Way of St. James

While volunteering through the Catholic Charities group, I got to experience both the Sanitation handout room at the Dorothy Day center as well as work in the prep kitchen at the faculty warehouse. While volunteering in the Day center we were placed in a back room that had two service counters on opposite sides of the room. Those counters opened into the bunk rooms of the center and were organized by gender, sorting the women onto one side and all the men on the other. Between the bunk rooms our…

located near the importance trade routes of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Ferdinand and Isabel King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile were both import rulers during the Renaissance. They both improved their country in several ways, including establish justice and regulates trades. Bartolomé de las Casas Bartolomé de las Casas is the 16th century Spanish historian and social reformer. He spent 50 years of his life actively fighting slavery and the violent colonial…

José Correia da Serra, visited Monticello 7 times between 1812-1820, while he was the minister for Portugal plenipotentiary to the United States. The guest room was called “Correia’s Room.” The North Octagonal Room was nicknamed “Mr. Madison’s Room.” James Madison and Dolley Madison, were the two most frequent visitors to Monticello. The guest room had a triple-sash window, like many first floor rooms had. When the…

oppression, poverty, and feminism. She has won many awards for her accomplishments in literature. Cisneros’ life impacted her works because of her cultural background, her living conditions, and her perspective on topics other people didn’t understand. A way in which Sandra Cisneros’ life affected…

Soomin Olivia Noh David Clark British Literature 12B 9 May 2016 The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Daniel Defoe In the 18th century England, anybody talked about novel. No one in anybody disagreed that Robinson Crusoe, the art of Daniel Defoe, made the trend of having anybody be interested in the novel. From this point, books were not the exclusive property of the privileged class, but what many citizens enjoyed in their daily lives. The lifetime of Daniel Defoe was not only shared as…

exceptional work as a writer, Kincaid has earned a reputable place in the literary world for her highly personal, stylistic, and honest writings. Her literature shows her personality by reflecting how she think, concern and describe herself in the way that her character growth up in the short story “Girl.” The story is a mirror of kincaid’s childhood. The relationship between Jamaica Kincaid and her character in “Girl”. The short story consists of a sentence of advice a mother to her daughter,…

In America’s vast history there have been many inspirational individuals that have made an enormous impact on the the way people look at life and the cultural scene. As the average American grows up, they often idolized or are inspired by individuals who have impacted the American culture. Those figures often create a standard for the society and have sculpted American culture into what it has become today. In every aspect of life, American Icons can be seen, from rebels to politicians, from war…

Carroll County and Route 70 connects Sykesville to other parts of Maryland. Despite the technological advancements of cars, planes and trains; the distance always stays the same when it comes to Sykesville. Sykesville was named after its founder, James Sykes. After buying 1000 acres of land from his friend, George Patterson, owner of the Springfield estates, Sykes started to…

Expressionism was created in many cities across Germany in response to association with the world and being lost. It was also created in reaction to the impressionist art movement. Some famous examples of expressionists are Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and James Ensor. These artists demonstrated artworks compelling…

harm another person. Why do the people in our society commit hate crimes if they know this is wrong? Approximately 2,300,000 people are in prison or jail—at least as of yearend 2009—more than every man, woman, and child in Detroit, San Francisco, and St. Paul combined (Marguiles, 2 June 2013. Pg6). Looking into the deep truth of crime, what truly pushes someone to their limit to commit crimes? What does a criminal look like, what mental health state makes someone commit crime, what had…