Surface tension

described in sweeping sentences filled with images of the battlefield. This shifting syntax symbolizes the soldier’s little effort that resulted in a large, lasting impact on the country they were at odds with. Throughout the story, the soldiers’ demons surface from the shadows in the war, their humanity lost - clouded by the cruelty they committed. What was not visible at first, was illuminated in the heat of the fighting. In his repetition of the green color of spring in The Yellow Birds, the…

Lorna Dee Cervantes’ poem “Poem for the Young White Man Who Asked Me How I, an Intelligent, Well-Read Person Could Believe in the War Between Races” is different than the other poems she wrote in that the poem’s content appears to be meant to be taken very literally instead of metaphorically. From the title of the poem alone, the reader can conclude that the poem is a response to the person whom the poem is directed towards—the young white man. In addition, this particular poem dramatizes the…

friction to the tissue. Repetitive friction is due to abnormal forces at the knee, most likely in the kneecap and surrounding musculature, or may be caused by muscular weaknesses or structural abnormalities at the hip or foot, which place increased tension on the knee. “Plica syndrome can also be caused or made worse by increased activities. In some cases, a direct hit to the knee can cause the syndrome to develop”.1 Other factors that may contribute to Plica Syndrome are poor movement in the…

Kennedy’s inaugural address artfully combines stylistic devices and figurative language to create a speech rich with meaning, both on the surface and at deeper levels. Kennedy’s diction serves to let his words reach a variety of people. He used abstract words so his speech would appeal and connect with more people, as everyone’s definition of freedom and sacrifice are different. This allowed his speech to have a greater impact on a larger number of people. He then used rhetorical tropes and…

religion that has unity and military might. The results of this factor indicates the failure of Christianity, as Muslims would start to capture additional Christian states and eventually Jerusalem, which would prompt the First Crusade and produce more tension between the two religions. All in all, the consequences that came out of the battle of Manzikert were indirect yet influential in the beginnings of the First Crusade and would further trigger Christians and Muslims to engage in extensive…

deeper than it may appear from a surface view or from that of a non-critical thinker. In Tanti at the Oval, Paul Keens-Douglas successfully achieves the masking of entrenched issues that have been and still currently hold a strong existence in contemporary Caribbean society through the effective use of humorous social commentary. Of the points he engages in, I intend to expand and elaborate on the following. 1. The unwritten rule that there is a competition and a tension between the islands of…

Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s conveys the transition in women’s roles throughout the 1940’s in America. In this sense, the protagonist, Holly Golightly, effectively demonstrates this notion in her pursuit of wealth through her sexuality, which communicates the shifting paradigms in the roles of women from the “family” woman to the early beginnings of the modern “independent” woman. Similar to Betty Freidan’s analysis of the unhappiness of women, Capote also relates the notion of power…

(emotions, thoughts, etc.) which can be conveyed by fundamentering my motivations with multi-media rather than just locking them behind a wall of trapped depression which in my thoughts reflects my reasons to why I believe I have conveyed the base surface of deserving an…

Columbus’s brothers in order to become fully in charge. According to Columbus’s son when his father had left back to the mainland to tell of his findings it took much longer to return than anticipated. The supplies were running low and it was causing tension. Roldan took advantage of this and convinced people they should appeal to the court about not being paid and mistreated. The rebels wrote letters giving reports about Columbus and his brothers saying “they were not only very cruel but…

‘ticking time bomb’ (Bloomberg, 2013) for the employees. This is Bezos’ way of enforcing one of his core principles of customer service/obsession. Even though these principles align employees standards with the standards of Amazon, this creates constant tension, the ranking of employees and intimidation from the top because they have to live up to constantly evolving…