The Book of Eli

apparel of the calculator have evolved over time. In fact, the history of the calculator can even date back before the years of 1900. Ancient civilizations such as Egypt, Middle East, and even Europe had their own variation of the calculator. In the book, The Universal History of Computing by Georges Ifrah, Ifrah notes evidence of artifacts from an ancient civilization that contains mathematical terms and expressions. Civilizations such as the Greeks and Egypt developed their own way of…

The world may never know the true story behind the Holocaust, and the 6 million lives lost during it. After a genocide like this, the world is left to identify who is responsible. It has been evident that the Nazi party leaders can’t be the only ones to blame, as it has been proven that the German citizens also had a part in the attempted genocide. This leads most people to question why and how the German citizens were involved in this Genocide. The simplest answer to this would be based on the…

Industrial Revolution set the stage for the majority of the separation between the north and south leading up to the Civil War. One major stepping stone in the Industrial Revolution, as mentioned in the film “Brotherly Love," was the cotton gin, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. The cotton gin allowed cotton to be removed from its seeds at a quicker rate, thus allowing an increase in cotton output. Additionally, as the output could be increased, the demand for labor increased exponentially and…

In the second project, we were required to write about an artifact from a specific culture, and describe our relationship with this artifact. I chose my E-reader (aka the Amazon Kindle) to be my artifact. This E-reader is not a part of my own culture, actually, I could have chosen something else that is from my culture. However, when I look up my possessions, I did not find any artifact that I have special relationship with, and use it in a daily basis. I think my Kindle was something special to…

and just wanted it to be a dream. Several people in the book Night, by Elie Wiesel go through many terrible experiences, and are beaten alive while trying to survive the concentration camps during the Holocaust. In the world today, there are many tragedies that happen every single day such as earthquakes, tornadoes, and fires, where people lose friends, families, homes and their valuables. The theme “Emotional Death is very evident in the book night by Elie Wiesel, and is still very evident in…

Introduction Stable housing allows families and youth achieve their full potential. We are all aware of homelessness and poverty in our service area. The problem is available, affordable housing for chronically poor families which will assist these families to remain intact and prosper. By supporting the families in Fayette County we will help; “strengthen families to become more self-sufficient, (thereby) achieving their potential by taking advantage of opportunities, improving the conditions…

“You see Wally, the trouble with always being active and doing things is that it’s quite possible to do all sorts of things and at the same time be completely dead inside” (Gregory 105). This quote to me is a very important sentence from Andre in the book because it shows how Andre wants to find more in what he is…

innovation era helped us advance into cell phones, cars, and planes, which all came from the first creators of our time. Using their imagination and yearn to innovate and create a superior society, historical inventors of the industrial revolution, like Eli Whitney, Richard Arkwright, and John Fitch, created the society we are lucky to have…

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website has an extensive article regarding Nazi propaganda, wherein they describe the sheer amount of propaganda that was distributed and supported. Films, newspapers, caricatures, political cartoons, and books were major contributors to anti-semitic behavior. Though after the war Germans may have claimed that they did not support the Nazi party, propaganda has a major psychological effect they may have not even been aware of, causing their ignorance…

Water Imagery and Symbolism in Love Medicine Louise Erdrich’s novel Love Medicine conveys the state of Native American life in today’s society. Her symbolism stands out to me above all else in the book. While Erdrich uses many symbols and motifs, the most poignant is her water and river imagery and the symbolism behind it. She uses water to symbolize many concepts in the novel, most prominently time and religion. The passage of time being likened to the movement of a river is not an…