The Lives of Others

God or gods and will be accepted into their heaven, nirvana, or any other afterlife. In Judaism, they have what they call “The Ten Commandments”, which were laws or rules handed down to Moses by God. Some of the Ten Commandments were, “You shall not kill”, “ You shall not steal, “You shall not commit adultery”, and other basic rules that proved Jews were faithful men or women (doc 1). The Jewish believers were to live their lives attempting to follow as many of the Ten Commandments as possible.…

Is Protest Patriotic? When most people disagree with something big going on, they tend to keep it to themself. This was not the case for the protesters in the Vietnam War and in March for Our Lives. Much like the protesters in the Vietnam War, March for Our Lives campaigns are working on making America a better place. It is led by four young adults by the name of Emma Gonzalez, Jacklyn Corin, David Hogg, and Cameron Kasky. There are many ways to go about protesting, but protests are most…

the amount of people that live in poverty today. This theory would suggest that roughly 20% of the population lives in poverty simply because their title is unimportant to the function of society. Conflict theorists argue that the cause of poverty is that resources are limited and those that are able to access them have the power to ensure that they maintain the resources at any cost. This ideology is more applicable to poverty because we can see that those that do not live in poverty have far…

did we come to existence? – and our present and future – why are we here, in terms of why are we living our lives and how are we going…

Mental Illnesses According to Maria Bamford, "People get really irritated by mental illnesses." There are many people that either have or know someone with a mental illness. Some mental illnesses are very difficult to live with. Others are easier to deal with. It all depends on the type of mental illness the person has. Mental illness is more prevalent than people realize. The five most common mental illnesses are depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, dementia, and bipolar disorder. Depression…

to end world poverty. Because Singer’s arguments for saving children’s lives come from a perspective of morality and desire to contribute to the greater good of the world, it is hard to refute. For this reason, I agree with Singer on his perspective that Americans should give more, which I was convinced by through his hypothetical examples of Dora, Bob and the breakdown of incomes and how it could be recirculated to help others in need. Singer starts with the example of Dora, who was told to…

could lead to it spreading, and getting others with weak immune systems sick as well. In Guinea it took the health officials three months to identify Ebola as the reason for all the sickness (“Factors That Contributed”). By that time there was damage done, and many people were already affected by the disease. It gave the disease more time to spread out to infect more people endangering many lives. The outbreak of Ebola could have been contained if Guinea and other African countries had a faster…

different relationships with the baristas. Sometimes, it’s a person who has a bad day and needs to rant to a stranger. At other times, people just need a laugh. Some ask questions about every little thing. As a result, baristas often get to know the people of their community and coffee shop in a more personal way. Moreover, customers often get to look into their baristas lives. From Inquiring Irenes to Loquacious Lindas to Hoity-Toity Hailees, customers relationships with the baristas vary. …

Black Lives Matter is a movement I strongly support. This is an activist movement fighting against violence and systematic racism towards black people. Yes, all lives do matter, but all lives are not being targeted and singled out like us Black Americans. We are being harassed and humiliated. Innocent men are being thrown in cages for crimes they did not commit. Everyday we walk out our house in fear of what could potentially happen to us because we are Black. And for these reasons I want to…

“A devastating oil spill, 40,000 penguins, and the humans who saved their lives” (Lewis). I know that both of these articles were true and that this really did happen. I also know that the penguins in these articles were not the same kind of penguin and they were not at the same place one was in australia the other was in africa. In the articles “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” and ” Saving Penguins, One Sweater at a Time” they both have similarities and differences such as how people helped the…