The Adventure of the Final Problem

community center totaled nearly 30 buildings. Since the colony was literally being built in the middle of nowhere with no existing land owners or township and time was of the essence; Williams was both the architect and planner in one. The usual problems involving zoning and eminent domain did not exist. While the rest of the country had begun to decentralize, thanks mostly to the automobile. The Matanuska colony had no such luxury. This was made worse by the fact that the homes were on 40…

Just like the classics, The Great Gatsby, Moby Dick, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, many modern day novels have timeless qualities and a universal message. In the novel Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, Jacob Jankowski loses his parents due to a car crash in 1931 during the week of his final veterinary exams at Cornell College. In despair at the fact of the loss of his parents and not having a penny to his name, Jacob ends up walking to some train tracks miles from his home. As a train…

This shows that although Sundiata’s future has already been determined to be magnificent, the Malian God has the final say over whether or not Sundiata gets to be born. Since the prince was conceived after a series of convoluted plots, the griot understood this event to be God’s will, as the Almighty laid out Sundiata’s fate before he was born and willed it to happen…

Christopher Johnson McCandless also known as Alexander Supertramp before and during his journey to Alaska to his death. Before his journey, they describe the relationship he had with his family and how he was as a child to a young adult. During the adventure, Krakauer writes about the people he met while hitchhiking, such as Jan Burres and Wayne Westerberg, and the overall overview of his journey from Arizona to Alaska. After his death, his story was published in Outside magazine and received a…

vagabond who sold all of his belongings and decided to hitchhike across the United States. He eventually hitchhiked to Alaska, where he wanted to live in the wilderness where he eventually died. Through careful examination of both Into the Wild and The Problem of Free Choice, Augustine would criticize Chris McCandless for living a reckless and selfish life. However, some may argue that Augustine would praise McCandless because he was searching for deeper life meaning and the divine.…

Report is to have both the U.S. and Iraq emerge stronger than before not as separate nations but as allies. The beginning of the report is nothing if not grim. Ever since Suddam Hussein’s regime was toppled multiple insurgencies formed. The main problem of which was that the insurgencies had no leader but instead were and are “a network of networks” (page 4). While they are all different and diverse it was strongly agreed they were a majority against the U.S. led coalition forces/occupation. In…

missing hole, he studies three types of religion. The initiation deals with the adventures the hero endures on his journey. In Pi’s case, this is when he suffers the hardships while spending 227 days on the ocean with a Bengal Tiger. Lastly is the hero’s return, where the hero returns home. However, although Pi does not return to his home in India, he lives his life in Canada, as planned. He then reflects upon his adventure and continues to grow spiritually and mentally. Martel uses Pi’s…

deep enough into the personality that is Christopher J McCandless. By no means does this say that McCandless does not have any obvious flaws in his persona or ego, but it should be mentioned that McCandless is the involuntary hero is his life and adventures. McCandless is undeserving of being defaced with such insulting names simply because his outwards appearance presents himself as such. Rather, he should be seen as everyday man seeking to find his truth in this unideal world. To be able to…

and women that she could fly across the Atlantic alone. Amelia wanted to go on to prove that a woman could fly solo not only across the Atlantic Ocean, but also over the Pacific Ocean. Since Amelia was so ambitious and loved the thrill of adventure, of course she pursued it. In June of 1937, Amelia took flight to travel over the Pacific Ocean. However, her flight was cut short when Earhart was claimed to have disappeared. The radio signals from her plane were lost and rescue workers…

Standerdized Testing: A Major Problem for Students Cadence Mulrooney has struggled with his speech throughout his years, but the education system in Virginia made it easy for him to learn. He was put in an Individualized Education Program to help his education in school. Cadence was able to love school because the teachers worked with him so he wasn’t left behind. One day Cadence’s parents told him they were moving from Virginia to Florida. Cadence being a new resident of Florida thought school…