The Gates of Hell

necessarily measured by the number of Jewish escapees, nor by the number of Nazis killed,” (Vashem). The prisoners felt accomplished if they even had a few people escape or even if they killed a few guards. Life in the death camps was like going to hell according to some of the people who survived. They felt as if it was their duty to try and out think and undermine the guards. Anything they did was looked at as a form of resistance if it bothered the guards and the…

American Slave Narrators: Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs As former slaves lived in the same generation, both Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass devoted their professional lives to tell their story based on their own experiences. As a matter of fact, Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) and Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845) are considered the most important works in the slave narrative genre. Thus, Jacobs’s and Douglass’s…

Human beings learn at a very young age what their general beliefs, values, and understandings of the world are. These characteristics are often molded by their surrounding social and cultural environments. These environments vary from place to place, but one of the most definitive is within the southern region of the United States. While socio-cultural atmospheres also vary within different regions of the South, there are still major beliefs, values, and traditions that a majority of the…

The Adventures of Mike Wazowski This story begins in a museum where we find three good mates: Mike Wazowski, Mason, and Brock. “Have you attended the Lightning Mcqueen presentation, Mason?” Mike asked “No” “He’s never been here before” Brock continued, Mike was astonished Mason had not yet been to the greatest Motorsport museum in the entire world, considering he’s the biggest fan of Motorsports in his circle of friends “We should go see it, There's a presentation every day at 3:00 pm” Brock…

Underground Railroad: Escaping the Ugly Truth When learning about slavery, lessons often gloss over the ugly truth and explicit facts to spare feelings, as the frank realities trouble all who encounter it; however, what they tell us is only part of the truth. Is it because we cannot swallow it, or that they hope to sweep the history under the rug? While many band aids cover the cracks and damage done by slavery, it can not make the scars disappear, as the pain lives on everyday in the ancestors…

prisoner left the Yuma territorial prison.In 1910 the prison was used as a school buy yuma high up until 1914. In 1915 the Ocean to Ocean bridge was built and more than half of the prison was destroyed the only thing left were some of the cells, the main gate and the guard tower. Then by 1941 the city operated the prison as a museum until 1960,and in 1961 the Yuma Territorial Prison became the third state park in Arizona.budget prices threatened for closer of the star park in 2010 but Yuma’s…

fought for a peacefully way to protest against inequality. Even though Martin Luther King’s approach to equality in American was much different from Malcolm X. However, they shared a common goal, which were to end oppression in American. X, Malcolm. Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay, Eds. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. Pg. 79-90 [V2] 3rd ed. New York: Norton,…

Cigar City Brewing’s Hunahpu’s Day is a craft beer festival held on the 2nd Saturday of March and built around the once a year release of Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout. The beer itself has an 11% abv (alcohol by volume) and is aged on cacao nibs, Madagascar vanilla beans, ancho chiles, pasilla chiles, and cinnamon while enjoying a top rating of 100 on both beeradvocate.com and ratebeer.com. Cigar City upped their game this year allowing for three different ticket options. There was the choice of a…

Throughout history, artists have used their mediums to communicate their opinions on their environment and what is going on at the time. The ability to make societal change through representation has been a major theme throughout the texts this year. Abolitionists, such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Northerners saw slavery as a moral detriment that was against Christianity. Southern states saw slavery as a financial gain and a political advantage, Harriet Beecher Stowe uses her novel, Uncle…

Pearl Jam is an alternative rock/grunge band. The band members are Eddie Vedder/lead vocalist, Mike McCready/lead guitar, Stone Gossard/guitar, Jeff Ament/bass, Matt Cameron/drums, Boom Gaspar/piano. Pearl Jam is one of the most famous bands in rock history. Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament were part of the band Green River, who toured in the mid-80’s. They disbanded in 1987 due to friction between fellow bandmates. In 1987 Gossard and Ament later joined the band Malfunkshun with the…