… be a victim of circumstance and the times. Some people choose not to let circumstance rule them and, as they say, "time waits for no man". Faulkner’s Emily did not have the individual confidence, or maybe self-esteem and self-worth, to believe that…

… pandemics, such as the Black Plage and the Bubonic Plague, have caused major atrocities worldwide, some wiping out at least 1/4 of the population. The ability of an infectious disease to spread either directly or indirectly is indeed frightening as…

… the needy build affordable housing. There are certain requirements to qualify for housing. One is two hundred hours of work, on your own house and your neighbors. I have had two chances to work with Habitat in the Greater Miami area of Homestead, Florida…

… Paper Women in Television How real is Ally Mcbeal? That is the main question being asked in the recent article in the Washington Post. In the article, ‘Ally Mcbeal,’ Insecurity Blanket, written by Lonnae O’Neal Parker, the question is answered.…

… been a permanent fixture in society since the earliest civilizations and continues to be used as a form of punishment in countries today. It has been used for various crimes ranging from the desertion of soldiers during wartime to the more heinous…

… Frankenstein, is a man who holds a very sexist, patriarchal outlook of the world around him. According to critic Anne K. Mellor, this character’s refusal to create a woman and desire for a men only society, denies “the value of women and of…

… different from what we consider human of two million years ago, as a human species I am sure that we shared some of the some hopes, dreams aspirations, challenges, concern and upsets that may not be exactly the same as, but very similar to the…

… respects they were also similar in many ways. Athenian and Spartan societies both relied on slaves for manual labor in the fields and in the construction of temples, both societies believed that in order to develop themselves fully they could not…

… wonder, maybe if things had been slightly different, you could be somebody else?" Have you ever thought about who you are? For example, I am an American. I have always been and will always be an American. If I was not born in America, though, who…

… unusual anymore. They should be able to hold combat positions beacause although physical strength matters, the military still needs the intelligence that women can bring. Also, banning women from the combat hurts their military careers. Although women…