The Refuge

Having the time of refuge on a basketball court brings chills down my spine and tingling in my fingers, eager awaiting the next time I have a basketball in my hands. Playing basketball relieves the mind when shooting around, dribbling the ball constantly, and dedicating time to the sport. Shooting around relieved the stress I was feeling, I would walk into the gym with my headphones in my ear, blasting insane pump up music to get me in the mood to start my hooping session and bumping my music,…

have been imprisoned rather than hanged for her involvement assassination plot. Mary’s crime was insignificant compared to other’s. Dr. Samuel Mudd provided refuge and medical treatment for John W. Booth while Booth was on the run. Mudd discovered Booth’s crime but did not report it to the authorities. Instead, he continued to provide refuge for Booth and then led the authorities in the wrong direction when Booth left. But, despite these extreme crimes, Mudd was only sentenced to life in…

To Drill or Not to Drill: An Environmental Perspective Environmentalists have long struggled with the government to protect wildlife and open lands. In March 2013, The USGS established that there are approximately 10.4 billion barrels of undiscovered oil in the arctic. (Irwin) Ever since Shell and other companies began to show interest in drilling oil, native communities and environmental groups such as Earthjustice, Alaska Wilderness League and Friends of Earth Climate Campaign have began…

United Nation Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) is an intergovernmental organization within the structure of the United Nations. It comprises of 47 Council positions intended to ensure a fair geographical representation. 13 members are drawn from Asia, 13 members from Africa, 8 from Caribbean and Latin American, 5 from Eastern Europe and 7 from Western Europe and other states. The Council was established in 2006 by the United Nations General Assembly to succeed the United Nations Commission on…

of religion, and many others that give us the right to live freely and believe what we want instead of being told what to believe. However, there are also many problems with being such a sought after country. Some people are desperately seeking refuge here and side-stepping around the proper and legal way of doing so. One of the biggest conflicts with immigration into the United States lies at the Mexican border. As early as 1846 with the Mexican-American war, there was a power struggle…

famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War. The battle of Fort Sumter began 155 years ago on April 12th -14th 1861 and it all started when South Carolina seceded from the union in December of 1860, Union forces in the area took refuge in Fort Sumter. The Union troops started running out supplies. When President Abraham Lincoln announced that he was going to send the Union supplies, Confederate general P.G.T Beauregard and his forces fired on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. The…

November 13th, 2015, the world stood silent as many lives were taken during a terrorist attack in Paris by a group of Islamic extremist under the name Isis. This Group of terrorist gunned down innocent people, bombed city streets, and murdered family members all in the name of their god, Allah. Since such of an attack it left Islamic natives despite for an escape, and United States president, Barrack Obama, ordered that America take in Islamic refugees. Such an order left Americans in an uproar…

during his last days show us that he was as conflicted as ever, and that he had still yet to move past old grudges towards real self-growth. The sad reality of Chris’ situation is that he ran from his problems at home to the wilderness, in search of a refuge, however in the end his avoidance of the real problems in his life lead to his death. His story is a true testament to the dangers of denial and a lack of…

What is the symbolic significance of the title? (i.e. How does it symbolically relate to the characters in all three texts?) The symbolic significance of the title is that is a “Clean, Well-Lighted Place” is a place of refuge and hope. This title can relate to many characters in all three texts because of the the underlying themes in all three of the texts is hope and following your dreams. In Of Mice and Men, Lennie and George are constantly waiting to reach their dream…

Imagine a family, who originated from Syria, travels to the United States of America to seek refuge. Their country is in poverty and under extreme acts of terrorism. The family left that horrible place because it was not safe to live there. They decided to start a new life in the United States of America. Consequently, the American government wants to send them home to protect its citizens, because the government considers the illegal aliens dangerous. The family is then sent back to their…