The Descent

Keloids are raised scars that can be itchy or painful. Keloids are the product of a wound or cut and are not contagious. Keloids are most likely appear on people with a darker tone of skin, such as those of African American, Hispanic, and Asian descent. Also, it runs in families and is more common among the ages ten to twenty. Keloids are formed from the excessive healing of a wound. According to aafp.org, “After a skin injury, your cells try to repair the damage by forming a scar. This scar…

The character of Dexter in Winter Dreams The main character in the short story “Winter Dreams” written by F Scott Fitzgerald, is a fourteen-year-old boy named Dexter. Dexter is kind of a nut case when winter comes around He goes into an intense and emotional melancholy." It appears that winter severely affects Green’s psych; it makes him "tremble," "repeat foolish sentences" and "command imaginary audiences." In winter, he fantasizes – primarily about golf games, which he plays "over the…

I decided to pursue a career in counseling and hoping to work with active military, veterans and their family. However, now that I am on my 3rd term in the program, and nearing completion, I feel anxious and question myself if this is the right career I would like to do in the future. Once I moved into a new work environment and get comfortable, I have avoided any changes in my work area such as refusing to get promoted or moved into new department. I have applied for jobs and thought about…

The incident that took place in Lemon Grove, California 1930 was when Alvarez went against the board of the Lemon Grove school. Students with family or Mexican descent were being placed in a separate school. Many families were seriously affected by this incident but the results were worth the fight against the board of education. The school board was claiming different things so that it would make them look like if the school board was making the correct decisions, but that’s wrong which made…

Little is known about the Gnostic rituals and practices, since most of its writings were destroyed during various anti-Gnostic movements. However, some did survived, and from those which has come down to present, scholars are able to learn about their customary observance. Five religious officers are called during a Gnostic Mass: a priest and a priestess, who are assisted by a deacon and two acolytes called “children”. Throughout the ceremony, participants are required to make several unusual…

Second World War in this city. Fernandez tells the story of the growth of these important communities and their difficult integration in the political dynamics of the metropolis of the Midwest. Figures and anecdotes, the author, who is of Mexican descent, details the problems that both communities have had to contend to be able to forge their own identity and political space for themselves. Both Mexicans and Puerto Ricans found racism and hostility to other ethnic groups when they reached the…

Jeremy Macclancy’s essay “Eating Chili Peppers” discusses some information on chili peppers, like the side effects on Tabasco Peppers. He even informs that chili peppers were used as medicine in some civilizations back then ,and how today's people eat chili peppers for the taste and the extreme heat. Also, he describes more facts like the brain’s awareness of peppers and their minor threat to the body. Lastly, this peppers makes people eating peppers so exciting that there are contests on…

Slavery began in what would become the United States with the importation of twenty enslaved Africans into Virginia in 1619. Given the universality of slavery, its legitimacy was rarely questioned or explained. By the 1660s, English settlers clearly believed that enslavement was a normal, if unfortunate, position in society for which Africans and their descendants were perfectly and naturally suited. However, racism—far from being the original justification for American slavery—emerged over time…

In the introduction, I was surprised to learn that the government censored its people. Even more so, it was shocking that they claimed it was for the greater good. Next, in the Rise of the Inquisition, the persecution of those not Christian in faith is described. I found it interesting that Jewish people were the targets of prejudice by Christians even though they worship the same God. Also, it was unusual that Marranos were such a threat but so quickly denounced as one. In the next paragraph,…

numerous compelling characteristics, which have been added to my character in the following manners. To begin with, some physical aspects of my hero. Due to the strength of iron, my character is fairly brawny, or muscular. Additionally, he is of Asian descent because iron was first utilized and strengthened in the continent of Asia. Furthermore, these features are displayed with the use many elements of design such as form, shapes, lines, and shade. Moreover, there are various personality…