Old South

are the very first person I’ve met from here.” Marci’s smile was contagious. She invited Ava to join a them. As the day faded into a lovely warm night, Ava shared their meal and a few glasses of wine with the couple, observing the tongues of the old biddies alongside the pool, wagging. Walking back to her apartment, that night, for once, Ava was sure life was on the upswing. That woman! Compared to the usual Americans she had met, there was something distinctly different about Marci. An…

and a scholar of comparative literature. The Crisis of the European Mind, which is written by Hazard, is filled with intellectual history that gives the synopsis of the creation of Modern Europe. Hazard’s book takes a look at the transition from the old world to the new world, new developments such as science, arts, and philosophy, and how characters such as Pierre Bayle and John Locke paved the future of the enlightenment and of romanticism. Now that the Renaissance and the Reformation had…

hook themselves) to place it as the biggest taboo that one should not cross. It can be as simple as snitching, or going back on one’s word on whoever he promised. Whatever one’s definition of betrayal is, everyone in our modern society, or even the old one, know that betrayal is one of the more heinous acts on earth. No one tolerates the idea of getting betrayed, but what does the writer do to present such ideas? Well, in the first paragraph of the story, let alone the first pages of the story,…

never written? Would we still have faith in something that we don’t know for sure exist? Would we still believe in God and Jesus if we didn’t have proof enough to make us dependent on him for savior? There are two parts two the Bible, the Old Testament and the New Testament. It starts with the 7 days of creation in which on the 6th day he creates animals and man, or humankind. In the Bible, it talks from Adam and Eve to The Prophets and it explains certain things that we can’t quite fit…

Old English literature is also referred to Anglo-Saxon literature. The Anglo-Saxons were settlers from Germany that originate from the names Angeln and Saxony. The Anglo-Saxon period lasted for 600 years, from 410 to 1066. They went to Britain after the fall of The Roman Empire, around AD 410. Roman armies were needed, so they left Britain in the fifth-century to fight for their land. The Anglo-Saxons were basically their own leaders in the new land and did not contribute much, or anything to…

I was born on February 20th, 1998 in Greenville, South Carolina. My parents were new to parenting because they were twenty years old when I was born. Once I turned six weeks old, my parents went back to work so my great grandmother took care of me. I learned a lot from being at my great grandmother’s house because there were always older people around me. “You and your Papa Pete used to sit on the front porch and watch the cars go by. That’s how you learned your colors. He used to hold you and…

South Korea South Korea’s official name is Republic of Korea. Located on the northeastern region of asia, South Korea takes up about 45% of the Korean Peninsula. The population is 50,462,127, which makes up 0.68% of the total world population. 49.8% of the population is male and 50.2% is female. South Korea’s rank is #27 in the list of population. The median age is about 41 years of age and life expectancy is about 80 years of age. The infant mortality rate of children under 5 was last measured…

problem, but should we force those of 70 years of age to give up their license? As many others, those over the age of 70, need to be able to transport themselves, subsequently only causing more problems if they get their licence’s removed. Those 70 years old and over, should be treated equally as everyone who holds a full licence, by removing their licence it creates inequality. Many elderly have the ability to drive well, whilst only some are unfit to drive, by removing all licences of those…

the senior services affected by health insurance. The survey discovered out of 34,829 online participants 6,242 (19%) admitted to having little to no confidence that medical care personnel will treat them with dignity and respect as LGBT people in old age, with the lesbian population making most of the statistic with (12%) (Zogby, 2006). These numbers are only a fraction of willing participants. In 2009, Hughes conducted a study with 371 participants examining LGBTQ concerns with aging and the…

on the banks of the Mediterranean Sea, to board his boat. “Nineveh was located on the east bank of the Tigris River downstream from the Kurdish mountains in modern day Mosul, Iraq.” Nineveh was also located on two major trade routes, one north to south and the other East to West. Because of the trade routes and the river, Nineveh was able to grow and flourish into the great city that it was. Scripture Integration There is limited information on the vine, it is mentioned four times in the KJV…