Parades

She checked the clock It was almost four-thirty She had promised Rochelle that she would be home by five so they could watch the parade that Royal Prep orchestrated every year It was silly, but it meant a lot to her sister, so Alene watched it every year with her sister Rochelle always managed to drag their mother out into the living room to watch the “pretty princesses ” Alene…

The women began a reform movement before the outbreak of the Civil War to abolish slavery, specifically in the meeting Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The first state to grant women the right to vote Wyoming In 1869. Leaders in the western states and territories argued that granting female suffrage would pull new residents to the West. There was a split in the women's rights until the founding of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1890. It…

Who was Oswald , Oswald the man who had shot one of the guards on duty during the parade of John F kennedy. He was also the man who in charge of the fatal shooting of our 35th president. Oswald was charged with murder but wasn’t given the death or anything terrible. He was ranked sharpshooter in his class but was later kicked out because of fights and other things in the army. He was also accused with the murder of the officer on duty and was sentenced more than what he expected. John F kennedy…

Most characters in The Book Thief are naïve to the fact that one’s degree of morality seems to work both against and for people regarding their fate. Sometimes good people suffer while bad people benefit; sometimes bad people live while good people die. Fate, however, does not take morality into account. Instead, it is an unbiased, random phenomenon. Being one of high moral standing does not necessarily provide protection. Hans, Liesel, and Rudy all exhibit immense naiveté when it comes to the…

It may not come as any surprise that society is greatly influenced by present-day social media such as Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat. Celebrities have mass amounts of followers; they put their daily lives on the Internet for us to all see, and we all catch onto the latest fads. This is not a new concept, however. For as long as one could imagine, that is how long members of society have been influenced by pop culture. Through the examination of three approaches, the Functionalist, the…

The Laramie Project, written by Moises Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project, offers a commentary on homosexuality and living as a minority in the United States. As a gay man, Matthew Shepard represents a small minority in the overwhelmingly conservative town of Laramie, Wyoming. In Laramie, the population is largely straight and 89.39% Caucasian. These demographics represent one of the most reserved political views of rural republicanism. Rural republicans are largely…

Rudy had been mistreated at the Hitler Youth program by his Youth leader for quite some time. Being forced to crawl on the fertilized field and perform vigorous disciplinary exercises Rudy was pushed to the edge. Seeking an outlet he persuaded, though it didn't take much, Liesel into another theft. Liesel yearning to finish The Whistler and to get revenge on the Mayor's wife for her betrayal set her sights on the Mayor's house. Creeping in through the library window Liesel snatched up the book…

DCI is like the “NFL, MLB, and NHL” of the marching world and she finishes by saying that DCI “is a nonprofit organization” along with the other organizations. Even high school and middle school bands compete in competitions all around ranging from parade marching to field marching. As for entertaining a crowd, marching band is the soul of that. A marching bands purpose at home football or basketball games is to perform for the entertainment of the crowd and get the pumped up for the players…

Inopportune: Stage One is a famous artwork created in 2004 by the contemporary artist, who is known for using gunpowder and explosives in his artwork, named Cai Guo-Qiang. It can be viewed at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Massachusetts. It consists of nine white Ford Tauruses hanging vertically in a large rotunda. Each of the nine white Ford Tauruses is being pierced with numerous neon flashing light tubes. The nine white American cars are placed so that it seems that cars are…

I’d love to explain some majestic symbolic event that changed my life or has given me ample insight to colossal proficiencies. But in reality I believe beyond any reasonable dought, that there are no explanations, lessons to be handed down from generation to generation, or purpose to this macrocosm, we call a world. I have lived a life of unfortunate events with the seed being sown just before my first birthday. Continuing to grow gripping thorned vines, to pull me towards pain and suffering,…