Voyager

The debate over slavery and servitude has been compared and contrasted since the evolution of both practices. The overarching debate topic has been whether or not the two participants in this practice were more alike than different or more different than alike. Indentured servants are European immigrants that migrated to America and worked for landowners and were considered property and slaves were for the most part Africans, forcibly taken a property. Although indentured servants and slaves in…

The title “father of rock n roll” was bestowed upon Chuck Berry as a gesture to recognize his many contributions to rock music industry. The word “legend” when describing musical talent can only be given to a few, Chuck Berry was one of the few. His musical thumbprint was idealized by some and imitated by many. Chuck Berry wrote, composed and performed some of Rock n Roll’s biggest hits. Mr. Feeney has declared that Chuck Berry is, “the father of rock n roll who duck walked his way into musical…

In this technological change selected the standard group. In this group, the mid sixteenth century the puzzle of what lay past the three known landmasses of Europe, Asia, and Africa had been fathomed. On account of the work of overcome voyagers, the secret areas, which had beforehand been depicted in abstract terms, were all of a sudden changed into stable world geology. Amid the Middle Ages, the secrets of the natural world were seen as a component of God's outline. Europeans considered it past…

Technically, Thomas Jefferson’s two military liaisons-cum-explorers spent a few months at Fort Clatsop along the route towards the mythical Northwest Passage, where they believed the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans connected, and the two white voyagers knew much about Eastern Native American groups by the early nineteenth century. Nevertheless, the brevity of this stop meant that the two white men did not stay there long enough to fully grasp the unique lifeways of local peoples including the…

The ARA San Juan, which was last contacted off the coast of Argentina on November 15, has enough air to last only seven to 10 days if it has remained fully immersed since that time, experts say. If the submarine has surfaced or "snorkeled" -- that is, raised a tube to the surface to refresh the vessel's air -- since then, the crew may have bought more time. Anxious families have been waiting at Argentina's Mar del Plata navy base, to which the submarine was heading when it vanished, for news of…

Boredom, immense in its nature, is this the downfall of all humanity? Does it bear down on us, pushing us at lengths to find any way to relieve ourselves of its mind numbing capacity through whatever means necessary? Charles Baudelaire, a great French poet, wrote one of the most interesting collections of poems in our history with his collection The Flowers of Evil. He presses the idea that ennui, which Baudelaire portrays as the ultimate form of boredom and dissatisfaction, is humanity’s…

We live in a society where you will always be given credit or blamed for one’s action. Each individual leaves a legacy, in their legacy he or she will learn something from experience and take it for a life lesson. Emerson once stated “Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members… the virtue in most request is conformity”. My interpretation of the quote is that society robs us of our identity or individuality. This quote compliments the Novel Scarlet Letter…

A man whose goal is to become lost in the wild has recently become the ideal picture of what people aspire to be. Chris McCandless and his journey, depicted in Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, is the face behind the story that everyone wanted to live. Turning down the conformity of society and living a minimalistic life has helped Chris find who he was while in the wild. Minimalism throughout Chris McCandless's journey in Into The Wild helps him work through his thoughts; and over time leads him…

Lauren Wood American Literature Summer Reading Notes (Selection 1) Biography – Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer 1. It is very hard for biographies to be impartial because the author can never truly know what the person must have felt like at the time. Jon Krakuer though seemed to pull this off because he mainly just stated the facts of Alex/Chris McCandless’ journey and what other people thought of him. 2. Quotes a. “Please return all mail I receive to the sender. It might be a very long time…

As of 2017, NASA’s budget was 19.1 billion dollars (NASA), which is only .1% of America’s GDP and 30 times less than the United States defense budget . NASA is very important but it does not get the money it needs. We need to fund NASA more so we can continue improving our aeronautics. We should fund NASA more because it is helpful to everyone. One reason why NASA is helpful is how NASA creates opportunities for many scientist in the united states. According to NASA, they have over 18,000…