On A Typical Day Analysis

In the film Ordinary People, we see the main protagonist, Conrad, suffer from major depressive disorder. Throughout the film, he shows symptoms of depression through challenges regulating sleep, depressed mood, thoughts of death and suicide, along with multiple other symptoms. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or the DSM-V, lists the symptoms of depression as: depressed mood most of the time, reduced interest or enjoyment in most activities, challenges regulating appetite and weight, challenges regulating sleep, physical agitation or lethargy, having much less energy, unwarranted guilt, problems thinking, concentrating, or making decisions, and thinking of death and suicide (Meyers, 629).

Drug smuggling has been an issue in the United States since the 1960s and the Border Patrol has made many efforts to stop drugs from crossing our borders. The Purpose of the Border Patrol is to secure and keep our borders safe. Recently their focus has been on illegal immigration and drug smuggling. Drug smuggling has become an increasing issue and the efforts of the Border Patrol are being pushed to stop these illegal activities. The influx of drugs into the U.S. has many effects on our country as a whole and as smugglers get creative in finding new methods to get around the Border Patrol, it becomes harder for them to stop it. This may be why it seems too easy to get drugs across the border. With new techniques of smuggling it allows for more drugs to enter the U.S. and it leave the Border Patrol on their toes and on a constant lookout for these new techniques.

“A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal” -Steve Maraboli. In a Gathering of Days, Cathrine had to choose whether or not she was going to show compassion to a slave. Everyone Agrees Cathrine did give the blanket to the slave. But some believe she should have, and some think she should not have. Cathrine should have left the blanket for the slave for three main reasons, The slave needed help, He was trying to escape, and she could help someone in need.

In Mat Johnson’s novel, Loving Day, interracial relationships are showcased throughout the text. The main character, Warren’s, journey through the story to re-identify who he is as a person mirrors the way America has thought about interracial relationships and marriages over time; as the book progresses, so do the thoughts of the main character regarding race and his personal relationships, as if the reader is walking through time from the days when interracial marriages were illegal, to modern day where interracial marriages are becoming more common and accepted. Warren encounters other people whose views reflect the “traditional” outlook on race and relationships as well as people with “progressive” views regarding race and relationships. He has to navigate through his own personal beliefs, the way he was raised, his personal experience, the way others react to him, and the way

The poems On the Pulse of Morning and One Today have similar meanings to them. In On the Pulse of Morning, Maya talks about the many different cultures in America. Stanza 9 is where Maya starts to talk about our roots (Angelou). As in how the Native Americans were forced to do things they didn't want to do for the sake of foreigners. Soon these foreigners and natives became our ancestors and diversity was born. Even though natives did not want to do these things, they looked up and out beyond the horizon with hope. Maya also has a stanza about molding the public image of ourselves (Angelou). This too creates diversity because everyone has a different way of molding.

In the novel “ Break of Day” by Tony Palmer he depicts the themes of family, bravery and death. The story is about Murray, a boy who lived during the war time and his story that follows the themes of family, death and bravery. First talking about family, in addition talking about death and finally talking about bravery.

Characterization is used to address how ignorant a person can be to his or her heritage in the short story “Everyday Use,” by Alice Walker. The author shows the way of living, of a family to display the reader the way heritage is forgotten and, or ignored. In this short story the author uses a mother, and two daughters, Dee and Maggie, to demonstrate how different the thoughts are between a family and how they honor their heritage.

My first visit to Daybreak consisted mostly of learning about the facility and helping the girls work on their team building projects. When we first arrived, I begin to realize how serious the situation these girls are in is. I was told to put a lock on my phone and to not share too much information about myself. At first I was extremely nervous, but once we entered the common room with all the girls I started to feel more comfortable. These girls have been through more then I could ever imagine. I have been sheltered from drug abuse for most of my life and I never could have thought that girls so young could get caught up in hard drugs such as crack and heroin.

The American television film The Day After is a 1980s-science fiction film dramatizing the catastrophic events resulting from a nuclear fallout between the United States and the Soviet Union. The movie documents the accustomed lives of two diverging families in three distinct, chronological stages. The first phase begins in a pre-war period during which Dr. Russell Oakes and his wife, Helen, a noble Kansas City family, receive word from their daughter that she will be moving to Boston. Meanwhile, in the bordering state of Missouri, the Dahlberg’s, a rural family of five, are preparing for the upcoming marriage of their eldest child, Denise. Amid these monumental changes, the families are further burdened by an emergency broadcast, warning a sudden declaration of war.

When immigrants initially arrive to America, they arrive with distinct goals from one another, some here to start a fresh and better life than in Mexico, but others with an ulterior motive. The threat of terrorism and crime has only increased since immigrants from Mexico started arriving. While all crime cannot be directly pointed to solely immigrants from Mexico it still, however contributes to the rise of terror that occurs in America. A considerable amount of drugs present in the United States is linked to Drug Trafficking Offenses (DTO) from Mexico. Morris states “Since 2006, more than 60,000 people have been killed in the DTO-related violence, and more than 26,000 have gone missing.Despite enormous casualties, including members of U.S. law enforcement, the turmoil in Mexico does not receive nearly the level of scrutiny or attention from the U.S. government

Jerry Cruncher's by day is a messenger for Tellson’s bank and Jarvis Lorry’s bodyguard. He is also secretly a gravedigger. At night he goes out to do his night job which he lies to his family and says he is going fishing but he is actually going grave digging and declines his son from coming with him. (P. 135 Book 2) “May I go with you, father? Asked his son briskly. No, you mayn’t. I’m going - as your mother knows - a fishing”.

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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (U.S. CBP) is one of the oldest law enforcement entities in the U.S., and has a rich history of protecting our borders. A historical overview and understanding of the U.S. Customs origins displays how over the centuries the strategic mission of the CBP has evolved to combat threats of specific time eras. U.S. Customs has grown from collecting of revenue during the 1800s to fighting the War on Drugs, and well into the 21st century where combating terrorism would be yet another mission undertaken by CBP. Without a doubt, the U.S. Customs Service has played an active role in the protection of the nation’s borders against terrorism, criminal drug lords, and even the violation of intellectual property theft.

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Hello, everyone.... First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Kristina Wulandari. You can call me Kristina, Tina, Kris or anything. Now, I am going to describe my daily activity.