Prince County

personal narratives or texts and the intentions of their writings. Primary sources that will be explored in this essay are Marco Polo’s The Travels of Marco Polo (1298) translated by Thomas Wright and William Marsden, the Venetian, Machiavelli's The Prince (1532) translated by W.K. Marriott, Bartolome de Las Casas’s A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1532) translated by R.Hewson, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789) by Olaudah Equiano, and The…

The rise and fall of an empire will depend on the mind and intentions behind the leader. In The Count of Monte Cristo- by Alexandre Dumas and “Viva La Vida”- by Coldplay, both the author and the songwriter use imagery and allusion to convey the idea that desire and excessive power can lead to the fall of an empire. In The Count of Monte Cristo, a man by the name of Villefort, is the Royalist son of a Bonapartist. Villefort slowly made his way up the social ladder, was a trusted Royalist, and…

Politicians get a bad wrap, rightfully so, but that doesn't mean that I can’t be engaged on what's going on in my neighborhood whether I completely support a candidate for a local position. Recently I have been more informed about the people in Johnson County who represent us. While in Memphis we had visited the mid-south peace and justice center and there was an activity where we split into two groups and we constructed the perfect…

We make the mistake of judge others because how they look or act, and that is it what happen in this profile, and I going to show you how wrong we can be. Michelle Rupp is my supervisor at work. I work in a company that provide mechanical parts for dealers and shop all over the Utah Valley, and my supervisor is in charge of the shipping department in the warehouse. Michelle is 45 years old, she has four kids, two sons, (Matt 21; Sam 18), and two daughters (Jenn 17; and Laura 16), and she also…

Epilogue Age Seventeen Being brandished by the King to his enemies was no easy task. Like a knife, or a spear, I had to be sharp, impeccable. Unafraid. Completely capable. And most of all, intimidating. When night fell, I was no longer a typical seventeen year old girl. I became a weapon. Now, as the servants draped shimmering black cloth over my shoulders, I stood straight before the mirror. I lifted my chin, raised my shoulders. Regality. Fear. Be what they want you to be. All in black…

Nothing made much sense in the clan. Items would go missing and would be found stuck upside down on the ceiling of the old crumbled castle rubble they called home. It was an old battlefield so ancient that some of the dragons gossiped and wondered if the grounds were cursed and haunted by unrestful spirits, rageful, and murderous. The tales and rumors that spread throughout the clan made the dragons weary and frightened. A strangely dressed Pearlcatcher wandered upon the clan one day, his…

When a change is needed, it is more beneficial to have a slow change and to work towards your goal instead of a quick or immediate change. In a revolution, a slow change is more effective because you have time to plan for all the mistakes and problems that might happen during a change in government, while with a quick change you must spend time after the revolution is complete fixing the mistakes you didn’t account for resulting in a long drawn out revolution. We see that a long revolution is…

Values of a person are the things that they believe are important in their lives. It is a way to know how the person is, almost like “judging a book by its cover”, except the cover is their value. I did not know what my values were. It was not until today that I found out. Although my values are different from the ones when I was a kid, I believe the values I have now are the right ones. At a young age, I can remember that my values were fun and friends. The values that I had back then are not…

Advocate Illinois Masonic has a rich history in how it became the hospital it is today. Before it was called Illinois Masonic, it was Chicago Union Hospital. The Union Hospital was organized during the time of rebuilding post the great Chicago fire in 1901. Belden Avenue Baptist Church Steadfast Sunday School organized the union hospital. Amongst the board members of the hospital were some Masons who formed an association for the purpose of providing free medical and surgical treatment for…

Dating can be difficult. This is especially true if you lack confidence in yourself. However, once you build up your confidence with some easy confidence building exercises, you will see how quickly your dating life can change. One of the first things that you must change is your attitude. You may have spent years saying negative things to yourself. Over time you begin to believe them. You may not even realize how many negative things that you say to yourself throughout the day. This is a sad…