Open theism

You can’t always make someone do something, no matter how hard you try. There still seems to be those few who honestly couldn’t care less, unlike us good, genuine students. They don’t give a crap about what is going on and are just floating in the ocean, hoping that a wave will come push them to the shore. Often times confused with being lazy, or even just plain stupid, a slacker is his or her own kind of issue. Someone who slacks off doesn’t just not do work . No- a slacker is so much worse…

delayed thesis statement causes gun advocates and anti-gun activists to read throughout most of article before they hear his opinion. If his thesis statement was in the beginning, it would cause these people to either stop reading or shut down their open mind. The article is informal because it uses very little statistics or facts. The author uses events from his life and hypotheticals that could of happened to him. The article still has a serious tone, which it needs when talking about a topic…

In Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan swift Lemuel Gulliver; our protagonist goes on an adventurous study to become a ship doctor. His passion was to sail the seas and enjoy life and everything it had to offer. This came to an abrupt stop when his ship was destroyed in a horrible storm. Which luckily he survived and was washed up on a near by island called Lilliput. Encountering a very awkward seen of tiny people that only reached heights of six inches. My first impression of the people of…

Funk and Wagnall’s give a universal description of gun control. Afterwards, they go into the issue at federal levels, citing the second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution along with court cases setting precedence and bills enacted. Nonetheless revealing that state and local levels are problematic by the idealism that states and localities are free to enforce their own policies. Finally, pressure from organizations on both sides of the gun control battle makes this a highly contentious political…

The interview that was selected for this project was from a 60 minutes episode in which Pam Oliver interviewed Victor Cruz, CC Sabathia and the main interviewee the sports executive for Jay-Z ‘s Roc Nation Sports Shawn Costner, also known as Pecas, who is an avid sneaker collector. Pecas has over 1500 pairs of sneakers that consist of autographed, rare releases, customs, and multiple pairs of his favorite sneakers. In this interview Pam used multiple technics to make him feel comfortable and…

88. That’s the average number of lives lost to gun violence every day in the United States of America, yet it seems like no one even blinks. Gun violence, in general, is a problem that has been on the rise in the United States for several years, and it is now catching up to automobiles in terms of annual deaths. An issue that seems to catch the attention of many people is the increasing frequency of mass shootings rather than the overall impact of gun violence on our nation. In 2015, there have…

“The Open Boat” is a short story based on Stephen Crane’s own experience of a shipwreck in 1897. The story shows how with faith and not giving up in a significantly bad situation can be turned into good. As a correspondent Crane was on his way to Cuba to follow the war. His ship the Commodore sank and he was stuck on a lifeboat for thirty hours with a cook, oiler, and captain. The four individuals had to maintain a sense of hope to be able to survive the ordeal. (History.com) Looking at this…

In the boat stealing scene, readers see the alienation and exploration of the natural world previously discussed. “I went alone into a Shepherd’s boat,” says Wordsworth, establishing his solitude before any other aspect of the experience (1.82). In this scene, Wordsworth is closest to the “blessed babe” state. For this reason, he has little windows during which he comes close to encountering the Real. “Leaving behind her [the boat] still on either side / Small circles glittering idly in the moon…

A common battleground between political parties, gun control, has been a topic argued by both sides. Charles C. W. Cooke and Adam Gopnik both write about this topic, but argue from vastly different sides, Gopnik from the left side and Cooke on the far right. Cooke’s article “Gun- Control Dishonesty” and Gopnik’s article “Shooting” aim to attack and persuade the opposite side to act or simply not to. Upon reading the articles, the reader can note two drastically different approaches.…

Getting trapped on an island called ship-trap island is a never experienced journey,whether it’s in the book or the movie. “The Most Dangerous Game” is not only a short story,it is also produced into a movie. While the movie and short story in“The Most Dangerous Game” had a same plot and similar events, they also have many differences such as the different characters,details and scenery. Firstly, the difference of the movie compared to the story. In the movie Rainsford ended up on the island…