The Roaches

The Importance of Characters The novel Power by Linda Hogan is mainly about Native American culture and its conflict with White culture. Throughout the novel we learn of many interesting characters that play important roles. Without any one of them the story would not be the same. The Protagonist of Power is Omishto, whose name means “One Who Watches.” As her name implies, she is an observant character who sees more things than others realize. As stated by her, “I watch everything and see deep…

Are We There Yet? “Hurry!!” I yelled. “I am going to be sick!”. The family dodge flew onto the shoulder of the Trans Canada Highway and came to a hurried stop. I popped out of the back seat just in time as my stomach contents then popped out of me. My Mom and step dad came up with this brilliant idea, and I use the word brilliant sarcastically, to take the family on a vacation to West Edmonton Mall. A trip that ranged over 1,700 km and took 17 and a half hours to drive. Going on the…

Being in the army can be very life changing. A lot is going on and some of those things can really affect how a person can think or react to different situations. A normal person can be in a situation where danger is coming their way and feel scared, which is what people usually do, but with post-traumatic stress disorder it is as if you feel danger when a person who doesn’t have this disorder wouldn’t feel danger. For example, if a person with ptsd or post-traumatic stress disorder was to hear…

along---although initially unwillingly---with Tom’s wild schemes to save Jim (Valkeakari). He is aware that Tom’s mischief will not help save Jim at all---if not harm Jim in the process; yet, he does not step in to stop it. According to the critic Roache, Huck seems to have a dual personality. It is the same Huck “who has supposedly overcome his racism,” who says that he “knowed he was white inside” after “being convinced of Jim’s humanity” (qtd. in Valkeakari). This is yet another example of…

When You Gotta Go, Go! “Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.”
Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States *** Many years ago, I decided to get out of Bangkok for a couple of days of rest and relaxation in Kanchanaburi. The city is the home of the Bridge Over the River Kwai, made famous in the movie and novel of the same name. The bridge is the start of the Death Railway that leads to Burma (formerly Myanmar). Constructed during World War II by POWs and slave laborers, thousands lost…

John Steinbeck describe in of Mice and Men, the American Dream for most people is just survival. In 1776 the U.S, was known as the land of opportunity specifically because of the American Dream. It started because of the availability of land then, it became that if people work hard People can prosper become rich despite People race, gender and class. The American Dream is that people’s lives can become better if people work hard. Europeans don't get it because upper class is a huge part of…

From ancient Greece to Nazi Germany, propaganda has been used by many throughout history as a tool to alienate and influence groups of people for an ulterior motive. During the Holocaust, propaganda was used to influence people’s belief that certain races are genetically superior to others. Nazi propagandists did this by publicly identifying groups for exclusion and inciting hatred for often insignificant differences like nose and frugalness (“Defying the Enemy”). They depicted Jews specifically…

In the beginning of Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men we are presented with the natural and beautiful setting of the brush. The brush is presented as an idyllic setting that serves as a paradise and as a sanctuary from the harsh reality and problems of the 1930s in rural America. We see the brush as an escape from reality, this is shown in the description: “The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands”. Steinbeck describes the water as warm to highlight the…

One of the numerous basic survival needs for humans is sleep. An average person sleeps for eight hours in a day and approximately lives for 71 years. With that information it is not hard to say that the average human sleeps 207,320 hours (71 years multiplied by 365 days in a year, that answer multiplied by 8 hours) in a lifetime, an estimated one-third of our lives. Each night, when our heads it the soft pillow and finally lull into a sleeping state, we as individuals will have four to seven…

Is it possible to turn into a monster in the blink of an eye? From an audience perspective the movie The Babadook makes all possibilities true. The movie presents a mother by the name of Amelia, who seems to be suffering from depression, also a son Samuel who seems to have very bad behavioral problems. Amelia has not been herself on account of her husband's died in a car crash the day of Samuel's birth as a consequence for the past six almost seven years all she did is mourning the lost of her…