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Part One The National Convention was the governing body of France from September 21, 1792 to October 26, 1795. Many events pushed the National Convention towards the Reign of Terror, a time of violence and executions during the French Revolution. A few of the reasons were; the execution of their king, Louis XVI, in 1792, the food shortage because of bad harvests, and the ongoing threat of invasion from the rest of the European countries. These events pushed the National Convention to give the…

Before he ever wrote Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk’s father was murdered, he despised being a journalist, he worked with NPR, and for a while, he worked with people who were terminally ill. (Chalmers) Published in 1996, Fight Club was made into a movie only three years later. The book was based heavily on his own life experiences, such as his membership in the Cacophony Society, which inspired “Project Mayhem”. His work with the terminally ill, especially the death of a patient to whom he had…

Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club, the reader is taken through the slow mental breakdown of the main character of the novel. This nameless narrator goes through several mental changes that can be reflected in the environment that he surrounds himself in. Also, Marla Singer is portrayed as the only tangible thing that connects him to the real world and acts as a mirror reflecting his lies. As the novel progresses, the narrator starts to sleep earlier and earlier thus giving the opposite personality of…

The novel Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk, tells a story about two men bringing a societal revolution and new era of self-identity. The men in this novel reject to conform to society’s norms and attempt to strip away the unnecessary parts of their lives and discover their true selves. Ultimately, the lives of many revolve around their status and properties, characters achieve a new sense of identity and purpose with the new relationships with themselves, Tyler Durden and Fight Club. The main…

Walking into the front door of the gym ready to work-out and feeling that nice cool breeze of air conditioning, just runs chills through your body. My mind is set to accomplish a full workout, for the first time. As I walk to the front counter to be greeted, my representative Ray walks up to me and my daughter, Sekora with a warm welcome, and we get even more excited. Ray, who is our sales representative for joining the gym, gave us all the rules, regulations, and details of my agreement. Ray…

The Putt that Broke All Spirits Beep! Beep! Beep! The sound of my thundering alarm clock blared through my room on an early Thursday morning. I opened my right eye slowly, then yawned, then made a quick sweep around my room; my heart suddenly started racing, adrenaline and energy burst through my body as I shot myself out of bed! I suddenly realized that today was the day of the opening round of the State Golf Tournament! Now, standing in my room, I realized the importance of the day; I rushed…

Terrorism: Rooted in the French Revolution Terrorism is incredibly prevalent within today’s society in the forms of social media, news outlets, and word of mouth. It is a danger that has grown exponentially over the past few years. However, people are unaware of where the foundations of modern terrorism lie. The belief is that the French Revolution was the catalyst that began modern terrorism and it is reason France is incredibly susceptible to terror attacks in the present. The multitude of…

This research was a correlational study that looked at how the magnitude, components and time distribution of screen time relate to socioeconomic status, gender, age and level of fatness in Australian children aged ten to thirteen years old. The study aimed to look at how time is used differently between high and low screen users and the effect of this on sleep and exercise. Another purpose was to determine the features of ‘extreme’ screen uses with the hope of using this to create…

Most of the time, when we hear the word “gym”, we associate that word with exercising, getting in shape, lifting weights, losing weight, or staying healthy. We think of that because that is the main purpose of a gym. The standard norm of any gym is to exercise and stay healthy. The majority of the people who goes to the gym usually wear clothes specifically for the gym that are more comfortable and allow them to do movements which with regular casual clothes would be more difficult to do. We…

the people around him. Similarly, the movie the Breakfast Club (1985), focuses on five high school students struggling to fit in and find their places in the variety of cliques. Of all of these students, John Bender is the one struggling to find his place in life and to fit in any of the norms that the society has set for him similarly to Holden, who is in search of his true self and his place in society. Both Bender from the Breakfast Club and Holden from the Catcher in the Rye are isolated…