The Devil in the White City

Urban legends are very complex and interesting aspects of culture. They often inspire holidays, movies, poetry, stories and more. But urban legends go far beyond how they seem on the surface. Their origins and the messages they send must be decoded to understand the true context of any urban legend. Illustrating the messages, urban legends may be benign, or malicious. In the context of this paper, an urban legend is a story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true…

A People’s History of The United States by Howard Zinn is a book meant to show history in a way it is not usually presented. He cuts out the sugar coating of modern textbooks and aims to show flaws in the traditional tellings of history. In the end, Howard Zinn managed to tell history in a more negative light, but he uses bias and the same techniques he criticizes. Howard Zinn goes through history in order to break down everything that happens in America from the time Columbus arrives to the…

ordinary families; while receiving a great steak on a sidewalk patio table of a Five Star restaurant. However, as the writer Dave Sedaris stated, “Then, too, the more you pay the less they generally give you to eat.” Sedaris’s quote is very true. The city of Hollywood restaurants is known for having very nutritious foods, because of this matter; the food portions are very small. Although, the portions are small, the prices are high because of the people you are surrounded by while you’re…

death. This is because Iago, Othello’s ancient, convinces Othello that his wife, Desdemona, has cheated on him with Cassio, a white man. Othello’s jealousy and insecurity is revealed when he accuses Desdemona of being unfaithful, stating, “her name… is now begrimed and black as [his] own face”(Shakespeare, 3.3. 441-443). This shows that Othello is both jealous of the alleged white man that he accuses Desdemona of sleeping with, and also his insecurity. Othello is considered an outsider, even…

Daniel’s 70 weeks lay out God’s plan for the nation, Israel (see Daniel 9:24-27). According to most scholars within both the Dispensational and Covenantal camps, the Messiah (Jesus) is cut off (crucified) after the 7 and 62 (7+62=69) weeks. These are weeks of years, not days. Dispensationalists teach a parenthesis (2000-year gap) between the 69th and 70th week, which becomes the church age of grace, essentially starting from Christ’s resurrection and extending all the way until the rapture of…

Harris and Miller incorporate literary rich descriptions of their sceneries to demonstrate their protagonist’s rebellion against the time and setting in which they exist. Using sensual imagery; the author and play write describe the temporal and physical settings of their creations to heighten the reader’s understanding of the contrast between Vianne and Reynaud, and the regular member’s of the strict and orderly societies of Lansquenet and Salem. Harris establishes the setting of Lansquenet…

S. Eliot is a modernist poet with numerous works to his credit and the masterpiece is The Waste Land crowning him as the greatest poet in the twentieth century. Eliot fulfilled his self-imposed duties by using the materials of the city life to build up his poetry. The ecological theme of Eliot’s The Waste Land is very rarely discovered which tries to probe this espousing theme of literary criticism. Eliot has splattered an ecological inequilibrium and a world which has not regenerated…

One of the greatest strengths of humans is their ability to work as a unit, collaborating to achieve a common goal. No other species is willing to forsake temporary hardship for the long term benefit that humans can strive towards, and the payoffs for suffering through short term plights has in exchange for long term success has allowed humans to work together and become the planet earth’s dominant species. Using their intelligence and their interpersonal skills, humans have united with one…

That’s what happened in the garden of Eden. But prior to this in-cident occurring Lucifer, was expelled or as we like to say kicked out of heaven because he wanted to be God. He was created by God and he wanted to be God to be worshipped as God was being worshipped by the angels he had created. But God is God and he will not share his glory with another. Earth became corrupt because of the pronouncement of God upon it. Man would now have to live by the sweat of his brow. No longer could he walk…

I chose to visit a Christian church because I was raised in an atheist household with no prior knowledge of any religious faiths. My lack of knowledge on religion was what actually inspired me to take this class and after a few lessons I realized that in order to understand other religions, I should have a firm understanding of Christianity. The Christian church where I did my site visit was actually a Non-Denominational church which I believe was perfect for my first experience in religion…