William L. Guy

On January 28, 1986, Challenger, an American space shuttle exploded momentarily after lift off shocking the nation; including the children viewing from their classrooms. The crew of Challenger included seven members, but most notably was a school teacher Christa McAuliffe who was invited with the intent to teach school children from the shuttle. This incident received massive amounts of media coverage, and on the same day as the incident, President Ronald Reagan conducted his speech. Ronald…

It’s January 28th, 1986, a cold day at Cape Canaveral as we are ready to launch the 25th space shuttle mission. Space Shuttle Challenger sits there on the launch pad, like a huge giant ready to take on its journey to space. The crowd goes silent and the countdown begins: 3, 2, 1 . . . lift off! Challenger begins its ascent to the most unforgiving place: outer space. Carrying aboard the first teacher ever to go into space, the crew soars higher than the heavens. All of a sudden, tragedy unveils…

SCIENTOLOGY “You take on a matrix of thought that is not your own”, actor Jason Beghe and former scientology believer (video BBC Panorama the secrets of scientology documented by). L. Ron Hubbard was an author of pulp/science fiction and creator of Scientology in 1954. Many of us have heard about Scientology, something that sounds to most like a religious cult, which seemed to take on a new level of focus when the famous actor, Tom Cruise, touted its benefits. Through the media, Cruise told…

Do you know what Scientology is? Most people have recognized instances of the word but have no knowledge of its meaning. Its founder, Mr. L. Ron Hubbard, defines it as “the study of knowing how to know” (Going Clear: …). Seventy percent of Americans do not believe Scientology is a religion, and eighteen percent either don’t know or don’t care, according to a poll taken by 60 Minutes (Groh). In 2015, Oscar-winning director and narrator Alex Gibney made Going Clear, a documentary based on…

this book. Bradbury’s main character in Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, is a very emotional man. However, during many of his emotional rampages he makes many good points. During one he says, “Let you alone! That’s all very well, but how can I leave myself alone? We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?” (Bradbury 49). Guy definitely embodies the message of the whole…

There are many character opposites in literature. Opposites tend to highlight certain qualities or characteristics of the other. For example, in the Harry Potter series, Lord Voldemort greatly contrasts Professor Dumbledore. Dumbledore is kind and a good person while Voldemort is extremely cruel, vicious, and evil. While they are different, they do have some similarities. They are both very powerful and lead a group of followers. However, their differences tend to show how they are opposites.…

A dystopian society is based in the future and they tend to put an emphasis on an aspect of a present society that could lead to disastrous consequences. Some examples are political systems, technology, a gap between the rich and the poor, and the moral development of the citizens. Both Fahrenheit 451 and the Hunger games show aspects of propaganda and how that impacts the lives and thought process of the citizens. In Fahrenheit 451 the residents are encouraged not to read books as they are a…

cases illegal, deeming the family to be perceived as atypical to the general public. Within the novel shortly after the protagonist Guy Montag meets Clarisse McClellan, Clarisse draws Guy’s attention to her family’s odd behaviour by stating numerous things in which not only made him ponder his own view of life, it also made him aware of his own behaviour. On page 17 after Guy inquires as to why her house lights were blazing, Clarisse states “Oh, just my mother and father and uncle… he was…

Tsar Nicholas II's reaction to the peaceful protest the workers staged, his inability to meet the demands of his people, and the rising prices and lowering conditions that came with World War I all led to the inevitable- a revolution. "Peasants burned the estates of their landlords, destroying everything they could get their hands on." (As It Was Lived: 4-18) This was an accurate portrayal of the behavior of the peasants after the events of the 1905 revolution, also called ‘Bloody Sunday'.…

My Opinion on Colours Written by: Nesta 7T “Colour is a power which directly influences the soul” ~ Wassily Kandinsky Can you imagine what life would be without colour? Thinking of it gives me chills of a nightmare. Well in “The Giver”, pretty much all the people in Jonas’s community can’t see, or even know of colour. In my opinion, being able to see colour is an extremely remarkable, and is an important physical trait that most humans have. It is important in things such as physical…