The Rude Awakening

The novel, “Sister Carrie’’, is full of much drama and manipulation. The protagonist seeks living in the high class way and is determined to do so. In order to get what she wants, she uses others to get it for her. She is so obsessed with fame and wealth that she manipulates whoever and whenever with her charm and grace. The protagonist, Carrie, was an intriguing character. She appeared to be very emotional and unstable in her feelings. She was over the moon at certain times of the day and depressed

When people think about President Lincoln, what comes to mind? Probably the Civil War, slavery, his assassination, and the Gettysburg Address, right? Well the Gettysburg Address is a historical artifact that has a huge impact on how American culture and society are today. The Gettysburg Address contributed to the Civil Rights Movement and helped Lincoln put new amendments in effect. Over the years since the speech was given, The United States has changed dramatically. Today the Gettysburg Address

Each consecutive literary movement comes with new attitudes about writing styles and techniques. Whether it exists as a critical element in the poetry of the Romantic and Transcendental periods, or as a seemingly infinitesimal element of the Jazz Age, nature is a key component that appears throughout poetry. Although “I wandered lonely as a cloud”, “Song of Myself”, and “Nothing Gold Can Stay” are each from different literary periods, they are all tied together by a common thread: nature. The British

In 2007, about 78.4% of adults said they were Christians, but in 2014, the number of Christians decreased to 70.6%. From 2007 to 2014, the amount of Christians in America dropped almost eight percent ("America’s Changing Religious Landscape"). This is partly due to the backlash they receive for not following with the norm or the crowd. Our country has become so caught up in pleasing everyone that we are too afraid to offend someone. Christianity is declining rapidly, and I want to see Christianity

My California Trip Ever since I found out my softball team could make it to California for Nationals I knew this would be our goal for the summer. Now here is where the challenging part came in, we only had three chances to make it to California. We made it, we were lucky enough to make our goal in the third chance. July 30, the day I was leaving for California. My mom, my brother, my grandma, and I all leaving for the big trip. After a seven hour plane ride, we arrived. My mother was in line

Parade Day Failure “Boom, Crash, Pow.” The bright red numbers on my alarm read 6:30 AM. Awake a half hour early, “thank you, thunder.” Pushing the curtains aside, I look outside through the glossy, screened window, thinking, “We are going to have a parade in this?” What a perfect start to a substandard day. Miserably trudging out of the comfort of my blankets, I grab my bags and the keys to the truck. Softly, opening my door, I walk gently through the kitchen trying my best not to waken anyone

“Our society tends to regard as a sickness any mode of thought or behavior that is inconvenient for the system, and this is plausible because when an individual doesn't fit into the system it causes pain to the individual as well as problems for the system; thus the manipulation of an individual to adjust him to the system is seen as a cure for a sickness and therefore as good.” This quote provides a lucent and focused direction to the prevalent predicaments of language discrimination. Unfair treatment

The Vietnam War was the critical conflict that altered our “post modern” societal view of what war is really about. Tim O’Brien shows the brutal reality of war to our “post modern” society without adding the propaganda and fluff that our society has come to accept. In our trying times today, Operation Iraqi freedom has supposedly come to an end. With the amounts of embedded reporting, our society has been able to see battles as they occur. The news ran non stop coverage on the war, where T.V

The 1960s in the United States of America was an era of protests. Americans from the 1960s era experienced social changes that caused Americans to revolt of the Establishment of the 1950s. Racial discrimination, gender equality, and poverty are certain specific of the problems that Americans sought the need to identify of what caused the rise of protesters throughout the 1960s. The youth generation from the era “baby boomers” were the causes for the determination for the 1960s. The parents of the

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed: Twain’s War Diary “We pierced the forest about half a mile and took up a strong position with some low and rocky hills behind us, and a purling limpid creek in front. Straightaway half the command was in swimming and the other half fishing,”and so Mark Twain’s short story: The Private History of a Campaign that Failed is summarized—but was Twain swimming or fishing? Published in 1896, Twain’s piece follows a band of youthful Civil War rebels through