The Prelude

In the prelude of this humorous and revealing book Monkey Mind, Daniel Smith first opens with the description of his therapist, a man named Brian that fashions his mustaches and beards depending on the plays that he is involved with. As stated by the author: "It was like getting counseling from General Custer" (p.1), yet he was also the best therapist, Daniel had ever encountered in his series of counseling sessions throughout the years he had to deal with his anxiety. Daniel explains his…

“The Morse instrument was ticking furiously. Mr. Cashell interpreted: […] ‘Can make nothing of your signals.’ A pause. […] ‘Signals unintelligible. […] Examine instruments to-morrow.’” As two soldiers try and fail to communicate through a wireless telegraph due to mechanical failures, an eavesdropper unknowingly sits at the center of a manmade storm of misinterpretations in Rudyard Kipling’s Wireless. In the story, we follow an as he arrives at an apothecary to witness Mr. Cashell, the nephew…

I kept my jacket slung over my shoulders in the event that I would be summoned outside again, and toiled my way into the kitchen before placing the contents of my pocket onto the table in preparation. The onslaught of my stomachs tantrum and distaste, with being unattended to for longer than it would like, began as a low hum and swelled to a vicious gurgle upon coming to the realization that it would soon be fed; and, naturally, the state of one’s stomach directly dictates the demeanor of its…

Company produced 1,700 cars during its first full year of business. Henry Ford produced the Model T to be an economical car for the average American. By 1920 Ford sold over a million cars. At the beginning of the century the automobile entered the transportation market as a toy for the rich. Honda City is a compact car which has been produced by the Japanese manufacturer Divyam Malik and Dev Batra Honda since 1981. Originally made for the Japanese, European and Australasian markets, the…

There are not many short books that can leave a memorable and lasting impression on the reader, but The Picture of Dorian Gray is certainly among one of them. First published in 1890, the book tells the tale of A young man, Dorian Gray, who becomes infatuated with his beauty after a conversation with Lord Henry Wotton, who he met through his friend, Basil Hallward, the true culprit of the tragedy, for he was the one who painted the portrait of Dorian, which became the symbol of corruption within…

The Rising and Falling of the Greece Nowadays, people believed that Greek shaped the original culture of the Western civilization. It is also a junction for the Eastern and Western civilization. There are three significant periods of the Greeks: the Hellenic periods (2000-338 B.C.E), the Hellenistic period (336-323 B.C.E), and the period of the conquest by Roman (200-146 B.C.E).[ Page 54] During the periods, the people of Greece had the remarkable contribution on many careers, such as Science,…

The Ptolemaic view of astronomy placed the earth as the center of the universe of which other planets rotated around. This view was held by many for centuries. However, this Ptolemaic view was replaced by Copernican heliocentrism. This view held that the sun, and not the earth, was the center of the universe. The earth, as well as the other planets, rotated around the sun in circular paths, which was later proved to be elliptical paths. This theory change would be described as a scientific…

of pure nicotine was a powerful poison capable of killing a horse(1). In the mid 19th century, Etienni-Frederic Bouisson reported that 63 out of 68 patients he treated for oral cancer smoked tobacco(2). These early warning signs were a diminutive prelude for an epidemic that was not yet under way. The assassins in the smoke were still asleep. Big tobacco was about to…

Were you really ever my age? This thought runs through the minds of every teenager while having issues with his or her parents. While growing up and finding oneself, one feels constantly pressured, misunderstood, battled and lonely. Ironically, teenage years are not only hard for teenagers. It took a lot of time for me to realize that when we start to develop into young adults, our parents automatically presses a replay button on their minds. As they see us growing up, they tend to remember…

come by delving into the stream of history preceding his upcoming tale to the group of men before him and notes the tendency of history to repeat itself. In telling his listeners of when the Romans first came to England and conquered its people as a prelude to how he and others, under European instruction, would stride forth into Africa, Marlow provides a connection to the actions he and other Europeans took in Africa with the imperialistic aspirations of the Romans in the rest of Europe. Heart…