Richard Helms

Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference was my book of choice to discuss in small literature circles. The Tipping Point was my first choice because I have read other pieces of Gladwell’s work and enjoyed his writing style. I found The Tipping Point riveting because Gladwell discusses the algorithm of how epidemics become triggered and take off. I took pleasure in reading the first few chapters, but Gladwell’s writing became repetitive and I became…

Thesis statement: In Richard Wright’s bildungsroman novels Black Boy and Native Son, Bigger and Richard 's different reactions to their experiences separate them and show that the ability to control one 's own impulses is key to obtaining the American dream, as seen through Richard 's determination, hard work , and education and Bigger’s lack of those qualities. Support 1: Bigger is convinced white people are keeping him from achieving his American dream so he gives up on it but Richard’s…

Public opinion is a crucial part to any political campaign. Politicians need the public on their side, and they will often employ whatever tactics they can to ensure this support. Taking control of the news, and controlling what the public is informed is no exception. As television entered the homes of Americans nationwide, President Johnson deployed troops into Vietnam. For the first time during the Vietnam War, television made it possible for Americans to be transported to Vietnam all while in…

The short stories, “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien and “The Fireman’s Wife” by Richard Bausch have resonated with me after reading them this semester. I am able to draw similarities from what I’ve read and associate them with the story. Doing so made what I read capture my full attention and transport me into the story. Also, I discovered and tackled flaws in my own character in the process. I found both of these short stories to have been thought provoking and an interesting read as…

Grey’s anatomy is a television show about a group of surgeons and interns who work at Seattle Grace Hospital. The series emphasizes on a group of doctors who fight to save their patient 's lives while contending to become the head surgeon. Aside from the competition, they go through a lot of heartbreak; either relationships problems or family crises throughout each of their lives. The series began with Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) starting her career as a medical intern with other interns,…

The Kitchen Debate and Cold War Consumer Politics by Shane Hamilton and Sarah Phillips highlights the debates of Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev. Nikita Khrushchev and USSR are the clear victors of the kitchen debate. Khrushchev’s concern about the Soviet population as a whole is a key reason as to why he is the winner of the debate. Instead of being concerned about individualism, his focus was on the people and how he could better the country. To begin, unlike Nixon, Khrushchev sought out…

When Richard Nixon took office as president of the United States of America in 1969, he was forced into a role where a small decision made would affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of men fighting in a country halfway around the globe, and the fate of a divided country. Following anti-war protests on October 14, 1969, and immediately after taking office, the new president Nixon reaffirms his stance as president of the United States, the leader of the people, through his speech titled “The…

President Richard Nixon’s main policy was the “Vietnamization”; this policy was based on decreasing involvement in Vietnam and to force the Vietnamese to bear responsibility for the war, without the dependence on the United States. This strategy was opposite of the initially policy of the Americanization and in 1965, the United States took control of the war in Vietnam. The thought of Vietnamizing the war occurred before President Nixon arrived to office, and the United States Military…

The Elizabethan Era 1. The Elizabethan Era was a period between 1558 and 1603 which was ruled by Queen Elizabeth. Her reign developed in literacy and expansion overseas. The term ‘Elizabethan’ meant someone who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first. People such as William Shakespeare were an Elizabethan. 2. During the Elizabethan, England’s greatest rivalries were Spain. The war took place in between the years 1586 and 1603. Since England was a Protestant country which is a…

The only issue is that the black boy goes through more hoops than the average joe. They face racism on a daily basis and because of the systematic oppression going on in the black boy’s everyday life, they don’t have as many opportunities. In Richard Wright’s memoir Black Boy, Wright informs readers of the hardship of being a black boy growing up in the early 20th century and how he has overcome many obstacles in his life such as racism, segregation, prejudice, and…