The Attic Door

With home invasions and burglaries becoming more and more prevalent, many homeowners are concerned about the security of their home and the safety of their family. Homeowners are now considering the option of installing home security systems to protect their family and their home. Home security systems are becoming more common and monitoring companies are becoming very popular as a way to increase the effectiveness of a home security system. Floodlights and alarms are good; however, a company…

Red… Gold… Orange… Blue… Catching a glimpse of the blue skied day, the leaves rained down on me, swirled by the promise of winter approaching. A faint hint of kerosene perpetually tainted the air, assuring citizens what would occur from hoarding books. As I perched on the branch watching the mindless citizens lazily stroll by, I began to imagine a different world. The world that my uncle and his people describe in their retellings of all the burned stories. A world that appears to be forever…

the time. I carried on with school and hockey without paying attention to anything. Finally, it struck me. I am moving to another part of the world, changing schools, quitting hockey, and leaving my Latin Dictionary in a box, marked “to store in the attic”. I found myself in a new country, not understanding a word of the new language, trapped within the walls of our new home. Georgia was the name to my misery. My only escape was the Internet and e-books. I was upset and blamed my parents. I then…

A majority of people seem to agree the Wagner was an anti-Semite. Among those people, a debate has emerged as to the place of Wagner’s music in our current society. Over the course of this essay I attempt to make sense of this debate and try come to a conclusion about what place Wagner’s music should have in the 21st Century. At the same time, I am to provide context by noting his impact on music and looking toward Israel where the topic of Wagner’s music seems to be most controversial. Despite…

In the 19th century literature, the governess was mostly silenced, being a simple female character. On the contrary, in Neo-victorian literature, she was given voice and was no longer only a character in the background. Having a poor social condition, the governesses in the Victorian age were known to have been exemplary women: modest, diligent, with good reputation. In the house where they worked, they would have a place somewhere between a member of the family and a servant.…

January, 1933 to May, 1945; a calamitous and tragic time period where six million Jews were taken out of existence. No one could foresee that a demanding, judgmental, and controlling leader was going to take over the presidency of Germany and order for the torture, misery, and execution of a manifold of innocent people. Adolf Hitler, born in 1889, grew up in close proximity to the border of Germany and eventually led his way up the political chain and became chancellor in 1932. From being…

Farrow, wrote an open letter to the New York Times regarding the abuse she experienced. She asked readers what their favorite Woody Allen movie is. Then she described the years of abuse and molestation. There was an incident where he took her to the attic and sexually assaulted her. He told her to keep it a secret. He would sleep in her bed wearing only underwear. He would also put his fingers in his daughter’s mouth and would a across her bare lap. She said, “I would hide under beds or lock…

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When we look upon ourselves we think of two things who we are and were we came from this just a normal way that humankind has always thought of themselves. Firstly they ask who they are as if there very exsitence may not be valid even though there right in front of you flesh and bone. Everyone has a purpose in life but believe that if they dont do anything remarkable that stands out that there mere life is just that nothing. We as homosapiens believe in a convaluded way of reasoning and since…

Introduction: Set in the 1890's in New York City, Edith Wharton's novel, The House of Mirth demonstrates the characters', specifically the women's' desire to gain freedom, safety and independence in New York city where "the rich got much richer, and the poor got much poorer". As Wharton herself said "Decidedly, I’m a better landscape gardener than novelist," therefore using the imagery of houses to not only illustrate the themes of freedom, safety and independence, but also to give the reader a…