Peter Pan

“‘At our age, it’s more complicated for the rebels. So they use stronger stuff, like drugs or money, to bait us and to make us march…I remember the attack on Njola-Kombouya village, in the south of Sierra Leone. They made us wake up at 1 in the morning and we marched until 7. A doctor came. He had a small bowl of cold water, and, every two injections, he rinsed his needle in the water. It was always a small vial with red liquid. At first, I constantly felt weak and then after, I had a sense of…

In Russian history there were three great Tsars: Vladimir the Great, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great. Only one of these greats is a female, making Catherine’s rise to greatness even greater. Catherine was born Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst in the Baltic port of Stettin, Pomerania on May 2, 1729 (Rounding, 7). She was the daughter of a minor Prussian (Germanic) prince, Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst (Lichman, Corey). As a child, Sophie received little affection…

demanded an audience, ones to admire the theatrical aestheticism; only artists who employed elements of tenebrism and chiaroscuro achieved such breathtaking drama. Two prime examples that applied these practices include Saint Ignatius of Loyola by Peter Paul Rubens and Saint Francis in Prayer by Francisco de Zubarán, each prolific in which the subject is displayed, how they are depicted emotionally, and what artistic roles they play in the Catholic Church. To…

of Holstein-Gottorp. The Russian empress reigned from 1762-1796 marking her Russia's longest female ruler ruling for over thrity years. Catherine's husband the grand duke Peter displease the military, nobles, offcials, and the Orthodox church. After 6 months of his rule Catherine formed a fairly coup d'etat to overthrow Peter, not long after he was murdered by those she conspired with. After Catherine gained power she acted in the favor of the military, church, and offcicilas yo avoid an…

Ivan the Terrible ruled with extreme violence, whereas Peter the Great had more of a purpose for Russia with his violence. Granted, both Ivan and Peter killed many of their own people, but this is only one of the few similarities between the two. Both Russian rulers were raised under severe conditions. They were abused as children but as adults they gained absolute power. Ivan the Terrible killed people in horrible ways, often because of his anger issues. After his wife’s death in 1560, Ivan’s…

In the story of the last unicorn, she is naive in the beginning about who she is and really what the world is like. This provides the foundation of the story in the hero's journey of the unicorn. A unicorn learns from a butterfly who speaks in riddles that she is the last of her kind and that the other unicorns had been chased by the red bull. The butterfly states “You can find the others if you are brave”. They passed down all the roads long ago and the Red Bull ran close behind them and…

Going Solo, Roald Dahl's memoir of his work in East Africa and his service in the RAF, covers much of the buildup to World War II. In the book mention is made of the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal plays a large role in the memoir as a sea level waterway running across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect the Mediterranean and the Red seas. Dahl states that, "The voyage from the Port of London to Mombasa would take two weeks and on the way we were going to call in at Marseilles, Malta, Port said,…

Each culture has a number of things that is thought to be exclusively theirs. Dancing specifically is something that makes a culture more easily identified. When you see a particular dance or think of it you, without delay associate it with a specific culture or group of people. For instance, when you hear hip-hop dance you immediately think of African Americans right? Let’s take this same idea and apply it to stepping or step dancing, what group of people or culture do you associate it with?…

The NPHC Homecoming Step Show is one of the yearly events at The University of Alabama during homecoming season. It is a tradition of excellence of more than 30 years. NPHC organizations also provide a variety of programs designed to enhance the cultural experience of UA students. These organizations are often referred to as divine nine: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma…

Air transportation is essential for business and leisure traveling. People travel by air for many reasons such as various destinations to choose from, shorter traveling times, and safety. No matter the reason, air traveling carries direct and indirect expense and cost to the industry and customers. Some direct cost to the air industry is labor and fuel. Both variables can cause ticket prices to increase or decrease depending on how each airline company decides to allocate their profits.…