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Christen Swayer 2955298 Dr. Cohen Government and Politics 3700-100 10 Sept. 2015 Writing Assignment #1-Civility “When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency”(Johnson csmonitor.com). Samuel Johnson, English writer and essayist, popular in the 19th century, sums up the reality of modern American politics in such a simple sentence. However, the simple warning, unheeded, has surely stymied and gridlocked American government to such an extent

Pollution is not new to the environment, it has been seen for decades. Writers such as Plato, Dickens, and Engels have wrote about how pollution was in their own time. Although pollution was prevalent back then, in the past three decades the concern has greatly increased. This in turn has caused an increase in appreciation of the materials provided to us from the earth. Pollution itself literally means dirty. Pollution occurs when the land, water, and air are contaminated by the addition of harmful

Lynching and Women: Ida B. Wells Emancipated blacks, after the Civil War, continued to live in fear of lynching, a practice of vigilantism that was often based on false accusations. Lynching was not only a way for southern white men to exert racist “justice,” it was also a means of keeping women, white and black, under the control of a violent white male ideology. In response to the injustices of lynching, the anti-lynching movement was established—a campaign in which women played a key role

Angela Gabrielle Fabunan’s “Homecoming Collection” is a collection of eleven poems that placed third in the Poetry in English category of 2016’s Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. Fabunan chose to center the poems on the theme of home because of her early inspiration from the picture books that she received from her mother in balikbayan boxes when she returned home from her travels. She was inspired by the balikbayan culture or idea of going to and from the homeland as well as the definition

Fairy tales are fantasies that have been passed down from generation to generation with each retelling changing the story just a little in the way they are told often impacting the ending. Fairy tales play an important role in children's lives. Little girls grow up dreaming of becoming the princess who gets rescued by her knight in shining amour. While every young boy that reads about Jake the giant slayer and other heroes believes they too will one day slay a magnificent beast of their own. In

Hurricane Irma started as a category 5 hurricane that devastated several areas of the world. This hurricane impacted areas such as the US Virgin Islands, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Florida, and more. These areas are composed of groups of people in different socioeconomic classes. Planning for such a devastating hurricane in little time is strenuous and discouraging when you don’t have the resources or money to prepare. Getting out of these areas before the storm could hit was a major issue. Flights were

Mental Health Evaluations for Gun Purchase? Introduction The question of how to make our communities safer has a list full of solutions which seem to never end. The great debate begins with have any of these solutions worked, or have the right solutions been put to play. Gun control is a very popular topic today, and rightfully so. The media has shined light on mass shootings that have claimed many lives and destroyed families. The question is on who, or what does the blame fall on. Are the gun

“A Good Man is Hard to Find” is a short story written by Flannery O’ Connor. O’Connor was an American writer whose writings always incorporated humor into a sad or devastating situation. Her collections include 31 short stories, two novels, and a couple of letters and speeches. O’Connor is most famous for her short story works. In numerous works of her, her conscious craftsmanship was revealed and also the devoted role that Roman Catholicism plays in her life (Flannery) O’ Connor was born the

Two of the best things in the world, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and “Harry Potter,” have a good deal in common. Other than the vast amount of space reserved in my brain for storing quotes and random facts from these two stories, both tales share many similar objects, plot devices, character attributes, and themes. Even though Python's “Holy Grail” is an exact historical representation of the Arthurian Grail legend, some might argue that the “Harry Potter” story is more reflective of the

Arthur Behesnilian English 1050-42 Professor Desai 12/02/2017 Guns and The Second Amendment The Second Amendment was created so that states within America could form militias to get rid of rebellions because, the federal government did not have a standing army. The Founding Fathers were afraid of having a standing army because they feared that the army would take away power from the government. Without a standing military, the only protection the federal government and the people had, were militias