Tom Fletcher

Each year, the journey of life changes, evolving into new experiences that come with even greater challenges. Those struggles root themselves in society and grow outward, reaching every citizen. Some stand above these roots, at a point where they will never be reached. But that is less than ideal, every person will find themselves at a disadvantage more often than not. Even if that disadvantage means coming in second rather than first. The books I have read all demonstrate actions and points…

Tom Regan, a philosophy professor at North Carolina State University, lectures that "Animals have a basic moral right to respectful treatment. . . .This inherent value is not respected when animals are reduced to being mere tools in a scientific experiment…

“It has always been a peculiarity of the human race that it keeps two sets of morals in stock- the private and real, and the public and artificial.” Twain shows his point of this statement by writing the character Huckleberry Finn. In his novel, Huck shows his morals in public and in private, though most of the time the reader can see that Huck has one set of morals, public and real. The novel shows Huck Finn’s struggle with his public and private morals. In Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of…

Who Am I ? “Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” Dr. Seuss once wrote this poem which was music to my ears growing up. It fascinated me to think that in this gigantic world filled with 7 billion people that I was the only Amanda A Laryea to ever walk its surface. Until about 8 years later on a random Facebook search, I found about four other individuals who share my name. However, our similar names do not connote similar personality…

The film adaptation of the novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer directed by Tom Tykwer did a great job in resembling the novel. I felt that the film followed the novel closely, which really helped me understand the story better. Reading the novel is helpful to understand the film because the novel is the original story/script. When novels are adapted into screenplays, the writer has to do what is best for the film, which can result in the writer cutting out or changing certain things like:…

book, we see Huck grow and mature as a character. In the end of the book, Tom Sawyer comes in and basically takes over. Huck does not interfere, still feeling as if Tom is the leader between the two. Huck probably feels inferior to Tom because he’s been educated, went to church, and overall just looks up to Tom. We’d thought maybe Huck had grown away from being Tom’s follower. Huck avoids an argument with Tom and lets Tom have his way, knowing that there could be consequences. In the end, we see…

I can remember loading up a cooler with beer, grabbing the latest Tom Clancy novel, and a beach chair and being set for the day. When lunch time rolled around, we would head up to the pool bar and grab a quick sandwich and it was back to the beach for the rest of the afternoon. Now, I like to use the term “pack mule”…

When Tom, Huck, and the rest of the boys made a gang, they didn’t just talk about what they would do, they did it. They robbed multiple people. Although, they didn’t murder people like they planned to do. There was also a drive in people to learn things that…

than Tom Sawyer is, but is still a boy at heart. Huck shows maturity when Tom wants to “tie Jim to the tree for fun,” and Huck stops him from playing this prank on him (9). Huck also goes to school and “can spell, and read, and write just a little” (17). Huck’s maturity could partly be due to the fact that as a child he was beaten by his father, and he has experienced hardship in life, but he is still a normal kid who joins the band of “robbers,” and raids the Sunday school picnic. 2. Tom…

wants freedom as well, but he wants a different kind of freedom. He hates having to be civilized because he prefers to be independent. He also hates getting abused by his dad, so he fakes his death by killing a pig with an axe and jumps in the river. Tom Sawyer is Huck’s civilized friend. He enjoys crazy stories and schemes. He finds Huck at his Aunt Sally’s on his way to freedom, so he plays…