Triple H

In the years before 1865, the Civil War, led by President Abraham Lincoln, raged on. Finally, the Confederacy surrendered to the Union. An angry Confederate, John Wilkes Booth, decided to kill the president. After he shot Lincoln in Ford’s Theater, he received the help of a few Confederate supporters, one being Dr. Samuel Mudd. Mudd was guilty of knowingly assisting Booth after the actor assassinated Lincoln in 1865. Possibly the largest reason for Mudd’s sentence was that he knew that he…

Twenty Years at Hull House by Jane Addams modeled a method in social work that existed in contrast to the Charitable Organization Societies (COS). Addams chose to live among the disadvantaged and immigrant populations, seeking a reciprocal relationship that would encourage a symbiotic existence between social classes (p. 59). Where Hull House did not attempt to decide the fate of the poor, COS existed solely to facilitate “friendly visitors” to enter the homes of the poor and use the data they…

The Eloi area of of the two post-human races in H. G. Wells' 1895 novel The Time Machine. By the year AD 8072,701, humanity has evolved into two separate species: the Eloi nd the Morlocks, whereof Eloi live a banal life life of ease on the surface of the earth, while the Morlocks live underground, tending machinery and providing food, clothing and infrastructure for the Eloi. The narration suggests that the separation of species may have been the result of a widening split between…

Thematically, the common thread among the three short stories “The Secret Miracle” by Jorge Luis Borges , “Journey Back to the Source” by Alejo Carpentier, and Julio Cortazar’s “Continuity of Parks” is the manipulation of time. Each use the cyclical nature of time to tackle a sort of worldly completion. Hladik finishes his book, the reader in “Continuity of Parks” becomes the ultimate reader by being completely absorbed by his book, the house in “Journey Back to the Source” comes full circle and…

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Matt Haig two years ago at an event for his book, A Boy Called Christmas which I loved. It was at this event where I first heard about How to Stop Time which he was still working on at the time. The whole concept of a person not aging on the outside and slowly aging on the inside had me intrigued. However, I had completely forgotten about the book until earlier this year when I saw it on the Savvy Reader's “Most Anticipated Reads of (Early) 2018” blog post. The…

“If we don't end war, war will end us.” One of many meaningful quotes said by none other than Herbert George Wells. Known by many as “the Father of Sci­ence Fic­tion” and praised upon for his humanitarian efforts on women’s rights. If it was not for Wells, modern day technology may not exist. He not only opened the world’s eyes to science, he encouraged innovation. Early Life Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley England on September 21st, 1866. (Bio.com) Wells was the youngest of his…

One theme in Ted Chaing’s “Exhalation” is acting for the greater good, in this case, to add to the pool of scientific knowledge. The narrator, a mechanical being in a world populated with other mechanical beings who believe they will live forever, is an anatomist. He has suspected for some time that the prevailing hypothesis of how memory is stored is incorrect. He comes up with an idea for an experiment to find out. The experiment poses great risk to his body, so he deliberates over whether he…

The decades following the Civil War were a time of explosive growth for the United States, by the end of the Nineteenth century American economic wealth dwarfed that of its former colonial overseers. With this growth came challenges, the growing disparity between the wealthy and the poor led to deplorable and unsafe working conditions as the demand for production and more wealth for business owners became a more powerful motivator than human life and safety. This increase in economic success had…

Jane Addams Brought Change to America Without a Corporation Behind Her. In today’s modern society, where money controls most of the things one does, it’s hard to imagine a way to change a large group of people’s life without having a substantial amount of money to start off with. This is why charities advocate so much for donations, pledges, and other means of gathering money. Jane Addams, while she did have family money, was one of the few people who was able to change a large number of lives…

Michael Moore presents in the introduction to his book, Stupid White Men, a thesis that shows an incredibly liberalized point of view. His thesis pertains to the idea that there has been a dissension in societal views and morals due to the lack of liberal representation in the government. Moore highlights his thesis by providing an innumerable amount of complaints including several details of post-Bush election chaos and upset the country has faced. He writes, “The only thing that matters is…