Totem pole

Over the course of this semester I’ve grown as a writer in many ways but also continued to use and improve on techniques that I acquired from the past. In the language analysis that we did in the beginning of the semester, I described how the use of facial expressions can act as a type of language when interacting among others. For this paper, I started paying more attention to people’s expressions and started making a connection between the emotion they were portraying and the expression on…

Freshman Year College Obstacles The first semester of a college student’s career is one of the most exciting, yet stressful semesters of their academic career. The stress lies in the unknown and the expectations of what college will bring. Entering college straight out of high school or a job, is a culture shock. A college education and curriculum is different and far more challenging than any students academic high school career. There are many obstacles to consider as a college student.…

he company of Nortel looked invincible and financially stable from the outside. Roth helped the company to changing times through the introduction of internet networking. But, unethical practice led to the eventual doward spiral and liquidation of Nortel. If accurate financial statements showed the true economic situation of Nortel, then investors and others could make bettter decisions. This would provide Nortel a foundation to stand on and continual growth during the economic recession. .…

showed me that there are others like me out there. It also showed me even in a group of highly intellectual people I could still lead, and lead effectively. For instance, I walked into my dorm on the first day expecting to be the lowest rung on the totem pole, surrounded by child prodigies and future presidents. However, after sitting and talking to my fellow citizens for a few minutes, I realized they were all just like me, and very surprisingly they all looked to me for direction. Picture…

The way people go through life seeking for nothing but the best for themselves is nothing short of what Grandma in ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’ by Flannery O’Connor, finds in her day to day lifestyle. Tragically her and the families untimely death by a bunch of Misfits, seem to bring out more than just the scrooge in her but more along the lines of a, caring yet revived woman. The story is taken place inside of a car on a family trip bound for Florida, where it just so happens a bunch of Misfits…

Homicide. Assassination. Serial Killer. Murderer. These words captivate american audiences generation after generation. The picture painted in our heads upon hearing these words may be those of Ted Bundy, Jack the Ripper, or H. H. Holmes, the notorious serial killers of the last two-hundred years. These people are seen as the fore front of killers and murderers, but in David M. Buss’s book, “The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind is Designed to Kill”, he illustrates his new theory on how everyone,…

Death in Chains Has society climbed so low on the totem pole of morality that it is considered fair and logical to kill someone to “show them” that is not okay to murder? Capital punishment is currently one of the most controversial issues in the United States. Among the Western parts of the world, the US is the one of the only countries allowing it to remain legal. Capital punishment--also known as the death penalty--involves the execution of one condemned for a serious crime, such as murder,…

theory it was moving along by course of it’s own rules and laws. These constructivist artists became believers that they were going to take over the aesthetic-political organization of the country. Politically, they remained at the bottom of the totem pole despite their full support of the new Bolshevik state; however, they remained reassured by themselves that they were in fact superior intellectually to their political…

hierarchy laid the foundation for European empires and their settlers to seek power, riches, and freedom in America. However, these “savages” presented a threat towards this new found freedom. Due to the low position the indians held on the American totem pole, the settlers saw no problem wiping them out, or at least attempting to. To the early Americans, freedom presupposed inequality, and their ideas of freedom depended on the inequality of the indigenous…

Triumphantly surpassing a poor childhood, Andrew Carnegie became the richest man in knowledge and wealth. Along with his fame came infinite philanthropy and his charitable heart kept giving. Carnegie no longer lives, but his impact on the United States of America in terms of how he changed average lives, as well as the mark he left in the world will forever reign. In light of the fact that walking past him in early years, a person would think that Carnegie was just a simple, poor Irish boy,…