The Dreamer

Living in the Gainesville area, I feel like I’m back home. I grew up in a very similar college community near Champaign-Urbana area, home to the University of Illinois. Being here in Gainesville, I’m often reminded of that sense of community that I was so fond of as an impressionable young man. After High School, I left for the big city, and until recently, I planned on staying there forever. That was until I found Gainesville. Living in Orlando at the time, I couldn’t pass on the chance to…

John Lennon was assassinated on December 8th, 1940 outside his apartment complex by a man called Mark David Chapman. He was DUA at the hospital. He died at the age of forty. John Lennon was a songwriter, singer, and composer, most well known for his work with the Beatles (1958-1970) and his solo album “Imagine”. He created artwork and beauty. His murder was completely unjustified. John Lennon was born October 9th, 1940 in Liverpool England. His parents were Alfred and Julia Lennon…

minority that has obstacles obtaining higher education, it is burdensome when it comes to not being properly documented. I took immense time to research scholarships aimed for undocumented students to which I could apply, but because I am not the only dreamer, scholarships were not granted to me. Me already being a high performing student I knew that there were other undocumented students that where performing better than me. This year I have seen my best friends attend college. I was the only…

Throughout The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald displays societal corruption and the American Dream, or rather, the American Nightmare. Nick Carraway represents the grace within simplicity, an unbiased and slightly naive view of New York during the roaring twenties. Although captivated and intrigued by the excitement of lifestyles such as the Buchanans’, Gatsby’s, and Jordan’s, the façade wears away, revealing the merciless face of moral degradation. Fitzgerald portrays the 1920s as a time of…

John Lennon was the founder of one of the most influential and popular music groups of all time. The Beatles were very popular and had many good years before later breaking up. John Lennon went on to record songs solo, including “Imagine” written and released in 1971. His song was written when the Vietnam War was taking place and the lyrics talk about a time and/or place where everything that divides us is gone and there is peace. I chose this song because I like the message it sends, “Imagine…

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is a well known American literature piece. It tells the tale of a young boy living in the small town of St. Petersburg on the Mississippi River. This young boy, Huckleberry Finn, is best friends with Tom Sawyer, another young boy living in the same town as Huck. These two adventurous boys have many indubitably things in common, but they also have their differences on how they perceive each other, their outlook on life, and in their lifestyle. Tom…

The phases of reconstruction have had many events similar from today such as voting rights and racism in the justice system. But the one that sticks out to me in particular is access to citizenship. The reason this stuck out for me was because it has been over 100 years and they still have problems with citizenship. For example in the 1870s during the reconstruction phase they signed the 14th amendment which states “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the…

The 1960’s were probably the most crucial year for the Black Rebellion. The year of 1963 saw protests in 115 cities across 11 states. More than 20,000 people were arrested, ten protesters had lost their lives and thousands more were injured. After a powerful and intense battle that was a victory against segregation in Alabama. As the year came to a climax in a massive march of 250,000 on Washington to force President John F. Kennedy to pass a New Civil Rights Act, which was at a far greater…

terror; in which their reactions are often over dramatic. Mary Shelley herself has experienced horror, becoming inspiration for Frankenstein. Academic journalist Ronald Britton writes, “Her night terror begins its daytime transformation when the dreamer becomes the author with a story that will terrify others” (Britton 5). Britton states that Shelley’s dreams formed the creation of a brilliant gothic novel meant to scare others. Shelley became fearful of supernatural events occurring among her.…

In today’s society, we are told that we live in a democracy; a political system governed by the rule of the majority. A more accurate definition from the Oxford Dictionary is, “A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives”. With monetarily driven corruption and lobbying by the private sector influencing the policies that govern our society, it is difficult to consider our economic structure as such. Our…