Marvin Harris

A comparison between the 2005 novel ‘Uglies’ by Scott Westerfeld and the 1998 film ‘The Truman Show’ directed by Peter Weir, reveals the many similarities and differences between the protagonists who live in controlled, simulated worlds and their decision to face their fears. Truman is unaware that his life is only a television show where he is just the director's puppet. On the other hand, Tally knows about the surgery that artificially/synthetically makes people 'pretty' and look alike, as…

Blink 182 has been playing tongue-in-cheek pop punk since 1994. To date, the band has released six full-length albums, each album more mature than the last. Though they had moderate success with their first and second album, the band really took off after the 1999 release of Enema of the State. The trio of Mark Hoppus (bass, vocals), Tom DeLonge (guitar, vocals) and Travis Barker (drums) went on to sell millions of records, and play to millions of fans live across the globe. Though they have…

Mother Jones Mary Harris Jones, also known is “Mother Jones” was an Irish-American union labor activist. Mary “Mother” Jones was born August 1, 1837 in County Cork, Ireland to Helen Cotter and Richard Harris, however, Mary claimed an unconventional birthdate of May 1, 1830. The Harrises were a family of 7. Mary had four siblings, two brothers and two sisters. Her father was forced to flee to North America with her family in 1835 to due to the Irish famine. Mary lived and grew up in Toronto,…

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Dylan Klebold was an intelligent student but had an extremely hard time fitting in at his high school. He befriended Eric Harris and they became close friends due to the similar interests they had. Dylan was hard on himself with his physical appearance, he was very self- loathing and girls did not find him appealing. Depression had a huge impact and was the underlying reason for the actions of Dylan Klebold in the massacre at Columbine High School in 1999. As time went by Dylan’s depression…

In April 20, 1999 there was a school shooting massacre at Columbine High school. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris was the shooters during the incident. Who or what is responsible for the Columbine massacre? Eric was the mastermind of Columbine shooting. Eric thought he was immortal, he wanted the whole world in his palms. Getting away from trouble wasn’t hard for him, his words were the key for him to get out of it."I will force myself to believe that everyone is just another monster from Doom”…

Today, I'm going to convince you that the death penalty (Capital Punishment) should be abolished. This subject became important to me when I was in high school. Timothy McVeigh had bombed the Oklahoma City federal offices and killed more than 100 people. June 11, 2011 he was put to death by lethal injection in Indiana. Most of you might remember his name. I remember the parents and loved ones of his victims speaking out that lethal injection wasn't a tough enough punishment. On BBC news, many of…

I do not think that Solomon portrayed Columbine too softly. Columbine becomes a looming background, as does Dylan Klebolds, as the story shifts focus to the parents of the murderer. Solomon begins the article by listing fact and data from the shooting: the date, names of perpetrators, their roles, the school, and how the massacre happened. This general opening is a bit of the already known narrative surrounding Columbine. It exists to show the fact, and Solomon follows the paragraph with the…

20, 1999, two students entered Columbine High School armed with weapons. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered their own school, killing 23 students and teachers, and wounding 20. The two students were part of a group, who called themselves the trench coat mafia. This group had about a dozen juniors and seniors who were often referred to as the “misfits” of Columbine High School. After the five hour siege, Harris and Klebold killed themselves inside the library of the school (Brooke, James).…

More Highly Regulated Gun Control is an Effective Method of Reducing Crime Gun control generally refers to laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms. The actual definition of gun control varies greatly around the world, however, this is the most Americanized and generalized definition that I’ll stick with. Even though illegal gun trafficking is undoubtedly tied to juvenile gun violence and other crimes like drug dealing and gang…