Richard Henry Pratt

In June 17, 1972 5 men had broken into to the watergate office in Washington DC. The money they had stolen was called a slush fund which is money used illegally in mostly political aspects. Later on through ther investigation it was later realized that the the burglars slush fund was related to Committee for the Reelection of the President which was one of the main campaigning systems for president Nixon. Nixon had tried to move the attention away from him and his committee by calling upon the…

Do you think that you could fight of a dangerous reptile? Yeah same here. But in the stories “Sound of Thunder” and “Being Prey”. The character had to fight them off. Plumwood (The main character of “Being Prey”) fights a dangerous crocodile. Then Eckels (Main character of “Sound of Thunder”) had to go up against a dinosaur. If you want to know what happened then keep reading. The setting of the text are dangerous and deadly. The character didn’t listen to what the instructors had to say about…

Measles and Krippin virus stem from the same family but are radically different. Both viruses have a (-)ssRNA genome, as KV is developed from MV. Due to the common origin, there are similarities, however, one of which being developing a cancer treatment for each virus. In KV, the measles virus was genetically modified to target and kill cancer cells. As Alice Krippin states, in 10,009 clinical trials, there were 10,009 cancer-free patients (Lawrence). In Measles, the virus targets cells…

A Dangerous Analysis of “The Most Dangerous Game” One of the most popular sports in the country today is hunting. Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” creates a tale of life and death in which the main character, Sanger Rainsford, a famous hunter that is lost at sea, is being hunted by the estranged General Zaroff for the general’s pleasure. In Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”, the author uses plot, irony, and setting to convey the theme of inhumanity. The plot of “The Most Dangerous…

not care about what happens to himself, Rand’s execution of this trait is very unrealistic. Roark says “I don’t intend to build in order to serve or help anyone. I don’t intend to build in order to have clients. I intend to have clients in order to build.”(26) like he is not going to put any effort into what he wants and let what happens happen. Rand probably intended this to sound like some great self-righteous proclamation but it is simply unrealistic. Realistically if Roark was truly…

The Watergate Scandal was a situation in which Richard Nixon intercepted information in which he was not allowed to obtain.The speech that Richard Nixon gave about the Watergate Matter, as well as the speech that Vice President Gerald Ford gave, both serve the same purposes. These purposes were to appease the public, to announce the President’s resignation of office, and to allow President Nixon apologize to the public. This subject greatly displeased the public and caused many people to…

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, General Zaroff demonstrates an attitude of extreme self-entitlement and an aggressively competitive nature to maintain dominance on Ship-Trap Island. General Zaroff, from the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” most certainly demonstrates the character of a typical gothic villain. Firstly, General Zaroff has a very attractive and compelling presence which masks his evil nature. Secondly, General Zaroff evokes a level of terror…

President Donald Trump has unleashed another early morning Monday Tweets attacjing Sen. Richard Blumenthal "vietnam record." This came as a result of Blumenthal's open support on CNN for the investigation into the alleged Russian collision tin last years election. Sen. Blumenthal said,"politicizing the Department of Justice for personal ends, I think, is a disservice to the law, and it’s also potentially a violation of the spirit of the First Amendment." This attack from Sen. Blumenthal got…

For my composer’s report, I decided to research the infamous works of Wilhelm Richard Wagner. I was extremely interested in Wagner’s work due to the fact that he was one of Adolph Hitler’s favorite composers. I was intrigued to hear what caught Hitler’s attention and to learn what affect his interest had on Wagner’s legacy. While doing research, I learned that Wagner was behind the very famous opera titled Tristan and Isolde. I had previously heard of that opera throughout my life, but I never…

Throughout “It’s Morning Again in America”, Ronald Reagan’s main point that he is trying to get across to the listeners is that the state of the country is at an all-time record high. Reagan uses many examples to show this throughout his speech in ways that the audience can relate to and agree with, thus showing associational identification. These facts and examples are used in order to cover up what was actually going on at the time when it came to the status of the United States. Through the…