Shooting an Elephant

Professor Malchodi EN 102 Life Passages class focused on life passages, or the transition from one stage of life to another. Many of the stories were about transition between childhood and adulthood and were relatable because I am also in that transition. At the beginning of my freshman year, I created a guiding question that will follow me throughout my four year of college. My question, “What is the relationship between personality and behavior?” relates to the class because I gained insight…

“Hills Like White Elephants” shares the perspective of two different individuals on a topic that is intensely personal and yet so many people over the years have identified their opinion on the matter, abortion. Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” uses symbolism to identify the sensitive nature of the story, as well as to identify more clearly the feelings of the characters and the impact this has on them. The story, “Hills Like White Elephants”, begins to identify a difficult…

How might conditions for successful fossilization differ between mammals and plants? How might a fossil be formed? What is the difference between mammals and plants being fossilized? What might happen to the fossil? Many things need to happen when mammals and plants fossilize. They cannot be disturbed, it cannot be brought to the surface until completely fossilized, and it depends on where they died. These things are very important when a mammal or plant are being fossilized. The organism…

Often time when we think of children, we don’t think of them as being a capable of much, especially not murder. However, throughout history children have been convicted of committing some of the most heinous murders. “I killed because people like me are mistreated every day. I did this to show society ‘push us and we will push back!’ throughout my life I was ridiculed. Always beaten, always hated. Can you, society, truly blame me for what I do?” Those are the word of Luke Woodham, who is a…

He killed three teenagers, injured three more teenagers and surrendered the same day of the shooting. He is one of the many male school shooters in history but what sets him aside from the rest was his lack of remorse and motive for the shooting. When he entered the courtroom, he removed his dress shirt to reveal a handwritten t-shirt that said “Killer” scrawled across the front. After receiving his sentence, Lane addressed…

For what reason do elephant seals come ashore during the spring and summer? This and many other ocean questions are asked at competitions of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. I enjoy academic competitions like this because they allow me to share the knowledge I have accumulated over the years. In April 2016, myself and several friends travelled to Morehead City, North Carolina, to compete in the national competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Earlier, in February, we had emerged…

consequently behaves. The media coverage of shooting at Kent State University in 1970 is a prime example of the power that media has over the general public. The media coverage led to an immediate backlash from individuals all over the country, including those who supported the protesters as well as those who supported the National Guard. The news articles written by John Kifner, Jon Corelis, and William Furlong contain different portrayals of the Kent State Shooting due to the difference in…

The Kent state shooting may 1970 students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by the U.S military forces, when the Guardsman shot and killed four students on may 4th. The Kent state shooting became the focal Point of a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam war. By 1970, thousands of people in the U.S were actively protesting the Vietnam war. These protests usually were peaceful and included such things as burning draft cards, fleeing to Canada or some other country to escape the draft…

Kent State/May 4 and Postwar Memory Article Review In this article, the author analyzes and discusses the effects of the May 4, 1970 Kent State shooting and war as well as the monuments and the varying views on the memories. Additionally, this article includes background of the May 4 incident and both the official and the rejected monuments in Kent State. Kent State/May 4 and Postwar Memory is written by John Fitzgerald O 'Hara. Fitzgerald O’Hara is a professor at John Hopkins University.…

Daniel Dolan Mrs. Jankowski, p.7 American History III February 23, 2016 How Did Music in the 1960’s change the public opinion during Vietnam As the War in Vietnam raged on the people in America started to turn against it. Protests and protest music fueled the youth of the generation, with only peace and happiness to offer. The protest movement actually prospered when famous musicians and celebrities joined the movement. However, this movement was not popular with the older generations…