Walter Gropius

Walter Lippman writes on his beliefs on the subject of personal freedom in the article “The Indispensable Opposition”. The author draws from his personal knowledge and observations of natural human interactions in order, to support the basis of his argument. He utilizes repetition of the word freedom, an abrasive tone, and day to day natural occurrences in order to stimulate the reader into thinking about freedom overall and how it effects themselves as a common human being. Lippmann also uses Voltaire’s

Alex Lickerman, author of the article “The Power of Delaying Gratification”, discuss about the experiment psychologist Walter Mischel did on the kids to understand their self-control. Basically, he give a group of children a cookie and he give them to option either they could eat the cookie immediately or they can wait until he come back however if they wait for him to back they will receive another cookie. Based on his experiment he conclude that the kid who resist to eat cookie and wait for him

Humans are idealists. We are day dreamers, curious minds and wanters of what could be. At the same time though, we must be practical, smart and real or else Life might advantage of you. In writing we often see the battle of ideal vs real, especially when it comes to works centering on the topic of love. Poems like The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (Marlowe, 1599) and The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd (Raleigh, 1599) are prime examples of the contrasting views, while prose like Eveline (Joyce, 1914)

his love to come live a simple life with him in the country. Marlowe uses diction and imagery to portray a simple but beautiful and fulfilling life for his love, if only she chooses to come live with him. In response to Marlowe’s poem, in 1600, Sir Walter Ralegh wrote “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd.” In contrast to Marlowe’s poem, Ralegh’s poem has a very realistic point of view. Ralegh uses diction and imagery to show how empty the shepherd’s promises are to his “love.” Although these two poems

main clues as to what happened was the word “CROATOAN” carved into the trunk of a tree. Some people think that the colonists travelled inland, tried to join an Indian tribe or they traveled to an island called Croatoan. The island was found by Sir Walter Raleigh who was sent by Queen Elizabeth. When the crew came back with the good news, they began gathering groups of people willing to settle in the new island called Roanoke. Researchers are always finding more details about where the colonists could

The play The Odd Couple began on a summer night in Oscar Madison's apartment. It is one of eight large room affairs on Riverside Drive in New Jersey. The building is 35 years old with high ceilings, walk in closets and thick walls. There is a living room with doors that go into the kitchen, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a hallway that leads to other bedrooms. There is no proof of women in the apartment for months. There are dirty dishes, old clothes and newspapers, empty bottles, glasses filled and

Roanoke had a promising future. If more effort were put in, then Roanoke would have been the first successful English colony in America. However, Jamestown had additional backing, but ended up committing the same mistakes as the previous colonies. Ralegh and White both witnessed the development of Jamestown, and both believe that if Roanoke were managed the same way, than the history of Roanoke would be different. Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony was an interesting read. The most captivating piece

“The greatest unsolved mystery in the Americas.”-Fred Willard, the director of The Lost Colony Center for Science and Research. In 1587 John White, an artist from England, and pronounced governor of the Roanoke expedition, was sent with approximately one hundred and fifteen men, women, and children to stabilize a colony on the Island of Roanoke, in the Outer Banks. Promptly after settling in Roanoke the colonists were in need of supplies; John White left for England for materials in 1587 and returned

A miracle on ice happened during the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. These Olympic games were being held in the midst of the Cold War and ironically the finalists in men’s hockey were hosting a war of their own. A battle for the gold medal was taking place and the two teams battling for glory were the underdog USA team and the best team in the world, the Soviets/Team Russia. This specific game is one of legend because it really was a “miracle on ice” watching the underdog USA team defeat the untouchable

Imagine, a small colony of about 110 people peacefully getting settled into their new lives in North America only to vanish three years later without a trace. This was a reality for John White as the only thing he came back to in the colony of Roanoke was the word “CROATOAN” and the mystery of their disappearance. In 1587, John White and a small band of people set foot on Roanoke Island and formed a colony. This colony was made up of about 110 English men, women and children, and although small