Upward Bound

Children are much like their parents, in the fact that they mimic both the personalities and actions of their parents. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the child of our protagonist serves as a window into her conscience. As do the many other town children of the early Boston Colony. The children in this novel are very different yet still hold many of the same attributes of their parents; they serve as the mouthpieces of the ‘hardened, true beliefs’ of many characters. It is the…

His fortune was built off of lies that were bound to collapse at any given moment. His convoluted bootlegging proves his unsuccessful attainment of East, and represents why Gatsby fails in being a wealthy, yet honorable man, that Daisy would leave her husband for. Gatsby probably avoids prosecution…

There is a weapon that can strike many hundreds of miles from its launching point. It has devastating accuracy, with an error margin for stationary targets measured in tens of feet. It was this weapon-- plentiful, cheap, and reliable-- that may have brought about a new epoch of naval warfare. Surely the weapon of reference is the cruise missile-- precise, long ranged, and paradigm shifting in naval combat. However, while all those statements do apply to the cruise missile, they also apply to…

While reading, Bryan Stevenson’s, Just Mercy, I noted that his central theme was to accentuate the racial bias against African Americans in the criminal justice system. Throughout his book, Bryan discussed a variety of injustices between the African American community and the Criminal justice system. The disparities within the African American community and the involve the social stigma of them being criminals; their engagement in drug activities, thieves, and murders. The skewed perception that…

Introduction Cameron’s coffee struggles with current technological trends in the market for its new roasting facility. Latest technologies include cloud computing, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and other social media are part of a grander picture that will support driving a more modern and a new facility in hopes that it will drive efficiency with the product and company. A result will increase in market leverage due to profits, which will stem from Cameron’s coffee’s ability to connect to their…

Damian Carmona Emily Chappell Rhetoric appreciation 10 March 2024 Just Mercy In Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson shows there is a problem with the criminal justice problems. It shows how the criminal justice system does not care about the imprisoned, a prime example of how many people have been wrongly convicted includes a man who was falsely convicted. Stevenson covers wrongfully imprisoned people and uses his efforts to fight for their freedom. Bryan Stevenson is an acclaimed lawyer and social…

Fast & Slow Twitch Muscle Muscles are the functional units of tissue that move the skeletal system. There are two primary forms of muscle fibers, fast twitch muscles and slow twitch muscles. Fast twitch muscles contract fast and exert large amounts of power in a quick manner.People with high percentages of fast twitch muscles are generally good sprinters and are strong individuals Slow twitch muscles can put out steady power for long amounts of time and perform optimally in endurance training…

There are numerous facilities and programs designed to help people better themselves and make changes for the better throughout their lives. From rehabilitation centers, schools, therapy treatments, and prisons, many Americans seek help in areas they lack. There is a huge amount of college universities throughout America, but there are in fact a lot more prisons. 5000 plus more. American prisons have become a huge problem because too much money is being invested into it, prisons do not…

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not nearly as black and white and some people make them out to be. In war, who is to decide who the good guys and the bad guys are? There were so many factors ands risks that President Truman had to weigh in when making this crucial decision. In the end, he decided that it would be most beneficial to his country to bomb two military and industrial centers in Japan. President Truman 's decision to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was…

of the tunnel, Chihiro is filled with shock and annoyance portrayed through her facial expressions of not wanting to be in the unknown environment. The wind keeps pulling them in, unconsciously and too curious to notice, her parents continue to an upward hill that leads them to a dried river which they are able to cross by stepping over some stones to the “theme park”. The theme park is filled with colorful traditional buildings with faded paint and red lanterns hanging across the…