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If you happen to run more than every once in a while, there’s a decent chance that you have contemplated buying a treadmill. Forgoing on that costly gym membership and avoiding the winter cold or summer heat is a smart decision for anyone serious about running. But, which treadmill should the serious runner buy? A non folding treadmill will be the best bet for anybody who regularly runs. While a folding treadmill can save a bit of space, it is of no help to be continually pulling it out every…

The Patriot starts off on a peaceful farm in South Carolina that has nothing special about it. In this scene all of the characters are introduced and all the actors names are given. A postman arrives at the house to deliver mail that was very scarce at the time. That night, they finally get to open the mail after Mel Gibson’s character Benjamin Martian asked what was in the mail and they all find out what they have been waiting for all day. The boys find out that they have been invited to…

Dehumanization in the Memoir Night The human race is classified as an animal, although under normal circumstances, humans do not operate in the way that an animal does. The people in Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night are an exception. During the Holocaust the Nazis associated the Jewish race as inferior to wild beasts and treated them as such in widely spread concentration camps throughout Eastern Europe in which German soldiers gassed, burned, beat, and shot thousands of Jews every day. Wiesel…

on her chest, but her daughter enjoys making likenesses of it, and constantly asks questions about its meaning. In chapter eighteen, Hester admits to Arthur Dimmesdale that the scarlet letter was a “passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude!” (196). Hawthorne likens Hester taking off the letter to “a prisoner [who] just escaped from the dungeon of his own heart.” Hester could feel “the burden of shame and anguish” leave her body. However, Pearl throws a…

The color black is known to be one associated with negativity and wrongdoing, while the color white is considered pure and superior. Unfortunately, the same can be said when comparing ethnicities. It is not appropriate to judge somebody solely on the color of his or her skin, as they did not make the decision to be black or white. In Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise”, she demonstrates how one woman can break stereotypes and rise above all hardships. Maya’s use of rhetorical questions keeps one…

Self-Interest is a delicate topic one must tread lightly over when discussing it with others because almost every individual has a different viewpoint on how self-interest and the common good should be balanced. There is a grand conflict between whether a person should live for their own self-interest or the common good. Some hear the phrase self-interest and think of a conceited person who only lives to better themselves, but this is not entirely true. Yes, the common good is something to take…

In 1798 a well-known poet named Samuel Taylor Coleridge published his poem The Rime of The Ancient Mariner. The poem was contained in a poem collage by Coleridge and William Wordsworth called the Lyrical Ballads. Coleridge is known for the Romantic influence in his writings: “Coleridge achieved wonder by the frank violation of natural laws, impressing upon readers a sense of occult powers and unknown modes of being” (“The Romantic Period: Topics.” The Norton Anthology of English Literature).…

While living in a foreign country sound exciting and romantic, it does have a catch. When expats tread on unfamiliar ground, they tend to stick to what is familiar. Thus many expatriates never make the transition from expat to compatriot. After all, becoming a part or the local culture for Damien is the hardest part of life in a strange land. “I…

Red White Blue Burning the fifty stars, thirteen red and white stripes has become a political expression of some Americans dissatisfaction of the government systems. Burning the flag is a controversial issue for some American people. Many believe the American flag is a symbol of freedom, liberty, and human rights. Others believe the American flag has become a negative symbol of hate and division between American people. Each opinion has its reasons as people like to express from their…

The question, ‘why? can become infinitely regressive because for any answer you can again ask ‘why?’. In this context, an ancient rishi said, “Anuttarobhava” - “become answerless”. Every answer only pushes the question a little further for every answer brings forth further questions. There is no end to a question-answer session. It can go on forever! So, it was said, “Anuttarobhava”- ‘go beyond questions…and be answerless’ for, your Being has the solution to all questions. ‘Turn every question…