Twisted pair

Stick’s eyes were so swollen from being burned with the blunt, they looked like they’d been welded shut. His eyelids were purple and pink from missing skin. “This is what should’ve been on your birth certificate!” Cuzzo twisted the cap back on the marker. Munzay returned with a pair of thick, yellow rubber gloves and a small bucket of acid. Cuzzo put the gloves on and told Munzay to sit the bucket down on the floor. Every nigga in the building stood around watching to see what was about to take…

have stored enough energy to enter the cocoon stage. The silkworm takes three to four days to spin a cocoon around them. Silkworm secretes a silk thread from its spinneret that has two strands of fibroin and serein (a protein) that is produced by a pair of silk glands. Through this whole process the worms are protected from noises, drafts and strong smells. Before the cocoons hatch, about nine days in a warm dry place, they are ready to be…

Did you know that an Islamic woman once had to suffer ninety lashes and was sentenced to prison for associating in public with a man that she had no relations with (Harrison)? For years Islamic women have been oppressed by government laws and their status as human beings has almost been reduced to nothing. The Quran and the Sharia are at the soul of the Muslim faith, yet government changes done to the Sharia laws have oppressed Islamic women, altering their marital liberties, they way they dress…

The Angel of Death Josef Mengele was not just any doctor. He was a sick, twisted man who was infatuated with the genetics of twins, and other genetically deformed people. He did most of his experiments on Jews during the Holocaust. Mengele was the reason for many of the murders to the Jews, Gypsies, and homosexuals. In 1935 Josef Mengele got his Doctor of Philosophy Degree in physical anthropology from the University of Munich. He then became the assistant of Dr. Otmor Von Verschuer. Von…

The title of this play can be deceiving, but in actuality this play shows the twisted boundary between reality and illusion. Blanche and Stella cross the border between reality and illusion many times in the story. Although, distinguishing which is reality and illusion is quite a difficult task. Tennessee Williams uses symbols, stage directions and mood to show how Blanche’s world differs with that of reality. Meanwhile, Stella suffers a world that is as real as Blanche’s world. Blanche sees a…

Literary Devices used in Beowulf The sound of a crackling fire, reveals that a legendary story is about to be told. Friends and villagers gather around to hear what the story teller has in store for the night; spirits, goblins, monsters, what will it be? A long time ago, when the Pagan Anglo-Saxon period was being introduced to Christianity, heroic stories would be told to all the villages people. There, a famous epic was passed down from generation to generation; Beowulf. Even long ago, in…

The night was cold. Not cold enough to send the squirrels fleeing for their burrows; but cold enough that a cloak, or coat, was needed to move from place to place. The moon was a shining silver orb hanging overhead. The stars shone like pearls, blinking in and out of existence in the darkened sky above. The icy northern wind blew around aimlessly, like a drunken sailor stumbling from the tavern. The breeze ruffled the dark-green leaves of the ancient, gnarled trees, creating a sound similar to…

The day I knew that Alexis Smith was going to be one of my favorite people was the same day I saw her rip off her stockings. The sun was hung high on that summer day when I saw Alexis tearing at her stockings. We were both there for a mutual friend’s birthday party and even though the party was outside, most of the partygoers were found indoors trying to fan themselves with whatever they could. I remember that even before Alexis had arrived I had already begun to sweat through my shirt. The…

system usually consist of three basic elements – transmitter, channel and receiver. Information is communicated by converting it into electromagnetic signal and then transmitting it over a medium. Most commonly used transmission media include twisted -pair lines, optical fiber cable, terrestrial and satellite microwave. The field of fiber optic communications has exploded since its inception in 1980 and it has revolutionized the technology behind communications. Fiber optic communication…

Goodman Brown,” the reader starts the story by wondering why Brown is going on his journey. To avoid confusion, Hawthorne inserts foreshadowing to hint to where the expedition is leading. He writes: "Wickedness or not," said the traveller with the twisted staff, "I have a very general acquaintance here in New England. The deacons of many a church have drunk the communion wine with me; the selectmen, of divers towns, make me their chairman; and a majority of the Great and General Court are firm…