Mourning

it. Even though so many people own them, they still cost a pretty penny. The best way to protect an iPad mini is with a cover or case. There are tons of cases and covers on the market to reflect an individual's style. If there is anyone currently mourning the lack of hardcover or paperback books on the market, there are tons of nifty book cases made to cover an iPad mini! In grade school, everyone needed to bring glue, No. 2 pencils and composition notebooks. The composition notebook was…

lost that cause the individuals to experience distress and emotional disturbance such as anxiety, crying and anger (Freeman, 2005). Unlike Kubler-Ross’s stages, Bowlby’s stages must go in order. He suggests that there are four general phases of mourning: numbing, yearning and searching, disorganization, and reorganization.…

mong the shrouded darkness of the door, laid two glowing eyes of yellow. He looked at the princess one last time. His eyes shot the question, “Why?” The Princess responded with a simple, “Her.” Then the tiger jumped out. Unlike everyone else, he put his hands up with valor. Even so, it could not change the result. The Roman tiger jumped on the youth and began to shred him into too many pieces to count. Everyone second her heart raced. Oh how it was worse than all the nightmares combined! Had…

‘Gran Torino’, starred in and directed by Clint Eastwood, creates a euphoric quality to the ‘good old’ American traditional values through the fictitious events surrounding Walt Kowalski, a Korean War veteran who has recently lost his wife. Kowalski is ‘pissed off’ at the world. His anger is compounded by the fact that he is separate with his disrespectful family, his neighbourhood is overrun by the Hmong and that simply the world is changing, and by his opinion, for the worse. Clint Eastwood’s…

Stranger Things season 2 is just the right ticket for those looking to find out if Barb Holland still lives. After Barb’s disappearance in season 1, many wonder if she is going to ever return. Until Netflix releases a new video that features Barb in action. Is this a prelude to Stranger Things season 2? Not necessarily. The video below teases the appearance of Nancy Wheeler’s best friend. Still set in the 1980s, a news report flashes on screen and explains the disappearance of Barb. The report…

Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader of the civil rights movement beginning in the mid 1950’s. He was known across the world. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968 and when it happened, the nation was in complete shock. Prior to his assassination, King faced countless criticism from the black communities because they wanted him to get aggressive in order to speed things up and get the laws changed because it was taking too long. When he was assassinated, the Black…

some may automatically assume the death of a loved one. While suffering this type of loss is one of the major causes of experiencing grief, there are other situations in which grieving is necessary in order to move forward. According to Axelrod, “Mourning occurs in response to an individual’s own terminal illness, the loss of a close relationship, or to the death of a valued being, human or animal (Axelrod, 2014).” The grieving process does not have a time limit. Every individual responds to…

Both Rowlandson and Equiano were sold to a series of owners. Rowlandson was sold to various “husbands” while Equiano was sold to a chain of owners taking him from his home to the West Indies. Describing his physical confrontation with multiple overseers, Olaudah Equiano writes, “These overseers are indeed for the most part persons of the worst character of any denomination of men in the West Indies. Unfortunately, many humane gentlemen, by not residing on their estates, are obliged to leave the…

Interpretive Paper 1 “Thou shall not kill” is a fundamental belief in today’s society, yet during times of war, breaking this commandment is not considered a sin. Instead it is a necessary action to properly serve and protect the country. However, when modern-day soldiers return from battle they generally do not discuss the details of the war to the public. Conversely, in the Iliad, as more people know about a hero’s war story, the more glory he attains. The Iliad’s depiction of war is complex.…

With the steady rise in mass and school shootings, the public looks for a place to lay the blame. Some people blame guns, as though the mere existence of guns is the cause of shootings. Some people blame bullying, some blame parents, some just blame the people themselves. Still others, such as Brad Bushman, Ohio State Professor and author of “Video games can spark aggression” criticize video games as having a hand in shootings. “Video games can spark aggression” was printed in the New York Daily…