The Only Way Is Up

The way a person is raised sets the path for the rest of their life. Parents have drilled their ideas and beliefs into us since the day we were borne. Beliefs ranging from religion to political views. If we heard anything different than what we were told was right, it was wrong. Once we start to get older is when we as young adults start to make our own opinions, but we still hold onto some of our beliefs. Whether we like to admit it or not, we do. I come from a Roman Catholic family. I was…

a beauty contest objectifies women. Pageants only shows the beauty of someone. Sometimes showing talent, which involves singing, dancing, or baton twirling. In pageants, women display ‘girly’ talents to make themselves seem more appealing than their competition . Beauty is not everything, beauty pageants and contests shows little girls that the only thing that matters is what they look like. Pageants discriminate against women, especially girls, only showing off their bodies and not what they…

either looks up to you, or they simply look to you for guidance. When you have people under you, or that you are in charge of, you have to be on top of things, know how to handle any situation, and if you do not know how to handle a situation, then know where you can find information on how to handle the situation. Marines past, present, and future all have had to and will have to take responsibilities for their actions. In some way, shape, or form we cannot just try and weasel our way out of a…

storytelling abilities to change the fate of hundreds of women. The King had killed hundreds of women after only being married to them for one night. The grand vizier was the one who had the job of finding the king a new woman everyday and killing the woman from the previous night. After watching the tragedy of the king’s new idea of marriage the daughters of the vizier decided to change his way of thinking and begged their father to allow the eldest sister to be his next wife (Johnston). The…

Girls are born already deprived and suffocated of life, knowing their sole purpose is to grow up and become a wife. The novel takes place in a small Colombian village and tells the story of Angela Vicario's stolen virginity and the murder of the suspect, Santiago Nasar. The narrator, decades after the events, is trying…

The way Morton reacted and took care of the situation made him seem as if he was a coward. Morton says, “Come on let’s get out of here. He walked awkwardly, almost limping with self-consciousness, to the sandbox.” Not only did he let himself down, but he also let his wife down. You know something is wrong with her because she says, “Yet beneath it there was a layer…

of crime, starting fights and even going to jail for them. It ended when she attacked him with his own cane, which led to the annulment of their marriage after only nine weeks together. Her next relationship was to a woman called Tyria Moore, a hotel maid, at a gay bar. While they moved in together, they both decided to step up and spice up their relationship. At first Aileens crimes were small, it started out from DUIS, disorderly conduct, and firing a pistol from a moving vehicle. It wasn 't…

do so in an economically positive way, as well as environmentally approachable. Ecosystems continue to be effected and climate change is still present through out the…

The article "The Danger of Telling Poor Kids that College Is the Key to Social Mobility" by Andrew Simmons brings up a great idea of what the teachers and counselors are telling the underprivileged students the wrong thing. As Simmons brings up students should not be told that college is the only way to reduce economic hardship and that’s the only point to try attend college. He expresses that students should see a college education as a stepping stone to a great career and be able to give back…

Runner, written by James Dashner, just like Fahrenheit 451, has a kind of dictorian rule. The Maze Runner is about teens that get trapped in a maze. Once a month, “the box”, which delivers supplies, comes up. Supplies are limited so they have to evenly distribute it among themselves. The only way out of the maze is to find the other end. But, the maze closes during sundown, and if you don’t make it out, you would have to wait till morning to get back in the safezone, called the glade. Also you…