Orange Juice

Agent Orange: The Perpetual Consequences Generations of Vietnamese civilians exposed to a perilous chemical: all due to the spraying of an herbicide over Vietnam’s jungles. The Vietnam War was between the Communist North Vietnam and the United States. The conflict became global when Communist-supportive countries began sending reinforcements to the Vietnamese and the United States gained support from its allies. The Viet Cong soldiers knew their jungles by heart and used the plant cover to…

Determination and Pursuing Your Dreams Stephen Sondheim once quoted in one of his most famous plays, Into the Woods, “If you know what you want, then you go and you find it and you go and get it.” This is a quote that many people live by and represent in their daily lives. Three people that really stood out to as living determined lives are; Thomas Edison, Carrie Underwood, and my mom. All of these people had a goal that they were willing to work and make sacrifices for. Thomas Edison…

Facts The largest municipal bankruptcy, in the history of the United States, was Orange County California, and at the center of this unforeseen catastrophe Robert Citron. Irrefutably, the financial complications that lead to the bankruptcy were the direct result of the mismanagement of public funds by county treasurer, Robert Citron. Furthermore, due to Citron risky investments with the county’s monies, he left the county in a one-and—half billion dollars’ worth of debt. According to the text,…

Few films have replicated the controversy of Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971). Created during the ‘Golden age of American Film violence’ between the 1960s and early 1970s and based on the Anthony Burgess novella of the same name. The Orwellian, science-fiction film, catalogues the life and crimes of antagonist Alex Delarge; a young, violent and hedonistic deliquent with an enthusiastic appreciation for music, specifically German composer, Ludwig van Beethoven. Alex’s ‘droogs’, Dim,…

I grew up in a small town called Haron, the population was about 1,500. It was a small town, nothing bad ever happened. Everyone was so friendly and kind to each other. There was only one high school so all my friends were practically living on the same block as me. Most of our hangout spots were at the café or the bowling alley, there wasn’t that much to do in Haron. I lived on a small farm just near widow creek. In my town, Widow Creek was forbidden by Mayor Judson, I’ve always wanted to know…

Ana Shafer Experience at The Fralin Museum of Charlottesville David Malangi Daymirringu | Michael Krueger Murayana the Yirritja Honey Man | Changing of the Guards 1989 | 2012 Natural ochres on wood, feathers, and resin | Lithograph 1990.7008.029 | 2013.4 My Experience at the Fralin Museum The Fralin Museum of Art in Charlottesville wasn’t like any museum I’ve ever gone too. My experience at the Fralin was subpar when compared to my expectations. In such a modest building the rooms had…

On the surface of A Clockwork Orange, a novel by Anthony Burgess, there appear to be two sides, a “good” side in the form of religion, and a “bad” side in the form of the State, a totalitarian government. However, there is not a clear juxtaposition between the two sides. Despite the fact that Catholicism is thought of as being an institution of the highest morals, and efforts are being made by the State to eradicate behaviors that are deemed detrimental to society, there are no noble…

the reader that separates itself from the concept of the antagonist. Despite belonging to two different literary eras, and being published more than a century apart from one another, Matthew Lewis’ The Monk and A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess both present their main characters, Father Ambrosio and Alex DeLarge, to be the…

Artemis Fowl the 2ed is a 12 year old son of an Irish crime lord. He is a child prodigy who lived a life of crime. He is very sinister and smart. He tried to take the fairy’s gold 24k. He is a manipulator that tricks people into doing things that they don’t realize he wants them to do. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Juliet is Butlers sister. She is not that smart but he played a role in the story. When…

debase its moral development. Agent Orange was a chemical meant to accelerate the growth rate of soybeans. In the future this technological advance in high quantity became a herbicide and a defoliant, the opposite of its original purpose. During the Vietnam war, 77 million liters of it were used by the U.S. Military as a weapon against the Vietnamese. Over four hundred thousand Vietnamese people were killed as a result of having made contact with Agent Orange, and approximately five hundred…