The Peaches

hunted game for clothes or some food in the cold months and most of the time it was buffalo or white tailed deer. The Quapaws grew corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, gourds, and tobacco. When the Europeans came across they then learned to grow melons and peaches. When it was cold the Quapaws wore…

These seemingly tireless creatures pollinate about one-third of crop species in the U.S. Honeybees pollinate about 100 flowering food crops including apples, nuts, broccoli, avocados, soybeans, asparagus, celery, squash and cucumbers, citrus fruit, peaches, kiwi, cherries, blueberries, cranberries, strawberries, cantaloupe, melons, as well as animal-feed crops, such as the clover that’s fed to dairy cows. Essentially all…

A journey is more than a movement from place to place. Each person experiences a different journey; this journey is called life. Similar to a long winding road, life is scattered with pits and bumps that test you as you go along. This is mentally, physically, and emotionally challenging, the bumps can appear to be as large as mountains and the pits as deep as the grand canyon. However overcoming the bumps and pits is the most rewarding and character building part of traveling this road. Like…

Poetry Response 2 The theme is power. Even before the first line of "The Colonel" by Caroline Forché, you know you're dealing with not just a colonel, but the colonel, a man of power. Alongside the speaker, you enter the lair of a military ruler who has position, money, and rank, and who is not afraid to use them. After enjoying the dinner, the maid was called using a gold bell which is indicative of the royal style of living that the colonel lived. The colonel's used to giving orders, and…

selling, however, they still make the effort to entice the buyer regardless of need. The search engine of Amazon.com revealed an indication into the aesthetic baroque-like commercialization of products similar to the household goods like a basket for peaches or a bowl for…

Marxist Critical Approach to “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Marxist Criticism is based on the beliefs of world renowned German philosopher Karl Marx, and it highlights the importance of conflict and social class to the foundation of society. This criticism approach focuses on the struggle between dominant and subordinate groups, and identifies this conflict as the basis of society and social change. This approach also places immense importance on material possessions as a motivator for the…

America and face racial slight, but also at home in Mexico when interacting with the Mexico City little league team. The Perfect Game introduces another important aspect of hierarchy which is social institutions guided by strong leaders. The Rockford Peaches were guided by Dugan, a raging alcoholic, which is very different from Cesar and Padre in The Perfect Game. Although at first Cesar had no interest in coaching the young boys, he was able to gain motivation and lead them on the path to…

Over the last few months, I have read and annotated Thank You For Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson can teach us about the Art of Persuasion by Jay Heinrichs. After being a journalist and publishing executive for 25 years, Heinrichs is now the professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Middlebury College in Vermont and travels the world as a presenter and persuasion expert. Published in 12 languages and 3 editions, Thank You For Arguing is a New York Times bestseller, along with…

In the film A League of Their Own, a group of women rally together in order to keep baseball alive, while their husbands are on the home front. After being recruited, Dottie Hinson and her kid sister Kit Keller join the Rockford Peaches, coached by Jimmy Dugan. At first, the game is met with disapproval and little support due to the belief that women should be working in the home and not playing on the field. Despite arguments from the league’s owner Mr. Harvey and initial hesitation and refusal…

“If the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live." -Albert Einstein. Bees play a major role on Earth, they are vital to the human food supply, they are contributors to nature, they have historical significance, and they are good for business. The bee population has been decreasing for plenty years, and I believe that we need to save them. Bees need to be saved because of the huge impact they make to the earth, without them we won’t survive. Bees are…