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Tom Standage’s An Edible History of Humanity explores the profound impact that food has had throughout history. In this book, Standage offers a unique perspective on how food has shaped and influenced the past. Rather than viewing history as a series of events, Standage presents it as a progression of transformations that have been brought…

The Road is Not Taken What would be more important, the safety of an animal, or our own safety? Each day many animals cross our roads but sometimes the unfortunate happens when an animal accidently crossed the road when we are passing by. What do you do? In “Thoughts on Capital Punishment” by Rod Mckuen…

The scene where Jamal takes Forrester to the empty baseball field is a pivotal point in their relationship and the movie. While researching Forrester, Jamal knew the baseball field was very important to him. Forrester confides in Jamal that he and his brother went to every baseball game until his brother went to war. One…

            Frankenstein’s monster, perhaps, one of the most well known characters of fictional writing is seen to be the embodiment of a detached being with no propensity for caring and loving.  Much like this well known character, another character, Edward Scissorhands is also portrayed as a detached being who is uneasy with all human interactions…

Unthinking The imagination inside the mind finds its way outside. With nothing but a pen and paper in hand, many people have brought their own worlds to life with Just one special device; their words. Words form stories that are often made into books that could last a lifetime. Writing fiction Is not only a…

The Lord of The Flies – StereotypingStereotyping: Lord of The Flies, Romeo and JulietStereotyping is a delicate and often hurtful subject to deal with. People often categorize others to make themselves look better. Many different factors contribute to stereotyping such as: clothes, family/backgrounds, friends, etc. What stereotyping is usually explains why people stereotype. Once we…

“New love can resemble mental illness, combining mania, dementia, and obsession that isolates individuals from friends and family and leads to unexpected actions.” The initial sentence of “Watching New Love as it Sears the Brain” parallels the introductory lines of “Romeo and Juliet,” informing the reader about forthcoming events. The article explores how individuals recently…

For example, the conflict of the Capsules and the Montages is stated at the very beginning of the play. These two families are of equal noble rank, “[I]n fair Verona, break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean “(Shakespeare pro 1-4 ). Both families obtain similar identities and wealth. Unfortunately, they are…

Romeo and Juliet: They Did it to ThemselvesThe fall of Romeo and Juliet is a culmination of many factors. Acontrolling father, an ongoing feud and a gullible friar all contribute to thiscatastrophe, but, for the most part, it was Romeo and Juliet themselves thatlent a hand to their own doom. The two lovers were fated…

Writing to Clyde Smith on May 9, 1931, Howard mentions two new pulps, Strange Tales and Soldiers of Fortune, and states he will be submitting stories to both of them and suggests Smith write something for Soldiers of Fortune, a historical story magazine: I see where the Claytons are bringing out a new magazine dealing with weird…