Robert A. Heinlein

A Millionaire Forrest Gump is a successful, mentally slow man in the film Forrest Gump. Despite many people’s opinions of him, Forrest is more prosperous than most. He is a football star, a medal-honored veteran, a successful businessman, and a father. Facing prejudice, he has his mother, his lover, and his best friend who treat him well and encourage him. Despite all of Forrest’s challenges, he lives a fulfilling life with those around him. Despite Forrest’s mental retardation, his speech is…

most could not guess what each was going to be about. Each one of the 44 sonnets refers to her relationship with Robert Browning. Examples of how they refer to her relationship are: Sonnets 1 to 9 show the first stages of the relationship, 10 illustrates the changes of love and her personal transformation and 20 to 25 portray the union of two souls. This book was written before Robert and Elizabeth were married, but published…

I was very unfamiliar with the establishment and structure of the early forms of a police forces and they way evolved into the police force that is seen today prior to reading these two chapters. Although it did not change the way I currently view policing in our society, I have learned that the way policing is carried out today is much different that the way it was carried out even a century ago. Rome for example, used a militarized Praetorian Guard hundred men to protect the emperor and the…

I really enjoyed reading The Panic Virus, and believe it or not, I even more excited to write about it. I learned a lot while reading the book and I chose five out of the seven questions that I thought I knew the most about and also what I thought would be the most interesting to write about and do further research about. The five questions I chose were right in a row on the introduction sheet numbers 1 through 5. I am going to talk about the questions in the order they are listed. The first one…

In Randy Pausch's "The Last Lecture", he uses the quote: “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people." Randy Pausch uses symbolism to explain the significance of brick walls. Brick walls can be used to let us prove how badly we want something. He…

The Life of Robert Frost Reflected in His Poetry Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco, California on March 26, 1874 to Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott Frost Jr. (Burnshaw). He spent eleven years of his life in San Francisco, but moved with his mother and sister to Massachusetts after his father died (Pritchard). Frost died on January 29, 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts (Burnshaw). Frost’s career spanned fully through the literary era of Modernism, but his works are difficult to place…

“Nothing Gold can stay” by Robert Frost Is a tragic subtle yet profound, poem that uses metaphor, allegory and figurative language to create a sense of Despair to the reader. In the poem, Frost uses metaphor to weave the thought that everything in life; Perfection is temporary. Innocence and Beauty, how its fleeting, and the degeneration of it appears to be the theme for this poem. In Frost's poem he uses figurative language. The first flowers of spring aren’t actually leaves in disguise.…

Robin Roberts is a co-anchor of ABC's “Good Morning America”. She is adored by many fans and people in the industry. Although she had highs and lows, Robin Roberts has had an interesting journey of her becoming a newscaster. Born in 1960, Roberts grew up in a small town in Mississippi. Her father, Lawrence E. Roberts, was famous for being a black fighter squadron, the Tuskegee Airmen. Her mother, Lucimarian Tolliver, is the first African-American to head the Mississippi Board of Education. The…

Nathalie Ramprashad July, 28, 2015 Bayside High school English Summer Reading Assignment The Chocolate War, written by Robert Cormier is essentially about Jerry Renault, a freshman at Trinity all boys’ school who was assigned to sell chocolates at the school sale by the Vigils, a secret organization at Trinity that keeps everything in the school “under control”. Jerry refuses to sell them because of what the Vigils are doing to harass the other students, giving the Vigils…

The Chocolate War has brought up a discussion across the nation. Many people try to debate the point of this book. Many people wonder why the ending ended so poorly. Robert Cormier explained the ending of his book by saying, “I was portraying what happened when good people don’t come to the rescue.” Some people like to claim this quote is untrue; however, I agree with this quote. Because of the poor ending, desertion, and resistion, The Chocolate War proves to be a book where good people do…