The Insatiable

PARADOX OF HAPPINESS INTRODUCTION Within this essay, I will be discussing about happiness. The reason why this is important is because I feel that I am now on the road which I believe it will lead me to happiness. I’m currently at the end of my first year, studying fashion design which was once my dream and I thought of it as an absolute gateway to happiness. Yet, I have another dream right now; much higher and bigger than previous ones. So I start to wonder if there will be an end in finding…

Thomas Edison The Warlock of Menlo Park Thomas Edison was a gift to the modern world and was able to bring many technological wonders to this day and age. Edison was not just brought into greatness and fortune but had a troubling childhood. Without Edison, the wonders that we have today may not have existed or would have been delayed. Edison was also not short of rivals or criticisms and tried his best to get past his adversities. Thomas Edison was a spark that helped light the nation onto a…

The tragic story of Willy Loman and his ultimate demise show how a person’s obsession with wealth and popularity can keep you away from achieving true happiness. The exhilarating roller coaster ride Death of a Salesman is a story based in 1950’s New York that is focused on a middle-aged man that travels throughout New England selling merchandise. Although his job may sound boring, it is his family life and his flashbacks that occur often throughout the play that keep the reader interested. The…

America saw the pace of life quicken in the twentieth century with the use of cars, planes, airplanes and appliances, the demand for oil to fuel this development increased. Believing that there was endless energy, the American way of life had an insatiable appetite for oil. Up until 1950 the United States had been able to supply its own energy needs, but in less than 25 years it became apparent that this was no longer the case. Unfortunately, each year Americans consumed 5% more, doubling the…

Children’s Role in the Success of Fast Food Companies Have you ever wondered how fast food companies are still successful even after the public views their product as unhealthy? If you have, the answer is so simple yet you might not realize how obvious it is: marketing to children. After reading several articles and essays on fast food companies and obesity, two papers stood out to me. The two articles are "Don 't Blame the Eater" by David Zinczenko, which talks about child obesity and who is…

It seems best to first finish the example started with, so the next thing to do is determine whether Will played any role in the boys turning out the way they did. In order to see whether Will did indeed cause the boys to become the monsters that they did it is important to look at the reason the boys were engaging in the ritualistic dance in the first place. Ever since landing on the island the boys tried desperately to successfully hunt down and kill one of the pigs that were living on the…

back the necklace. Monsieur Loisel shows a great amount of generosity. He spends his early mornings looking for the missing necklace, gave his wife tickets to the party, and used his saved money to make his wife happy. He is aware that his wife is insatiable when it comes to material items so he is generous with his money to try to solve their problems. Monsieur also takes out many loans and all of his life savings in order to pay for a new…

The capitalist society of America has been economically motivated since the first settlers came to the continent in search of valuable items. As this country grows, so does the power it gives to money. The American Dream is a perfect example of this. Due to the emphasis the United States places on money, people from all over the world come to the country to get rich. F. Scott Fitzgerald highlights the greed of the American people perfectly in his book The Great Gatsby, particularly in his…

Tom Wolfe’s Bonfire of the Vanities paints a vivid picture of New York City in the late eighties, depicting the stark differences between the lives of the elitist upper class and the bitter lower classes. Peter Fallow, an immoral, alcoholic Englishman, works for the tabloid, The City Light, and is the first to publicize the case of Henry Lamb, the eighteen year old black student who is left in an irreversible coma after being hit by the sports car of wealthy bonds trader, Sherman McCoy. Though…

Lionfish are venomous Marine fish found in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. The fish have started invading the Atlantic waters. The Lionfish pose a great danger to the native ecology, and they might destabilize the ecology. They have a large appetite and are well adapted to evade their prey. The lionfish belong to kingdom Animalia and the Phylum Chordata. The fish lives in deep waters in the Coral feeding on the reef fish. The fish develop at a very fast rate such that a fingerling attains…