Nuclear fallout

The Absence of Fathers and its Impact on Children My topic expounds on the issues surrounding single-parents, the absence of fathers and its impact on children. It also points out the influence that the sheer presence of an on-going biological and residential social father has on children. The argument presented here is that fathers’ presence (versus fathers’ absence) facilitates an environment of expectations and achievements wherein his children will be biased toward attaining a high school…

Growing up in a family that did not communicate that much, I was not very close with my mother of father. My mom and I did tend to talk more but not about personal things in our life. Me and my dad however always fought. I have a few good memories with him (he loved teaching me how to make home made biscuits.) which I always enjoyed on those rare occasions he was in a good mood. But, 90% of the time we were fighting. From the survey I came to the conclusion that I never want to have this type…

The first things that come to mind when one thinks of imprisonment are often bars, shackles and chains. However, this is not always how imprisonment manifests itself. A person can feel trapped within their own mind, trapped by familial obligation or by the choices they’ve made, without ever laying eyes on a cell. Charles Dickens demonstrates this type of non physical imprisonment in A Tale of Two Cities. Throughout the novel, Dickens builds on the idea of non physical imprisonment, specifically…

A nuclear family is defined as a “familial form consisting of a father, a mother, and their children. (453)” A nuclear family is familiarized as the traditional American family that has a complete concept. A father who is known as head of the household, a mother who takes care of the home and children, and the children who grow up and go on to become adults. This is what society used to base a typical family on and it was the base for all family types. It was a dominant factor in the 1950s where…

“Those who fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it,” This quote by George Santayana, perfectly highlights the dangers of not acting on genocide in our world. Too many times has the international reacted too late to genocides that are committed around the world. Too many lives have been lost in this past century, that could have been saved, if countries had stepped in sooner, but with the support and funding of the Genocide Convention, many genocides can be stopped in there tracks and…

Elise Kunik Book Report- Hiroshima The incredible non-fiction book, Hiroshima, written and brought to life by John Hersey in 1946, discusses the truths of the attack and the long-lasting devastation, tragedy, and utter destruction caused by the United States atomic bomb dropping on the Japanese city, Hiroshima. Hersey’s primary intentions for writing the book were to provide a captivating, informative, and emotional narrative of the disaster that resulted from the bomb and give readers a…

organization of the Manhattan Project. The Corps created this unique district in the during World War II to help camouflage the most secret of efforts - the building of the atomic bomb (“HEADQUARTERS”). The Main objective of this project was to develop a nuclear weapon before Nazi Germany could build and use one during World War II.…

beneficial-alternative power source. In 1954, the first successful nuclear power plant was built. However, many issues arose when people began to question the safety of the plant. These concerns were about the stability of the…

discovers what is really happening forcing the president to announce his plan. An astronaut Spurgeon “Fish” Tanner and his team will land on the comet and plant explosives, hopefully changing the route of the deadly comet. The team plans to plant nuclear bombs on the comet to deter its course. When the bombs detonate, the larger pieces miss Earth while the smaller piece lands in the sea creating a tsunami. In preparation of the impact, limited numbers of civilians are given shelter in special…

A firearm is a weapon from which a projectile-such as a bullet- is shot and is discharged by some chemical-usually gunpowder. It is believed that the origin of gunpowder is from Turkey, Europe, or China. The first combination of chemicals recorded was by Franciscan monk Roger Bacon around the time of 1250 A.D. The compounds were sulphur, charcoal, and saltpeter; which produced a rapidly burning and exploding powder. Around fifty years later, the first cannons were being developed. It consisted…