My Name Is Earl

mentions raping women in this song as well as lyrics like: “The only motherfucking Wolf here, I spit venom” or “Bite her in her fucking neck, bite her in her fucking neck/ Bottom of the fucking lake, bottom of the fucking lake/ Call my gang of wolves and bats, call my gang of wolves and bats/ It's a full moon tonight and these hoes ain't acting right”. Tyler raps about being a wolf, which spits venom, which is a wolf combined with a vampire. This combination almost perfectly fits the…

“Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” After the party is over, Juliet subtly asks questions to the Nurse to try and find out who Romeo is “Go ask his name”, but when she does find out who Romeo is, she becomes very flustered “My only love sprung from my only hate!” As the play progresses, you can see how Romeo and Juliet being in love has changed their personalities, when Romeo first meets Juliet, his thinking is not practical at all “my…

true diary of a Full-time Indian, Junior says “My parents came from poor people who came from poor people who came from poor people, all the way back to the very first poor people.” He is talking about the cycle and how his family got into the cycle of poverty. An example of people trying to break the cycle can be found in the help when Yula Mae say “I’m tryin’ to get my boys off to college. Now, it’s worthwhile what you’re all doing’, but…but my boys are worth more.” Even though In the book,…

When the three men rushed onto the stage, they honed in on their target, and mercilessly shot the man 15 times. Elated with their success, little did they know that in their futile attempt to silence the man’s message, their bullets had only amplified his call for civil liberties of the African Americans. Malcolm X, an individual gifted with a divine hand in education, had concluded that ignorance and greed, are fundamentally responsible for race prejudice in America. His statement, radical for…

Maniac Magee is a very fascinating story about an orphan with the name of Jeffrey Magee and also known as the legend, Maniac Magee The book Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli is based on an orphan named Jeffrey Magee who is looking for the right place and home in the racially separated town he lives in. Maniac Magee is a realistic fiction book. Realistic Fiction is when a story is written with events that didn’t actually happen but had all the possibilities of happening. It’s possible for Maniac…

It was a chilly and foggy Wednesday afternoon. The slippery and wet stone floor in front of the popular Cologne cathedral reflected the melancholic weather of a typical late autumn/ early winter day. The stomping sound of my heavy combat boots and the murmur of many excited voices were all I could hear. From a distance, I saw an overspill of overly enthusiastic people walking in all sorts of directions. Somewhere in the middle of the sea of people, there it was. The long awaited, shooting-star…

Cat” Ashwood. There is more to his wacky unusual name than meets his jewelled emerald eyes. It is an Irish name, composed of the Gaelic dubh “black” and laoch “champion”, meaning Dooley loosely translates into “Black Champion”. Honestly, the name doesn’t quite fit him perfectly. “Dubh” describes his permanent obsidian coloured fur tuxedo and perhaps his dark sense of humour, like when he decides to scratch and destroy door frames in the house to get my attention. His mind is as razor-sharp as…

raised since 1892 from NHL’s very existence, that trophy is named the Stanley Cup. It all started in March 18, 1892, at a dinner of the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association. Lord Kilcoursie delivered the following message on behalf of Lord Stanley, the Earl of Preston and Governor General of Canada. “I have for some time been thinking that it would be good thing if there were to be a challenge cup which should be held from year to year by the champion hockey team in the Dominion.”[sic] Throughout…

in 1896 and “ended” in 1964. In my opinion, I don’t feel as if segregation has ever ended. There will always be a certain hatred because of history that will hold equality back. Another thing that will hold us back is stereotypes, we call each other “white and “black. There will always be an outlook on mixed relationships. In my opinion, I believe there will always be some sort of hatred because of history. I’m sure you know of slavery that took place for over a…

and foremost, and as such, I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” - Malcolm X, a true hero in my eyes. If you’ve never heard of him, you should really get to know him better. He was born on the 19th of May in 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents were Louise Norton and Earl Little, and he shared a house with his eleven siblings. Malcolm Little, later changed his name to Malcolm X, had 4 daughters with his love, Betty Shabazz. During the time period, segregation was a problem…