The Blow

Dehumanization is the psychological process of demonizing the enemy, making them seem less than human and hence not worthy of humane treatment. This can cause the group of people to become aggressive and turn to violence. Human rights are violated in “Night” by the discrimination of human life and their right to be free. Jews were tormented in Germany and no other group of people.The Nazis believed that it was no room for them. They get treated like animals or vermin or dangerous predators.…

I begin with me in the third grade during a snow storm. I sat in the row closest to the window. The glass had frost around its edges and rattled with every gust of wind. Outside, the January landscape composed itself in white with a few dark oaks. Inside, Mother Herman explained math in a way that made multiplication more complicated than algebra. As I listened, I watch the snow. I wrote the letter K on my math worksheet. I knew if the Sister of Charity saw what I had written she would make me…

The Dark Knight is a film based off of the DC comic books of Batman. This film has many different characters who all have some type of psychological or other mental disorder including Batman himself. The main antagonist is the Joker who has an array of different psychological, mental, and personality disorders. The Joker is a fascinating character who intrigues people due to his anarchist mind set with no personal gain intended by his actions doing things simply to cause chaos with no…

The author uses symbolism to convey the inhumane cruelty he witnessed and how it deprived the jews of who they were, and wants the readers to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself by finding ways to prevent the Holocaust from happening again. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, he uses Fire to symbolize the Nazis cruel power. From pages 26-28 Elie talked about how Madame Schachter would scream because she envisioned fire and would awake everyone in the cattle car but when the people looked…

Sport concussions are a serious brain issue that can occur in both noncontact and contact sports. The injury results from the rapid translation it would usually happen side-to-side or front-to-back. During a severe blow or collision the brain bounces around the outer layer of the skull causing neurons to stretch and tear. There's many symptoms such as swelling, balance, eye movement, and speech problems. Football is one of the most dangerous sports because of so many concussions happening each…

Lizzie Borden was one of the famous murdered cases in the United States. On August 4, 1892 she was accused of committing a double parricide. Lizzie Borden grew up in Fall Rivers, Massachusetts. Her father Andrew Borden was a very hardworking respected man in the community. He was wealthy and had a few luxuries. At the age 2, Lizzie’s mother died of uterine congestion and spine disease. When Lizzie mother passed, he remarried to Abby Borden. Abby Borden was Lizzie’s stepmother. She was…

Relaxers chemically straightens your hair. Using relaxers it chemically straightens your hair from the roots/scalp. There are relaxers that has a chemical called “lye” in it. Lye is a chemical that breaks down hair bonds quickly. Lye has a higher pH balance than no lye relaxers. No lye relaxers are better for you than lye relaxers. When you get a relaxer you have to maintain it. No lye relaxers are most popular because they’re mild, safe, gentle relaxers. You can not get a relaxer for a month…

I Kingston, one of Beowulf’s bravest soldiers was there when he defeated the infamous monster in Herot. I not only heard of the story heard of the story but witnessed it with my own eyes. He Beowulf the great one, the most heroic man for hundreds of lands to come. As a slept quietly but very cautious, I was then awoken by a loud noise. I jumped up fast to see Beowulf Tussling with that slimy serpent like creature Grendel. As they were fighting I noticed Beowulf didn’t even use his battle…

collection of short stories, In Our Time, contains many symbols and topics about the future, and more specifically about how events don’t always go as planned. Many of those symbols are expressed in the short stories “Indian Camp,” “The Three Day Blow,” and “Big Two-Hearted River: Part 1.” People may have a plan for their future, but they can never know exactly what’s going to happen is a big theme that is expressed throughout Hemingway’s collection. One of the first stories, “Indian Camp,”…

The term ‘genocide’ has inflicted a feeling of evil and fear for many for thousands of years. It’s no wonder why the word gives off such a negative vibe, as the countless instances of genocide all over the world have always been unspeakable and unimaginable. The Cambodian Genocide that took place during the late twentieth century was no exception, it was filled with torture, death and tragedy that all clearly follow the eight stages of genocide. Classification, the first stage of genocide,…