Outhouse

Looking back at my childhood through present day, I would have to say that Priest Lake, Idaho is the one place that has impacted me, and my views on our environment the most. It is my special place. Growing up my family spent a lot of time during the summer up at Priest Lake. We then began spending our Thanksgivings there, renting cabins for 3 days and just enjoying family time, playing card and board games, listening to music, cooking lots of food, and playing in the snow, if it happened to…

In the article, it is stated that at least 2 billion people have the tendency to “over relieve” themselves while using latrines. Latrines are outhouses or portable restrooms that aren’t disposed of properly. These sources of waste are dumped into bodies of water, or put at treatment facilities that do not dispose of them properly. Now in turn, there are an abundance of areas where families do not…

Grandpa Samuel and Grandma Dorothy were born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Grandpa was born in 1930, and grandma Dorothy Isabela Violet in 1926. Grandpa had no middle name and Grandma had two. I don’t know how that happened. During the days of my grandpa’s youth, World War II was being fought during the years of 1939 to 1945. Belfast, Northern Ireland was the target of many air raids. It was a mandatory requirement for parents to evacuate their young children to the country for safety…

In Five Families, El Norte, and in Stand and Deliver, there is the common theme of breaking out of the vicious cycle of poverty. Education is seen as an opportunity to escape from this cycle and lead a better life; however, pursuing one is a struggle for many as family obligations and discrimination often block the road. The Martinez family resides in the Mexican highlands in Azteca, sixty miles south of Mexico City, and is best compared to the Xuncax family in El Norte. Both families face…

By the late seventeenth early eighteenth centuries, the southern colonies was immersed in a labor transition from indentured servitude to slavery. Indentured servants were under a labor contract which consisted of passage to the British colonies with the repayment made by services provided at a plantations for a term of four to seven years, and once the term was completed, they would receive 50 acres. This labor system began to decline for various reasons, such as economic stability in England,…

The inhabitants of a city were exposed to awful, unsanitary conditions on a normal basis. Flowing down unpaved roads were open drains and sewers. Bathing conditions were not much better, in parts of Manchester, up to 200 people would share the same outhouse. Needless to say, these privies filled up very quickly and were rarely cleaned, causing the leaking and seeping of waste into underground cellars which furthered the unsanitary conditions of 19th century Western society. This poverty led to…

the dampness from the air. With roaring fires and many people milling about, for a few short weeks, castles could be reasonably comfortable places to live. The interior of a castle contained staircases, bedrooms, hallways, priveys (kinda like an outhouse built inside the castle), women's rooms (small areas used for chatting and embroidery) and possibly a laundry room. Other rooms that may be included in medieval castles is, The Keep ( a storage space for food in case of siege, also the last…

who is very strict and cruel. Many of the “bosses” stand around and watch quietly while Godfrey abuses the prisoners. A punishment a couple of the prisoners received was staying in “the box.” “The box” was a tiny shack similar to the size of an outhouse. The prisoner had to strip down, put on a gown given by the guards, and then be placed inside “the box” for an entire night. One of the guards actually felt sorry for Luke when he had to be put into “the box” when Luke’s mother died. Boss Godfrey…

satirical material is obviously understood to be false by most individuals. In the Falwell case, Hustler Magazine printed an advertisement that used obvious hyperbole about a prominent minister and said he had sexual relations with his own mother in an outhouse (cite). There was a disclaimer as well at the bottom of the page, saying it was an “ad parody – not to be taken seriously.” Thus, in this case, it was obvious to readers it was fictional and should be taken as satire. Jerry Falwell, the…

"How come education and intelligence of a character must always be offset by his social ineptitude, or condescending attitude toward his 'techno babble?' How come being above the average in some area is so often portrayed as some sort of socially undesirable eccentricity?" (Maciac) Today's television bolsters the idea that individuals who are viewed as "smart" are lesser class citizens. Children's shows on Disney Channel portray an inaccurate view of intellectuals to viewers causing school…