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Throughout the history of mankind there has been many uniquely different ideologies. Of these people, Michel de Montaigne and Andrew Martinez share one of them. Both Montaigne and Martinez would agree that customs and traditions can have a positive or negative factor. Montaigne, a famous 16th century writer, shares his belief in “Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes.” His main question for the duration of the reading is why humans wear clothes. Montaigne argues that Western man has been to dependent…

The essay “The Ordeal of Change” written by Eric Hoffer indicates people are afraid of drastic change in their life that would dramatically cause them to be misfit and out of place, and the solution of putting that fear into action is there must be “an abundance of opportunities”, and also “a tradition of self-reliance”. According to Hoffer, “Even the change from peas to string beans had in it elements of fear”; This means that even a change as small as a bean can cause great amount of fears,…

The book, In the Time of the Butterflies, opens in the Dominican Republic with Dede Mirabal preparing for an interview. The four Mirabal sisters each write from their perspective about living in a time with the dictator Trujillo. The story follows the start of a rebellion that the sisters become the leaders of. Three of the sisters, Maria Teresa, Minerva, and Patria, join the rebellion along with their husbands. Dede is the only one who does not join the rebellion, partly because her husband…

true Renaissance man, he restructured the Roman University, accelerated the construction of St. Peter's Basilica and poured lavish funds into the arts. He was the personification of Renaissance ideals. Having spent his youth at the court of Lorenzo de' Medici, he had acquired the mannerisms and tastes of one of the most brilliant societies of Europe and posed a sharp contrast to the pope whom he…

was the mountain range that the Tour De France features. The Spain region is made up of six French departments and six Spanish provinces (The Pyrenees pg. 1). The chain is about about 270 miles from the Bay of Biscay. The chains maximum width is about 80 miles. The central section is the highest of the three main ranges. The tallest peak in Spain is the Pico de Aneto. There are many other peaks in both Spain and France. Some of these peaks in Spain are Pic de Vignemale and Monte Perdido. One of…

“The threat for Zika is just too great” “2016 Olympians will be competing in poop water”. These are currently the fears that are looming over Rio for the upcoming Olympics. These problems should cause great concern and need to be acted upon. Rio Olympics should not go ahead until all countries can be certain that their athletes will be safe from disease and untreated waters and also have reliable security. Rio was chosen to hold the 2016 Summer Olympics in 2009 by the International Olympic…

In Guy De Maupassant’s “The Necklace”, Mathilde endures some difficult circumstances because of a few personal qualities that caused her life to change drastically. Mathilde has always wanted money but has never been lucky enough to acquire such wealth. This results in her wanting everything to herself. She ends up learning the hard way on why she should be thankful for what her husband provides her and not constantly want more and more stuff to seem higher in society. Mathilde is a very…

"rich" or "glamorous" but they look the same as everybody else's clothes, except the price is jacked up. Having the newest iPhone, car, laptop, e.c.t may make people think you have a fancy lifestyle, but they don't even notice. In "The Necklace" Guy de Maupassant uses setting, irony and character to express this theme. In 19th century Paris, France, everybody wanted to look glamorous and sophisticated, just like Madame Loisel did. This period was known as the "Belle Epoque" time period, or…

new chance to learn, and many respected philosophers and academics have said profound things about continued learning. We think Albert Einstein sums it up best, though. “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” Michel de Montaigne, in The Complete Essays, said that Socrates found time later in life to learn music and dancing, and wrote that the philosopher “thought it time well spent.” While many people find their time filled with family commitments and…

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin The main character of this story is Louise Mallard who has a heart condition. Louise learns that her husband Brently has been killed in a tragic accident and rushes to her room to grieve his loss. As Louise stares out her window and considers her future, she is struck by the realization that she has become free from the oppression her husband provided. Louise comes to accept that she is young and is strangely overcome with a sense of newly found independence.…