The Turner Diaries

Discovery involves complex paths, decisions, choices, and varying points of view; though the actual discovery is important, the path that is taken, the journey to make a discovery is what forms the impact and importance. In his diary, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara remarks on how much he had changed over the course of his trip without even realising it. While reflecting he notes what changed him in the journey and encourages the audience to notice the changes as well. The War of the Worlds, illustrates…

The Ultimate Goal From childhood some of us are taught a particularly disturbing philosophy, to be physically attractive equals success or happiness. To be the “skinny one”, to be appealing, and if we achieve this, everything else in life will just follow. I would be lying if I said that scared little girl inside my heart didn’t still believe this to be true to some extent, but with age came wisdom but we’ll get to this a little later. Seeing all the “pretty” people on tv, movies, ads, even in…

The Motorcycle Diaries is a 2004 biography film that follows the life of communist revolutionary leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara in his early twenties, specifically his 1952 journey traveling across South America on a motorcycle with his best friend Alberto Granado. Both the book & film is a favorite of mine because it has inspired me to pursue my dreams of seeing the world and by doing so; my views on life have evolved as well. I believe that The Motorcycle Diaries conveys a message that everyone…

westward expansion that created the United States we know today. Historian Frederick Jackson Turner wrote a thesis regarding the frontier and gives an in depth explanation of how the American frontier is the most influential aspect of American History. His frontier thesis, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," was delivered in 1893 and has continued to influence historical thinking since then. Turner manages to expose how the frontier allowed the Europeans that settled in…

“The Vampire Diaries is a supernatural drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec. The series premiered on The CW on September 10, 2009”(wikipidia). In the show the main character, Elena Gilbert, is torn tremendously between two vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore. In the episode I recently watched, Damon (the mean bother out of the two) treats women like animals and not human beings. In the episode Damon “compels” (or in other words, manipulates) a young…

When an individual’s assumptions are challenged by significant discoveries, their lives are often transformed. This perspective is represented throughout Ernesto Che Guevara’s eclectic memoir, The Motorcycle Diaries, which details his arguably metamorphic journey through Latin America in the early 1950s and the diverse discoveries he makes, which are personal and political in their nature. Guevara’s varied and confronting encounters throughout his travels challenge his preconceived views of…

Benefits of Technology Do you consider modern technology advances a positive direction for us to tread or a negative ideal towards a world with less interpersonal communication? Many would argue these advances have more pros than cons. Such as, Kris Axtman, a staff writer at The Christian Science Monitor, in “’r u online?’: The Evolving Lexicon of Wired Teens”, where he discussed how technology is effecting our youth’s communication (247-49). “Note to Selfie”, by American journalist John…

In the document, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”, by Frederick J. Turner, examines the American Frontier and all of his theories. This frontier is “the meeting point between savagery and civilization” (200). The cruel and fierce part of this world meeting the courteous and humanized kind. It is the point in which these opposing traits meet. This frontier is a potent method to use for Americanization. The best way to learn American history is to study the American frontier…

1. Title: Zlata’s Diary 2. Setting/Time Period(s): 1991-1993 3. Write a paragraph summary of the story. Zlata Filipovic is a young pre-teen living in Bosnia. She is an average girl that loves to play the piano, listens to MTV, and plays with her friends in her nearby park. All of that changes on March 1st 1992 when the Bosnian war breaks out in Zlata's home country. As a young girl, she never expected the war to reach her hometown of Sarajevo. When it did, she learnt the lesson of war-…

High School, her yearbook quote was, “When’s this due ?” “Stefen, I love you.” Vampire Diaries, “The Turning Point.” As Sarah watches this show intensely, with the lights off, she hears a thunderous bang. Sarah is home alone, so most people would go and check it out, but she is not in any way intelligent, so she doesn’t. Then another bang, she ignores it,“Stefan, why do I look like her!” Vampire Diaries, “Bloodlines.” Sarah is now crying, because her favorite television couple are having a…