Wonders of the World

protector of youth and innocence. He values the wonder and freedom children have and imagines spending "all day" protecting them from harm. The quote brings up Holden's love for purity and his alienation from reality. In order to protect himself, Holden separates himself form reality and lives off worlds built in his imagination which in this case is a "big field of rye". His imagination and wonder shows Holden's struggle in dealing with the real world and his obligations. He does not want to…

As I passed through downtown Atlanta, I couldn't help admire the home of the Braves, not just because it was an architectural wonder but because it brought back to mind that very first lesson when Professor Van Huevelen sparked my curiosity when he said we find that there are some things in this world that are repeatable. Repeatable. Repeatable. So a baseball pitcher, if he throws a ball with the same speed and in the same direction, spinning the ball the same, it'll end up going about the same…

be used this year because it talks about the difference of man and how different cultures are formed. In stanza 4 for example, Dr. Angelou says that she has been to all the wonders of the world but have not found anything common to each other. This shows that cultural differences throughout history have made our existing world today possible. In addition, in stanzas 5 and 6, Dr. Angelou states that…

William Wordsworth’s sonnet, “The World Is Too Much with Us” appears in chapter seven of Digging Into Literature in the middle of the discussion about context. On the surface level, the poem might be difficult to interpret because of its direct references and allusions. But a little research on Wordsworth’s background gives clarity to the deeper argument made in the poem. He was an English poet who is credited with being one of the fathers of Romanticism in English Literature during the late…

1. Using a paraphrase as an in-text citation: The author, Nicholas Carr, begins by inferring that the internet has a huge amount of information, readily available data that is easily accessed. He refers to the perfect nature of the internet, as far as recalling information once it is in the memory. Further in the paragraph he begins to ponder the way his mind is adapting to the speed with which information is accessible. He feels this, in turn, is preventing him needing to dig deeper…

Growing up in Jamaica was not what some may think as ideal, it has been described as a Third World Country, but to me, it was just home. Third world indeed, poor, violent at times; a contradiction, with its sandy beaches, clear blue skies, delectable food, feel good music, and some of the hardest working people one can ever have the pleasure of meeting, who refused to stay where life may have placed them, but strived to climb above those circumstances and attempt to carve out a life…

Having the right to think, even after so long since humans have inhabited the earth, is still an idea that has yet to travel across the world on all topics. Through time, the human race has opened their mind to incredible ideas, many of which are widely believed today. While media and religion influence many ideas, some people who think differently than the rest of society bring other ideas to light. In Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, the ideas of thinking for oneself are…

microscope for the first time. Previously, I never considered the existence of a world unseen by the naked eye. Then, I found myself gawking at an organism with a body as remarkably complex as my own. How could this be? How could an organism only visible through lenses have a body as intricate as an organism hundreds of times larger than itself? With these questions swimming in my head, I decided to study this world unseen. During my research, I discovered that there were a variety of cells and…

future health problems, I had my jaw bone cut and shaved. I do not remember sleeping over five hours, but I can clearly remember the painful three-day stay. Three consecutive days of incapable of walking, feeding myself, or even talking led me to wonder how many patient next doors, who may have been staying longer than me, have the strong will to withstand such adversity? Betting they would dream of magic pills that can instantly cure anything, I empathized their feelings. If only I can create…

slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/12/the_world_is_not_falling_apart_the_trend_lines_reveal_an_increasingly_peaceful.html After simply tying “is the world the safest it has ever been?” into the google search bar trying to generalize safety for the entire world, compared to just America, this article, “The world is not falling apart” by Steven Pinker and Andrew Mack, was the second one available. Intrigued by the title that, before reading the actual…