Trenton Lee Stewart

It is often regarded by scientists that someone’s personality is determined by their DNA. In those strands that state the color of someone’s hair and eyes, also decides whether or not a person is pre-genetically disposed to being “successful.” However, I have a vivid memory of where I became aware of the word “success,” although at the time, I probably only found the definition intriguing. The story was titled The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart and it was though this story of four special children sent on a mission by a narcoleptic named Nicholas Benedict that I became aware of my own powers and weaknesses. Not only I had found the book fascinating, but it lead me to take charge of my own evil villain and come out strong.…

represent continuous dilemmas to overcome, such as the constant need to increase its fares to meet the demands of repairing crumbling infrastructure costs. Some argued that the State law makers mismanagement and neglects creates the discrepancy to allocate proper funding to repairing cost, resulting into major crashes such as the crash in Hoboken in September 2016, causing one death, including 100 people injured. Furthermore, NJ Transit operates only between high peak hours, therefore limits…

The Battle of Trenton was an imperative success to be had for the entire success of the revolutionary war. The battle of Trenton was a great validation for the colonists that the continental army could really defeat the British and Hessians. This was a great militaristic achievement, further showing the brilliance of George Washington and the military leadership of the patriots. This swayed the opinions of some loyalists, further backing the continental army. This support allowed the continental…

The Crossing released on TV the 2000. It is about the book the crossing, which is about George Washington crossing the Delaware on a Christmas night and winning the battle of Trenton. This fill was directed by Robert Harmon, with a very low budget to work with he sat out to make this as good as possible. This movie was nominated for a couple of awards, and won two. One was the ASC award, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series/Pilot. The other one was Peabody…

leave a cannon behind and to keep moving. This film was an original A&E developed in 1999 for television production, but is still relevant to history today. It is often showed in a classroom setting because it is a good representation of the events taking place in December of 1776. The event taking place in this film starts with the retreat of the Continental Army and ends with the successful attack at the Battle of Trenton, which is all apart of The Revolutionary…

The battle of Trenton starts on the morning calendar month, twenty six,1776 associated ends that night set in Trenton new jersey the results come back to be a yank conclusion ten days later, President has fought another battle and won yet again.in the battle of Trenton, Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian boot mercinarys before retreating two,400 yank troops with eighteen guns against one,400 Hessians with six smaller guns. A troop of British sixteenth lightweight Dragoons left…

or what kind of food they eat; they have to be conscious of even the simplest day-to-day choices that they make including whom they are seen associating with or where or how they spend their free time. If, by some reason, one does not follow the “path” that his or her audience expects, there could be major implications on that person’s career. As a country, I believe that we are very guilty of forcing our standards upon those that we admire. In the United States, we claim that we are…

“I don’t like books, they’re all fact, no heart” -Stephen Colbert. As ironic as this quote may seem it is another example of Stephen Colbert’s comedic style, thick satire. “I Am America (And So Can You!)” is another fantastic presentation of Colbert’s conservative capitalist character already shown on the Colbert Report. The book addresses issues that Americans face as adults and current issues facing the nation, plus a note to the future. All these issues are taken on with humor and satire…

When people experience a traumatic event like rape many don’t speak up. They convince themselves that nothing good can come from vocalizing what happened to them. In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino, the main character, is a victim of rape who doesn’t speak up about what happened which leads her to become withdrawn, self - alienated, and dead inside. However as time passes she begins to show signs of healing, empowerment, and coming back to life. As Melinda begins high…

1. Dyer is literally doing what his title expresses and is attempting to defend disco from those who accuse it as a capitalist form of music. He also lists the positive aspects of disco, not only the music but also the culture surrounding it. Through the ‘debunking’ of capitalism and almost humanizing and describing the characteristics of disco that relate it to other forms of music, including those that oppose the nature of disco, and to human experience, including queer movements, he makes his…