Number of the Beast

think of what I was doing anymore, I had gotten so "turned" into a terrifying beast, that I just went with it now. If I had to kill someone, I did it. I questioned my own existince so many times I couldn't keep track. The Nazis were so harsh, it was unbelievable, well, for normal people it was unbelievable, for me, it was normal. The Prisoner numbers had gone down so much. There were about 4,000 Jews left, the numbers had dropped so much. At Treblinka, it was known that not many people survive…

ideological. Either due to fear or self-interest, innate cowardice or inherent malice, all fout characters in the texts of the previous decade are presented to have cooperated with the occupation forces for a number of reasons that are…

Florence Kelley, a social worker and activist, found an unusual audience for her speech on child labor reforms. After all, the primary goal of the National American Woman Suffrage Association was to extend the right to vote to American women, not to reform factories. Yet, Kelley effectively persuaded the convention that both males and females should politically participate to the fullest extent of their ability to free the children from harsh factory work. Kelley appealed to her audience both…

would often read Greek and Roman mythology. Therefore, much of the book was based upon the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, which gave punishments for displeasing the gods. For instance, Athens had to send seven youth to the Labyrinth to fight the beast. Her father was a teacher for college history which inspired her to look into wars and unnecessary feuds. Collins’ main goal in writing the series was to inform children on the subject of wars and how families and individuals were…

As with any genre or form, fairy tales provoke a certain kind of thought when approached. The ideas of magic and adventure, marriage and loss, and more jump to mind. One technique in particular relies on a fairy tale’s established environment: “normalized magic” (Bernheimer). The fairy tale itself exists in a uniform world, one with rules and laws different from reality. Magic exists in varying forms, sometimes grandiose and sometimes subtle. But its existence in typically preserved throughout…

Linda V. Mapes’ article “Demonstrators arrested after disrupting Seattle traffic in protest of Trans Mountain pipeline” discusses a public protest that took place in Seattle, Washington against tar-sands oil extraction and the proposed construction of the Trans Mountain Pipeline that is occurring Canada. The protesters believe that these activities will harm the environment, endanger wildlife in Western Canada, contribute to climate change, and cause violence against the indigenous women in the…

varied among each group. The White Rhinos wore items that showed their pride for their dynasty accompanied with white wrist bands, and white bandannas. We wore t-shirts with our group’s name on them and had a quote on it saying, “unleash your inner beast.” I still have these t-shirts because I have become emotionally attached to them. The leaders wore separate t-shirts to indicate their position or role in the group. They had more of an authoritarian role and one of their responsibilities was to…

Acevedo to perform several of her spoken word poems. She was very passionate about the subjects of her poems and spoke with us at length as to their inspirations and contexts. She presented a number of her more famous poems such as “Ode to the Rat” (also known as “Rat Ode”), “Bittersweet Love Poem”, and “Beast Girl.” As well as some of her more obscure works without given titles such as the poem for singles and the poem regarding her feelings after the 2016 election and her poem regarding the…

ours, for they ate, and drank, and slept with their men...In some of these places the people ornamented themselves with scars" (52). Later when he sold yet again, he first encounters the white man for the first time and he sees them as evil beings “beasts” of sorts, it is with the white man that Equiano discovers the true horrors of the slave trade. He is crammed below the ship where he lies with the dead and dying African slaves, Equiano's worst suffering came from the "pestilential" smell of…

The matrimony between two persons of the same genetic sex, in other words “gay marriage”, has been legally accepted in over twenty countries since the year 2001 (The Daily Beast). The approval of this style of marriage is perception of ethical and civil rights. For centuries, the marriage concerning someone other than a man and a woman would have been unprecedented. However, times are revolutionizing, and the world is evolving. Numerous people express that same-sex marriages should be legal,…