R. D. Laing

It is not always actions that speak louder than words. As a young man transitioning into adulthood, one may be greatly influenced by society in their choices and actions. In Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is a young man learning to express his own beliefs, but lacks the confidence in himself to do so. Throughout interactions with others it is made overt that though one may have their beliefs and values, without the confidence to express them, one may be left feeling…

Pearl Harbor is the naval base in the U.S. territory of Hawaii, Japan surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941 before the attack, no one knew this would happened overnight, America was forced to the World War II by Japanese, this was a rough day to America. During the attack, nearly two thousands and five hundred Americans dead and one thousands and two hundred wounded. The attacked change the United States. Before the attack happened, none of the high-ranking officials knew.…

No one knows why incidents happen in life; they just occur. Adversity is a hurdle everyone goes through, whether it is a large hurdle or a small one. Regardless of the person, adversity is an inevitable struggle to face and can be dealt with in more ways than one. Three people presented with adversity who found ways to surmount the difficulty, each in different ways, are Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Yoshiko Uchida, and Aimee Mullins, a record setting athlete, actress, and model that lost her legs…

What makes something good? Can any event that involves the mass death of millions of people be considered good? World War II saw the annihilation of millions of Jews, Soviets, and Western Europeans. Numerous countries crumbled under the boots and tank tracks of invading armies as the war touched every inhabited continent and nearly every country on earth. The United States, along with the Soviet Union and Great Britain, defeated a tyrannical dictator and a destructive emperor bent on taking over…

Jerome David Salinger was born in 1919, in Manhattan, New York (Telgen 117). Similar to Salinger’s fictional character in his most famous novel The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger was never a studious student and flunked out of the prestigious McBurney School. Enraged by his lack of school interest, Salinger’s parents sent him to Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania. Salinger became interested in a literary career after attending a short story course at Columbia University (117).…

The 1920s flourished with many new inventions, everyone was rushing to buy one for themselves. Except of course, the people who were too poor to afford one, which was “40 percent of the population” (Foner). The “Roaring Twenties” was only truly roaring for the rich, white, upper class. Not only was the 1920s horrible for anyone who wasn’t white, it’s instability had the Domino Effect. People were buying on credit, and were splurging on stocks. This went smoothly until the stock market crashed,…

America entered World War II, their primary goal - to defeat Japan; however, as America fought against the Japanese it became clear that Japanese Americans were affected. President Roosevelt approved several orders and committees that specifically targeted Japanese Americans on the West Coast, while war propaganda was created to instill fear and hatred of the Japanese in the American people. World War II not only exacerbated the racial tension within the American people, but also excused the…

Franklin Roosevelt was the 32nd president. Even to this day he has been the only president to serve four terms as president. Roosevelt was elected during one of the hardest times in the United States history. Much of his New Deal plan is still used today. He was very successful and many people liked what he did for this country. He made sure people knew he was going to fix the economy and that everything would be alright. He spent most of his life in the political back ground. Growing up he…

presidency, just a farmer, from a small town. He fought in world war one, came back with his wife and statrted a business, but he was elected County judge and after that he took off in many government posistions. In ninteen forty-four, president Franklin D. Roosevelt, needed a vice president, there where many people to choose, but Harry had the most appeal. Truman Became president 83 days after he was a vice president, when Franklin passed. He had many tough desions to…

Food Biotechnology is a process by which foods are created or modified to enhance crop production, nutritional value, safety, and/or taste. These foods are considered genetically engineered (GE), or genetically modified (GM). Genetic engineering modifies the genetic material of living cells to produce new substances or perform new functions. As with most “new” technological advances, genetic engineering has its advantages and disadvantages and is currently a hot topic of debate with regard to…