Raised Fist

still looking up, salty water dripping down on his cheeks. His chest does not rise or fall. He plays dead. Hair pulled, neck-straining back, Thomas was lifted from the ground, trainers with no traction sliding along a ground that wouldn’t hold him. Raised to his feet, shoulders crushed in hands too large, Charles stares straight into Thomas’s…

was once the victim, but became the violator. This may have been from the way in which he was reared, or merely from the example his father set during his youth. From his youth Troy’s father was hard and unyielding in his ways. He ruled with an iron fist, without any sense of compassion for his son. This type of parenting often results in a cycle of parent-child relationships that play out for generations with very negative results. In fact many studies have shown that adolescents who have been…

Maritime Archaeologists. However, not even the Titanic will survive the corrosion that occurs 3.8 kilometres below the Atlantic Ocean and unless preserved accordingly, the Titanic will fall apart (National Geographic, 2010). More funding needs to be raised to prevent these events from occurring and forever preserving the maritime history for generations to come. All in all, further focus on cultural heritage…

Time To De-Liver I was sitting on a cold, metal table in a stark, white room smelling of over sanitization when I heard a soft tap on the door. The doctor was here. I stared up at him in my paper-thin dressing gown, eyes wide with hope, and yearning for him to say the words I longed to hear. Much to my dissatisfaction, however, his eyes looked tired and dull. His wrinkled face frowned, and he shook his head. “Polly, you have Hepatocellular carcinoma in your liver,” he said sadly. “You might…

The Boxer Rebellion erupted during the 20th century killing over 30,000 Chinese Christians and 200 Christian missionaries. In was led by the anti-Manchu, anti-Christian and anti-European Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known as the Boxers. They goal was to drive foreigners out of China using guerilla warfare. They slaughtered any Christian missionaries they found and seized foreign embassies. The Manchu government was unable to put down the rebellion, so foreign…

the loss of what many considered the “only thing Dally loved”, Johnny Cade. Hinton wrote, “Whirling suddenly, he slammed back against the wall. His face contracted in agony, and sweat streamed down his face. ‘Damnit, Johnny…’ he begged, slamming one fist against the wall… ‘oh damnit Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die…’” Dallas, in response to the death of Johnny, was overcome with such an extreme sense of grief that he reacted violently. Cherry also experienced grief over the killing of her…

exact opposite of what we are exposed to by the media. Sometimes it can be positive but sadly the rest of the time is negative. Media influences us to create ways of thinking in which we believe everything should be near perfect or even perfect. Fist lets…

Richard Wright’s novel Native Son is a story of racism occurring in Chicago and America during the 1930s. Wright gives us insights into racism and the ways in which it has affected American society through the eyes of Bigger Thomas. Throughout the novel, Wright explains that Bigger was not born a criminal. Bigger’s actions and behaviors are simply the product of the violence and racism that occurred during this time in history. Wright shows that much of the racism occurring was due to the lack…

Did you know that people who abuse and kill animals for just the fun of it or for emotional relief? Have to pay a fine that will cover the medical costs, maybe go to prison for 1-10 years at max or go to therapy! Animal abuse needs to have harsher punishments. Some people may say that it doesn 't matter if the animal suffers because they feel as if animals are nothing / they 're not people. Well it does matter, if it didn 't matter, they wouldn 't have laws for people to follow, but if the laws…

Batman sneaks up behind him and slams his head into the table. The joker replies with a smart remark, and batman slams his fist into The Joker 's hand on the table. Batman continues to ask the question, “Where’s Dent?” The Joker, who must be numb to pain, continues to play mind games with Batman until he finally cracks and tells him what he wants. The philosophical question raised is an interesting one. Is it okay to torture someone to get answers to something? For example, should the US…