Wonders of the World

topped the music charts of more than 30 countries and as the song continued to rapidly gain popularity, its signature dance moves were attempted by many notable political leaders. Some people even went as far as calling it force for world peace. People all over the world have seen the viral video and it has been referenced too many times to count. Psy, however, was not the first Korean star to become famous through the media, and he will certainly not be the…

battlefield. What wonders me even more is the tendency towards separating everything into two. The curse of dualism which doesn't just apply to our…

Everyday, people carry on with their lives knowing that there is both good and evil in the world. Some might distinguish the evil outweighing the good, while others spot the good outweighing the evil. Whichever side one might choose from this debate, it is natural that for humans to stop and wonder about humanity. A recurring controversy that crosses over a person's mind is whether humans are naturally and inherently good or, worse, they’re naturally and inherently evil. Society tends to lean on…

We live in a world full of labels and stereotypes. Though throughout the years we have progressed exponentially, there is still discrimination that is felt towards people of different races. Among these are Hispanics such as myself. Facing the labels and stereotypes assigned by the world to hispanics, grants us a unique sense of determination. Being Hispanic in the United States is much more than an ethnicity and background, it is an identity that helps unify people, and brings perseverance.…

Everybody wonders about the future. People wonder if they, their children or even grandchildren will grow up in a safe, peaceful society. The Dystopian genre in fiction introduces a devastating turn on the future of the world in which no sane person would enjoy living in. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road delivers a compelling sense of misery in it’s shattered, dark atmosphere. The book focuses on describing it’s horrific world, developing it’s few characters, and adding warnings, which are all…

mother being one of the three, is an influence to grendel in a questioning way. He tends to look up to his mother when he needs her, but feels that she is lost making him skeptical about how the world tends to function around him. This makes him inquiry about how is to find a true meaning in his own world. In this quote on page 11 grendel talks about his mother, “She clutches at me in her sleep as if to crush me. I break…

books we like better than others and some books we remember more than others. If the world became a place where TVs completely replaced books and books were burned, similar to the dystopian setting in Fahrenheit 451, our own life stories and personalities would change. If there was a mass book burning and I was able to save just one book, I would save Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland because of the child-like wonder displayed with the plot, setting and imagery used. Alice’s Adventures in…

When I went on the Disney Cruise, the ship was called the Disney Wonder. This ship is 964 feet in length which is longer than Main Street U.S.A. in Magic Kingdom. I think when the builders planned this ship, they thought the bigger, the better. The cruise ship traveled from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta to Cabo San Lucas and then back to Los Angeles. We were passengers on the ship for seven days. It was the best seven days of my life! From the first time I stepped on the Disney cruise ship…

stuck with me. Three titles that I enjoyed and wouldn't mind reading again would have to be When I fear that I may cease, The Hollow Men and Porphyria’s Lover The poem When I Fear that I May Cease to Be makes me wonder what will happen once i'm gone. “Then on the shore of the wild world I stand alone, and think till love and fame to nothingness do sink.” (Pg 885). This poem he talks about him while he's dying and what he is thinking about. He wants to be with hi girl but can't be because he…

once in a while the Romantic in me comes out. When reading Hemingway, Fitzgerald, or perhaps even the work of Anton Chekhov, I cannot help but wonder how things would have been if I had been alive in those times. This is not to say that I would rather have lived in those times, I would have been happier than in my present life, but one cannot help but wonder. Yet even in acknowledging that it would be foolish to go back to these times, especially considering recent medical advancements, as…