Pie

The Cost of Influence To truly embody the American spirit, one must appreciate the following things: baseball, apple pie, and freedom. Democracy, an institution that has granted Americans their beloved freedom, would not function without the public’s influences and ideas. Lobbying is a practice that preys upon the idea of citizens being involved in government under the false pretense that representatives from large corporations petition lawmakers to “give the people a voice.” In reality, many…

National Income can be defined as revenue earned by the nation’s companies that is measured by the United States Commerce Department and is organized and published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. National Income relates closely to Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, which is the market value of legal goods and services produced in an economy in a year. Overall, there are two ways that the Bureau of Economic Analysis calculates the GDP; there’s the expenditure approach which uses the formula…

found in Lesson number sixteen which says, “Happiness is knowing how to celebrate.” This was illustrated in the story when Hector met a lady on the plane going to Africa. She told him that “sweet potato pie” made her happy and invited him to her house to meet her family and have “sweet potato pie.” Hector accepted the invitation and went to her house for the…

In the Life of Pie by YANN MARTEL the excerpt “DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO?” felt important to the advancement of the plot. I felt that this excerpt mainly told the whole story of the book. In the zoo people wanted to find the most dangerous animal so PI father set up a booth with a curtain. In the booth was a mirror and when people opened the curtain they find out that it was them all along. In the later part of the book Pi was in a heavy predicament. He was pinned…

Steinem, an American feminist, once stated "Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It 's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It 's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It 's about baking a new pie. " Comparing feminism to "baking a new pie" suggests that women seek a drastic change in today 's society. Despite America 's perseverance in World War II, encouragement and motivation were essential in getting America back on its…

6 years ago, my daughter decided to celebrate her 20th birthday in the marvelous city of Casablanca. It took place in one of the nicest beach hotels in town. Over fifty people were invited that evening. Most of them were friends from the US and Europe, and some were family members from Morocco. It was a beautiful summer night the sky was so clear and blue and with few sparkling stars. Looked like a pretty midnight blue cocktail dress. The restaurant where the party took place overlooked the…

Most Super Bowls these days are centered around commercials, but this Sunday was a very notable exception. With the Patriots and the Falcons putting on a show for the ages, most of us were forced to use the ad breaks for bathroom visits and heaping our plates with snacks. That's a shame, because this year's commercial crop was the most interesting one in a while. Here are the best ads you might have missed: • Budweiser: Born the Hard Way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZmlRtpzwos Budweiser…

actions, or words against God. When Hilly and her friends hide from Celia, they are committing a sin of commission. They do not let Celia into the house and exclude her from many parties because they believe she is “white trash”. Celia came with a pie and good intentions, but they were nothing but rude to her and ignored her. They deliberately shunned her. Sins of omission are a failure…

Huck and Jim are on the raft. They come across a wrecked steamboat. Huck feels the need to go on there and look to loot it. Huck states “I can’t rest, Jim, till we give her a rummaging. Do you reckon Tom Sawyer would ever go by this thing? Not for pie, he wouldn’t. He’d call it an adventure.” (67) Here Huck is determined to go on to the wrecked steamboat to look for possible loot that was left over. Jim has no interest in having an “adventure” on the steamboat. Huck’s selfishness convinces Jim…

This past summer movie season sweltered, simmered and smoldered its way into the hearts of many in 2017. While previous summers presented the worst Hollywood had to offer, this year proved different. Beginning with the empowering “Wonder Women,” to the stunning “Dunkirk” and the inspiriting joy ride that was “Baby Driver,” the film industry pleasantly surprised with dense blockbusters and three dimensional characters audiences will not soon forget. Nevertheless, a few indie gems — great films…