Poles

Poland. The accords dictated that the USSR was permitted to retain its control of Poland but was responsible for admitting a number of pro-Western Poles to their pre-existing communist regime and holding “free and unfettered elections” within the region to further assure representation of the Polish citizens. However, Stalin neither admitted any pro-Western Poles into government nor held any sort of election for 40 years (Patterson 106). Hence, the USSR was the instigator of tensions. The USSR…

The scariest experiences can make the most important impacts. In “Prisoner of Tehran”, Marina Nemat utilizes setting and quotes to convey her many challenges that someone at her age should have never encountered. These challenges triggered memories of her earlier childhood before being arrested. In 246, Marina experienced discomfort and fear. In the different prison she met Taraneh and got to see her old friend Sarah. 246 did not have enough room for all the prisoners. “During the time of the…

As I was approached the cashier to check out at the student center I noticed it was my friend Pattie. Pattie is 65 years old. She works a couple of hours at the student center on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. To make conversation I asked her how was her day and she responded with "great how about yours?" I said it was good. Excited it was Friday. I asked Pattie what she was doing for the weekend and she said "fishing". I told Pattie I have never been fishing before so she asked could she…

ball clouds in the sky and it was a perfect day. We pulled our fishing poles off the back of the back of our bikes and set them up with bait and hooks. We were ready to catch some fish. We cast our hooks into the clear, blue, sparkling water and waited for a bite.…

Under extreme pressure and heat, even the seemingly unyielding rock capitulates and metamorphosizes into something different. In such extreme conditions, diamonds form, shimmering pinpricks of light born when black carbon transforms and adapts to the conditions. People too, adapt to adverse situations, although circumstance determines whether they are like a diamond, or just another stone. Oskar Schindler, both a character in Schindler’s List and a real man, finds himself in the midst of World…

operator meant traveling with the army to send and translate messages. This was a very risky job; one in every ten wartime operators were killed, captured, or wounded (Ethier Telegraph & Telegraphy). Linesmen were also necessary in the war. If a telegraph pole fell or the line was cut, it was a lineman 's job to fix it, making the line available for use again…

started a participatory process for Himalayan communities to engage in the discussion on climate change, including issues of climate justice, adaptation and disaster preparedness. In terms of numbers of people impacted, climate change at the Third Pole is the most far reaching. And no climate change policy or treaty will be complete without including the Himalayan…

Changes affect people every day, and people react to changes in many ways. In Long Day’s Journey into Night, the characters experience many trials and obstacles in their lives that induced a change. In physics, there is the principle known as the Coriolis Effect or Force, which is the effect a rotating object has on the motion of another object. The trials experienced in the lives of the characters are the Coriolis Force in their lives that induced the change in their behavior or lifestyle. The…

So how you feeling about last night,” I asked as we sat at a table. “It was cool,” she said as she bit into her sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit. “That’s it,” I said in an unsatisfying tone. “What else do you want me to say?” “Tell me your thoughts, anything.” “I mean it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was gonna be. I can see myself doing it for a while.” After she said that I laughed a little. “What’s so funny,” she asked. “You ain’t been exposed yet. The only reason it went…

Alex’s dad T.J. We were in the Ozarks at about 3:00 P.M. We had just drove all day to get here for our vacation. My brother,Alex, and me were on the dock checking on the fishing poles they had set out. We reeled all the poles in because we were getting ready to go jet skiing. There was nothing on the poles. We went back up to the condo that we were staying in and changed into our swimming trunks.We waited about a half an hour for our parents to get ready. While we waited we watched…