Whittier

one of four major structural trends in the region, two fault zones and two major anticlinal horsts (Hayba, 1995). The two main faulting zones in the area attributed with acting as traps are faults associated with the northwest to southeast trending Whittier and Newport-Inglewood faults, acting as conduits for oil…

“After almost two years in Whittier, my father’s assignment was completed and we had to return home” (Dumas, 92). But, this was not the last this family ever saw of America, eventually they migrated back to America. They loved being in America so much they couldn’t stay away. Eventually…

or agency should consider the cost and properly symbolizing the event or person within the creation of the monument. The cost of a dedication is a necessary aspect. Jason Kosareff published a piece, ‘‘Cemetery Faces an Uncertain Future’’ in the Whittier Daily News. Kosareff presents, ‘‘If a cemetery was solid for development… the task could cost millions of dollars’’ (Kosareff). He introduces a connection to the Savannah Memorial Park and explains how the cemeteries =location was an issue as…

The Path to a Higher Education “Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world” (Malcolm X). In both Frederick Douglass’ article “Learning to Read” and in Malcolm X’s article “A Homemade Education” they discuss the challenges and obstacles that they had to overcome. Frederick Douglass was a man that was born in the horrors of slavery and later became a famous abolitionist speaker in the north. Malcolm X may not have been a man born into slavery, but he was still treated poorly…

Douglass and Jefferson “In Discussion: Which Writer Would Fredrick Douglass Find Most Important” If you had to pick one writer between Lao-Tzu, Machiavelli, Rousseau, or Jefferson that represented your view on government who would you choose? Fredrick Douglass was an American slave. He wrote a narrative on his life and how he learned to read and write. Mason Lowance writes, “Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave who became an abolitionist orator, newspaper editor, writer, and adviser to…

From a young age I always thought my family was like any other family. Happy. Once I started school, I knew my older brother Geoffrey was having behavior issues. I remember having to wait up to an hour for my mom to pick me up after school. her excuse was always, "I'm sorry, but you know how your brother gets." One he began high school, I learned to lock myself in my room because the countless mornings of verbal attacks, did not compare to the physical attacks that came after he was expelled for…

Although cited as the first work of African American fiction, Clotel or, The President’s Daughter, written by William Wells Brown in 1853, proves to be more than just a story. Many sections of the work read like a slave narrative typical of the time, but in fictionalizing the piece, Brown is able to include commentary that would likely not have been allowed or encouraged in works written by African Americans of his generation. Brown’s presentation of irony through the poems of published authors…

afforded a good life for his family. He also farmed his orange grove. They had many family barbeques and family dinners with music, and dancing. Jackie went to Little Lake Elementary School which was in Santa Fe Springs. She attended and graduated from Whittier High School in 1948. Jackie said she was quite overweight…

“My disease is as rare as it is famous” (Yoon 4). In the young adult romance novel Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon writes about Madeline Whittier, a book lover, who has what is known as the “bubble baby disease.” This disease does not allow her to leave her house; and she hadn’t for seventeen years. Nicola Yoon, born in 1972 in Jamaica, published her debut novel Everything, Everything in 2015. The plot of this novel was very predictable. It was inevitable that Madeline would fall deeply in…

Richard M. Nixon, Republican, President: January 1969- August 1974 "Being controversial in politics is inevitable. If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything. In the world today, there are not many good choices—only choices between the half-good and the less half-good." - Richard M Nixon, Interview with the Chicago Tribune in 1978 (Thimmesh, Nick. "An Interview with Nixon: 'Defeated but not Finished.'" ) Personal Life: Richard Milhous…