Slash

Harriet Tubman once said, “I think slavery is the next thing to hell” (Tubman 30), and Douglass and Jacobs agree. Douglass’s Narrative of the Life and Jacobs’s From Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl share horrifying memories from their slave lives, including but not limited to physical and mental violence and inhumane treatments from abominable masters. While both authors describe and endure both types of violence in their narratives, there are subtle differences due to different situations,…

This is something that most people never think about, using the karambit as an impact weapon. Why would you do this you ask? Perhaps if the altercation doesn’t appear to be a dire enough situation or you just don’t have it in you to cause someone permanent, serious injury or death. Even with a fixed knife or the blade engaged on your folder you can still strike with the back edge of the karambit blade to strike (think that a piece of steel slapped upside your head won’t hurt?) because once…

In one of my favorite Stephen King interviews, for The Atlantic, he talks at length about the vital importance of a good opening line. “There are all sorts of theories,” he says, “it’s a tricky thing.” “But there’s one thing” he’s sure about: “An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.” King’s discussion of opening lines is compelling because of his dual focus as an avid reader and a prodigious writer of…

well. Logging isn’t the only threat made by man. The cattle industry uses the slash-and-burn techniques to clear land for ranches. (Rain Forest Threats, Rain Forest Species-National Geographic) The slash-and-burn method is the process of cutting down the vegetation in a particular plot of land, setting fire to the remaining foliage, and using the ashes to provide nutrients to the soil for use of planting food crops. The slash-and-burn method is literally burning down our rainforests tree by…

Adrienne Rich, born in 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland, died in 2012, was an influential poet and essayist, as well as feminist and political activist. Rich was the eldest of two daughters, and was largely influenced by her parents. Her father, Arnold Rice Rich was the Chairman of Pathology at Johns Hopkins, and always encouraged Adrienne to read and write her own poetry as much as possible. Her early influences include Arnold, Blake, Keats, and Tennyson. Her mother was a concert pianist and…

Escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life to Nature Coast aka “The Original Florida,” where a world of historic and natural wonders are plentiful, from numerous parks, preserves, beautiful, crystal-clear springs, rivers and estuaries, spectacular, freshwater lakes, wildlife refuges, and over 25 nature-based recreational sites. Once regarded as "the lonesome leg" of Florida, this 980,000 acres (4,000 km2) area, stretching along the Big Bend area from Apalachee Bay to Anclote Key, is the…

Agricultural techniques are the largest factor of environmental change in the Maya landscape as 90% of Mayans were involved in agriculture production. Slash and burn agriculture is the most notable farming technique that drastically modified the environment. In order to create vast field systems for crops, forests were cut down and several crops such as corn, beans and squash were planted alongside each other in order to maximize harvest. Planting such complementary crops together balances the…

deception: "Nothing is as it appears" (Smith 1). Piercy ends the poem on an ironic note: "To every woman a happy ending" (25). You can also begin a sentence with your own words, then complete it with quoted words. Note that in the second example below, a slash with a space on either side ( / ) marks a line break in the original poem.…

dark,black water.My parents told us it was about 325 feet deep.We slipped on our wetsuits,flippers,goggles and put on our oxygen tanks trying not to go to fast so one of us doesn’t finish first and overheat. We flipped back into the water with a slash after we put on all of our gear.She gave me a thumbs up and we headed down further and further. After a few minutes we saw a dark figure below us. We swam down to the figure it was metal and wooden but coverd in a thick layer of slimy green…

Before ever stepping foot on the village soil, the samurai display many bushido virtues. The seven samurai decide to take on such an unrewarding task, even to the farmers surprise as all they can offer is a warm bed and rice. Each ronin accept the terms on a more honor basis rather than any other virtue. As the seven samurai arrive, led by Kambei, the farmers are nowhere to be seen, hiding away in their shelters resulting in great confusion throughout the seven samurai as Heihachi states “A real…