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Motivation to Pursue Science: From the time that I was in the fourth grade, I knew the career path that I wanted to pursue. At a young age, I was inspired by roller coasters, so much in fact that I was often get scolded for doodling them in my notebooks during class time. I think that a lot of my inspiration had to do with my mother because I will never forget the morning that she woke me up to go to Hershey Park. My whole family was “playing hooky” that day and she had such excitement in her…

include fertile, moist, and well drained areas. Having soil that is cool, acidic (pH ranging from 6 to 7), and moist with organic matter is ideal. The Flowering Dogwood does not bode well in areas with extremities such as severe heat, pollution, road salt, or drought. They would not survive in drought areas as their shallow root system would not have enough water to take in. Like all other plants, this tree should have a full amount of sunlight available. However, it is shown to have been able…

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is one of the most iconic tragedies in the English language. The story centers on prince Hamlet whose world changes around him from his mother’s infidelity towards her husband King Hamlet and the discovery that the King’s Brother Claudius killed his father. As the story of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, points out many issues, like incest, political livelihood, revenge, and mortality, the most important issue is Hamlet’s madness that causes his own downfall. When…

When I was in high school, my teachers were preoccupied with pushing standardized tests and with meeting the school department’s demands. Whether they intended to or not, their lack of thoroughness created knowledge gaps that have hindered my understanding of the world I live in. When I began reading more often, and conducting my undergraduate research, I began learning about the invisible patterns that dictate the way in which our lives end up playing out. Because these patterns are confusing…

Since Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow was first published in 1973, the rainbow in the world of literature has not yet come; there is still much debate about how to assess this novel. While some people keep their faith in the text alone, and hence treat a novel as an independent existence, especially a novel as comprehensive as Gravity’s Rainbow, sometimes it is helpful to consider a literary work in the context of the writer’s other works. The evolutionary pattern of a writer’s career may shed light…

It is very clear that, consciously or unconsciously, Brontë’s writings were affected by “Bluebeard”. The coincidence of rescue from family, with indirect help from the heroine herself is unignorable, and in addition to this is the inheritance of riches. [Paragraph?]Both heroines share their sudden fortunes with their family and themselves in a nearly identical manner. In “Bluebeard” “she found herself the owner of his great riches” (“Bluebeard”). And in Brontë’s Victorian version St. John…

Introduction Did you know that in France you can marry someone who is deceased? Or that in 1915, the French army was the first militia to use camouflage? Were you aware that the first every artificial heart and face transplant occurred in France? The country of France is filled with many intriguing facts. France is said to be a Western European country. Since the beginning, France has displayed that it is a dominant country. In 1792, France was turned from a kingdom into a republic due to the…

Like Mother, Like Daughter I am sitting on a wet bench. Of course, it would occur to me to go to a park right after the rain, all alone while the rays of the sun start to reappear making the park, which looked so dull and empty upon arriving, look full of life and color. Its warmth grows this sensation within me as if everything will be okay. How is this possible? I walked myself into this park with an emotion that pressed against my chest; it feels as if a thick liquid was replacing my…

In West Africa, the “human experiment” lasted for hundreds of years. West Africans developed agriculture independently. This led to large, complex states. Eventually, more connections between the world zones hurt West African civilizations. The start of West African states West Africa developed agriculture on its own, like the Fertile Crescent did earlier. Starting around 3000 BCE, West Africans began to grow more food. This food was extra energy that supported more people than did hunting and…

Native Canadian writing exposes the pain of racial segregation. No writer worth his salt has ever glossed over the racial violence meted out to them by the colonizers. In poignant and poetic prose they have poured out their sufferings with dignity asking that they be treated with respect and honour. Frantz Fanon in his Black Skin, White Masks poses the question: “What does a black man want”? He gives the answer that a black man wants to be white. It is perhaps natural tendency of mimicry.…