Raised Fist

National Anthem Protests As you go to sporting events, you hear the National Anthem being played before the athletes start their sporting event. The reason for this is to honor those who served and protect our country and for those who are still doing so. Recently, many NFL (National Football League) players have oppose to stand for the National Anthem. In 2016 Colin Kaepernick, who played football for the San Francisco 49er’s, started a protest trend to kneel for the National Anthem.…

raises a child with an iron fist, but ironically does it with a perfect record of honesty; another parent raises a child with passivity and saturates their lives with lies; in this scenario, which one of the parents is right. Each culture in this world thinks that they have parenting figured out, yet we all can have bad kids that turn into bad adults. As a parent, you have a huge role in creating the path in which your children will travel; they can easily be raised with so much love that it…

The doors to his cell opened and the last person Steve wanted to see came in. Hydra agents following close behind. She came into the clear chamber and had an agent stick a needle into Steve’s neck drawing his blood. She took the small container. Examining the crimson liquid. Steve fought against the binds that were holding him to the upright plank. “Save your strength. The restraints are solid adamantium. Even the Hulk could not break them.” Steve looked up at the baby blue eyes of the…

A harsh, abusive home environment in which a child grows up in could result in them becoming killers like Perry. Perry was raised by his abusive father and did not have a loving family to provide a happy, stable childhood. His parents’ frequent absence, lack of care, and abuse drove him to murder. When Perry was child he “often thought of killing himself” but he didn’t feel this way because he was depressed. Rather he wanted to “punish his father and mother and other enemies” (202). Perry had an…

Hercules using what seems to be a club to bludgeon the Cerberus. According to Gantz, “ a three-headed Kerberos showing lots of teeth and snarling in all directions occupies almost all the field; only around the edges do we see Herakles’ hands holding a raised club and taut leash” (414) Like in the previous interpretation there are some small differences like Hercules holding a leash around the Cerberus(Kerberus). However most of it is the same, for an example Hercules holding a club and the…

“Smith and Carlos were largely ostracized by the U.S. sporting establishment and they were subject to criticism... Back home, they were subject to abuse and they and their families received death threats” (Tommie Smith Bio). The simple raising of a fist on an Olympic podium lead to threats on the men’s lives and their families as well. This simple fact shows the power and danger political protest has on an Olympic stage. Imagine what would have happened if Smith had done something more drastic,…

Chapter 4 (That Kung Fu Girl Is So Unbearable) Recently, there have been a lot of shows on National TV with Wushu artists who do fake kung fu. This has caused many of people to lose interest in martial arts. But actually, real experts often hide among the community, where they grew up training in martial arts for many years, even decades, to sharpen their skills. Although these types of people can't do what they do in the movies, like fly from rooftop to rooftop, they can actually individually…

nomadic friend by cheering his name on. " Gorn! Gorn! Gorn! Gorn!" Fists slamming on various surfaces in sync together with the crowds heart rythm increasing along with the crescendo. The fisherman put up a admirable attempt to put drink the Waster, but Humans simply have the disadvantage constitutionally. The sailor literally blacked out face down onto the taverns table. Gorn polished off the last tankard while drawing raised mugs from the crowd saluting his prowess to consume in excess.…

At first glance, the Hercules and the Hydra sculpture is easy to pass by. Located in the outside sculpture garden it stands on a slightly elevated bronze platform, which stands on a bigger, more elevated concrete pedestal that also rests on a larger concrete pedestal that has four embedded lights, each on one corner. The viewing area is large and allows for the audience to view the sculpture up close and far, while still being able circumambulate around the statue at a variety of distances.…

in my face showed, until she came back in with a new shot. My face took a turn for the worst bringing my stomach with it. She smiled and apologized, never actually explaining what just happened. She cleaned it again, this time would be the time. My fist would hit her face, the meeting would be impeccable. Just as I rose my arm, she injected my other one. Leaving me stunned for about 5 seconds. “All done,” She said. She left the room. I felt vulnerable and weakened. My arm stung like never…