The Cornfield

When I was younger I used to go to a summer camp near my home. An older Cambodian immigrant named Rithipol, or Ria for short, was employed to tend the gardens around the buildings. Often the campers would go and help the man with the gardens around the camp, and in return he would tell stories. Sometimes he would speak of the small village he was born, at other times he might elucidate on how he came to America. One story I only ever hear him tell once has stuck with me over the last eight…

On September 22, 2009 the American broadcasting company introduced us to the Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker family when it premiered Modern Family for the first time. Filmed as a mockumentary style, the characters regularly talk into the camera. Patriarch Jay Pritchett (Ed O 'Neill) oversees the unusual family of misfit. Jay’s family includes his younger wife Gloria, daughter Claire and her husband Phil, sons Mitchell, Joe and step son Manny (Rico Rodriguez). Together these three families give us an…

relatability with the birds targeted by the pesticide, Carson compels the American public to regard the birds not as mere nuisances but as living beings that share with humans the ability to think and desire—to choose a “favored roosting site” near a cornfield to raise their young. The vulnerability of the newborn birds in the roosting sites appeals to an intrinsic, maternal desire to protect this symbol of purity and innocence from an unjustified death. Unfortunately, the pesticide has already…

The department of Homeland security documents that of the 11.4 million illegal immigrants into the United States, 59% are Mexicans. However, Urrea’s message introduces the thought that, Mexicans do not come into the United States out of will but out of desperation. This is the message that the book Into the Beautiful North carries. Luis Alberto Urrea is a Mexican American immigrant who immigrated into the United States due the plagues and diseases that had infested his home back in Tijuana. He…

Melted glaciers provided the terrain with new sources of water and mountain ranges formed. The sea level lowered and land bridge between Asia and North America was revealed which allowed nomadic Asian Hunters to reach the continent. Colonies were settled along the coast because they could easily retrieve supplies sent from Europe. Another factor in the colonies location was the Appalachian Mountain chain. The mountains were to rigorous for the early explorers to cross. This statement does not…

Conversion Therapy (reparative therapy) should be banned! Conversion therapy also known as (reparative therapy) consists of a range of treatments psychologists give to their patients that aim to change an individual’s sexual orientation, or sexual identity from homosexual to heterosexual. Many have made complaints about conversion therapy. For example, that it is harmful not only to the adults who attend this program but especially harmful to the minors who are forced into this…

"How was your summer?" Is a question I'm already anticipating. To be honest, I'm not really sure if people will really want to know. "How was your summer?" is just a question you ask to sound friendly and kind. Do you really want to know though? Do you honestly want to hear hours of stories, some more boring than the previous ones, and with short bursts of annoying drama? I know I wouldn't. But of course, I, like just about everyone else, ask that question to people anyway. When I ask…

As each side went back and forth fighting, men were killed in the exact rows that they had once stood their ranks. At one point the 6th Wisconsin fought their way past the cornfield and pushed the Confederates back. At this time the Confederate line was thin and about to collapse when John Bell Hood and his 2,300 men stormed out of the woods. By 9:00 A.M. more than 8,000 American men were killed or injured. As the battle…

“Singin’ all my songs to bedroom mirrors, deep inside my heart I’m still here.” Sitting in my friends living room, four friends gathered on new year’s eve listening to Andy Biersack. My favorite heartthrob was 25. I carefully fixated on the screen, tuning into the words. “We’re always runnin’ away and we don’t even stop to think about it. The world’s in our hands, yeah, they don’t need to understand. We do it our own way, no matter what they try to say about it. We’ve got our own plans,…

The Mohicans were a Native American tribe that settled along the Hudson River valley near Albany, New York. Having just fought in the Beaver War they didn’t want to participate in the French and Indian War. However it is true that they participated in some of the raids and ambushes in the movie. Fort William Henry, the centerpiece of the film, was built on the south end of the lake as a stepping-stone from which to attack Fort St. Frederic and end the Indian threat. Two previous attempts to…