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Sore Today, Stronger Tomorrow Remember that guy that gave up? Neither does anyone else! The journey to success is always uphill. The only person you have to chase is the one you see in the mirror. Michael Jordan says, "You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. "Rightly said, success is no easy job and above success takes in a lot of struggle. What’s wrong with the mob is its mentality, running after success doesn’t fetch you any. It’s the struggle that shapes your life. Did…

American Dream Racism is a problem in America today. For example, ¨Black men working at full-time jobs make $622 per week, which is 74.5% of the $835 median for white men” (Miah). In America there is a lot of discrimination and racism towards minorities. This is causing a lot of unemployment in America and is a very big problem. Not only is this recurring with employers, but also with home-sellers. Minorities trying to achieve the American Dream face discriminatory employers and home-sellers.…

political reforms in favor of the needy, enhanced the city’s appearance, and even left a legacy behind after his death when he allotted his wealth to the citizens. Caesar started many reforms, both social and political, some of which are still in play today and have influenced America’s society. Most of these…

society can take over and control the citizens lives. With the recent events occurring presently in United States, it is interesting to look back on George Orwell's predictions from 1949. Many news sources have covered how 1984 is still relevant today and one article that appealed to me was by Lewis Beale of CNN. He describes how telescreens, doublethink, the endless war, newspeak and Memory holes have relevance in today's society. Lewis first explains how in the novel there are telescreens and…

has revolutionized us in the past. A lot of the older generations blame technology for a decline in kid's willingness to do things themselves and also be so caught up in it and for bad grades. Amy Goldwasser's Article "What's the matter with kids today?" Argues that the internet has positively affected kids and according to the older generation it's the reason in decline for kids' reading literature. She gives examples on how…

more than a memory, Animal Farm has instead become increasingly relevant in the past couple of years. Animal Farm still remains relevant today because there are still places in the world that resemble the fictional creations of Orwell. History often tends to repeat itself. Though events similar to that of the Bolshevik revolution are no longer present in Russia today, there…

The play, Romeo and Juliet, takes place in 15th century Italy. Relationships in the 1600s are very different than modern relationships between couples today. People got married earlier and younger, most marriages were arranged, and marriages were mostly based on the family’s wealth and reputation. In today’s time in America, most marriages and relationships are not arranged, people usually don’t jump into marriages anymore, and relationships are now based on similar interests and attraction…

African American athletes today are mostly loved and appreciated in American sports, but this has not always been the case in the past and this is not always the case today. Black athletes struggled to survive in a world where they were “different” and where they were rejected. Athletes such as Michael Jordan, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Jack Johnson and Muhammad Ali are only a few that are on the list of great athletes that have been captured as the greatest achievements in sports history.…

have been used by English teachers for decades to teach kids about literature, but sometimes you have to wonder if maybe they're starting to get a bit outdated. So when I was posed the question, “Does the Catcher in the Rye resonate with teenagers today?” I simply had to say no, it no longer does. The first reason behind my ideology is that Catcher in the Rye was written sixty-five years ago and teenagers as a whole have changed drastically. Media, television, movies, and most of all the…

Blake then used the illuminated poetry in his book “Songs of Innocence and of experience” and his other work, which is one of the reasons for which he is still remembered today (William Blake). Blake lived in London during the industrial revolution. He didn’t like the change and felt that the revolution was doing more harm than good. He expressed these feelings and views in many of his poems in his book “Songs of Innocence…