Stairway

As a 10 year old girl, it was hard to understand why we were always moving around. My father was a hard working man, but just couldn't find work that lasted. We moved from state to state, from Virginia to Pennsylvania, and then eventually to Ivory line, in southern Connecticut. I’ve never seen my parents as happy as when we moved into our old country house that we picked up for cheap. My father finally found a job as a construction worker. He was working full weeks, and bringing home checks…

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible recalls all the events of the Salem witch trials and the people who were persecuted for these crimes. Multiple people came under fire for the crime of witchcraft and were unjustly accused and persecuted for this crime. Miller delved deep into the minds of both the accusers and the accused he tried to show the story from the point of view of everyone. He also explored how this affected some people and some of the bigger impacts it had and it tried to stay close to…

The movie A Rose for Emily directed by Lyndon Chubbuck, a gothic love story which was based off William Faulkner’s story "A Rose for Emily", published in 1930. With such in-depth detail and description of factors of the setting throughout his story, we see that Chubbuck’s Film is a perfectly illustrated reputation of Faulkner’s story. The time period is accurately displayed due to, the style of clothing, Tobe‘s appearance and actions, and the Grierson’s house allows the movie to represent…

willing to come forward, U.S. studies indicate that 28 percent of students in Grades 6 to 12 report experiencing bullying in some form with 30 percent admitting to bullying others (Dr. Vitelli, 2016).” Bullying takes place in the restrooms, halls, stairways, and in classrooms when teachers are not present. “Is estimated that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students (Facts About Bullying, n.d).” Most schools have class 180 days, so that is…

projects was the construction of the three great pyramids of Gizeh, these pyramids were to serve as a tomb of the fourth dynasty pharos (Khufu, Menkaure and Khafre). The great pyramids are symbols of the sun. Unlike the Imhotep which had stepped stairway and faced the northern sky The Gizeh pyramids are facing the east side to the sun. The burial chamber is adjoined to the east side where priests made offerings to the god-king. Old Kingdom statues survived in significant numbers due to the…

“Everybody called him Crazy Joe. He was always walking around the streets, talking to everyone he met, especially children. He rarely made sense to us.” (81) People in a society are given labels according to their social class and status, this includes speculations of mental state. In Reading in the Dark, Seamus Deane challenges the stereotypes of sanity and mental wellbeing accompanying social status, he portrays this message through the use of character actions. In this paper I will be…

However, many people do not realize that the ancient Aztec people also built pyramids. These pyramids were built to honor certain gods. These pyramids to reach up to twenty stories tall, and they had stairways going all the way up to the very top of the temple. These temples commonly had sacrifices performed on top of them. Not only did the Aztecan people make beautiful pyramids, they made beautifully carved calendars. There were two of these calendars…

closed off when meeting the other children, demonstrating his fear for being on the ship without an adult’s supervision. “In spite of resulting curfew, Ramadan, Cassius, and I slipped from our cabins that night, went along the precarious half-lit stairways, and waited for the prisoner to emerge” (Ondaatje, 19). Michael’s isolation interferes with his bonding experiences with the children he is around on the boat. He and the boys have fun adventures but do not get to know each other more than…

When people think of monsters they think of hideous and frightening creatures that lurk in the darkness. But a monster isn’t someone who looks scary or different. In fact, most monsters look just like everyone else. Because the definition of a monster isn’t a person who looks scary, a monster is a person who does horrible things and feels no remorse. People are fascinated by everyday monsters like Hannibal Lecter or Buffalo Bill. It opens their eyes to what we humans are truly capable of and…

When crimes happen, members of a society point their fingers at the criminals and the “deviant” ones blame their society for failing them. Although any individuals should take full responsibility for their actions, the power of the social system should never be underestimated in its ability to dominate the thoughts, beliefs and even the actions of a person. Early sociologists were keen to advocate ideas about the relations between the social system and crimes. In most crimes, the society…