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Considering Fun Home as a mystery novel, Bruce Bechdel’s death serves as the inciting incident which spurs Alison Bechdel to look through the “clues” -- memories, letters, photographs, etc. -- to formulate a judgment about her father’s life. Throughout the novel, it’s clear Alison’s relationship with her parents is tumultuous. Due to her father’s uptight, perfectionist nature, Bechdel finds it difficult to attain his approval and criticize him; moreover, she describes showing him affection “an…

Karla Jacinto was raped 43,200 times, and that's just a rough estimate. Up to 30 men in one day, seven days a week, for four years of her life. Karla’s abuse started as young as the age of 5 years old, she came from a dysfunctional family, and was sexually abused and mistreated by a relative. Her journey starts when she was 12 years old, waiting for some friends by a nearby subway station in Mexico City, a little boy who was selling sweets approached her, telling her somebody was sending her a…

In foreign countries children are constantly put in danger of being blown up or shot repeatedly to death. Why are these children put in so much danger you may ask. The answer is that foreign countries and revolutionary groups often let children join their armies. Even worse is most of these groups purposely kidnap children for their armies despite the legal age to serve being 15. When these children are captured and taken to be put on trial for their crimes a great debate arises. Some people say…

Test, also known as the Mo Movie Measure or Bechdel Rule, is a simple test that determines whether women are portrayed as humans in a story, acting as subjects rather than objects. Bechdel came up with the test in the panels of her comic, “Dykes to Watch Out For”, in a strip called “The Rule”. It was simply in the form of one woman explaining her “rule” about movies to another woman. The rule names the three following criteria. First, a movie must have at least two female characters that are…

The world is not perfect. People experience death, torture, and poverty. They cry for help, yet the people who are in need are children. Around the world, children are forced to kill innocent people. Children become tools of destruction not of their own will. In fact, the civil war occurring in South Sudan not only consists of battles between armed men and rebels, but the war also involves around the use of child soldiers ("Terrifying Lives of Child Soldiers [analysis]”). Child soldiers are…

In schools, students are taught about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Students are taught about what rights these documents give you, but do not talk about the things that violate them. Human trafficking violates both of these documents, as it using people as currency. As of 2005 (Roots, 1) in the Criminal Code of Canada, under section 279.01 to sections 279.04, it is stated that six offences in the criminal code specifically…

Symbolism in A Long Way Gone: Memoir of a Boy Soldier Malcom X once said: “Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression” (izquotes) Freedom is fundamental to the growth of humanity. In A Long Way Gone: Memoir of a Boy Soldier, author Ishmael Beah examines the concept of freedom and oppression through illustrating his encounters as a child soldier during the Sierra Leone civil war in the 1990s. The dark influences of war strips Beah of his childhood…

The book, The Forest Unseen, A Year’s Watch in Nature by David George Haskell is his experiences in his year-long journey in a mandala within the Tennessee forests. He describes many different types of wildlife he observes during his time in the forest. The purpose of the author writing this novel is to show how the life in the mandala relies on each other for survival. All the wildlife in the mandala depend on each other to survive. The first example of relationships in the forest is on page 2…

Apple's "most personal device yet" is soon to be released. Online tech news sites are buzzing with assumptions and predictions on the Apple Watch since the release date is coming up fast. On April 24, the long wait of customers who have pre-ordered this revolutionary gadget will end. The first orders are supposed to arrive within the week, although stores will not be offering the item until June or July. This piece of technology will be available in selected countries, which are Australia, Hong…

an annual income of USD$20,000 - USD$1,000,000. Meanwhile, a luxury watch is expected to entice customers earning an annual income of USD$1,000,000 and more. According to TechTimes.com, the most expensive smartwatch in the market belongs to LG’s G Watch R which costs around USD$400 (http://www.techtimes.com/articles/17546/20141009/lgs-g-watch-r-is-the-most-expensive-smartwatch-on-the-market.htm). The most expensive designer watch? The Hublot Classic Fusion Haute Joaillerie – USD$1,000,000…