The Lump

Illegal immigration is a national problem, which needs acknowledgment. An Illegal alien as they are called is a foreigner who has entered or resides in a country unlawfully or without the country's authorization. (Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House) There were 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. in 2014, a total unchanged from 2009 and accounting for 3.5% of the nation’s population. (JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD) The 11.1 million illegal aliens have either entered our country by…

People have a tendency to learn different things for different reasons. Some individuals plan on becoming ballerinas and therefore must have knowledge on how to become more flexible and a basic understanding of motion to complete the stunts they do; however, for a person to become a professional photographer, the basis of knowledge has to be different. This goes for all professions. Although rugby and football appear similar, they each require some skill set or knowledge that the other has no…

One reason that Mali was a site of cultural exchange was because of its strategic placement. The Empire of Mali’s location was great for trade, especially the Trans-Saharan-Trade. Located along the upper Niger river around the southern Sahara, the gold and salt trade thrived. The Niger river was an important factor of the trade, because the gold would flow up to where Mali was, thus making it easy to control the trade. Eventually, the word that Mali had riches of gold spread, attracting several…

In her memoir, Call the Midwife, Jennifer Worth recounts the stories of unusual characters she encounters as a midwife in post-war London’s East End slums. The slums of the East End served as a popular tourist destination for the middle class. Some middle-class philanthropists visited the slums to comprehend the tragic situation of the working-class, whereas other, less-benevolent middle class citizens toured to satisfy their curiosity and to gawk at the poverty-stricken inhabitants (Koven). To…

Her throat felt like one big lump, and her eyeballs had started sweating. Her vision, blurry, and unclear. As soon as her eyes drifted away from the road, she banged into a colossal rock lying in the middle of the tiny trail. She kept on moving, Sarah didn’t want to be caught by Jill…

Poverty Barriers related to poverty contribute significantly to Black-White disparities in breast cancer survival (Freeman, 2004). Poverty affects all Americans regardless of race; however, African Americans tend to shoulder a greater burden from poverty because they constitute a large proportion of the poor in the United States. Some studies have shown that Black-White disparities in breast cancer mortality are reduced after accounting for socioeconomic status. Poverty is associated with poorer…

In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, occurring in 1692 in the little town of Salem, Massachusetts where outbreaks of the witchcraft trials had taken over many of the townspeople’s everyday lives (Miller, 1124). When accused of witchcraft, they were brought to trial at the court where there was a group a girls, including Abigail Williams, Betty Parris, and Ruth Putnam. These girls had accused many of witchcraft sending them to be hanged or to jail unless they confessed. In the courtroom,…

time of selling your property. The principle grows as the interest accrues depending on your remaining balance. You are not required to repay the loan until you vacate the home. You can choose between monthly payments, ongoing lines of credit or lump sums. The choice of how the money is distributed solely lies with you. Some homeowners prefer lines of credit because it’s easily and quickly accessible to emergencies. A reverse mortgage loan is favorable because it takes into account the…

Tongue cancer is a very common cancer that plagues people daily. It is a form of oral cancer that forms in the front two-thirds of the mouth. It usually develops in the squamous cells of the mouth. Around forty- three- thousand people in the U.S alone are affected by this type of cancer just this year. It kills roughly one person per hour, which is twenty-four in one day alone. This cancer causes a lot of deaths and a little more than half of the people with this cancer will die in the next five…

In Chapter 94 of Moby-Dick, “A Squeeze of the Hand,” Melville exposes the reader to the bizarre and coveted substance that catalyzed the rapid expansion of the whaling industry. Spermaceti is a waxy, oil-like substance produced in the spermaceti organ in the skull of the sperm whale. Originating from the spermaceti-organ, the fluid is located in the cranial cavity of the sperm whale and occupies a major part of the skull, holding up to 1,900 litres of spermaceti. Since the spermaceti organ, a…