Spitting

the trachea is also lined with its own cilia, but with a substance called ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium which secretes mucus to protect the trachea from harmful matter. This mucus is removed from the body through coughing, sneezing, spitting, or even…

“Sonny’s Blues,” written by James Baldwin, is a story about addiction told from the narrator’s point of view about his brother, Sonny. Sonny is a long-time drug addict who has spent a majority of his life trying to fix himself in order to find his identity. Told through his brother’s eyes, who also struggles with his own identity, he explains the multiple paths Sonny has to take in order to find his identity. Social Identity is something that effects everyone just like with the character’s in…

“Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing. (Pg. 3)” In 1984 by George Orwell, power plays a major role. Winston Smith is a government worker for the totalitarian state of Oceania, led by the mustachioed dictator Big Brother, where he works in the Ministry of Truth, which is the exact opposite of what is sounds. Winston’s job, even it if is done reluctantly, is to falsify records that go against the country’s current…

An attempted is making certain efforts to achieve a goal that may or may not have a successful outcome. In the cases of Haines, Hinkhouse, and Smallwood they are all being charged with attempted murder. In the case of Haines he was being charged with attempted murder, because he had the knowledge of caring AIDS and was spraying his blood to a police officer with the intention to infect him with AIDS. The case of Hinkhouse he was being charged because he failed to inform his parole officer he was…

“Oh, dear diary, I met a boy. He made my dull heart light up with joy. Oh dear diary, we fell apart. Welcome to the life of Electra Heart” (Marina and the Diamonds). A diary full of love and heartbreak is the classic teenage hobby many girls pick up. A fluffy pink heart and glitter tears bleed through a girls’ teenage years. This lyric is part of Marina and the Diamond’s iconic album, Electra Heart. Electra Heart describes the hearts of teenagers and how they pulse as fast as electricity when it…

windows on the other side and discovers a variety of acts that he finds bizarre but are actually normal scenes that occurs and are seen in everyday life. He sees one man dresses in women’s clothing, and in another room a man and a woman take turns spitting mouthfuls of their drinks into each other’s face. Holden begins to feel aroused, so he calls Faith Cavendish, a promiscuous girl recommended to him by a boy he met at a party, and tries to make a date with her. She refuses to meet up. But…

Courage is said to be a hero’s trait, the key to success. Cowardice is the antagonist, nobody likes it, nobody wishes to be it. Cowardice makes a meager mouse run your blood cold. Even though courage is defined by many authors differently, in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, courage is the trait to do the right thing. We can draw the definition of real courage from three characters in the story, Bob Ewell, Atticus FInch, and Mrs. Dubose. Courage can only be identified if we know what…

first day, or rather night, in New York City was one of confusion and sadness. He begins his eventful night by checking into a hotel, where he then sees a drag queen, dressing into women's clothing. He then peers into another room and sees two people spitting a drink on each other, he notes that “The hotel was lousy with perverts. I was probably the only normal bastard in the place” ( Salinger 62 ). The antihero then proceeds to go to a bar with one goal in mind, to get drunk. The bartender…

Telemachus and one of Nestor’s sons onboard) elsewhere where they can be hosted better. This goes to further demonstrate the strong sense of hospitality the ancient Greeks showed one another. Menelaus implied that not welcoming these strangers would be spitting in the face of all the hospitality they’ve been like to have and furthermore that it could possibly bring them misfortune in the future. Not showing proper hospitality is an affront to the gods and proper manner to the Greeks. Quote #6:…

According to French novelist George Sand, “There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” What Sand means by this is that loving others and being loved is what causes happiness in life. Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird explores this idea by weaving examples of love through a young girl named Scout’s life. The novel takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s. Scout and her older brother Jem grow up in the midst of a racist community, where blacks are discriminated.…