Neil Flynn

was a speech written by William Safire, for President Nixon to give in case the Apollo 11 mission to the moon went wrong, but was never actually given. The speech starts off by claiming that fate has decided that the two astronauts, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, are to be stranded on the moon, and that this shall be their resting place. It continues by commending the bravery of the two men and how they know there’s no possibility for them to be recovered, but that their sacrifice will bring…

with a total of ten days and twenty hours while orbiting the earth 163 times (Taylor 131). However, the goal presented by President JFK in 1961 that “before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon” was not fulfilled until July of 1969 when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made it a reality (Cayton 224).…

Many authors use figurative language is different ways and with different word usage, but how and why do authors use figurative language? What is the proper way to use them, when should they be used, and what is the difference of books that use it, and the ones that do not? In “The Old Man And The Sea” written by Ernest Hemingway, many types of figurative language are used throughout the book such as alliteration, similes, and personification, and all of them are used to describe the things that…

The first human landing on the moon in 1969 was a great accomplishment for America and a huge disappointment for the USSR. But, what if it never happened what if the USA faked the whole thing? Just to win the Space Race? Would America really reside to being that naive just to win a race to the moon? Maybe, if they did they would have to do really good job of hiding the evidence showing that is was just filmed. Just a few things were slipped through the editor's’ eyes. For example, a big…

hoax. One of the biggest rumors is that it is totally fake because in one of the pictures, there is no stars in the sky. There are so many rumors that they can’t explain all of them. But then again, Apollo 11 was the first moon landing. So thanks to Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin.…

Everyone is told to be themselves. In a society such as our own today, it is easier than ever to be your own person and express yourselves in your own way. Being an individual is something that is very important to people and to society. Although, in a book like Ayn Rand’s Anthem, individualism is taken from everyone and our main character strives for some expression of his own despite it being the greatest sin in his world. With a name like Equality 7-2521 you can tell that he is only being…

As Neil Armstrong took those monumental first steps, 240,000 miles away, back on Earth, one 9 year old boy's curiosity ignited. A young Chris Hadfield knew, without a doubt, he wanted to be an astronaut. There was just one problem; he was Canadian. There had never been a Canadian astronaut and still wouldn't be for another 15 years. That didn't stop Chris though; from that day on every decision he made was with his dream in mind. We all have a far-out dream like Chris that we mostly keep to…

What did you just say he asked with a smirk slightly visible on his pale face. That was the greeting I received from my roommate on the first day of freshmen year at the ohio state university. I honestly didn’t understand what was so amusing so I repeated myself again to his amusement. What I would soon discover is that my roommate and many of the other students at OSU make snap decisions about my intelligence based on the way I speak being from southern Ohio meant I say things differently and…

How would you react if someone controlled your entire life? Your job, thoughts, spouse, home, everything! In Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, this is exactly the case. Throughtout the book Equality tests his limits and eventually gets caught. However, he runs away and finds the Uncharted Forest. Equality laughs when he remembers that he is “the damned” because he is now able to be curious and to prefer others. In Equality’s society the government chooses his life mandate. The government puts…

It has been at least 46 years since mankind first stepped onto the moon. This event is considered one of the most important accomplishments that humanity has ever done. However, at this point some people still believe that such an event did not happen, and it was all just massive propaganda used by the United States in order to bankrupt the Soviet Union at the time. This idea about the Apollo mission being fake seems illogical. My perspective about this is that the U.S actually did land on the…