The Slits

I stand and look up to the massive granite pillar. I read the name "Wilbur" and then "Orville." "Who were they?", I ask to myself. I turn my back to the pillar and look upon the rest of the memorial. It consisted of spacious fields that went uninterrupted except for a few of the museum's structures. The granite column cast a shadow down across a walkway. My eyes follow the shadow which led to one of the museum's structures. "Ah," I said to myself, "Let's start there." I enter the structure to…

A value is what someone believes is the most important thing in life. Values played a huge role in Roman society. Rome was an extremely violent empire. They spent years fighting to expand their empire, and the slaves they took hostage were forced to be gladiators. Some of the emperors ruled with a vicious hand, and they executed people left and right. Others were kind and only cared about making Rome a better empire, but most of the time rulers were violent. The Romans enjoyed violent acts, and…

Entertainment in the 20th century took a revolutionary turn once the motion picture was created. Suddenly, getting the family together and trekking down to the town theater became a typical weekend activity. As a result, post-WWII films, typically in the style of film noir, became extremely popular. These film noirs based their plots around the anxieties of the 1940s time period; its translation into French literally means, “black film”. Other genres became popular as film grew and expanded, but…

Kendrick asked me to have dinner with him tonight at his cottage. He said he was preparing something special for dinner. This is going to be our last time together before he went back on the oil rig for another twenty-eight day shift. I thought of all that time we were going to be apart, I wanted to make tonight extraordinary, something he would remember while he’s out on the rig. I also hoped that it would make it easier for me to be without him for the next month. I still hadn’t the…

When a magnet is in motion near a non-magnetic conductor such as copper and aluminium eddy currents are induced in the conductor, causing a dissipative force called magnetic braking force, or a change in magnetic flux (figure 2). This force is dependent on: The size and shape of the conductor and magnet The strength of the magnet (μ) The conductors conductivity (σ_c) The distance between the conductive surface and the magnet (d) The velocity of the magnet (v) According to Faraday’s law,…

The Chains of Slavery It is essential that Jamaican and Brazilian slavery is deeply understood from the point of the country’s colonization to the slave laws enforced having an impact on slaves’ attitudes for rebelling. The Arawak’s Overthrow In the mists of the Caribbean islands lies Jamaica, discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1494. He encountered initial resistance from the Arawak natives, also known as Tainos. This tribe viewed the Spaniards as gods, when in reality they exploited their…

American dream. Wayne offers every listener and viewer of his videos a Dickensian view of America bleak, impoverished, and corrupted. A short scene in A Party Down at the Square can easily be seen as similar, the man being lynching begs for someone to slit his throat, a merciful Christian death. Then Jed, a elected town leader yells at him “Sorry, but ain’t no Christians around tonight.” surely these deep southern individuals are Christian, but they are each so obsessed with the goal of killing…

The proposed state is strategically located on an island in the Mediterranean sea, with an area of 270,000mi2. It is in close proximity to both the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Bab al Mandab. This location allows the waters to be interconnected with Italy, Greece, Morocco, Syria, Turkey and other powers. This access to waterways allows to easily transport goods around the region and the world. Climate depends on a country’s location and it is another factor that determines a country’s…

Life can be strenuous and arduous. Throughout history, humans experience horrific situations and develop undesirable behavioral characteristics. For example, Macbeth values domination, diminishing his relations among his colleagues. Furthermore, his death results from his hubris and paranoia. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Gatsby amasses wealth and participates in illegal businesses. As a result, these decisions develop Gatsby’s naivety, inciting his death. Unfortunately, corruption continues…

young, innocent child, not understanding the meaning of the song O Alma Redemptoris. Another example in the text where imagery is strongly shown is also another descriptive piece concerning the widow’s son. “This cursed Jew grabbed him and held him, slit His little throat and cast him in a pit.” As horrible as it is, this text shows imagery as with the descriptive words saying how the Jew grabbed him, held him, cut his little throat then threw him, you get a clear image of how the scene went…