By William Taylor Although William Taylor is one of the best authors in New Zealand, he well known in the United States. In the small town of Ohakune, he is a mayor and writes full time. He is a former principal and schoolteacher of twenty-five years. He is known for writing several youn...
First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is changed by the death of one of the soldiers under his command, Ted Lavender. A change is also experienced by the other soldiers in the once seventeen-man platoon, but none as telling as Cross". He transforms both as an individual and a commander. His once treasured...
It seems that we all eat fast food because it's easy, convenient and inexpensive. Compared to other foods in America, fast food is most popular; it's something that people can go out and enjoy. In part I of Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser writes about the reasons why fast foods are so popular in Am...
HISPANIC ARTIST Art is something that people of all ages over the world can appreciate. Art doesn't expect you to speak the same language; it's just there for you to admire it. Today I would like to introduce six Hispanic Artists who have touched the lives of Americans. Some were visitor...
As an American, the thought of enduring another terrorist attack is always lingering in the back of our minds. The thought of another world tragedy is something one always has to be prepared for. Terrorism is defined as: the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for politic...
Taking a pilot to control the UAV or also known as SWORDS (Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems) from as far as away as possible is only ideal (History of Weapons).If you could protect and defend your country without putting beloved soldiers in harms way, would you not? ...
Imagine this - you are sitting on the ground. You can't walk because of the abuse that you have endured by your captors. Two men come into your room. One is carrying a long, inflexible pipe which he proceeds to shove down your throat while the other man pumps food into it. Your neck is lacerate...
The world watched in horror as television broadcasts showed the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center burn and collapse on September 11, 2001, killing as many as 3,000 people. For many Americans the shocking images didn't end there. Later that day, broadcasts showed footage of Palestinian y...
Whitman's Secret Mentor Walt Whitman was a man who slowly developed his personality throughout the course of his life. It can be said that his emotions were a very broad spectrum, and at times, even contradictory. Much like many people in today's society, it took some horrific experiences in Wh...
When people think of sports related to the United States, many people think of baseball, basketball, and American football. Although all these sports were established in America, the one sport that came before them all was lacrosse. Lacrosse is considered to be America's first sport. It was first in...
In January 1706, a baby was born in Boston Massachusetts, who later became a great influence on the foundation of the Unites States of America. Son of the candle maker, the baby's name was Benjamin Franklin, who left numerous marks as a critical writer, speaker, practical politician as well as a ma...
The Spanish American War of 1898 One hundred years ago, in 1898, the United States was fighting the Spanish-American War. The victory over Spain made the United States a colonial power. The Spanish colonies of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, as well as the formerly independent nati...
Introduction The Victorian Age gives the impression it was an age for proper formal behavior, and that behavior is upheld by modern popular culture through movies and television. It was an age where men and women courted with chaperones. The language men and women used in writing letters to one another were flowery and passionate. Rich people had mansions or palaces full of servants. It is an age where womens clothing bound and tortured countless of them with wire bustles covering their behinds. ...
