The Long Way Home

In a report published by UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) it states that there are around 300,000 child soldiers, participating in over 30 different conflicts worldwide. Of these 300,000, 120,000 are serving in different countries in Africa. One of the countries where this issue has been extremely prevalent is Sierra Leone, where child soldiers made up a significant part of the armed forces during its 11-year civil war, with 10,000 out of about 50,000 soldiers being children. Accounts of child soldiers in Sierra Leone have been made, with both the book A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and the movie Ezra telling the story of a Sierra Leonean child soldier. Even though both the book A Long Way Gone by Ishmael

1) Vocabulary study: write a definition for each of the following terms and then use each in a sentence that clearly demonstrates the meaning:

There is a very old saying of violence is never the answer. In the book a long way gone, Ishmael Beah has experienced multiple encounters with violence. The theme of violence is seen in multiple ways due to it being a major theme in the novel. This violence could be portrayed in a physical or psychological sense. The choices that Ishmael has taken has changed his life from a happy little kid in his village to a killing machine when he chose to be a child soldier.

"With No Direction home" by Marni Finkelstein is an ethnography that was conducted for a period of two summers in the east village of New York City. The group that was targeted was homeless youth. The author's goals in this research is to find out how these kids end up in the streets and what they go through once they are there. Marnie Finkelstein interviewed 50 subjects to get a deeper understanding of how these kids see the world once they are on the street. She wants to shed some light on the lifestyle, experiences, goals, backgrounds and more on this largely understudied population. She also approaches the street kids with cultural relativism, putting aside her own thoughts and beliefs to get a better understanding of their culture and way of life.

In 950 CE Erik Thorvaldsson was born in a place called Rogaland located in western Norway. His parents where Thorvald Asvaldsson and Åsvald Åsvaldson, Erik was an only child. Erik was 10 when he was forced to leave Greenland with his parents after his father Thorvald was exiled from Greenland for manslaughter to a small area in north

Christoforo Colombo, also known as Christopher Columbus, was born in the Republic of Genoa (Italy) at 1451. Christopher Columbus was the oldest of two siblings. He came from a very poor background, thus giving him very little education. He learned to read and write only as an adult. The city of Genoa was a seaport, so there were many sailors. Columbus’ family was very poor but it still didn’t stop Columbus from setting his dreams on sailing.

As a young adult I had struggled several hardships and fought numerous battles to be the person I am today. Growing up in the strict family background, life wasn't easy. My parents were very traditional and was not customary to the American lifestyle. They immigrated to America in the 1980's and I was born here in the States.

“Hell, And How I Got Here” by Brenda Medina and “Puzzle Pieces” by Barbara Parsons Lane are two short stories from the book Couldn’t Keep It To Myself by Wally Lamb. Medina and Lane are two women who are serving time in a maximum security prison. Brenda Lane is serving time for homicide and Barbara Parsons Lane is serving time for manslaughter. Brenda was involved in a gang-related killing while Barbara was convicted of killing her abusive husband. Each of these women lived their lives being subjected to abuse, yet each woman portrayed themselves differently. Brenda was determined to gain power and not feel like an outsider in her own life. She was determined to take control and she was longer going to be the “odd

Charles Ponzi was born on March 3, 1882 in Italy. According to the New York Times, Ponzi came from a wealthy family who lived in the city of Parma in Italy. Before he attended the University of Rome La Sapienza, he had worked as postal worker.

Verdi an Italian opera composer, was born in the small village of Le Roncole, Italy, in 1813. At a young age, Verdi had a passion for the arts. A wealthy merchant and musician, Barezzi, recognized Verdi’s talents and he becomes his patron. With Barezzi’s help, Verdi applied to Milan Conservatory but was rejected, because he wasn’t old enough. Instead, Verdi studied under Vincenzo Lavigna, a former principal conductor at La Scala Opera House in Milan. With the training, Verdi considers himself self-taught.

Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence, Italy in 1469 to a middleclass family. The time in which Machiavelli lived Italy as a country

Over 130 million migrant workers in China go home only once a year during Chinese New Year (Last Train Home, Fan, 2006). This is the world's largest human migration (Fan, 2009). The documentary starts off with a couple trying to get train tickets to see their children who live in a different province. The couple left the children back home to find a good job and earn money for their family. In place of the parents, the grandmother takes care of the children. When the parents get home, they emphasize on the importance of education and tells them to study hard and to succeed. The father says that he does not that high of an education and that he can only provide them financially. The mother says they left simply because they had no other choice.

The Renaissance period was defined by the plethora of work that paid homage to antiquity, or the classics. These Renaissance writers, artists, and thinkers recognized the virtues, themes, and ideas of the classics and they were able to harness those virtues, themes, and ideas in order to influence their society. Today, the same thing is exhibited in many contemporary works. There is evidence of the importance of classical ideas in various modern works of today, ranging from but not limited to, art, music, and literature. This paper deals specifically with the way music captures the essence of the classical virtues, themes, and ideas in Homer’s “The Odyssey”.

Marco Polo was born around 1254 in Venice wich is a city in Italy . He was born into an affluent and cosmopolitan Venetian merchant family. He learned arithmetic and bookkeeping and studied the classical authors. Also, he had knowledge of Italian and French.

Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy on September 15, 1254. His father was Niccolò Polo and mother was Nicole Anna Defuseh. He was born to a wealthy Venetian merchant family, but his mother died when he was young, so young Marco was raised by his extended family. He was raised by his extended family because his father and uncle, Maffeo Polo, successful jewel merchants, were in Asia on a trading expedition for most of his childhood.