The 10th Kingdom

Disney World once before, but I was too young to truly remember the trip. The world around me was new and exciting, and Cinderella's Castle embodied all of the magic of Walt Disney World. Our day started off well enough; we took a bus to Magic Kingdom and I rode on the tea cup ride which was always my favorite. Around ten in the morning, my mother announced that we had reserved a table in Cinderella's Castle for lunch. The two-hour wait felt like an eternity. Practically buzzing with…

Minority Groups in America Introduction The 20th century has witnessed the transformation of the United States from a dominating white population to society rich with an array of religious, racial and ethnic minority groups. Historically, the country has been dominated by a settler group of ethically and religiously diverse whites. Traced back to the first settlements from the 1600s to the 19th century, most minority groups in the United States were as result of forced immigration to…

The Elgin Marbles are artifacts removed from the Greek Parthenon in the early 1800's and taken to England by the Ambassador to Constantinople. Lord Elgin wanted to save the priceless artifacts from complete destruction or removal. He then obtained permission from the occupying Turks to permanently remove the artifacts and keep them in England. Lord Elgin's collection was later bought by the British government and displayed for the public, where the marbles remain today. The Elgin…

Atticus is Courageous Atticus demonstrated courage because he is protecting a black man and the people of Maycomb do not want that. “In ones and twos men got out of the cars. Shadows became substance as lights revealed solid shapes moving toward the jail. Atticus remained where he was.” (Lee 202). It is shown that Atticus is being courageous because when the men got out of the car he just sat there and was being courageous and brave; he is talking to the people in the courthouse. Fortunately,…

The colonies have always been closely connected to Britain. However, with the recent events like high taxation with no representation, I know it is time to seek independence so this unjust treatment ends. We have tried to confront Britain about their unjust treatment to no avail. They seem to hold no value in their connection to the colonies, yet they do not realize our product will still sell without them. So to get the fair treatment we deserve, it is necessary to seek independence from…

The significant role of gender in this essay portrays and highlights Ellison's views of white male racial psychology. Ellison's short story essentially establishes that Caucasian males treat and recognize African American males in roughly the same way males characteristically view and treat females under patriarchy. When reading the short story, I noticed a significant similarity between how the men in the ball room reacted to the white female dancing and the black kids fighting in the ring,…

Will Kymlicka, in his Multicultural Citizenship book, makes the case for inclusion and enabling of special right for certain cultural and national minorities that reside in a larger liberal nation. In essence, group differentiated rights might be counter intuitive to the liberalism, treating a minority group differently by ways of exclusion or special treatment, however according to Kymlicka, group rights should exists in order to uphold the main agenda of liberalism. Kymlicka strongly reasons…

The Industrial Revolution took place in the 18th and 19th centuries, and was a period where most societies around the world became urban and industrialised. During this time, machines were created, making things a lot easier for workers in society. Population expanded, child labour occurred, communication increased around the world, and transport was created. Transport was one of the biggest change that occurred during the industrialisation of the world. Before the Industrial Revolution the…

This history of the Divided Kingdom tells of the ten northern tribes who were known as Israel. They were ruled from their capital city of Samaria by nineteen different kings. Kings are the focus, but they are not the only people we see at work in these books. First of all, the work…

To my friends & family in Italy, I have only been in America for a few weeks now, it was a long hard journey to get to where I am now but I know it will all be worth it in the end. Leaving all of you in Italy was definitely the hardest part about all of this. After boarding a boat with not one friend or loved one, and being stuck there with them for a very, very long time it was difficult not to want to go back home to my family. But I knew that going to America was the right choice to be…