The Bell

“For Whom The Bell Tolls” is a 3 stanza lyric song written about J. Cole’s depression and music career. This monologue uses repetition and symbolism to get his message across about how he is feeling. He feels that his music career is ending and is not sure how to feel about it. The first stanza contains 8 lines, while the second has 16 lines. The first 8 lines repeat itself once in the stanza making it 16 lines. The last stanza which contains only two lines seems to be for a more dramatic…

The Bell vs. Buck case was a very sensitive topic during its time due to the concept that feeble-minded individuals should not pass on their genes. It led to many controversies: some agreed with it and others believed it was unethical, however, one must fully understand the reasons why the Supreme Court went through with the decision. There are several cultural values that support the Supreme Court’s decision including prevention, balance, and responsibility. The first value which appears to be…

Murry, a man with high authority because of being W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, coauthor of “The Bell Curve” (1994) and author of “Coming Apart” analyzes the idea that too many people are going to college in his article “Are too many people going to college?” His title and job status provides an authority and ethos to his appeal. The question is, how could too many people go to college? In the eyes of the world, it is a necessity. Thus creating a strong sense of…

Using the full intellectual capacities of the mind to kindle the fire, an ardent desire for self expression and independent ideas within society. These ideas are seen in the two modern texts, Everything Bad is Good For You by Steven Johnson and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. In Everything Bad is Good For You, Steven Johnson explores the development of the human mind as popular culture…

You probably have heard of her, but under a different name. Does Maya Angelou ring any bells? Dancer, actress, singer, writer, playwright and poet, this phenomenal woman strode past many of the societal barriers of her youth, as well as her own personal inhibitions. Maya did not have an easy life, by any means. She was raped multiple times by her mother’s boyfriend, kept silent under threat for her brother’s safety. After the crime was revealed, Maya’s uncles murdered her rapist. The guilt from…

Imagine life as a woman in the 1950s: struggling with the idea that men are superior to women, and stuck in a life filled with empty opportunities. Esther Greenwood, protagonist from the novel The Bell Jar, contemplated this problem as she began learning the typical customs expected of women during the 1950s. Pressured by both her mother and society to accept a future devoid of genuine happiness and adventure, Esther lost control of her own life and spiraled downward into a continuous cycle of…

Taco Bell is rolling out a new concept that could change the fast food industry forever. A Taco Bell store in Chicago will be the first location to start selling alcohol to its customers. The Chicago location is a test run for the company to see how the whole process plays out. If Taco Bell serves alcohol in stores it will not only open a new branch in the market but it will also provide a new experience for consumers. The fast food industry is very competitive at the moment and companies are…

In her book Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, bell hooks focuses on the condition of black female life in America. hooks discusses the external social oppressive forces of racism and sexism influencing the oppressive lifestyle for black women. The core of this oppressive social atmosphere as hooks writes is the historically established “social hierarchy based on race and sex that ranked white men first, white women second, though sometimes equal to black men, who are ranked third, and…

School Bells (The Later Years) Freshman year was stressful I had literally no time to do anything because I tried to take take on way too many things and be active in everything. I did literally every sport our schooled offered and also Every FFA event and my schedule was super packed and I was the Freshman so I was kind of mine blown trying to keep up and there was the fact that we were the young guys and smaller than everyone else and I also didn't take any easy classes Freshman year because I…

In September 2010, Bell Let’s Talk day started a new conversation about Canada’s mental health. At that time, most people weren't talking about mental illness, this was the case because people didn’t see mental illness as a big problem. But numbers spoke for the need of action. Millions of Canadians across Canada wanted to offer help to people who suffer from Mental illness. At the end, institutions and organizations both large and small had access to donate and help this problem. Bell's total…