The Day of the Locust

a fictional novel about a man who finds a gorilla that teaches him all about the world and how he views our society. In Chapter 9 of the book Ishmael, the narrator comes back to visit Ishmael, a gorilla who has been his teacher for the past couple days. Normally, Ishmael is behind a glass wall but this time he is outside, sprawled out of the floor. Since the beginning of the book, Ishmael has divided humans into two categories, Takers and Leavers. Takers are members of the dominant culture,…

Did you know that there is a long story behind the famous Dolly Parton’s life? Dolly Parton was born on January 19,1946 in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, United States, and she also was the fourth child out of twelve (“Dolly Parton”1). Dolly’s mother was married by the age fifteen , and had twelve kids by the time she was thirty-five (Parton 1). Dolly had four sister and six brothers (Dolly Parton 2) . Dolly’s Uncle Billy Earl introduced her to the music life at the age of ten (“Dolly Parton”4). Dolly…

Author’s Bio Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian author and educator that published the groundbreaking novel Things Fall Apart. Achebe was born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe in the Ibo town of Ogidi in eastern Nigeria in 1930. He attended a local mission school, later attending a secondary school in Umuahia. His environment as a child is shown in the exposition of the novel Things Fall Apart. He grew up when the Europeans were settling in Nigeria at the time, “Achebe grew up balanced between the two…

away has done little to change the new and changing society. In Walden, Thoreau criticizes American society for not starting their own journey of self-discovery. On page 175, he writes "John Farmer sat at his door one September evening, after a hard day 's work, his mind still running on his labor more or less... A voice said to him, –Why do you stay here and live in this mean moiling life, when a glorious existence is possible for you?...", where John Farmer is an allegory for the common…

Children spend the first few years of their lives trying to understand the world around them. They learn to decipher words from noises and shapes from objects, and they look to their parents for guidance on this mission. In the short story “Bridge,” however, author Daniel J. O’Malley chronicles a boy whose religious parents have controlled, rather than guided, his perception: they confine his observations to the walls of the house. But when a couple jumps off a bridge outside the boy’s window,…

One of these who spoke of a Messiah was Jesus’ cousin named John the Baptist, which we begun to learn more about in Matthew. Matthew 3:1-3 states “In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the…

with him I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:17). These words demonstrate God’s pleasure in how Jesus had conducted himself in the time preceding his baptism. Jesus moved on from his life as a carpenter to his life as the Messiah and was faced with 40 days of temptation of Satan. Although Jesus was fully God he was fully human so he hungered and thirst like a man, he felt pain and despair like a man. Jesus had not eaten in this time and was hungry for food and comfort. Satan tempted Jesus by…

Different from what the gospel of Matthew says the reason Herod wanted to spare his life. In the gospel of Matthew, it says Herod wanted to kill John but did not because he was afraid of the people who considered him a prophet. Unfortunately, the day came when Herod had no choice but behead John the Baptist. Herod promised Herodias daughter, anything she wanted since he was well pleased with her after she danced for him and his guests on his birthday. She asked her mother what she should ask…

African crops seem to be a mixture of African and Fall worms. They can grow to 3cm in length. What do they do? They travel in armies and eat anything and everything in its path. They tend to be active at night and then hide in the plants during the day. They attack many crops such as maize, wheat, sorghum and rice. They usually invade after a cool, wet spring. They strip the leaves from the maize plant. AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Google+Share to…

Bearded dragon Feeding and Accommodation The bearded dragon is an omnivore which means that it can eat other animals so for bearded dragons they can be fed; locusts, meal worms, crickets, and butter worms (Drs Foster and Smith, 2015). Furthermore the bearded dragon will also eat plants such as dandelion greens, clover and mustard greens (Drs Foster and Smith, 2015). The bearded dragon eats vegetables as well for example broccoli, okra, grated carrots (Drs Foster and Smith, 2015) Moreover the…