, so I searched several closets in the house before finding an old trench model that belonged to my dad. It had enough buttons, buckles and decorative flaps for ten coats. Climbing into it, it smelled of mothballs and hung on my shoulders, airless and heavy, like an old canvas tent. How he ever wore this thing, I’ll never know. Now it was my…