1995 albums

Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues”, set in Harlem in 1957, was largely about the struggles of an ethnic minority and the stagnation they feel, but moreso how two brothers come to understand each other due to their struggles and from years of living their own, very different lives.      Baldwin’s constant, detailed, reflections helped me immensely in understanding this story. I feel that they served as a constant reminder of the social context in which this story takes place. It helped

I was in my final year at high-school. I was only seventeen and the pressure of knowing that the outcome of school results would determine my whole life ahead finally got to me. I snapped. One day, in the absence of my parents, I ran away from home, hoping never to return. This was the turning point in my life. With an incomplete education on one hand, I was a lost soul, unaware of what to do or where to go. I ran into a group of people who claimed they could assist

Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself Any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go. You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care. About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there." With your head full of brains and your shoes full of

September Eleventh Forever Changed My World It was an early autumn morning in early September in the year of 2001. The day started off like any other at that time of the year, getting up really early in the morning, cursing the gods because high school had to start so early. After eventually waking up enough to drive into school, I would fly down the road picking up all my friends and then all of us having to run into the building because we tried to milk those last minutes of sleep every morning

Clotho didn’t make it through the night. Jim stepped out of the operating room and dropped down in a chair just outside. His gaze never stopped looking forward as Chandi got up from a chair on the opposite side of the door looking at him with some kind of hopeful expectation. That hope was dashed the moment she saw his pale face. “W-What… happened…?” Chandi asked already expecting the worst. “I… couldn’t save her. The wounds… they were inflicted by some sort of power I’ve never seen before. Every

Securely Unstable My day had been boring as usual. I skipped breakfast and got to school early, trying my hardest to find an empty classroom where I could avoid immersing myself in the social pandemonium more widely regarded to as High School. I believe I interact with as little people as possible. Their naive minds have yet to comprehend a matter more foreign them than the Mariana Trench; empathy. A simple expression of understanding and the capability to see oneself in another. My isolation is

I. Introduction I chose to represent the major in the “Island Cruise”-role play. Taking part at that play made me realize that there are several aspects that you should keep in mind before attending a meeting, e.g. and amongst others “be prepared”, “listen”, “share common goals” and “keep your emotions out”. II. Strategy First of all and to be honest, I was not prepared for the first two role-plays we did, because I thought it would not be necessary as I thought I am skilled in arguing and

The day after Sarah walked out with the handsome cropper, Staithes sent Humphrey Sutcliffe to summon Sarah to his office. When she was in the office, Staithes cleared his throat, a mannerism he employed when he was uncertain. He was afraid that his interview with the spinning lass would not go as he wished it to. Sarah spoke first. “You sent for me Mister Staithes,” she said, making a nervous curtsey. “Yes. I want to see you. It’s Sarah, isn’t it? That’s your name, eh?” “Yes Mister Staithes, I’m

3 Signs You Might Be Dating the Wrong Girl In relationships, sometimes you have to pass through a lot of broken roads before you eventually meet the proverbial “The One.” Well, that statement is true for most people. Relationships are complicated in nature and for a good reason. If having a romantic relationship with someone is easy, then it is never worth fighting for. However, what makes a relationship more complex is when you are dating a girl that is completely wrong for you. Haven’t you noticed

Tough Guise is a documentary about how the media constructs how the male masculinity is formed and how it is to be a man in our society today. The man speaking throughout this film is discussing how there is a crisis in today's masculinity. Arguing there exist a crisis in today's masculinity and how everything that bad usually happens is because a man did it. The media advertises and portrays how men should act, but often how men are portrayed in the media are of violence acts and the degrading