History Era Project 1970-1990 The Challenger space shuttle disaster was the worst moment in the NASA programs history.It starts as a normal day it was going to mark the shuttles 10th successfully launch.The Challenger was expected to perform as expected after being tested for 11 months there were no doubts about the launch. When the shuttle took off everything was normal, but after 73 seconds it exploded killing all 7 crew members including a school teacher.Marking it as the most horrific moment…
Throughout life we as humans experience many stages of life, learning and developing different ideologies beliefs. As a child growing up, I heard this speech and thought that it was dedicated to African-Americans, in order to help build a new image, a new future restore dignity to a community and build unity worldwide. My views of this speech grew in me and the words from the speech took on a new life, when my adult working life grabbed whole to a new reality. The voice of bigotry and hatred of…
to start with than the father from “Ashes”? He seems nice, but also seems to be grooming his daughter by saying she is the best girl ever and he doesn’t deserve her. The reason he seems to be doing this is because he wants to get $200 from his Ex’s teapot. He also seems to be in debt because his daughter asks him if he can afford…
its independence from England. [body 1] The first tax placed directly on the colonies was the Stamp Act, which americans quickly responded to with protesting. Some acts of protesting were peaceful, using only three simple words written across a teapot (Doc 1). Other acts of protesting turned…
In her essay “Feel Good Reel Food: A Taste of the Cultural Kedgeree in Gurinder Chadha’s What’s Cooking?”, Debnita Chakravarti claims that “food is employed as an eloquent indicator for attitudes and constituents of characters, a perfect conveyor of subtexts that often lie too deep for the spoken word” (18). The novel Digging to America by Anne Tyler models this concept by using food to help construct the identities and behaviours of its characters, revealing the complex tensions that exist in…
Reading fairy tale stories to children may harm them by enforcing a false belief in the supernatural.Before Disney packed them full of happy endings and singing teapots, Fairy Tales were dark, violent stories told to teach kids harsh lessons. Fathers preyed on daughters, wicked step sisters had their feet chopped to pieces and wayward children slaughtered pensioners in their own homes. While they weren’t exactly family-friendly, the inclusion of a moral tried to justify the tales’ violence—even…
The “roaring 20s” on the surface was extravagant, a time of the jazz age, new hollywood cinema, economic prosperity, new consumerism, and a revolution to the old rigid traditions of the 19th century. Politically, the red scare has swept across america, as conservatism becomes very popular to combat “the others”, of radical communism playing off the recent WW1. However within america, the opposite of roaring promise was the case for many americans. Foner reports the reality of the average…
looks directly at the viewer with a contemplative yet proud gaze. Some tools are strewn about on the table he is leaning against, suggesting that he works with his hands. The shining silver teapot in his hand corroborates that; the fact that he is holding it indicates that his pride in having constructed the teapot himself. These obvious details paint a portrait of average American. He or she is a hardworking, proud individual who still is actively involved in worldly affairs, an identity that…
selling batteries this ad is selling the fear of old toys coming back to haunt us. In the picture advertisement, there’s a little girl. She is having a tea party with her doll. Settled at miniature chairs and table made for her size. There’s a teapot resting on the table. A cup is set in front of her doll sitting on her other chairs. The next cup is dangling from her fingers in the air. The table is decorated with a clean elegant table cloth. Her location is in a dining area the ad is…
1. Women’s fashion in the 1920s and how it reflects their freedom. In 1920 the women's liberation movement, World War I, and the beginning of prohibition changed the fashion for women. The 1920s was the era of the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age. The 1920's fashion trends were the looser, shorter and revealing styles. Dresses reached the shortest length, and women were wearing skirts. Dresses were elaborate with beads, bright colors, and fringes. The loose-fitting undergarment replaced the…