Tender offer

In the last two centuries the beef industry has undergone many changes. From the coming of refrigerated train cars to Government regulations. As the population of the earth has grown, cattlemen have had to change their operations in order to feed the world. But as we try to feed more cattle in a smaller area, sickness spreads like wildfire if not treated with antibiotics. Cattle were first brought to the America’s in 1493 on Columbus’s second voyage. (Bravodelux, 2013)Spanish and Portuguese…

they’d been smitten with, I would sit on the side and absolutely infuriate them during games of Truth or Dare. The question was always the same. “Come on Delaney, you’ve gotta tell us! Who do you like?” Naturally, answer was always the same too. I’d offer a half-hearted shrug and a glance to the side. “I’m just friends with boys. I don’t really feel like I need to date them.” That was why Mike was so important. Mike was the first boy that I’d ever loved. Mike felt like a bit of an outlier. He…

Throughout the 17th century, Puritans left England to discover a sense of independence and self-governance in North America. However, this new freedom was built under a patriarchal authority that expected obedience from society and, particularly, women. Catherine Maria Sedgwick, in Hope Leslie, explores this feeling of American independence through Hope Leslie, a free spirited girl who often rejects the characteristics of her upbringings, by putting her in tension with her Puritan community and,…

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a horrific novel that avoids strong and independent female leads. It is hard to believe the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, an important feminist, could write such a thing. Within Frankenstein, it seems as if Mary Shelley is demoralizing women by keeping them fairly absent and focusing upon men in the novel (Behrendt 1). However, these main characterized men stem many mistakes throughout society. Perhaps, Shelley is showing how women are instead a backbone to…

Overall, Family Centred Care’s core aims were to use maternal, and paternal, bonds to promote a trusted partnership between child, family and health professional; thereby minimising the potential impact of emotional and mental distress within a healthcare setting (Festini, 2014). This was in direct contrast with the view and position that nurses were the sole maternal and primary caregivers for a hospitalised child. The works of Florence Nightingale had cemented the nursing role to that of…

Romeo and Juliet, are they destined for love or destined for trouble? In the young lovers' case, it happens to be both. Romeo ditched Benvolio and Mercutio to go see Juliet and didn't tell them where he was going. Romeo wanted to get married to Juliet as soon as possible and rushed Juliet into marrying him. Romeo loved Juliet and refused to fight Tybalt, who was Juliet's cousin, and got his best friend Mercutio killed. Romeo killed himself instead of living on and becoming a person that Juliet…

At the tender age of 13 most american children are sat down by their parents and forced to listen to them awkwardly explain the mechanism of sex. A generally traumatic experience that most kids end up repressing to the far recesses of their mind. However this once in a lifetime event is typically an American experience and is not something most immigrant children are exposed to Instead, because it is seen as more socially acceptable, they are made to embrace celibacy and abstinence. (…

Every book has characters and setting. The book “A Snicker Of Magic” mostly centers Felicity Pickle who is the main character. Felicity Pickle is a sixth grader who is unusual on in her way. Felicity is shy and timid, but she is a wonderful writer. Also she lets everyone take her everywhere without questioning. But what makes her weird is the fact that she collects words and sees them hover around things and people. Felicity has never had friends and has never found the word home.When Felicity…

The Tale of Two Loves In two short stories, “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck, the hidden feelings of main characters Mrs. Mallard and Elisa are brought to the surface at a time when the very identity of their lives is threatened. Through a series of choices they discover who they really are and what they really desire—“good” for themselves or the true good of the other. Mrs. Mallard meets a fateful end after satisfying her selfishness and…

Life is full of wonders; there is no doubt about it. Some search all their lives to discover the unknown. This can lead someone hunting in for knowledge that is supposed to be unidentified for a reason; which is why people wonder. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. Although there is a vast difference in content and plot in Paradise Lost by John Milton and Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, there is a great deal in commonality. The two main characters in both works, Dr. Faustus and…