Peter Matthiessen

Discrimination has been an ongoing struggle as far back as history can recall, and it is unfortunate that it is still an issue today. We have made tremendous progress for women, African Americans, and other minorities, but we are still in the midst of full rights for the LGBT community. It would be unrealistic to say that this community now has complete equality, especially when states like North Carolina pass laws allowing discrimination and refusal of treatments to the LGBT community. It is…

Religion and science go hand in hand. There cannot be one without the other, which is seen in The Snow Leopard. Throughout the novel, the religion of Peter Matthiessen and the science of George Schaller are brought together. Science and religion in today’s society definitely are coexisting more and more. Science and religion are intertwined, which can be seen in the way they both attempt to explain certain phenomena and how they both influence cultures. Both science and religion try to…

There has been countless unjust trials in American history. Many of them spark debates that last for decades. During the late 1970’s there was one particular trial concerning the murder of the of two FBI agents by a Native American. Leonard Peltier was convicted and tried for murder. The evidence the government used to try Peltier was almost entirely falsified. Leonard Peltier’s trial was a shameful event in our history as he extradited for false affiliates, tried with false evidence, and never…