Trivial Pursuit

This story may seem trivial at first, but its formative role shaped whom I am today and continues to influence every aspect of my life. From my relationships, health, values, and character, this chapter from my youth continues to play a key role in the unraveling of my narrative. This story touches on adversity, resilience, and hope, but at its core, this is a story about the first time I fell in love. This love developed into a deep, true love to which I dedicated myself no matter what I felt.…

Propaganda, people hear the term frequently but what does it mean? One possible definition of propaganda is a method of persuasion used by an individual or entity to bolster a certain viewpoint about a particular topic. Uses of propaganda include: distract, dismiss, or humor an audience so they do not examine other ideas and argue against the dominant viewpoint. We see propaganda in our daily lives, ranging from news articles to everyday conversations with each form of propaganda appealing to…

Too often we focus on having what we want at the end of our efforts; we overlook what we will need to be successful. This is a thought that occurred to me while reading an article for an assignment in my English Composition class at SNHU. The article was “Me Talk Pretty One Day” written by David Sedaris. In the article, Sedaris writes about wanting to learn the French language, so he moves to Paris and enrolls in a French class. In trade for his tuition, he is granted juvenile discounts and a…

Isms The world is revolving. It may seem ridiculous to reiterate this rudimentary fact of science, but it is important in noting that, like the earth, all life upon its surface is in a state of perpetual spin, turning from one phase to another. Human beings are carried through evolution through continuous revolutions of heart, mind, and expression as witnessed in the unending attempts to better oneself, or all selves, through political, religious, and artistic mediums. Furthermore, these…

Television’s role in Americans’ lives has grown since its invention. Many people tune in to television for entertainment and information, be it something as trivial as weather forecast or something as big as a terrorist attack. In many cases, what people see on the television programs becomes their perceived reality. With that being said, it is comprehensible for some people to unknowingly accept the stereotypes about minorities, such as Asian-Americans, that are promoted by television, thus…

According to Kircher, (2015), the Renaissance period represented a time when beliefs and thoughts were revived, with a main objective of redefining human form in art as a realistic and natural form. The form is in three dimensions and has no obligation of symbolizing religious beliefs and ideas. In reality, Renaissance humanism represents emotions, elegance and strength of human beings. Humanism started during the Italian renaissance, with most people seeking their help rather than going for…

Even at this very moment, history is writing itself. We are currently living in the pages of an unfinished history textbook, each day living our lives and adding words to the narrative. These sentences and our choice of words are not simply chosen at random, but are decided and persuaded by the larger society and the unwritten history that is happening all around us. Although a peculiar notion, it is one that many great minds have accepted, studied and expanded upon to this day. In fact, it is…

C.S. Lewis was an Irish writer. Born in Belfast in 1898, and living in County Down until the age of nine, as a young child, Lewis probably heard many of the old Irish Legends and mythological stories that most Irish children would learn, even to this day. This essay seeks to find evidence of the influence these stories had on Lewis’s work in later life, especially in ‘The Chronicles of ‘Narnia’. It focuses mainly on ‘The Magician’s Nephew’ and ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. It examines…

However Tagore’s most subtle portrayal of a woman’s heart perhaps occurs in the novella Nastoneer(The Broken Nest,1903).It tells the tale of a neglected housewife Charulata whose rather old detached husband pays no attention to her owing to the mad pursuit of his intellectual hobby of running a radical English news…

Vertical integration involves being present for multiple stages of production. The results of this integration leads to high capital costs. In order to increase profitability, Musk may be inclined to halt his never-ending pursuit towards futurism. Tesla Motors is still not a household name, it is ultimately a luxury brand and as a result, the population is still not sold on his vision for an advanced future (Vance, 2015). Musk should dedicate more of his budget away from R&D…