The Stoop

Throughout the Confessions, St. Augustine’s rejection of Manichaeism causes him to embrace the Catholic faith once again and accept the assessment that all God’s creation is good while still viewing the created world with cautious awareness of sin. Augustine’s encounters with Patrick, the pears, Cicero’s Hortensius, and St. Ambrose bring to light the ever present enticement to sin because they all lack God in some way and leave him spiritually unfulfilled for different reasons. Although…

Introduction The controversy of how the African American race has been treated has been an ongoing issue for generations, but has picked up as of late. With recent shootings that have taken place in the United States, the Black Lives Matter movement has blossomed into something much bigger than a disagreement. People all around the world, no matter what race they are, have an opinion for or against Black Lives Matter. The problem with this movement is that the supporters, specifically African…

his less fortunate friend, Johnny. Mr. Whitney, who originally advises Ragged Dick on how to obtain success, furthers the concept that ethics and success are interrelated with each other. He accomplished his own success in business without having to stoop to making dishonorable dealings. Mr. Whitney provides a strong role model to Ragged Dick by showing that the good nature of a person does not need to be changed in order to achieve success, but habits do. It is illustrated in the advice of…

Abstract: Consumers face hundreds of choices each day. For most of them, the choice is automatic, many will select the cheapest option, while many others will base their decisions on the basis of habit or social nods. Each of these factors poses as hurdles to ethical consumption, and NGOs and campaigns have focused on asking consumers to change in order to overcome those hurdles. Greater understanding of how consumers become aware of ethical issues in trade and how they turn this into ethical…

I was never a big coffee drinker growing up. Even when it kind of became a thing I didn 't really know what to do with it. In college I became a small fan of chocolate covered espresso beans, but even then didn 't take an amazing liking to coffee. As I 've traveled though, and noting that I am still a huge fan of premium tea, I 've gained a certain appreciation for coffee. Here 's the top 3 'non commercial ' coffee places near where I live. The first I have to mention is Cafe Vero in Lake…

She couldn’t understand it. Why was Misaka Imouto… suffering? She said everything was going to be fine. Nothing should have happened. ‘So why is this happening!?’ Mikoto embraced the trembling clone as the tears began to fill her eyes. Touma and Peter only could look. There wasn’t anything they could do. Suddenly, Misaka Imouto spoke. However, her voice sounded different. It was even more serious and robot-like than always. It was clipped, like a damaged voice recording. “T-t-t-this……

Though a rather uncreative title, Coming out of Church lacks nothing in interest visually. The painting, done by Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, was created some time before 1875 in Spain reveals the harsh class differences and cultural norms of the mid 1800’s while also revealing the artists own personal outlook on these phenomena. Madrazo cultivates a scene of gloomy metaphor in his use of rain, and a visual representation of his opnion on the class division through the use of gesture, costume,…

Flaubert demonstrates Emma’s downward spiral through her posture and movements along with those imposed on her by others. Throughout Madame Bovary, Flaubert chooses and employs Emma’s specific positioning to serve as a lucid expression of the descending entrapment of her life’s decisions. Emma’s positioning refers to any bodily movement, expression or posture. These positionings reveal her various feelings of fear, desperation, seduction, and insecurity. These feelings appear through decisions…

HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDING SURVEY Drayton Hall (3380 Ashley River Rd) HABS NO. SC-377 Location: 3380 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina 29414 Present Owner/ Occupant: National Trust for Historic Preservation Present Use: The National Trust for Historic Preservation allows the site to be open to the public since 1977 after the house was placed in historic preservation hands Significance: “Built between 1738 and 1742, Drayton Hall is one of the finest…

In E.L. Doctorow’s novel, Ragtime, Coalhouse Walker illustrates racial injustice and prejudiced indifference of social identity at the turn of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, such battle of injustice shows no sign of vanishing in today’s society. In the novel Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow vividly chronicles the intricate figure Coalhouse Walk, a victim of the institutionalized racism in the 19th century, who transforms from a well spoken, educated, passionate musician to a violent rebel who loses…