Let Us Not Forget By Morgan R.

In Robert Cormier’s novel, We All Fall Down, is a young-adult thriller that explores the evil side of humanity through a number of corrupt characters. Cormier, to a large extent, accurately depicts manipulative and dishonest behaviour whilst also showing the evil lurking within the prominent characters of Harry Flowers, Buddy Walker and Mickey Stallings who showcase the dark side of humanity. Cormier explores this through Harry Flower’s manipulative actions that result in the suffering of others. Additionally, the constant dishonest behaviour is shown predominantly through the main protagonist of Buddy Walker, who deceives the one he loves. Cormier continues to depict the evil lurking in society through the theme of appearance

The American Dream has never been available to minority citizens as easily as it is to American-born citizens. Affirmative action was first implemented around the year 1972, however it was not widely accepted or practiced. During this time society was just getting used to including women in higher education institutions so the concept of including minorities in higher education was almost non-existent. My Beloved World, by Sonia Sotomayor shows the challenges that a first generation, Puerto Rican, lower socioeconomic female had during this time. Through her autobiography she shows the struggles she faced throughout her life, focusing on her application to college, college experience and insight into her cultural background. My Beloved

In The Gift, Ian Parker discusses a personal story of a man named Zell Kravinsky that had given almost his entire fortune and kidney under moral obligation. The “big question” that will be evaluated in this paper is there important limits to how much do-gooding morality can ask of us? If so, how much can it ask of us to sacrifice for others? This question had placed great influence on Zell Kravinsky story and it is important we evaluate his arguments for moral obligation can ask of us. In this essay I intend to recognize the infraction that moral obligation puts on decisions such as ‘nondirected’ organ donation. The boundary Zell Kravinsky set an moral obligation should be avoided because his actions were not entirely moral, and placed harm on his well-being.

In Danielle Allen’s essay, Our Declaration, she argues that all people should understand and recognize that the Declaration gives all people in the United States the undeniable freedom to self-govern. One person has the power to change the government; although this is not specifically stated, the freedom to self-govern implies every voice matters. She guides the reader to this idea by using simple and easy to follow examples to show the reader that they have the power to invoke a change the government. Allen also uses credible sources in order to give her reasoning credibility as well as using arguments that elicit an emotional connection.

Everyone has moments where they consider changing their life for better. For me, that was when I went away on a retreat with my fellowship at church during the summer of freshman year. Fellowship is a gathering of other people in similar situations, such as the same general grade level, in order to have fun and worship God together. However, fellowship had become a social gathering to me as opposed to a place to devote myself to my religion. Even though we arrived at the camp in New Jersey late at night, around nine, we all gathered around the lounge for worship, which is devoting songs to God. As we began worship together, I felt the energy level in the room

“Never Shall I Forget” by Elie Wiesel and “We Remember Them” by Sylvan Kamens & Rabbi Jack Riemer are poems that have their similarities and differences. In the poem “Never Shall I Forget” Elie Wiesel describes the environment in the Holocaust and how we should never forget a tragic memory. In “We Remember Them” Sylvan Kamens & Rabbi Jack Riemer talk about how we should remember our past. Even though the message in both poems are expressed differently there are some similarities and differences because in “Never Shall I Forget” Elie Wiesel expresses the poem in a dark tone because it was a tragic experience, while in “We Remember Them” Sylvan Kamens expresses the poem in a more light tone because he wants the readers to remember and honor our achievements in life.

From then on, my changed life continues, and it constantly grows in difficulty. Temptations lurk around every corner, and evil becomes more evident with each passing day. This effects everyone, even Christians. It makes it harder for people to believe that a God so powerful and so loving could let hatred spread to all corners of the globe with such relentlessness. But, God has the whole world in his hands. When in doubt, he constantly reminds me that while life may not always feel the best, it is definitely for the

Around the time of the Harlem Renaissance, blacks still faced many adversities that prevented them from thriving as a people. As seen in the Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction eras, blacks were often discriminated against and even attacked by whites all across the nation. These attacks all culminated in the infamous "Red Summer of 1919," when hundreds of African Americans were slaughtered in race riots in dozens of cities, including Chicago, Washington D.C., and Elaine, Arkansas. While many blacks were extremely fearful of this impending danger, the esteemed poet Claude McKay boldly spoke out against the cruelty shown towards his people. In his poem "If We Must Die," McKay encourages blacks and commands them to stand and fight against the misdeeds committed by whites. Instead of asking blacks to accept their fate or to uselessly flee from the threat of death, McKay dares them to stare death in the face and to fight against the power that whites try to hold over them. In his sonnet "If We Must Die," McKay uses bestial imagery, biblical allusions and first person perspectives to motivate African Americans to defy the violent tyranny of white Americans.

Claude McKay’s 1919 sonnet, “If We Must Die”, came at a time when African-American lives were conditional, and seemingly dependent on the actions of the white community. McKay’s choice to write his poem in the form of a Shakespearean sonnet, a form usually reserved for flowery love language, could be attributed to either establishing his worth as a writer to a community not so accepting of black writers and/or to use an easily understood format to convey the strong message of injustice within American society at the time. The times surrounding this poem was an era of hostility and racial tension, where the lives of black men were less valued than their white counterparts. McKay’s “If We Must Die” is reminiscent of a speech which rallies a group of soldiers going into battle. However, rather than soldiers, the audience is the African-American community dealing with their day-to-day lives.

Unwise Passions by Alan Pell Crawford, first starts by introducing the issue that this novel is centered around, Richard Randolph and Nancy Randolph. Who were accused of killing “their” child in the middle of the night, a child created out of wedlock who was buried in the backyard. As the novel opens up, it introduces the two families caught in the middle of this controversy. Nancy Randolph was born Anne Cary Randolph, named after her mother and was born on September 16, 1774 at her family’s plantations. Colonel Thomas Mann Randolph and his wife had a total of thirteen children, six boys and seven girls. The Randolph family were great friends with the Jefferson family because of Nancy’s grandfather who implored his good friend Peter Jefferson to assist his son with the plantation upon his death; this resulted in the Jefferson family living on the plantation for seven years. The Randolph family descended from the John Rolfe and Pocahontas relationship which is something that they took great pride in. Around the summer of 1788, Judith and Richard fell in love leading Richard to ask for Judith’s hand in marriage. The couple simply waited for Judith’s mother to change her mind of her disapproval on the marriage, however; Ann Carry died before this could happen and the couple married at the age of seventeen and nineteen.

In class, we discussed values and what we value most. Everyone had different values that they valued most, and a big part of that was because we interpret values differently. Peace is a worldwide concept and value that may be interpreted differently depending on the person. My interpretation of peace is forming an acceptance of something and understanding the different perspectives and opinions other people may have from you. The three books we read throughout this semester have each depicted what I believe peace is, but in different ways.

Every Secret Thing, released in 2014 and directed by Amy Berg, opens with the kidnapping and murder of an infant. The plot of the film revolves around this initial murder, as well as a second kidnapping that occurs years later. The syuzhet uses flashbacks as the primary method of constructing this initial fabula event. Each flashback of the initial murder and its ensuing consequences gives new insights of the second kidnapping, that the protagonist Alice Fanning commits. Through the majority of the film, the syuzhet points to the guilt of the secondary character Ronnie Fuller. It suggests that she has committed the initial murder and the second kidnapping by presenting her as a suspicious character. For the first half of the film, the flashbacks

A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink was an interesting and thought-provoking book even though I am skeptical of its main claim. I felt that the arguments that Pink used to prove his claim that abundance and outsourcing (namely Asia) will usher in the new “conceptual” age where R-sided brains will dominate were shallow. For a claim as large as the one he was making, he provided very little empirical evidence to support his thesis. More often than not he relied on logical reasoning (not necessarily a bad thing per se, but it needs to be substantiated with empirical data) or expert testimony (again, expert testimony is useful, but it cannot replace real-world proof). By the end of the book I remained unconvinced that this “conceptual age” is actually coming. Perhaps what I take issue the most is the terminology. I feel calling it an age is an extreme exaggeration and is unreasonable. If there is one subject that I can say I am adept in, it is history, and from looking back throughout the history nothing suggests that a conceptual age is coming. Though what can be said is that prosperous societies tend to place a greater significance on the arts and philosophy (things that would be considered R-brained). A great example of this come from Rome, which produced some of its finest arts and philosophers during a time of prosperity and a time where a large swath of its workforce were slaves (comparable to outsourcing). I suspect that this is merely a natural consequence of people not

Do you think animals should be used in biomedical research? I don’t think so because the treatment of the animals in the process is inhumane, especially in the film “Black Fish”. In another article” I Acknowledge Mine” Jane Goodall was watching a tape of the apes in the lab, after that she and her partners were crushed. So she decided to take a look for herself and what she found was unpleasant.

The World We're In by Will Hutton If you're American, you probably haven't heard of this book. "The