Interviewer: Today we have the pleasure of meeting with the esteemed healer who might one day control the healer Torre, a tower filed with the best healers our continent has to offer. So Yrene we can start with an easy question, How did you get to the healers place? Yrene: After I left home I planned to travel to the coast work up some money and take a ship to the southern continent to start becoming a healer, but I ended up stuck in a small city off the coast for a few years because I could…
Welcome to the Pledis Islands! The Pledis Islands are comprised of two main islands and twelve smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, specifically at 42 degrees latitude and 162 degrees longitude. These islands where man made in 2012 by architect Sabine Toews, and have the smooth lines of traditional man made islands, as well as many natural features that truly make it unique. These islands generally experience a climate similar to that of the marine west coast, with warm summers, cool winters,…
provide background information of on the specific algae. Current research also analyzes the ecology of the algae, along with how the algae affects Hawaii's economy. Additional research explains the dietary shift by green sea turtles in the Hawaiian Island region and how that is significant to the gorilla ogo. Lastly, experiments and observations have given the most efficient efforts taken to remove the invasive algae. Thus, Gracilaria…
Our Modern Day Soma In Brave New World, author Aldous Huxley describes a drug called soma. Soma is taken by the majority of the World State’s population. This drug is often taken when someone is dealing with something “unpleasant”; it helps to relax them and keep them “happy”. However, soma has a dark side to it. The World State uses the soma to control the citizens by keeping them oblivious to the harsh reality of their world. Our entertainment is like soma’s effect on the citizens of Huxley’s…
The fragile strips of green that make up the small islands of Tuvalu are incredibly beautiful but also incredibly vulnerable. The group of nine tiny islands in the South Pacific only just break the surface of the ocean - but for how much longer? During a King Tide, which is what the islanders call the highest tides of the year, waves rolling off the ocean can have a devastating effect. The islands' main road is submerged and nearby homes are threatened by the rising waters. "We have never…
has five island groups. It covers all the eastern part of Polynesia. The main island group is called Society Islands. It is made up of 14 islands. It is the western part of French Polynesia. Most of the islands are volcanic. Tahiti is the largest island in the Society group. It is 400 square miles. The capital is Papeete. South of Society Islands are Austral Islands. Six of the islands are mostly volcanic. At…
Regarding immigration, Senator Sanders’s presidential plan reflects upon the themes and central ideas shown in the poem, The New Colossus. In this case, that America is open for anyone everywhere. Bernie resolution states that, “ all undocumented people who have been in the United States for at least five years to stay in the country without fear of being deported”.(Enforcement, par 2.) Bernie will do so through expanding the DACA and DAPA, developed by our current president, President Obama.…
In “Lazarus, Emma (1849-1887)” Emma Lazarus’s writes in her sonnet “the New Colossus”, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” (Par. 1). Engraved within the Statue of Liberty, the icon of freedom, this sonnet defines the United States of America. Even before its independence from Britain, the United States was widely known as land of opportunity for those seeking a better life for themselves and their families. Emigrating by the thousands, many immigrants,…
public at the time, in ways mere prose or photographs might miss. The first poem, a sonnet entitled The New Colossus, written by Emily Lazarus in 1883, describes the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. It begins with a comparison to the Colossus of Rhodes, a massive statue of Helios from antiquity.…
your tired, your poor: Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free… Send these, the homeless, tempest tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door” (Lines 11, 12, 14, 15). Those who left their originated land, usually passed through Ellis Island in order to gain access to a citizenship. These immigrants saw the Statue of Liberty as a symbolic figure. A figure of freedom, hope, and a better lifestyle. The Statue of Liberty, she was a shining light to the American Dream/Opportunity.…