Queen Elizabeth 's Passion For Art: Queen Elizabeth I had a great passion for the arts, she loved music, dancing, and watching plays. The arts flourished during her reign and that time was often referred to as the Golden Age as amazing artists such as William Shakespeare were discovered. Many artists honoured her by either basing their characters in their plays off of her, or painting her portrait. The Ending of Her Reign, and Her Death: Although Queen Elizabeth I was an incredible…
In one of Lewis Carroll’s books “Alice in Wonderland” a character in his book says,“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?''That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. This quote means each time you make a choice you are going down a path and it’s your choice on which path you want to take. You decide how much you want to grow from now. This quote relates to the novel “outsiders” because the people in outsiders made their own choices, they decided…
Relationships are a part of our daily lives. Love, friendship, hate, all associated with the idea of how we embrace our acquaintances in life. Have you ever made a decision based solely on others? If so, are we to blame for the consequences? In “Romeo and Juliet”, character motivation, irony and symbolism all address the topic of the significance of relationships and how they shape our lives. William Shakespeare’s tragic play on the love story between Romeo and Juliet reveals that…
PESTICIDES: THE UGLY, THE BAD AND THE BEES. To pesticide or not to pesticide? The correct answer for this question is no! Pesticides should be banned because these products have harmful effects to many living things. One of the most important pollinators on the planet, bees, are an organism that is highly affected by pesticides. Pesticides contribute to many health problems in adults and children. Pesticides today contaminate our food and water, along with hurting the environment in other ways…
replenish food supply. Honey bees as a population follow an extremely interesting order to maintain productivity and success within their hives and colonies. Adult female bees are labeled as queens in the hive and only emerge to mate with the adult male drones. This happens three times over the course of their queen bee lives, and the sperm is held over time to produce…
hunty” and “throwing shade”. While they did this, they were getting plenty of praise from the mostly white crowd, which made me and my partner uncomfortable. I felt like I was watching a caricature of my culture. This reminded me of the “The Drag Queen and the Mummy” reading, where Dorian Corey stated “When I grew up, of course, you know, black stars were stigmatized. Nobody wanted to look like Lena Home. Everybody wanted to look like Marilyn Monroe." (Conlon, p.138) What I witnessed did not…
Zootopia is about a bunny, Judy Hopps, who struggles to fit into the police force. She quickly discovers that Zootopia is not quite what she imagined. Ironically, she partners up with a fox, Nick Wilde, who stubbornly creates conflict between the two of them. The story is centered around a bunny named Judy Hopps whose dream is to become a cop. Usually, predators are the only animals that become cops, but she firmly believes that she can be just as good of a cop as any predator because they are…
"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning." Peter Pan is a fantastical children's book published in 1904 by Sir James Matthew Barrie, more commonly known as J. M. Barrie. The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas in 1844, is a historical young adult fiction. These two books could not be more different. Peter Pan focuses on the imagination of young ones, one of which will never grow up. The Count of Monte Cristo follows the betrayal of a man and his revenge. However,…
There are four characters in the story. Each of these characters represents a part of us. :- Hem and Haw – Little people Sniff and Scurry – mice Sniff: sniffs out changes early before others are aware of it. Scurry: sees what is needed and takes actions immediately. Hem: tries to deny and resists change as he fears it will lead to something worse. Haw: Always learns to adapt in time when he sees change can lead to something better. All four characters in the story search for Cheese in the maze.…
experiences and ways of thinking. Malcolm Gladwell, in “The Power of Context,” emphasizes the theory that the roles of the environment can impact the decisions and behaviors of human beings. And this is shown in, Steven Johnson’s, “The Myth of the Ant Queens” and Karen Ho’s, “Biographies of Hegemony.” It is said that, that a decision to commit a crime is more likely to emerge in disordered and vandalized environment, while an orderly and clean environment motivates people to adhere to social…