Trivial Pursuit

Affirmative Action – Discriminatory Political Correctness The heat was sweltering August 28, 1963 and a mass of demonstrators had gathered to protest the racial inequality and discrimination in these United States. Imploringly, a woman called upon a reverend to deliver his dream. The reverend proclaimed with great authority that he had dreamed “…one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and…

“She turned the gun and shoot him, just the way she tried to shoot me today, and for the same reason” (Chandler 226). Detective Marlowe explained what happened to Rusty Regan as he revealed the major crime happen in Raymond Chandler’s book The Big Sleep. The Big Sleep contained two mysteries: Marlowe was hired by General Sternwood to find out who blackmailed Carmen Sternwood, who turned out to be Geiger; Geiger was murdered in his house, and Marlowe found out that Sternwood’s driver who loved…

Yashna Kumar Mrs. Wilson AP Lang, Period 5 3 February 2016 Government Leaks and Freedom of Information “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people . . . to petition the Government for a redress of grievances,” the First Amendment of the Constitution states. The First Amendment protects everyone, but specifically mentions “the press.” The Supreme Court generally merges freedom of speech with freedom of press grants the same…

French revolutions is most evident. The modern doctrines of liberty and equality were first proclaimed by the American Revolution. The Declaration of Independence announced that “all men are created equal” with an equal right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This happiness was a common idea of the European Enlightenment, it was a revolutionary belief that men may take action to improve their conditions of life, even against the established authorities of law, state, church, or…

Medical progress rarely occurs without raising ethical issues. These issues are not limited to the use of emerging technologies or human subjects, but extend to the use of non-human animals in medical research. While there is growing concern about the use of animals in research, it seems that supporters and critics of animal rights have focused on the wrong question. That is, whether it is ethically justifiable to use animals as subjects in research if they experience human-like qualities such…

Till Death Do Us Part White Noise written by Don Delillo, is a book of endless trivial pursuits that challenges the reader to great ends to draw conclusions from it. At the same time the book is a great commentary on contemporary issues in America. One of the major themes of the book is the role of marriage, tied with death, and how that plays a role in couple’s relationships, as well as personal lives. Marriage is never simple, but the intensity of the fear of death in Babette and Jack’s…

The natural inability for a leader to simultaneously act in a morally pure manner and preside over successful governance leads Machiavelli to advise that the Prince must embody duplicity and deviousness in order to triumph. Machiavelli vehemently states that incorruptible leaders who exclusively promote righteousness leave themselves vulnerable to subversion by cunning forces, which is against the interests of the ruler and the state. Importantly, Machiavelli states that the ability for leaders…

Russia was forced to face a mass of alterations during the reign of Alexander II - economic growth, industrialization, the Crimean and Russo-Turkish wars, peasant uprisings, and, most importantly, Alexander II's Great Reforms, which culminated with the emancipation of the serfs. All of these changes contributed to an upheaval of the social structure that Russia had been operating by for centuries. There has always been an imbalance of power between the masses (peasants, serfs) and the gentry,…

Sybill Trelawney’s first prophecy to Albus Dumbledore states, “The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the 7th month dies…The dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not, and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can one live while the other survives.” Voldemort assumes that the boy in question is Harry Potter and travels to Godric’s Hallow to kill Harry. Ultimately,…

The world is filled with billions of people which means that no matter where a person lives in Earth, interaction with one’s fellow man is inevitable. In most societies, behavioral norms for members living within that culture form over time and a person’s allegiance to fulfilling these norms and expectations can sometimes lead to an isolated and lonely existence. In The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Leo Tolstoy teaches his readers through the tormented characters that leading a life that is self…