W. Somerset Maugham

Abbot’s book provides an analysis of the history of the Twin Towers along with a brief overview of its structure and design. It explains how the towers came to be targeted by the terrorist group Al Qaeda. It also describes the events leading up to the attack, including how the Al Qaeda developed its anger towards America. As well the book looks at the effects of 9/11, how the attack has shaped the country, and how it is remembered today. This source was somewhat helpful to me. It helped shape…

Unlike the film food Inc, in observational documentary, the filmmaker does not represent the participant in a straightforward way. The participant offers him or herself as a subject, and both engage in a representational relationship. The filmmaker cannot define the subjects and Participants have reasons for their participation and their actions influence the filmmaker and the film. The participatory mode relies on interviews, considering them to be a credible source of knowledge about the…

Purpose. War. Peace. Family. The reasons why something is done or created with one’s intention or an objective. In the novel A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, Ishmael experiences war in his country, Sierra Leone. Ishmael then becomes a child soldier. He experiences hardships during the war and is sent to a rehabilitation center. There he found his peace after the war. He still experienced post traumatic stress disorder, during the night, but he was able to have fun with his friends…

Pathos, logos, and ethos are all means of persuading others to take on a particular point of view. In the most recent presidential debate between Clinton and Trump, they both successfully utilized all the three appeals to convince the audience for their votes. By using pathos, logos, and ethos, the two presidential candidates were also able to argue their sides and propose plans for America’s future. Pathos is a significant and powerful tool of persuasion in arguments. For example, Clinton…

Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. is currently a Supreme Court justice and considered to have a rather conservative take on things. He is well known to lean towards making decisions that align with the ideals of a libertarian. On April 1, 1950, Samuel A. Alito Jr. was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He was raised in Hamilton, New Jersey. His father, Samuel A. Alito, emigrated from Italy and both of his parents were school teachers. Alito’s strong views on immigration originate from his father. Even through…

Sam Harris’ quote, “Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it,” clearly portrays the inhumanness of the Taliban. The Northern Alliance, also known as the United Front, was mainly an Afghan group that disagreed with the Taliban and its actions, and they pursued their beliefs and fought for what they believed to be right. Many cruel actions towards innocent citizens from the Taliban/Al-Qaeda sparked an upcoming of the Northern Alliance.…

Ted Cruz is back at it again making headlines again. Everyone believed that John Kasich would collaborate to bring down Mr. Trump. Be that as it may, to everybody's surprised Cruz formally named Carly Fiorina as his vice presidential running mate Wednesday a last-ditch move to regain momentum after being mathematically eliminated from winning the GOP presidential nomination outright. Fiorina joined the Texas senator on stage, and Cruz's staff changed the podium in between Cruz and Fiorina's…

“America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.” George W. Bush Oct. 8, 2002 Cincinnati, Ohio Much similar to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which in and of itself is a day of infamy, September 11, 2001 is a day of infamy that has yet to dwindle down and is referred to quite a lot in order to justify the actions being taken overseas against “terrorists”.…

In the Donald Trump's Revolt from The New York Times written by Eric Thayer, the author argues that “We know that by words and actions, he has shown himself to be temperamentally unfit to lead a diverse nation of 320 million people."In other words, Thayer believes Mr. Trump was unprepared to be a president of United States in a situation that America face right now . President Donald Trump, the unpredictable result for many, now became the future of America. The result of the election was mainly…

The 1992 election was an election that was full of surprises and events that still invoke people’s interest. However, in all that excitement the 1992 election is also a representation of the issues that the U.S. election process contains. Robert D. Loevy in “The Flawed Path to the Presidency 1992: Unfairness and Inequality in the Presidential Selection Process” outlines the 1992 election, in order to identify the issues with the United States’ election process and to introduce solutions for…