Laura Wingfield's Relationships in The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie is “a very realistic human story” that many people across the world can easily relate to (Mazer). In many plays the story is made or broken by the relationships between the characters; The Glass Menagerie is no different in this respect. Though many different and well-developed relationships exist in The Glass Menagerie one person’s relationships shine above the rest. Laura Wingfield, “so paralyzed with terror” of the real world all around her, is the centre of William’s The Glass Menagerie (Mazer). Read more...
Hyper-Political Correctness in "There was Once"
Politically correct according to the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition can be defined as “1. Of, relating to, or supporting broad social, political, and educational change, especially to redress historical injustices in matters such as race, class, gender, and sexual orientation.” Sounds good, right? What could possibly be wrong with redressing “historical injustices” and “supporting broad social” change, presumably for the better? I would presume that most people, within reason, would not have a problem with political correctness if this were the true definition. Read more...
Storm of Steel: Insight to the German Vaterland
The year is 1920 in the former German Reich. Germany has lost. Lost not just the war, but also her young men, her soldiers, her pride. Europe lay in ruins. The new Weimar Republic is unstable and lacks the lustre of the former Reich. People are asking, “Why did we fight? Why did our sons die? Why?”. A former soldier answers their cry. In Ernst Jünger’s book, “Storm of Steel” Jünger describes through the retelling of his experiences in the first world war why his people sacrificed and why Germany’s sons didn’t die in vain. Read more...
Why?: English Spelling Reform
January 15, 1994. I’m ten years old and am in the fourth grade. It’s nine o’clock at night and I should be asleep; however, I still have an hour or more left of studying. “I hate spelling,” I say to my mother. “Why can’t things be spelt the way they sound?” “I don’t know,” she replies. “Hurry up now. I have to go to work in the morning. Only ten more words to memorize. Read more...
The Chickens Survived
At my church back in Huntsville there's a story that everyone likes totell. It's the story of the weekend that, as the church newsletterwould later report, "only the chickens survived." It all begins like this: our scoutmaster was the ex-military type. Heliked doing things the Army way and treated us boys like troops. I wasfourteen at the time and, like so many others, was only at scoutsbecause my parents made me. Read more...
I've Gone to the "Dark Side"
Since my first inklings of consciousnessI have been inherently conservative. Not really conservative in the modern sense, but to the likening of such conservative greats asEdmund Burke (that father of conservatism); the type of conservativethat believes in constitutional monarchy, restricted suffrage, andlaissez-faire economics. Don't get me wrong, I havea soft side, but when it comes to politics there is no room for grayarea. In the political world there is only good and badpolicy. Read more...
Edmund Burke and Abbé Sieyés: A Political Contrast
France in the late 1700s was in a time of turmoil. The institutions of the old regime were failing and new, seemingly radical institutions were put in its place. This sudden and radical change sent shockwaves throughout Europe. Could the ways of old be replaced by this new republican form of government? That is the question many statesmen such as Edmund Burke and Abbé Sieyés had to ask themselves. Sieyés and Burke differed ideologically in many ways. Read more...
Nature's Peaceful World of Wonders
Not too long ago I found something that would change the way that I thought about this campus. It was the first Sunday of college. The air was cooling as the sun slowly crept behind the horizon to visit her friends on the other side of the globe. I was slowly walking through campus letting my curiosity lead me to whatever adventure lay ahead. If only I had known what I was about to find, I might have walked a little faster. Read more...
Etwas über Huntsville
Huntsville, Alabama ist eine bekannte Stadt im Staat Alabama in den Verinigiten Staaten von Amerika. Huntsville ist nicht weit von Nashville, Tennessee. Huntsville hat viele Festivals. Das große Festival ist der Big Spring Jam im September. Huntsvilles Bevölkerung die ist um 200.000 Leute. Wir sind nicht zu groß und nicht zu klein. In Huntsville haben wir auch das U.S. Space and Rocket Center Es ist sehr cool und hat viele Raketen. Read more...
Etwas über Mich
Grüß dich. Ich heiße Michael Arnold und ich bin siebzehn Jahre alt. Ich wohne in Huntsville, Alabama und gehe zur Grissom High School. Schule macht Spaß aber manchmal ist es langweilig. Ich haba mathematik nicht gern. Mathe ist zu schwer und hat so viele Hausaufgaben. Mein Lieblingsfach ist Deutsch. Ich bekomme immer eine gute Note in Deutsch. Meine Familie ist sehr nett. Wir haben eine Hund. Der heißt Benjamin. Er ist sehr klug. Read more...
The 60s and 70s Decades
The person whom I interviewed was Bethel Hart, my grandmother. She is about 65-years-old and has lived in Winchester, Tennessee for all of her life. When I asked Granny Hart if she would mind getting interviewed she said that I should interview someone else because she wouldn’t remember anything. I told her that was the exact reason I was interviewing her. Last time when I interviewed Granddad Arnold he remembered too much and I had to do allot of writing. Read more...
The Autobiography of Michael Arnold
On December 1, 1983, an amazing event happened; an event that would someday affect the outcome of this world. This event, or rather a miracle, was me, Michael Wayne Arnold. I was born to two loving parents, Joy and Ken, in the Republic of Panama. My parents were living there because my father was in the US Army and we were stationed there. After I was born we stayed in Panama for about another six months. Read more...
Airbag Safety
In the last few years people in the United States have been hearing a lot about airbags. A few years ago some news sources said that airbags were safe only for a small percentage of the population. Other news sources said that airbags were safe for a large percent of the population and that they should be required in all new vehicles sold in this country. In 1997, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that it would allow some car-drivers to “disconnect” their airbags as long as they meet the certain criteria to buy the shutoff switch (air bag 1). Read more...
Rules of the Club-House
Approved on May 29, 1998 by President Michael Arnold All rules must be followed. If rules are violated avenders will be removed from the club-house. Members must keep the club-house clean. Nonmembers are only allowed if they have been permited by the Vice-President No outside food is not allowed unless it has been preplanned and approved by the Congress. No cussing allowed. No running or horsing around in the club-house. Read more...
W.E.B. Du Boise
William Edward Burghardt Du Boise was born in Mass. On Feb 23, 1868. He was a graduate from Fisk University in 1888. He received his doctorate at Harvard University in 1890. He became an educator and taught at such universities as Wilberforce, and Atlanta. He was a professor of Greek, Latin, Economics and History. His education carried over to writing. He was director of publications of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and founding editor of its magazine CRISIS. Read more...
