Wasp

Before even meeting Myrtle, we learn of her through whispers of scandalous gossip. She unfortunately begins her introduction into the novel by being talked of as Tom’s lower class mistress. This draws attention to not only how different Myrtle’s world was compared to Tom’s world, but also to how Myrtle had differentiated herself from her own world. She lived in the Valley of Ashes, standing out from her surroundings with a certain “vibrancy of character”. She is not “covered in ash” like…

Olympian- Shawn Johnson 3-15-17 Keirsten Heflin Shawn Johnson is an American gymnast, she’s performed in the Olympics many times. She was training to go to the 2012 Olympics, but she had to stop training due to her knee injury. She tore her ACL, MCL and meniscus, and her hamstring. Unfortunately, her knee never returned to its full strength, and she had to retire. She was the all-around World Champion in 2007, they say she is very good at the balance beam, she is called the balance beam…

The beautifully wise words of an American painter, Robert Motherwell, could not have described abstract art any better I strongly believe. He intricately and sophisticatedly describes the breath-taking style of abstract art as follows, “The function of abstraction is to get rid of a lot of reality. You start with as much richness as you want, and subtract, and then you arrive at the residue of essences that you’re interested in.” This description really allows the reader to visualize the artist…

Invasive Species “Invasive species are one of the leading threats to native wildlife and approximately 42% of threatened or endangered species are at risk primarily due to invasive species” (National Wildlife Federation, 2016, p.1). 1. What kinds of problems can invasive species cause? Do you think one group of invasive species is worse than another? Why, or why not? Some of the problems that invasive species cause is impacting natural ecosystems, the economy, recreational, agricultural,…

In the book Nervous Conditions, Taitsi Dangarembga explores the effects of gender roles and submission on women. Stereotypical gender roles in Rhodesian culture often portray women as inferior to the men around them. The wives and daughters depicted in the book are expected to serve their husbands and fathers and consider their own wants and needs to be secondary to the males’. Generally, the women comply with this treatment, though it ultimately takes a toll on their minds. Dangarembga develops…

In my short life, of seventeen years, I have experienced an exponential amount of failures, and these shortcomings have done nothing besides make me a better person. I have produced so many failures, that when I was asked to choose from them. I had to write out a list and put them in order from least to greatest. At the top of this list was my greatest blunder, next is the one I learned the most from, last is my funnest. Before I proceed with my life's worst moments, I would like to write this…

ecosystem not only due to their pollinating capabilities, but because they provide food for birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians ("Leafcutter"). Their nests are attacked by many parasitoids looking to eat the pollen or larvae including flies, wasps, beetles, and ants (Serrano). There is even an introduced leafcutter species which lays its eggs in the nests of others and in that way steals the pollen (Serrano). While most pesticides are not lethal to leafcutter bees, they still pose a…

Media makes women, and men have a negative for body image. The book Beauty…and the Beast of Advertising Kilbourne’s statements said, (28). “Even grade-school girls are succumbing to stick-like standards of beauty enforced by a relentless parade of wasp-waisted fashion models, movie stars and pop idols.” The media conveys the wrong messages to the American people and has a negative mental effect. The impacts of advertisements on women are that it creates unwilling…

Peer Draft Visualize yourself walking by two houses. In house #1 we have a typical two-story home with grass and a concrete pathway that directs you towards a rectangular door. House #2 on the other hand, is not your ordinary suburban home. It has a dome shape that scales up to three stories high, with blue cotton balls for grass and a rainbow colored carpet that leads to a circular crimson red door that opens up to a room with a sharp peppermint scent. If you were put into a situation where…

Bees pollinate over one third of the world’s vegetation, including tasty treats such as chocolate and coffee, but they’re also the only insect on this planet that are able to produce foods that humans can eat. Unfortunately, these environmental allies have been rapidly dying off in the past two decades. Due to harmful pesticides, this hardworking species are nearing extinction causing an abundance of devastating ecological problems. Luckily, steps can be taken to help stop the disappearance of…