The Starting Line

filled with trauma, death, violence, blood, a place where you fight for what you believe up close and personal the great front lines. Then if that is the case then why do we never see women if we are all equal then why do women not even get the chance to prove they are worthy. Every day, women are also being treated differently and not being able to officially be on the front lines is just an example of the much discrimination…

When considering the concept of the assembly line, we tend to think it is credited to Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company, but like so many inventors, Ford just improved the assembly line that was patented by Ransom Olds. Before the industrial revolution, products manufactured in factories were made by hand with a single worker completing a part of the product then all the workers coming together and collaborating to make the final product. At the time, this was the most efficient process. In the…

Similarly to the automobile, Ford was not the first to apply the assembly line. According to professor of the History of Technology at Harvey Mudd College, John B. Rae, “The introduction of the moving assembly line … was a momentous and epochal innovation, but it was essentially the capstone of an edifice that had been rising for over a century” (qtd. in Nye 14). Rae point of view reflects that of many: although the assembly line was a great way to increase production, Ford was not the sole…

Henry Ford was an innovator. He did not invent the automobile, not even the assembly line but he was the reason for revolutionizing the automobile from an invention into an innovation that greatly molded the 20th century and his work continues to impact our lives today. Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863, near Dearborn, Michigan on his families farm. He was the best at fixing things from a young age starting with his fathers pocket watches then his friends. At the age of 16, Ford was not…

The song, “Be My Escape”, by Relient K, uses one main poetic device to convey the story that the speaker is telling: metaphor. Throughout the poem, the speaker illustrates that they are locked inside a house. We are told that they know how to get out, because they know who has the key, however they are afraid of what lies beyond their safe walls out in the world. They initially think that they know what is best for themselves. Eventually they come to the conclusion that they must take the chance…

Johnny R Cash was born on February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas. Or mainly known as “The Man In Black”. Johnny Cash was very famous for what he loved to do. Growing up for the Cash’s wasn’t very easy. However, his mother kept their spirits high with her singing. J.R. got his talent from being around his musical family. Many times his mother and sister sung in the cotton fields to pass the time. Being one of seven sibling’s, at the age of three him and his family moved to Dyess, Arkansas.…

Breaking apart this poem, a verb has started every line leading up to this couplet (line 7). As readers, it is difficult to comprehend what Brooks or the seven pool players meant by “Jazz June.” Some thought that it was a sexual term. Considering that “Jazz” is a verb, people found ways to look at the word sexually and…

Henry Ford Henry Ford’s life revolved around his family and his career. The company was or is known as Ford Motor Company. At the age of 32 Ford had built his first Experimental Quadricycle. His net worth is now $199 billion. He died at the age of 83. “When everything seems to be going against you remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” When Henry Was a teen his father William Ford gifted him with a pocket watch. Henry then took it apart and rebuilt it gaining the…

Henry Ford was a machinist, He worked both night and day, To give this world a flivver, That has made her shivver, And speeded her on her way, Now he is a billionaire, But his record is fair, He is humanity’s friend. - Henry Ford Henry Ford did not only impact the lives of those back in the 1900s, but as well as the lives of individuals today. He started a revolution that no one else had, or could of. Ford founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903 in Detroit, Michigan. He announced in 1914, that…

that the set backs and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward” (Henry Ford Quote). This quote helps expression how determined Henry Ford was. Henry Ford made a huge impact on our world during his life. He helped create the assembly line, which helped produce automobiles. He may not have been the creator of these, but he helped introduce them into our every day lives. Henry Ford helped modernize the society, which has lead to where our world is now. Henry Ford, oldest of six…