Sinister Six

betrayal and regret. The three minor poems ‘Prayer Before Birth’ by Louis MacNeice, ‘A Mother in a Refugee Camp’ by Chinua Achebe and ‘Once Upon a Time’ by Gabriel Okara bring out the negative images and experiences of the process of growing up. All six poems focus on the theme of loss, and also links to moving from childhood to adulthood, the breaking down of the parent-child bond and dealing with looking back at the past nostalgically. ‘Half Past Two’ was written by U.A. Fanthorpe who was…

This story was part of weekly response six and which it helped me create a monster from diving down into my past fears. Consequentially, when I was young I feared the darkness because my childhood imagination ran amuck every time I would look directly into any big dark space. Therefore, when…

The Watergate scandal was one of the most memorable scandals in U.S. history. The scandal was extremely public and had a huge impact, not only on the people involved, but the general public during that time as well. The Watergate scandal occurred at a time when there was an extremely hostile political climate. The United States was deep into the Vietnam War and the country was divided. The scandal began early in the morning of June 17, 1972 (“Watergate Scandal”). It all started during Richard…

Stress is a major benefactor of many problems for college students today. Stress is the compression of too much mental burdens and sometimes physical burdens in too little of a time lapse. When one thinks of stress as an advocate against humanity, one can confer that stress should therefore be annihilated from the daily lifestyle of college students. Stress can cause psychological and physical problems such as insomnia, depression, substance abuse, anxiety, abuse of themselves or others around…

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…

In Mark Twain’s fictional novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn he portrays the theme of good vs. evil. He does this by using characters that bring out both sides of the main character, Huck. Throughout the entire novel Twain presents many characters that have many qualities of being evil and/or villainous. Huckleberry Finn is a young man that lives in Missouri who has a father that is an abusive alcoholic father named Pap that makes his life a living hell when he is around. However, one…

As Sheriff John Wydell takes aim at the Firefly's demonic abode ready to shoot whoever comes in his view the family takes precaution with a few things up their own sleeves. The Firefly family has armor of steel masks and vests, along with firearms throughout the family farmhouse. The Firefly family consists of Mama Firefly (Leslie Easterbrook), Otis Driftwood (Bill Moseley), Tiny (Matthew McGrogry), Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig), and Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie) pull off a great performance…

community-centered corporate social responsibility practices Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) has transformed itself into India’s largest “fast moving consumer goods” (FMCG) company. The company, for example, requires all employees to live in rural villages for up to six weeks to get an understanding of the needs, values and cultural practices of their consumers. HLL has further set up Research and Development facilities, focusing exclusively on technology and product development which serves the…

To know how Undertale tells its story, one first needs to understand the mechanics that the game runs off of, as these directly tie into how it tells its story. The game is a retro-styled, top down RPG (Role Playing Game) that follows the story of a young, genderless protagonist as they make their way through the underground (Adam). The underground is a dark place that is home to many monsters, and these characters are what makes up the bulk of the story you interact with. They vary greatly, but…

H. H. Holmes would turn out to be a terrifying serial killer but he didn’t start that way, in fact He didn’t even start out as H. H. Holmes his real name was Herman Webster Mudgett. Herman was born on May sixteenth eighteen sixty one in Gilmanton New Hampshire. He was born into a moderately wealthy family and raised in a strict religion family. “He was constantly bullied and abused by his classmates, causing him to spend his boyhood friendless, isolated, and alone.” (Coffey, 2014). Herman was…