Civil Disobedience Civil Disobedience is the act of knowingly breaking a law that an individual feels is morally unjust We all have a moral compass and a perception of what is right from wrong Many individuals see injustices in our democratic system yet few actually make a stand for what they believe is right The United States was founded under an idea that All men are created equal However that motto was not entirely true When we look back in time and examine our past one can see a plethora of
Introduction Langston Hughes was a vital part of African American society in the twentieth century He was a member of the Harlem Renaissance and a well known writer whose works impacted the lives of many Langston Hughes published several works childrens books and newspaper columns Langston Hughes incorporated the metaphor of blues and jazz in his poems to portray African American life He uses these genres in his poems The Weary Blues Lenox Avenue Midnight and Dream Boogie to explore the main th
The text on the dust jacket of Jon Krakauers Into the Wild makes it clear that the thread of suspense running through this compelling book isnt necessarily tied to the fate of its subject In April 1992 a young man from a well to do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt McKinley the jacket reads His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless He had given 25 000 in savings to charity abandoned his car and most of his possessions burned all the cash in his walle
Almost anything taught in childhood relates to individuals actions in adulthood without a proper upbringing these individuals will never meet their one ultimate goal to be self satisfied Many people start out as self absorbed and childish individuals but learn to evolve Some people do not evolve and continue as a selfish unsatisfied adult To be truly self satisfied one should have developed good values as a youth In Fifth Business by Robertson Davies there are many instances where this has happ
Major Themes Walls The building of literal walls is not a hidden theme in the novel much of the controversy from the start concerns the building of first a gate and then a wall for Arroyo Blanco and the entire novel is based on the consequences of immigrants jumping the wall of the Mexico U S border The literal wall appears in several other ways as well The coyotes must get over the Mossbachers fence in order to grab their dogs and they are able to do so with skill and cunning similar to the wa
Fast Food Nation Cogs in the Great Machine After reading the meatpacking industry astonishes me in several ways Iowa Beef Packers IBP is one of the biggest meatpacking industries in the United States and in my opinion cruel to their animals Meatpacking industries are competitive and personally believe that the industries are mostly concerned with the money The old Chicago slaughterhouses were usually brick buildings four or five stories high Cattle were herded up wooden ramps to the top floor w
Black Like Me is an astounding autobiographical diary about a white man from the north who temporarily transforms himself into a Negro because he wants to visit the south and experience the difficulties faced by black Americans in the year 1959 At that time there was racial discrimination towards the blacks with segregation in the south and the blacks suffered poverty hunger and hopelessness John Griffin was his name and in this diary he explains his experiences and feelings throughout his enti
The Global South Who Really Cares A global disease is one that does not care about borders doesnt care if a country is developed or developing if a country is in the global north or in the global south all it cares about is infecting as many people as possible A global disease is one that travels throughout the entire world infecting and destroying as much as possible In his book The Hot Zone Richard Prestons describes the spread of a global disease of a filovirus known as Ebola Throughout the