The Usual Suspects

and rumors spread like wildfire. Even though my “relationship” was kept under wraps, kind of like one of those deep dark secrets you share only with your closest best friend, rumors still began to surface and word traveled around which led to the usual people talking behind my back. Now about him… His name was James, but…

represent the higher ranking, and the other animals represent the lower rankings. “For days at a time the animals had nothing to eat but chaff and mangels” (Orwell 35). The farm starts losing food and the animals starve. Before any of the animals can suspect that the pigs are up to something, they are brainwashed into believing otherwise. “Now when Squealer described the scene so graphically, it seemed to the animals that they did remember it” (Orwell 38). The pigs have the entire community…

The majority of stereotypes are usually subtle and unnoticeable until you start digging deeper into society. One of those stereotypes is that boys are better than girls. For many, this stereotype is something they think about subconsciously. It has been drilled in their head either intentionally or not. An example of this stereotype taking root in the minds of the children is in the article Little Girls Doubt Women Can Be Brilliant, Studies Show. The article discusses how children’s view of…

pizza shop on the way home Jack collapses and his mother soon realizes the blood-stained pants and then just as other times in Law and Order: SVU Jack becomes the latest victim for the squad. The gender norms in this episode start even before the usual introduction song for the characters when…

Stirling McKelvie Mrs. Ivey English IV – AP 10 March 2015 Point of View Essay Written in third-person omniscient point of view, the short story “Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather explores the theme of alienation. Throughout the story, the thoughts and feelings of the characters are expressed. This allows the narrator to reveal the opposition and resentment the other characters feel towards the main character, Paul. Paul also tries to find comfort in Carnegie Hall, a place filled with theatre and…

The Clue It was an unseemingly cold and dark night in 1991, and I was getting ready to leave the night shift, like usual. It was about midnight, when I got a call from Mrs. White, an old friend of mine. "Mr. Boddy has been murdered! There's blood everywh-", she exclaimed in a shaky voice. " Calm down", I said, "Now what happened?" Mr. Boddy has been and.. And he's surrounded by a pool of blood!", she said barely getting the words out from her panicked voice. "I'll be there in in a couple of…

There are currently 46.8 million people worldwide who have dementia. This number is likely to double every 20 years, to 74.7 million people in the year 2030, and 131.5 million people in the year 2050. (Alzheimer’s Disease International & World Alzheimer’s Report, 2015). There are more than 9.9 million new reported occurrences of dementia in the word, making this one new person every 3.2 seconds. (World Alzheimer Report, 2015). In the United States the fifth leading cause of death in people over…

looked dry. He didn’t see a sword which is the suspected murder weapon. But he had found a rope and a comb. He also said that there must have been a tremendous fight as the bamboo leaves were trampled down. The woodcutter was just doing his usual routine in the morning when he saw the body. The readers can also assume that he was the one who notified the authorities about the body. “That is true, Your Honor. I am the one…,” he said. Confirming his account, the woodcutter was confident on…

As per the usual, it was up to Oedipus to step forward and find the antidote, and end this mass impairment of a once thriving city. In his arrogance, however, Oedipus initially denies having anything to do with the crimes committed, and when accused by the city's prophet…

less reliable if police are more likely to arrest suspects considered to be lower-class than the middle-class. Nevertheless, it was once believed that youth gang affiliation we something that only pertained to the norms and values of the lower-class culture. In fact, Albert Cohen believed delinquency by the middle-class emerged from the lower-class socioeconomic…