Tower of Babel

side street, Rue Amélie, in the seventh arrondissement in Paris. Emily walks out behind me, giddy with excitement. She’s 17, and I’m the only adult student on the trip, having just turned 18, so her mom has allowed her to go with me to see the Eiffel Tower at midnight. “Are you sure you can find it?,” shes asks nervously. “Yes, just let me focus,” I reply The truth is, the map is just a backup plan. I’ve studied this city for years, mapping out my way from each treasured location to the next.…

209th tallest building in the world. In Russia there is an old skyscraper which is Lomonosov Moscow State University. It was founded in 1755 and was completed in 1953. It is considered to be the tallest educational building in the world. Its central tower is 240 m tall. It was the tallest building in Europe until 1990. Today it is 242nd tallest building in the world. John Hancock Center is a skyscraper that located in Chicago. It was constructed after five years and finished in 1970. It has 334…

In Christophe Ena’s photograph, “France Trump Inauguration Protest,” he utilizes pathos-heavy rhetoric to argue for equal rights for women and minorities. On January 21, 2017, millions of women and men marched peacefully in protest of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. What began as a Facebook page dedicated to a Women’s March on Washington, D.C. quickly grew into a worldwide march for women, minority, and immigrant civil rights (Hartocollis, Alcindor). Ena’s photograph captures the protest…

. 4) The Tower of London With a history of torture and execution, the Tower of London is regarded as one of the most haunted places in the UK. It was originally built in 1078 by William the Conqueror. One of the most famous ghosts known here is of Anne Boleyn, the wife of King Henry VIII. She…

Humans are bound together through experiences and events that we share and emotions that we feel. This could be anything from birth and death, to love and hate, and can even go as far as the things we study and learn. These things can be traced from the current times and back to when the first humans walked the Earth.This bond we share as humans is known as the human condition. The human condition is not something that can be summed up easily, because it covers such a vast part of human life.…

In Stephen King’s novel The Gunslinger, there are many themes, but the theme which stands out the most is survival. The gunslinger also known as Ronald has a quest to catch the man in black and while doing so, his main objective is survival. We see many examples of this throughout the novel, some examples include when the lady in the bar wants to die, so the gunslinger shot her but then everybody else in the bar attempts to kill him so he end up killing them all or when they almost runout of…

Daniela Rodriguez English Zabic 9/08/2014 Parade Day Rain Causes a Parade of Emotions The exhibit, Parade Day Rain, showcases Hebru Brantley’s new works in a solo show at the Chicago Cultural Center; The Chicago Cultural Center is located at 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602. Hebru Brantley is an up and coming Chicago artist who has sold paintings to the rich and famous, such as Jay Z and Matthew Pritzer. Brantley’s art pieces will be on display from June 14 through September 23. The fact…

Prisoners. Death. Murder. These things come to one’s mind when they think of the Tower of London. The fortress has been a symbol of oppression and death for almost a millennium. Many important historical figures have been prisoners of the Tower of London, including Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, and Sir Walter Raleigh. But two of the most famous and well-known prisoners of the Tower of London are the Edward V and Richard, Duke of York. Edward V was born in 1470, and his brother Richard, Duke of…

Grammy award winning R&B artist, Adele, conquered the billboards with the number one album ‘21’, selling over million copies. Her most popular song on the album is “Someone like you”, which tells the story of her previous lover. Though she wants nothing but the best for her ex, she prays he remembers the good in the relationship. This soulful song lures in people with situations similar to hers, such as; having to move on from a break up when your heart doesn’t want to and staying strong in…

breakfast at the hotel and then take a walking tour by a sight-seeing tour company. The tour is expected to take us along popular routes and attraction Paris has to offer. Some of the places of interests to visit include but not limited to Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, Louvre museum, palace of Versailles, Moulin Rouge, Disneyland Paris, Cruise on the Seine etc. These are the typical or rather popular tourist attractions that you would visit in company. These landmarks have some…