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ride was definitely one of the most significant learning experiences in my life due to the fact that it influenced how I view challenges in life. It made me realize that having determination, resolution and perseverance can conquer mountains in life (pun intended). The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s…

Acting aside, Race does a sufficient job of capturing the finer, more prominent moments of the time period – as they pertain to Jesse Owens’ Olympic run, that is. But, the plot does tend to drag at times – and may have benefited in the long run (no pun intended) if the film would have simply cut Owens’ personal life from the fray. On the flip side, though, director Stephen Hopkins needed more than just a string of 10-second races to show moviegoers – hence the presence of Jeremy Irons’…

Text Messages with Taylor Two people meet in all sorts of ways, Taylor Booker’s parents met in a funny way. Her dad, Mark, was twenty two at the time when he jumped out in front of a car of recent high school graduates. The driver, Lisa, slammed on her brakes, looking at the guy that she was going to fall in love with. Mark and Lisa stayed in Salmon, Idaho as a happy couple and had their only child, Taylor, on March 30, 2000 in Salmon. Mark and Lisa never married but have been together since…

TWD was on my mind 24/7 and had basically taken over my life; as if it had “infected” me; as if I was...zombified. (Pun definitely intended.) The mere mentioning of anything TWD related would have me respond faster than I would if my mom shouted my own name. I’m surprised I haven’t broken the laws of physics trying to instantly track down anyone in a 50 mile radius that…

1. What do you feel are three vital issues facing the United States today and why? (One page maximum) While there’s certainly no paucity of perplexing problems pervading our policy in the status quo, three key issues, stretching from the realms between everyday life and geopolitical thought, are paramount in the context of ensuring the development and protection of US interests. Counterbalancing belligerent actors in Asia, decoupling economic development from emissions, and perpetuating the…

“No One Attacks Me with Impunity: Irony and Symbolism in “The Cask of Amontillado”” Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” was published in the November of 1846, in a magazine titled Godey’s Lady’s Book. The piece of short fiction consists of Montresor confessing to and narrating a murder he committed many years prior, and is filled with dramatic irony and foreshadowing. The story, set in Italy, examines the conflict between two noble houses; that of Montresor and the rival Fortunato. The…

Websites are a key element to every business in today’s market. It is a company’s domain where they provide information to people who surf the web looking for a product or service. In order to entice users to the site and have them return to it you must be extremely creative and update the site continuously. Companies design websites to communicate with users by providing useful information and creating awareness on products and services. Millions of internet users surf the web on a daily basis…

The Misconstructed Messages In Twelfth Night The implicit message that stereotypes in Twelfth Night are challenged is misleading. Shakespeare conveys a general message about social issues in their society that is later contradicted in the play. The outsiders of the plotline, Malvolio and Antonio, remain lower class citizens that are taken advantage of by higher class. Olivia acts foolishly, further promoting the weaker women stereotype. Love is not questioned for its authenticity and is taken…

“My Last Duchess” and “Checking Out Me History” both express anger through a first person perspective, in the form of a dramatic monologue, although the poems offer two different portrayals of anger. In Browning’s poem, the reader is introduced to a seemingly expressive and biased rant from the Duke about his past Duchess, speaking to an envoy. ‘My’, the possessive pronoun, implies he sees women as possessions. The Duke thinks the world revolves around him because he owns "a…

‘Valentine’ and ‘Words, Wide Night’ by Carol Ann Duffy talk about the difficulties of a boisterous relationship between the poet and her significant other. Neither of the poems follow a definitive rhyme scheme or a rhythmic pattern, and are lyrics written in first person. However, ‘Valentine’ falls into the ‘conceit poetry’ category and WWN represents a ‘tezra rima’, composed of three stanzas with three lines each in iambic pentameter. ‘Valentine’ on the other hand follows a symmetrical…