The Tough

do not realize that but it will affect them because you can get jobs without documents. If all the undocumented people get jobs then the citizens who worked hard to get in United States, will not get jobs. I believe United States should have a very tough immigration policy because it would not be fair to the documented people…

Joyce Meyer once said, “We don’t grow when things are easy, we grow when we face challenges”. The message behind this quote is evident throughout the short story “Extraordinary Little Cough”. The group of boys that decide that they are going to go on a camping trip and find themselves going through new experiences the entire time. “Extraordinary Little Cough” shows the journey of a group of friends as the set out on their first journey all alone. Throughout the short story, “Extraordinary…

In the film, When the Bough Breaks, researches aimed to figure out why race is influencing women to give birth to underweight/premature babies.(California Newsreel) They found that pregnancy outcomes are affected by racism and not education due to the gap between African American women’s education had become the same level as Caucasians, but there was still a premature babies being born. (California Newsreel) They believe pregnancy outcomes are affected racism due to African American women, such…

are more successful and those that are in public school are not always guaranteed to be successful. In the article, “Kewauna’s Ambition” by Paul Tough, he states, “And it won’t be clear for another couple of years whether the leadership skills Kewauna and her classmates were taught are powerful enough to get them through four years of college” (5). Tough argues that leadership skills Kewauna was taught and has doesn’t guarantee that she will get through college. However, successful students…

An escape from the tyranny of an oppressive king was the cornerstone of the the founding fathers drafting of the Constitution. All men are created equal and in turn should be afforded equal justice. However, legislation from both the federal and state governments could threaten that very premise. Three strikes sentencing laws seek to break a cycle of recidivism from career criminals, but ensnare minorities and the poor at a disproportionate rate when compared to those not in need and whites in…

Tough Love in the Big City: Roni Simpson Interview Where did you get your passion for writing? How did it get sparked? I started writing at seven years old. I started with poetry, I had a poem book my mother had bought me and I would write poems on a daily basis. In the church I was the youth leader and often I would have to get up and read some of my poems. I also would begin writing Christian songs for the church and that’s where my writing career pretty much started. When I went to college I…

Paper Is Tougher Than It Appears American gothic literature was an unusual and specific genre addressing the social dilemmas of the time through poetry, haunting tales and insane stories. It is the strangeness within the familiar and the familiar within the strange. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an accomplished American author who wrote on the subjects of social reform, feminism and oppression in the late nineteen hundreds, the American gothic era. Gilman’s most debated work is undoubtedly “The…

In the short story The Toughest Indian in the World, by Sherman Alexie, Alexie lives in the United States but is raised by the Indian culture his parents follow. Throughout the story the author shows the Indian culture’s influence on the characters and how different characters are affected by it. Through use of multiple literary devices, he shows the constant struggle for American-Indians that have to deal with the difficulties of mixing their family traditions in an environment that isn’t too…

Laugh Clown Laugh is about more than just a good laugh The art of the clown has kept people entertained for centuries, but for Berlin based Reinhard Horstkotte--a seasoned clown of 30+ years--being a clown means more to him than just giving folks a good laugh. Horstkotte’s persona--Filou the Clown--is not what one might expect from typical clown fare. He doesn’t mask his face in a bright shade of white; doesn’t wear overbearingly bright clothes; doesn’t wear a big curly/bushy wig on his head.…

Life is rough. Not a multitude of people can deny that fact. Life is one colossal challenge that can be difficult to push through. It can be a struggle to find a reason to jump out of bed in the morning. However, the optimistic thought of an exceptional day's possibilities often pulls me to my feet. What drives me is hope. Hope that tomorrow the sun will be shining brightly and has the potential to be so much greater than today. People have dreadful days, but with hope, they can rise out of bed…