S. N. Goenka

One’s thoughts are personal to them, and once they are asked to externalize it, they often subconsciously or consciously filter out what they are thinking. Each of the personal circumstances in Tillie Olson’s “I Stand Here Ironing”, Dorothy Parker’s “A Telephone Call”, and T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” inhibit the narrators to externalize their thoughts because of the fear of judgement and self-blame that each feel. Many do not want to express their innermost fears to others…

I think reconstruction can be categorized in each range of human behavior.The behaviors of anonymity, shame and humiliation, bystander, and dehumanization play a major part in the reconstruction of the country after the civil war. Although it was a both a failure and success in their own ways, it was just the beginning of Civil Rights movements, whether you were in the North or South. Reconstruction failed because there was so much corruption and violence which would lead to hate groups like…

Song of Myself written by Walt Whitman celebrates life and how people can become one with nature. Whitman shows how happy life can be if you take the world and look at its beauty. Whitman’s poem takes readers through many settings, time points and viewpoints. While the setting for the love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock written by T.S Eliot is about a middle-aged man in a big dirty city who views life as though it has nothing to offer but boredom, anxiety, and death. Prufrock shows life can be…

The Battle of Bull Run occurred from August 28th, 1862 to August 30th, 1862 in Prince William County, Virginia near Manassas, Virginia (which is how it got its name). The Commanding officer of the Union was John Pope while General Robert E. Lee led the Confederates. It all started when General “Stonewall” Jackson attacked a Union force at Brawner’s Farm which ended up getting Pope’s attention, but ended in a draw . Meanwhile, General James Longstreet successfully beat a Union force at the…

In the discussion of the Latter-Day Saints; Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint Movement. Founded by Joseph Smith in upstate New York in the 1820s. By 1830, the Book Of Mormon was published. Years down the road on June 27th, 1844 marked an important day for the Mormonism religion. The day Smith was attacked and killed by a mob, he was currently the mayor of a small town called Nauvoo in Illinois and was preparing to run for the President of the United States. Sources report…

The years after the Civil War are known as the Reconstruction era 1865-1877. The South had three main issues to deal with. How to deal with the states as they rejoined the Union? How Southern whites should be treated? How to deal with the freed slaves? Once the Civil War ended in spring of 1865, the South’s biggest challenge was how to go about reconstructing it. Abraham Lincoln’s plan was to be lenient towards the South and make it easy for southern states to rejoin the Union. Lincoln's plan…

George E. Pickett Kallee Hinton George Pickett was born on January 25, 1825 in Richmond, Virginia. When George was born he was the oldest child of Robert and Mary Pickett. At the age of 17 George received an invitation to the United States Military Academy and graduated last in his class. After graduation Pickett was immediately asked to go into the Mexican-American War. After the war Pickett continued to serve in the US Military, and he was assigned to the Washington Territory. During the…

Throughout the nation, people are going crazy for a Chocolate and Peanut Butter candy. For over 80 years people have been favoring Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Although many people did not know, Reese’s Cups has a long and very interesting history. It all started with the dreams of a man named Harry Burnett Reese, Aka: H.B. Reese. Reese’s dream all got started when H.B. Reese decided to run a candy store. He was struggling to find a job in around the 1930s. After looking for jobs, he found…

Steve: considers soda and pony his kid brothers and works at the gas station with soda Ponyboy: 14, the youngest greaser and loves to read which sets him apart from the others and lives with soda and darry Johnny: he’s 16 and considers the greasers as his real family and he is nervous and sensitive. Soda: Everyone thinks he’s good looking he works at the gas station Darry: nickname is superman, he’s the leader of the greasers he’s twenty-two and works two jobs and is pony and sodas older brother…

What was the idea of the New South and how successful was it? Cheyenne (Varner) Richardson The New South was a reconstruction to get the South back on its feet, economically speaking. Much of the area had been damaged in the war, down to whole cities being wiped out. There was also the problem of freeing African-Americans from slavery. After the Civil War ended, the United States had to reintegrate both a formerly slave population and a formerly rebellious population back…