The Boarding House

“Flight from Chicago to the Caribbean will now be boarding at gate G4,” said the assistant. “First class boarders may now start boarding.” That for sure wasn’t us. My family hasn’t been able to afford anything beyond necessary, since both my mom and dad got fired from their jobs. They told me they got fired for always coming to work late because of me. And yeah that’s probably true. I do have some problems getting out of the house on time for school. I was sitting on the floor stretching

were forced to start living the way that the new settlers were. While the children were learning the new ways, the adults were as well. Oona’s father had gone to a lumber camp to work. He went to try and earn enough money to build the kinds of houses that the new settlers had already built for themselves. The Native woman began to learn the household needs, and the English language as well. They made clothes similar to the new settlers, and even friended many of them. The way of life that they

and Odysseus’s disloyalty during the same period of time. In The Penelopiad, however, Penelope’s supposed loyalty comes into question. Loyalty is also a prevalent topic in other works based on The Odyssey, such as O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Boarding House, and the painting, “Penelope at Her Loom” by Angelica Kauffmann. In The Odyssey, loyalty comes into play mainly with Odysseus and Penelope. The loyalty of both characters is tested, but their responses to these tests are very different. Odysseus’

women to have the ability to support themselves. In the early 19th century, women and men played remarkably different and completely separate roles in society. The men commuted to work and left their wives home all day to tend to the duties of the house, as well as take care of the children. Women were uneducated and rarely went to school after the eighth grade. Women were considered physically weaker than men, and were also unable to vote. Women were expected to become obedient wives and caring mothers

employment in the local meat packing Factory of Packingtown. Work there is hard and a worker can quickly be worn down and find themselves out of a job from illness, injuries, or even death. The working conditions of the slaughter and meat packing houses at this time are horrible. Workers are working in extremely dangerous situations where they can lose fingers and limbs, they can suffer cuts that become infected, and become ill from the vapors that they inhale. Not only are the workers conditions

The effectiveness of the law in achieving justice for those seeking and providing shelter is ineffective. There is no right to shelter under Australian statue law; however, the Australian government provides a safety net with social housing and the first home buyer’s grant. The right to shelter is internationally recognised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Social, Cultural and Economic Rights(ICSCER), however, this is not enforceable. Law reform

radical idea to others. Susan Minot’s “Lust” describes a time when society was near the beginning of sexual liberation. On one spectrum, there is the narrator- a teenage girl attending boarding school, exploring her sexuality by having all of these experiences with different boys. On the other spectrum is the narrator’s house mother, who’s only been with one man her entire life. It’s implied that she believes the sole purpose of sex is to deliver babies. These two

“The Catcher in the Rye” is a book written by Jerome David Salinger, following the life of a Holden Caulfield. Holden is a 17-year-old boy who as a result of being expelled from Pencey Prep, a boarding school in New York and decides to utilize his expulsion to take an early Christmas break. Holden, conveying his unique thoughts, as well as his peculiar adventure, narrates the book with a hidden motive of self-reflection. Salinger uses Holden to give us an insight from a historic perspective on what

During the attack of 9/11 Arijana Barun was on a plane from Zürich to Chicago. Like the other passengers on her plane she was very frightened and scared when the intercom came on and the pilot said, “The plane will be turning around due to an unexpected event in America.” She did not find out what had happened until four hours later when the plane landed in Zürich national airport. Two police officers entered her plane and said, “There have been attacks in America on the twin towers and they are

September 6, 1766.” (“John Dalton”) “John Dalton’s dad owned a small amount of land, plus a house.”(“John Dalton”) John Dalton’s family believed in a Christian religion called Quakers. (“John Dalton”) “At the age of eleven years old John Dalton was smart enough to be the teacher’s assistant.” (“John Dalton”) “When John Dalton was 15 he quit school because he wanted to help his older brother run a boarding school.” (“John Dalton”) Dalton became the principal of the school and stayed in that position