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The word nation came to English from the old French word nacion, which in turn originates from the latin word natio literally meaning “that which has been born”. (Harper, Douglas) A nation may refer to a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, decent or history, it can also refer to people who share a common territory and govt. Where Nationalism is a belief system, creed or political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a…

1. Introduction Ireland, as the “oldest British colony” (Canny 25) experienced the colonization for almost seven centuries, what lead to the emergence of the postcolonial literature, which deals with the feeling of oppression. Besides the oppression from the dominant imperial centre, among this British Empire-colony parallel, there is another one, which must be mentioned, namely man-woman parallel. In the book A Double Colonization: Colonial and Post-Colonial Women’s Writing the editors Kirsten…

13 days after the mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, Pharrell Williams’ song “Freedom” was released on June 30, 2015. Williams’ motive for writing the song is to show that he is advocating freedom. Pharrell went around the country and used various ethnicities to portray the different ways the human population is enslaved. Through music, Pharrell Williams created a very impactful explanation of his emotions using all three rhetorical appeals, ethos, pathos and logos. Freedom…

There are the many unique and peculiar gods and goddesses in Greek mythology. And there’s the gods that everyone knows about; the Olympians. This group of gods consists to (but not limited to) Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Poseidon, and Zeus. These gods have many diverse aspects, which will be discussed about each entity. Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty, and desire. She is the wife of Hephaestus but also had intimate…

Women in Literature class granted the students an open door towards a new world of literature, teaching students the importance behind each reading, specially the importance and identification of objective correlatives which can be found in every piece discussed throughout the class. “Objective correlative” is the way to express emotions through the usage of objects or events that share the burden of sentiments. Placing an object instead of an feeling or idea can sometimes be the right way to…

In a society that outlaws books, you’d assume every citizen would want to rebel against this rule. However, most people in Ray Bradbury’s fictional society in the novel Fahrenheit 451 blindfully accept this and follow to the government’s orders. This is slightly similar to our society in the positive ways of how we challenge those that don’t want us to form our own thoughts, as well in the ways that technology has unfortunately glued us to our phones. However, there are some differences between…

Interviewer: Esai Robinson Interviewee: Jeff Boushe, Mechanical Engineer at Lockheed Martin Date of Interview October 9, 2015 Subject: Interview of a Mechanical Engineer Introduction The purpose of this interview is to gain a better understanding of what it’s like to be a working engineer as well as gain some insight on what it takes to get a job in the industry. I will be interviewing Jeff Boushe, he is currently the Vice President of hiring at Lockheed Martin located in Sunnyvale. He…

The presence of Nymphs in Greek literature and religion is everywhere; from whom people pray to, to the way they impact the stories of authors, and all the way to impacting how people speak like Socrates and Homer. Describing what a nymph is however, is a very difficult process. In Greek literature and religion, the main way of identifying a nymph is the formula “Daughter of Asopos” (Larson 4). Other common ways of identifying these divine beings are if they are the daughter of Zeus or other…

Musicals Let’s change gears here into something a little different, and a lot of fun! Musicals. Who doesn’t like a good musical? And before you roll your eyes and think we’re only going to talk about Disney, there’s a lot more to musicals then animated characters singing to woodland creatures. Musicals have been around since the dawn of theatre - and like many of our genres, started on the stage. But what actually makes a musical? In this genre, we define a musical as a film where the songs are…

Rabab The sounds of keyboards clicking like bugs at night, the coffee pouring like little waterfalls, The espresso machine hissing like an angry python. The sight of steam dancing on top of the cups. I could smell the coffee brewing. I spend most of my days at Boil Line. Employment opportunities for illegal immigrants are very limited. Yemen was a horrific place to live. Ma’rib, where I grew up, was usually under attack by a cultural tribe of a sort. Constant news of people dying by suicide…