Pigs on the Wing

One late afternoon, a United States satellite orbiting in space picked up an unsettling and unexplained image. If there was one thing every Cuban loved, it was baseball. All Cuban military bases in 1952 had at least one baseball field to give the soldiers something recreational to do. The satellite image showed a select few bases without any baseball fields; these bases had soccer fields constructed instead. A CIA consultant noticed this and it raised questions in his mind as he observed,…

and heal them. The problem with this method is that since most of these diseases don’t naturally occur in animals, the outcome of the drug cannot be accurate (Sylvia Engdahl). In Noah Berlatsky article, he also states that “Penicillin kills guinea pigs but is inactive in rabbits”. Penicillin was a major breakthrough in history and it completely changed the medical fields advances in medicine. It has been a major life saver for humans, but it was devastating in animal testing. Penicillin was…

Greece were not held in high regards due to the strikingly misogynistic takes on gender, hierarchy, and marriage that were prevalent in this era. In fact, women were seen as a threat to the male order, frequently being compared to vixens, mares, and pigs. So why then, is the well-versed Sappho held in such high approbation? Though she was a woman in this prejudice era, she was very much admired in antiquity, complimenting the extraordinary reputation that still permeates today’s modern times.…

An older boy, Jack from the beginning was a bully, picking on a chubby, sensible kid nicknamed Piggy. Gradually peace and structure declines as Jack branches away and starts his own tribe of savages. The boys in Jack’s tribe participate in violent pig hunts which eventually turn even more inhumane when they brutally murder one boy, Simon. Eventually, they kill Piggy, and start a man hunt for Ralph. Before the manhunt can come to a close, a smoke signal alerts someone and a Navy officer appears…

center of the clearing a massive tree looms above, an ancient sentinel watching over the forest. She slows as she approaches the tree, scanning the area around her. The hair stands on the back of her neck and she wheels around.* *Landing on silent wings, a massive owl stands before her, easily three times her height. It looks down at her, eyes reflecting the sheen of the moon. The initiate looks around frantically for a moment, and then down at the scroll clutched to her chest.* *"Wise…

If you were to crash in a plane full of minor aged boys on an isolated island. What would you do to survive? Gather people and assign simple tasks that could get everyone saved. Or, would you just go crazy trying to have fun as there are no laws at where you are? I’d do the first one on my behalf of decisions. Making something that can attract ships or planes isn’t such a hard task to do unless you don’t have the patience to do so. Well that’s what the short story “Lord of the Flies” is all…

The kitchen is the heart of a home as families unite to cook, cry, converse, celebrate, and feast on the deception in the consumption of what is said to be organic food. “In the 21st century our tastes buds, our brain chemistry, our biochemistry, our hormones and our kitchens have been hijacked by the food industry,” stated Mark Hyman, meaning that the food industry is dishonest and inconsiderate of the lives of many as they distract and affect our hormones, making them crave for more of an…

While most Americans don't realize it, the consumption of meat inspires a wasteful misuse of the earth's valuable resources, leaving an irreparable scar on the earth and squandering sources of food that could be used to feed the hungry. 20 billion livestock occupy the earth, three times the number of human beings (Motavalli): in the U.S. alone livestock outnumber people 25 to one. The amount of room required to raise all these animals is massive (Corliss). In South America, about 70 thousand…

inaccurate events and murdering Simon. For instance, Sam and Eric return back to the others after seeing the beast at night. The twins were telling the boys about their discovery when Sam says, “It was furry. There was something moving behind its head-wings. The beast moved too-” (Golding 109). This event involving the beast causes illogical thoughts. The boys to feel more afraid of the beast now that there is proof inaccurately assume that it is not a person or parachutist from the outside…

Scottish-born American inventor and teacher of the deaf, Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) is best known for perfecting the telephone to transmit vocal messages by electricity. The telephone inaugurated a new age in communication technology. Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh. His father, Alexander Melville Bell, was an expert in vocal physiology and elocution; his grandfather, Alexander Bell, was an elocution professor. After studying at the University of Edinburgh…