Young Buck

There is fairly widespread agreement that adolescents take more risks at least partly because they have an immature frontal cortex, the frontal cortex is the area of the brain that takes a second look at something and reasons about a particular behavior. One interpretation of all these findings is that in teens, parts of the brain involved in keeping emotional, impulsive responses in check are still reaching maturity. In addition, Dr. Jay Giedd at the National Institute of Mental Health in…

Michel Bay’s film, The Island, is unique in the sense that movies aren’t similar in any genre. The characters Lincoln six echo and Jordan two delta are considered average citizens living in a very controlled environment. They are told what to eat, what to drink, when to wake up, and what to do for a living. The hardest thing to believe is that they are not allowed to ask questions. The Island, directed by Michael Bay tells a story about two characters that dare to question the world around…

argument, “16: The Right Voting Age”, by the National Youth Rights Association, the writers insist that the right age to vote is 16 years old. As the authors’ put it, “Young people have strong views about the environment. But they have no voice in determining the leaders who must protect it” (450). In making this comment, writers argue that young people have the strong opinion about the environment, do not know have the right to choose their president to protect them. I agree that youths know…

Likewise, the use of antibiotics, especially in young children, has created permanent problems in the lives of the antibiotics’ consumers. Along with short term side effects associated with the destruction of beneficial bacteria, such as developing diarrhea, antibiotics are also responsible for long term…

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Movie Review The Bride of Frankenstein by James Whale was a very interesting take on the classic story. It continues with the original story of the Monster and his maker Frankenstein, with similar themes as the first installment. The biggest theme that it centralizes around, is the idea that the monster needs a friend, or mate as the title might give away, a bride. In this movie, the monster got his wish, and more. It starts off with Mary Shelley sitting in the…

In the classic animated film, Monsters University, directed by Dan Scanlon, the characters teach us many vital life lessons. First off, the main character Mike Wazowski, a not-so-scary monster, has always dreamed of being a professional scarer but after getting expelled from Monsters University he thinks this dream and life is “ Over, it’s all over.” (Scanlon, x:xx). Once Mike starts over and gets a job he realized that he can still be a scarer it just might take a little longer than others.…

eloquence and intelligence when he begins his narration. He alludes to Paradise Lost, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and Plutarch’s Lives, which were carefully chosen by Shelley to magnify how the Creature’s identity intertwines with his literature and contrasts with the depiction in Frankenstein’s narration. Plutarch’s Life taught him about society and its moral pillars while The Sorrows of Young Werther prompts him to question his identity and destiny. In Paradise Lost, he learned that his…

Everyone needs a friend, good or bad they all have feelings deep down. As you have read in the book Frankenstein, the “Monster” named Frankenstein also has these feelings about needing a companion to get through life. I feel everyone should go through life with someone by their side. Whether you are human or not you are going to have to rely on someone or something besides yourself, but there is plenty of things that can go wrong. Frankenstein feels he needs someone to love him to live a happy…

What Makes a Good Teen Activist? “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” When Margaret Mead stated this, no doubt she had people like Malala Yousafzai, Alex Lin, and Fae Carey in mind. When we think about good teen activists we find that they all have several things in common. What makes them a good teen activist is, they find a problem in the world that needs to be solved, they are willing to make…

Moreover, Frankenstein portrays two characters on a quest for perfection. At the beginning of the book Walton is trying to perfect navigation and attain a goal that is unnatural. He tries to map the North Pole, a daunting task, and achieve something that has not been documented in human history. However at the end, he is unsuccessful and returns home with dead and weary sailors. Similarly, many Romantic authors believed that a unnatural task will lead to a miserable life if not demise. In the…