Black Hole Essay

to plague doctors and horrific techniques such as applying leeches or making the patient bleed out the sickness. The common belief in the Middle Ages was from the Greek theory that the body was made of four humors- blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile (Goldiner). It was believed that you became ill when these humors became unbalanced (Goldiner). Sickness was also blamed on witches, demons, sins, Jews, the stars, and even smells (“Medicine in the Middle Ages”). Though experts have suggested

and/or houses. A lot of the citizens in the community are broke which creates a lot of tension between characters. There are many different social classes and the community is separated by their skin color. So within the the white community and the black community people are judged based on the amount of money they have. The main character Scout lives with her dad, Atticus, and her brother, Jem. She goes to school like most kids and her family is doing well considering that they live in a time where

Black Friday, the metaphorical god of consumerism. The time of year when practically all things purchasable in stores are dramatically reduced in price. Some people, such as journalist Mark Walsh, hate this day of the year, equating it to "a black hole" that "sucked everything into its terrifying abyss, where all substance is torn to shreds and obliterated". And while there may be some merit to this stance, Black Friday is not an evil day. Black Friday provides many good things and does not exclusively

Stanley’s Character: “If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy” (Sachar 5). Stanley is overcoming obstacles he thought that he’d to face such as digging holes five feet deep and wide, or climbing a mountain, or walking through the forbidden desert without food or water. Stanley Yelnats, from Holes by Lewis Sachar is having a tough time at Camp Green Lake. Through the influence of Stanley’s friendship with Zero, Stanley changes from

Ralph Ellison’s novel, Invisible Man, was published in 1952, and won the ‘National Book Award’ in 1953. Ralph Ellison was an African American author in the 20th century; he was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He started off studying music, then he moved to New York City and started working on writing. “[Ellison] started to work as a researcher and writer for the New York Federal Writers Program, and was befriended by writers Richard Wright, Langston Hughes and Alan Locke, who all mentored the

were all sentenced for death or life imprisonment. The trial was unfair at least, the nine black boys were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The boys were riding a train to find work and instead got into a fight with some of the white men on the train. The police were called and they came. Two women were also in the train car and out of fear they reported they had been raped by the black men. The black men were then arrested and taken out at gunpoint. They were put on trial a few days later.

Upon graduating high school, I thought I knew everything there was to Black History. We were captured from Africa, forced into slavery for hundreds of years all around the world, became free with repercussions such as discrimination and segregation, and now today we are “officially free”. The Black history I knew, was scattered and filled with holes, which caused me to question my sense of worth. Why were African-Americans the most oppressed people in the world? As I entered college my plan was to

will barley stay on the book he had to pledge on. The only reason why he ran was because he didn’t want to get killed by May Ella’s father because he was in the position that someone can take it the wrong way, as if he was rapping her but it was the hole other way around. He didn’t even want to hurt

The KKK and its history are related to the book To Kill A Mockingbird because the KKK were a bunch of white segregationists who didn't like black people, in To Kill A Mockingbird everyone mostly everyone wasn't fond of mr robinson because he was accused of rape. The KKK flourished in the southern united states in the late 1860's and was a form of white southern resistance against what they perceived as encroaching african american rights. A united states senator named Robert c byrd was a main recruiter

To Kill A Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee, growing up was for the first time seeing unanswered injustice in his own community that gradually made him understand things happening around him. As Jem's father served as a lawyer for Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape. Who was later wrongly convicted which eventually led to his death. That is one the events that in a way forced some mental maturation for Jem. Jem changes as he understands the concepts of innocence and why people