The Looking Glass Wars

Throughout history, American society has changed immensely. During the late 19th century and early 20th century, American society saw a huge change. These changes were caused by industrialization and urbanization and ultimately generated a series of massive reform movements. These movements, in turn, brought about changes of their own with varying degrees of success. When analyzing both the Progressive Movement and the New Deal, I believe that each reform movement had a greater number of…

who has the most healthy relationship. More of the upper class characters in the story are the ones that have money, drive fancy cars, and have the big houses. Out of all the characters, Gatsby and Nick were the ones to go to the first division of war. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed the American Dream, through the characters’ lives in The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway lived in the West Egg district of Long Island. A wealthy but unfashionable area populated by the newly rich. He lives next…

Policing, Incarceration and the Prevailing Issue of Racism Until recently, the common practice was to overlook social, racial injustices. In fact, a multitude of people still fail to recognize racism as an ongoing problem. However, contrary to the belief of many, the current issue of racial policing is not so current. Various forms of racial discrimination have continued to stretch across the country for not just years but centuries. The lack of acknowledgement by the majority allowed the issue…

You are Twelve years old. It is a hot Saturday afternoon. You have just finished mowing the neighbor’s yard. You have just earned yourself Ten dollars. Yes. $10.00. To buy yourself a Corgi toy vehicle based on Space:1999. You sit down for a cold glass of water. Not soda. Soda is a rare drink in this house that you sit. And before you go get on your bicycle to ride and ride almost three miles to the town, you turn on that small 7” Black and White (B/W) Television that sits on the kitchen table.…

resurrection. According to local custom, during this period there is no sin: since God is dead he cannot judge the actions of his people. At church, the residents have participated in a ritual in which the statue of Christ has been taken down, placed in a glass coffin and blindfolded to symbolize God’s inability to see what happens…

This philosophy of being in the present, as well as the meditation practices that go with it, have helped me to live more in the present. Furthermore, as I mentioned earlier, the Buddhist philosophy of compassion, and loving peace instead of hating war, are also incredibly…

the infamous Rodney King trials of 1992. When all the officers involved in the savage beating of Rodney King at a traffic stop a year before were acquitted of all charges, the black community exploded. For six days, Los Angeles, California became a war zone like no other. The situation in Los Angeles was so bad that officers actually had to pull units out of the area because they just couldn’t get the control they needed. This exact situation is what gangsta rappers were rapping about; the…

don’t even know. Not even a police officer or firefighter would take that kind of risk. When a problem seems to have no solution, humans give up. But, dogs never stop searching for a solution or for a way to help out until they find what they are looking for. Dogs dedicate most of their life helping out humans and making sure that we are safe. The article, “Canines to the Rescue,” by Jonah Goldberg, proves that dogs are very beneficial to society. The author actually experienced the…

period, took place between 300-1500 A.D. This era has been divided into different sub periods: The Byzantine Empire or The Early Middle Ages, and Late Middle Ages. Preceding the middle ages was the fall of the Roman Empire, which led to the Holy Wars then causing a major shift in religion (Phyllis and Eurbank). Europeans began to explore, discovering new things and started accessing trade routes with near by countries for resourceful goods. This was also the time period where many citizens…

explored. From a dominant reading of the Brothers Grimm SWSD, the villain archetype hold most of the marginalised values. One of the strongest values explored through the villain archetype is vanity. When the Evil Queen repeatedly asks the question "looking-glass upon the wall, who is fairest of us all?" her obsession with her reflection and being the most beautiful is evident. The repetition reinforces the insanity that the Queen has been driven to from her obsession, and the negative…