Shakers

A utopia is a place that is supposed to be designed to be perfect, but the utopia isn’t perfect in everyone’s eyes. It all depends on the creator of the society. All of the former attempts to create a utopia were failed. There was always conflict or not following the rules. One of the first attempts to create a Utopian Society that caught my eye was the Oneida Community created in Kenwood, New York by Pastor John Humphrey Noyes. This community is based on Christianity yet they stressed the…

findings. 6. Perform a descriptive epidemiology and develop hypotheses. • The findings of the Eleven Blue Men, could be hypothesized that sodium nitrite was accidently placed in the salt shakers and used when the oatmeal was cooked. Although this was not a lethal dose used in cooking the oatmeal an additionally shaker was placed on the tables to be used by the customers. This combined with what was already in the oatmeal made it a toxic dose to those that added more salt to the oatmeal. Once the…

The people of Germany, or the Nazis, were hypnotized by Mein Kampf. Max protected himself with it and used it to express himself through creating and writing his story, The Word Shaker. Finally, the use of Mein Kampf negatively impacted Max after all that happened. Even though Mein Kampf negatively impacted both the Germans and Max, Max still got captured in the end. Even if somebody does everything good in their life, there will…

fatigue could have played a large role in the captain’s response to the stick shaker being activated. The next piece of the error chain was the icing conditions that were present during the flight. As a result of the icing, the pilots activated the reference speed switch to increase the speed for icing conditions. However, the Shaw acquired the landing speeds for non-icing conditions, which activated the stick shaker. The final piece of the error chain was the failure of the pilots to minimize…

communities. The idea of individualism was replaced by the idea that people in the society had to cooperate with each other in order to achieve improvements. About 100 communities were born in these years, and they were named Utopian communities. The Shakers, founded by Mother Ann Lee, was the most successful one, in which God had both a male and female personality. Consequently, men…

those groups of people were Jews. And one Jew named max lost everything, but found meaning in Liesel and her words. The Word Shaker was about a young girl (referencing Liesel) who germinated a tree of words that no one can cut down. The Führer tries to demolish the tree, “Many hours passed, and still, the Führer’s ax could not take a single bite out of the trunk.” The Word Shaker intendment was to show Liesel that words are important and powerful. The narrator, Death even says that Liesel is…

Max creates The Word Shaker from his copy of Mein Kampf and leaves it with Rosa to give to Liesel when she is ready. It describes the Führer who plants words like seeds throughout Germany. The words grow into trees that grow into an immense forest of words. Word shakers climb those trees to throw words down to people below. The best word shaker was Liesel. She was able to climb faster and higher than anyone else, because her hunger…

difference in a loathsome occurrence. Of the books she reads, two of them represent this idea the strongest: The Standover Man, and The Word Shaker. Zusak uses The Standover Man and The Word Shaker to convey that kindness is stronger than hate. With the importance of these two books, it’s significant to realize that both of them come…

“The Book Thief” has broadened my understanding of the way that historical fiction can be used to create a sense of realism to historical events, notably through Mark Zusak’s creation of realistic characters that effectively portray what it was like to live in Nazi Germany during the second World War. This has been achieved through Mark Zusak’s successful incorporation of various literary techniques throughout the book. A number of these literary devices will be elaborated in this essay. One of…

Spas are a growing market, but a luxury that not many can afford regularly. However, opening one in the right market can lead to a profitable business venture. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, a spa is a commercial establishment providing facilities devoted especially to health, fitness, weight loss, beauty, and relaxation (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2016). Since the great recession, the number of spa locations in the United States has increased steadily to about twenty thousand in…