Moby-Dick

When it comes to the topic of torturing terrorists for information, most of us will readily agree that it’s a debatable topic. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of whether useful information could be gained from torturing terrorists. Whereas some are convinced that torture could be used as a tool for obtaining information, others maintain that torture is not effective and can even result in gaining false information. I agree that torture is a necessary tool for…

him. I think that a lot of the most controversial things we did , that people didn’t like and- and criticized us for, things like the terror surveillance program or the enhanced interrogation techniques, were things that allowed us to save lives.” -Dick Cheney. Cheney had been in congress for six terms before running for vice-president with George Bush. He served for two terms with president Bush. Defense, energy use, and the Middle East he was especially good at. The first few days after a…

George W. Bush’s 2004 presidential campaign ad “Tested” employed ethos with his message “Steady Leadership in Times of Change” implying that he was stable and trustworthy during the disastrous events that took place under his administration ,such as September 11th an event that would go on to change how voters viewed foreign and domestic affairs for years to come; meanwhile, John Kerry’s campaign ad “Optimists” would have successfully captured the vote of American voters because of his pathos…

I am a girl. I am a girl that came to another country for school. I am a girl that is constantly thinking and wanting to explore the Earth. I am a girl that is not willing to give up on her dreams. I am creative and smart. I have good and bad qualities. I am human. I chose two types of media to show these “I am characteristics” and that I believe represent me in a positive way. I chose a photograph of a woman sculpture carved onto a rock on a coast. For choosing my image, I started off by…

Just like Superman, Batman was loner once too. Until he took a boy named Dick Grayson under his wing when his parents were brutally murdered. He did this because the boy reminded Bruce of himself when he was little. (Bruce’s parents had been murdered too) The boy had soon found out Bruce wasn't who he said he was, and found…

Two weeks passed and it happened again. He knew he wasn’t going to last much longer. The attacks had become more and more frequent. He had to get out! Alfred had tried many times, but they were guarding the door under the doormat. They could only appear under rugs and carpets, so he figured the hated the light. For that reason he decided to call them moles.They had been unsuccessfully trying to kill him off for a month now and Alfred was running out of food. He tried calling the police but the…

Scene: When the Joker crashes Harvey Dent’s fundraiser and targets Rachael Dawes because no one knows where Harvey is. The 360 degree turn of the camera emphasizes Rachel’s struggle to over power the Joker and his struggle to maintain it. The Joker has his knife at Rachel 's mouth to not only show his dominance to her but to how that while he looks silly dressed like a clown, he is serious. While he knows that the rich guests are not scared of him, a criminal, he does not try to instill the…

Barbie is a popular doll brand, it 's been around for over forty years. Barbie is a slim young woman, with blonde hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. Unlike other dolls, Barbie has been a surgeon, dentist, and pilot. It is a doll that influences young girls to be whatever they want. Barbie is a doll that has been the subject of many controversies and lawsuits. What message does Barbie send, to young girls? This doll, encounters both criticism and praise, spanning both ends of the ideological…

According to a 2011 statewide study called “Breaking Schools’ Rules,” by the Council of State Governments Justice Center, students in Texas public schools who are suspended or expelled for a discretionary violation are three times more likely to be in contact with the juvenile justice system the following year. Moreover, the study found that African American students were disproportionately more likely to be disciplined in comparison to their counterparts. The report found that eighty-three…

First, in the beginning of the novel, the ideal of a perfect American white family is introduced through a reading of a elementary school book of a Mother, Father, and two siblings, Dick and Jane. Jane is whom Pecola wants to become. On page three, the paragraph is written out as a copy from a passage of one of the Dick and Jane stories, and it can suggests to Pecola 's mental state before she started to become addicted to the image of Jane. In the second paragraph, on page four, the same…