Rachel

I loved Rachel Joyce’s The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, as devastating heartbreaking as it was and while I haven’t read any of her other books something about The Music Shop tempted me into picking it up. And fortunately I was given an advance copy shortly after hearing about it at the Penguin Random House Fall Preview. Set in the 1980s, the book focuses on Frank the owner of a music shop who stubbornly refuses to get with the times and stock CDs (choosing instead to continue to own deal…

On Courage Rachel Schreier Dr. Rachel Schreier is a psychology scholar and practitioner who divides her time between training and consulting, clinical practice, and scholarly writing and research. She works with both adults and adolescent clients with a variety of emotional, behavioral, and adjustment problems such as depression, stress and anxiety. She has much experience with a multitude of patients. What is courage? Is courage being yourself when you’re different from everyone else? Is it…

In “Glamorous Witchcraft”, writer Rachel Moseley discusses her viewpoints on teenage witches, femininity, and feminism. Witchcraft, in her opinion, has been revealed as something glamorous over the years in the media. Many of the ideas associated with magic are linked with the feminine “allure” that seems to entrance many. There are multiple comparisons between the concept of what magic represents, and what femininity symbolizes. Both are related to power and charm, and are a perfect depiction…

To illustrate the devastating consequences of pesticide use on humans and the environment, Rachel Carson compares the hidden destruction of chemicals to the unmistakable effects of nuclear warfare. During WWII, the United States and other countries began experimenting with nuclear weapons, such as the bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where the effects were instant, with around two hundred thousand deaths from the bombs and many more from burns and radiation. Carson’s book, written…

which was a united fight; once the United States was in war, the entire country itself found itself in that war. From the time of Thomas Jefferson, the stance of war and soldiers were unparalleled to the ideology of the military circa 20th century. In Rachel Maddow’s, Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power, there is a shift of power in the military, creating a perpetual spending and power for the military, mostly under the administration of Ronald Reagan. Maddow uses factual…

After reading, The Obligation to Endure by Rachel Carson, it definitely consists of a lot of facts and evidence to state her argument. Carson’s thesis is informing the audience the dangers of pesticides and explaining how it does more harm than good. “In this now universal contamination of the environment, chemicals are the sinister and little-recognized partners of radiation in changing the very nature of the world-the very nature of us” (Carson 358). She wants us to be more informed and wants…

*Rachel Maddow 's “Drift” is about America and how we have dealt with ars and the price tag they hold. “Drift” also gives insight into what these wars have done to the countries stricken with death and violence. Maddow 's has many sound arguments in her book, and has provided facts to back up her opinions. The most important argument I believe she brought up was, how the life of soldiers and civilians in war-torn countries has been effected and how that has changed over the century. *In…

Introduction: Throughout Rachel in the World by Jane Bernstein, the reader watches as Jane and Rachel attempt to cope with the challenges of Rachel’s development into adulthood. Finding a home for Rachel for when she finishes school is a challenge that weighs heavily on Jane’s mind throughout the memoir. Jane desperately wants to find the perfect housing situation for Rachel because she feels like she can no longer take care of Rachel and give her everything that she needs. Rachel also is not…

Illegal prostitution puts sex workers further underground. It becomes infinitely more dangerous than before. It is easier for prostitutes to be controlled by pimps, whose only concern is profit. In her article, “Buying Sex Should Not Be Legal”, 2015, Rachel Moran argues against prostitution. Moran develops her argument by narrating her personal experiences as a prostitute and her exploitation in the sex industry in order to convince her audience that legalizing prostitution will lead to more…

In Rachel Symes essay “Walter White's Hometown” she Targets New Mexicans, outsiders, and also Fans of the television series Breaking Bad. Symes sheds light on the impact this show has had on New mexico and also brings awareness to the states positives and negatives. The main argument from the author is how Breaking Bad has affected the state and the money it has brought in. By filming in New mexico we have not only boosted out poverty rate, but put New Mexico on the map, Symes explains. She uses…