Nigel Dick

I am a girl. I am a girl that came to another country for school. I am a girl that is constantly thinking and wanting to explore the Earth. I am a girl that is not willing to give up on her dreams. I am creative and smart. I have good and bad qualities. I am human. I chose two types of media to show these “I am characteristics” and that I believe represent me in a positive way. I chose a photograph of a woman sculpture carved onto a rock on a coast. For choosing my image, I started off by researching images on the internet that were motivational and inspirational. However, most of the images that appeared were inspirational quotes or biblical verses. I eventually found some landscape photographs and I picked this I first was drawn to it because of the natural beauty and the waves and ocean water made me feel relaxed. I couldn’t specifically find an author or in other words, since this is an image, a photographer. The photograph was one attached to an inspirational blog post; a woman posted the photograph with a scripture reading. She wrote a little excerpt and several paragraphs with the bible verses; it was written as a daily reflection. The prayer included in the blog post is moving. The post talks about surrendering all, having a contrite heart and having faith. I believe that if you don’t have a heart and have faith you won’t get anywhere in life. You have to believe in things and follow your passions, which I believe is the way of life and you’ll have a fulfilling…

In the late 1880’s of Victorian England, one of the most iconic and well-known duo’s was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Throughout his book, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson can be seen as two complete opposites. Their differences are revealed through the roles they play in the book, how they think, and how they change from the beginning to the end of the novel. Even through their hardships and disagreements, Watson and Holmes use their differences to make up the…

In his 2016 article titled The Consequences of Reading Inaccurate Information, D. N. Rapp outlines the current state of research into the psychology of interpreting misinformation, which is currently a hot topic issue after the recent presidential election. He discusses the reaction people have to being exposed to inaccurate information, the ways that we intuitively think would decrease the later reliance on the faulty information but do no, and then outlines 4 factors that decrease reliance on…

can never truly make up the entirety of it. People who are raised in poor conditions are capable of turning their lives around and accomplishing great feats. Abraham Lincoln, arguably the greatest President of the United States, grew up in a household stricken with poverty, yet he was able to overcome what he was born with, form his own identity, and leave an illustrious legacy. In addition, these sentiments also go both ways as people raised in more adequate households are equally as capable of…

You are a literary scholar and expert on the mystery genre. You have been asked to deliver a guest lecture for a college course in criminal justice; specifically, you must discuss the qualities of a good detective. Write a lecture that compares two popular detectives, one of whom must be Sherlock Holmes. The other detective can be from another work of literature, a film, or a television series. Evaluate the fictional detectives’ positive and negative qualities, their strategies, and their…

Sherlock Holmes is a detective hero of all times, a fictional character who is more famous than his creator Arthur Conan Doyle. The Scottish author Doyle wrote one of his well-known novel “The Sing of Four starring” the unique and detailed character Sherlock Holmes. Although Doyle has never been a colonist nor his character Holmes, the novel presents the idea of the British empire and its power along with the danger of colonized India and its people through Victorian perspective. I shall start…

The story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Sir Conan Doyl features Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Helen Stoner, and Dr. Roylott trying to solve a mystery. The story takes place at Stoke Moran, Dr. Ryolott’s mansion, in April, 1883. Helen Stoner visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to see if the detectives could solve her case. Helen tells Sherlock that her sister, Julia, died before she was married and now Helen fears that she could possibly die the same way. Helen does not know what had…

The strategic objectives for the United States during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom compare and contrast widely when viewed through the three strategic lenses of suitability, feasibility, and acceptability. To consider the success or failure of national strategy as it pertains to warfare, the strategist must assess the nature of the conflict. Art Lykke presents an appropriate theory for national strategy that asks central questions for the national strategist based on…

The novel Moby Dick foresaw these consequences through the use of characters such as Ahab and Ishmael. Ahab, having already suffered the loss of a leg, is still destined and inevitably bound to drive his crew into a fate worse than what he previously suffered. Reminiscent to the bloodshed that resulted from American expansion and the later problems this expansion would cause, Ahab will stop at nothing to acquire his intended goal of seeking vengeance on Moby Dick without consciously realizing…

When it comes to the topic of torturing terrorists for information, most of us will readily agree that it’s a debatable topic. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of whether useful information could be gained from torturing terrorists. Whereas some are convinced that torture could be used as a tool for obtaining information, others maintain that torture is not effective and can even result in gaining false information. I agree that torture is a necessary tool for…