Island College Essays Samples For Students

This paper will reflect over the immigrants who came to America during the late 1880’s through the early 1900’s. It will reflect over the struggles they had to achieve. It will reflect over the punishments and crimes they had to endure. It will reflect examples of this through books and history.
Ellis Island use to be an island where immigrants would come to enter into America. Ellis Island has a history that is rich and leaves an enchanting impact. While the island is now a museum, the memories and stories it carried remains presence. Ellis Island was ...

Ellis Island and Liberty Island

SWOT Analysis for the National Park Service – Ellis Island
History Background
According to the National Park Service, former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson added Ellis Island to the National Park Service in May 1965. In 1990 Ellis Island became part of the Statue of Liberty National monument as a museum of immigration (2013). The history of Ellis Island begins in 1890 when President Benjamin Harrison designated the location as the first Federal immigration station. The United States counting immigrants coming to America beginning in 1892 through 1954 twelve million entered the portal of Ellis Island. The island grew from ...

Problem Identification

Dominion care center is a business that will focus on giving the much-needed health care to disabled old people aged 65 and above in Rhode Island. Home care for the disabled elderly people is increasingly being sought for generally in the United States and specifically in its smallest state (Rhode Island). Home care is part of the general health care, and it is unique in the way it is administered. Home care is not offered in a hospital setup but an environment similar to a would-be home for the client. The American baby boomer population are in their in ...

Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” is about a hunter seeking his prey. However, it is the great hunter who ultimately becomes the hunted. For Sanger Rainsford, the protagonist of the story, hunting is “the best sport in the world” (Connell 58). While traveling with his hunting partner Whitney on a boat to Rio de Janeiro, Rainsford gets separated after falling into the water and swimming ashore on Ship-Trap Island that has a mansion on it. Rainsford then encounters General Zaroff, the owner of the island and an avid hunter like him. However, unlike Rainsford, Rainsford hunts for ...

1) Who are the stakeholders of this project?
The project to build the island of Palm Jumeirah had multiple stakeholders in the project. However, the original and the main stockholder of the project was Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who devised the plan to help diversify his country’s economy by expanding the tourism industry. The fact that the oil in the country was running low, Dubai needed a new source of income. Therefore, the stakes were high for the economy of Dubai, making Dubai in general a Stakeholder as well. The project began to sprawl into multiple ...

Easter Island is a remote, inhabited place in the Pacific Ocean. Its area is 150 square miles and it is 2,000 miles from South America’s west coast. Its peak population was about 7,000 in 1550. In spite of the superficial insignificance of this island, its history is a dismal warning to the entire world. Several changes occurred in the Easter Island environment due to human exploitation and affected the life and social organization of the islanders. Easter Island’s history is not one of the esoteric knowledge and lost civilizations. Rather it shows how human societies ...

Capstone Proposal Introduction

This document is an IT project proposal created for Chugach Alaska Corporation’s Wake Atoll contract and for XXX University to satisfy the requirements for the TWA1 Technical Writing course, one of the final requirements in the Bachelor of Science in IT.

Wake Island Atoll is a small cluster of islands located between Japan and Guam just across the international dateline. United States acquired possession after its victory over Spain in the Spanish-American war . Later in WWII, the Japanese invaded and took possession until the Japanese surrendered. Today, the island is a somewhat sleepy place. Other than occasional stopover from flights to and from Japan, nothing much happens. ...

Contemporary Issues in Travel and Tourism

Introduction
Traveling away from one’s home for the point of pleasure, leisure, business, or religious obligation has progressed from ancient times to its contemporary form. This diverse industry generates income and jobs all around the world, for both less economically developed nations and the world’s super powers in Europe, North America, and across Asia. In the US alone, tourism generated 1.4 billion US dollars in the year 2013 with the most popular tourism spots being New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington D.C (World Travel and Tourism Council, 2014). These places have a high level of ...

One of the most popular tourist sites in the world has to be Dubai. Dubai city has grown to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world graced by amazing architecture, top of the class hotels, world renowned festivals and sporting activities, amazing views of the most amazing man made features the world has to offer. Dubai City has stood against the odds stacked against it to be one of the most thriving cities despite the harsh climatic environment. Perhaps the most amazing feature of this city is the Palm Springs Island and the remake of the ...

Many have described global warming as a hoax. Think-tanks in Washington have benefited from corporate lobby money to create theories and hypothesizes that global warming does not exist. Despite the sharp differences that exist between environmentalists and skeptics, the fact remains that some of the effects of global warming are evident in the world today. This paper uses the environmental changes discovered in the Island of Easter by Jared Diamond to illustrate the fact that global warming is something that really exists.

First it is important to note that global warming is not something that happens in the short-term. ...

Bermudian culture describes the day to day living of the inhabitants of the Island of Bermuda. The Island of Bermuda is one of the Virgin Islands Archipelago. Bermuda is one of the British Virgin Islands archipelago the other being the United States Virgin Island Archipelago . The island was named after Juan de Bermudez, a Spanish sailor who discovered the Island in 1515 but it was not inhabited until 1612 when Sir George Somers arrived in the Island after a shipwreck during a hurricane.
The inhabitants of Bermuda are multi ethnic. The island has people of different origins which explain ...

English colonialism was still in its infancy when William Shakespeare wrote The Tempest in about 1610, while Spain had been engaged in the conquest and exploitation of the New World for over 100 years by that time. Although Shakespeare was familiar with the Virginia Company and its new colony in Jamestown, which were established in 1607, he did not use any of these events as source material for the play. Rather he read accounts of a group of adventurers who had been shipwrecked in Bermuda, which was thought to be a magical or enchanted island. Unlike the Americas, however, ...

The Tempest illustrates Shakespeare’s idea of power and how it is exercised. In the island where all the characters were brought together by the tempest, their individual desire for power and how they plan to achieve it shows how man constantly struggles to possess power and rule over others. This characteristic of man is explained in Friedrich Nietzsche’s view of power, which states that it is the Will to Power that drives man to desire control and achieve it. He explains that life is a plurality of forces striving after an increase in the feeling of power, ...

Robinsonade literature is literature in the tradition of marooned sailors. It gets its name from the literary work, which sparked the tradition, Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. This essay establishes criteria for evaluating whether or not a piece of literature belongs in the Rubinsonade genre. It looks at an accounted of a shipwrecked Japanese sailor. The account, Nankai Kibun translates from Japanese to Sothern Ocean. It is an account of a Japanese sailor who was the only one of his crew to survive and one-day return to Japan. While the Japanese sailor's account is interesting, there are several reasons ...

H.G. Wells' 1896 science fiction novel The Island of Dr. Moreau tells the tale of Edward Prendick, a man who becomes shipwrecked on an island run by the titular scientist, who uses the animals of the island to run his experiments. Making cruelly horrific sentient beings, Prendick becomes accustomed to this environment and has to deal with many hard questions about his morality along the way. The book itself touches on many unique and prescient themes, not the least of which is the line between science and humanity. Is it possible to lose what makes us human while we ...

Sri Lanka is a country located on the same island in the Indian Ocean. It is a unitary state with a presidential form of government. In the history course Sri Lanka was under the domination of India, Portugal, the Netherlands and the UK. In 1948 Sri Lanka gained independence and in 1972 changed its name of Ceylon to Sri Lanka, which means “blessed land”. Colombo is informal capital city, and the official – the nearby town of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Under the current constitution of 1978, the President is the chief executive and the chief of the armed forces. Traffic ...

Introduction

Nature is a matter that is close to human beings’ hearts. This is essentially why there are emerging issues such as Global warming that trend globally. When God created the universe, it was perfect, according to the Bible. The Bible records that human beings valued nature to a great extent. After the curse, however, they had to toil and make a lot of sacrifices; including endangering the environment. There have been a lot of environmental challenges since the beginning and this is essentially why great philosophers such as Karl Marx made constant reference to nature and how human actions ...

REPEALING THE OUTDATED AND INADEQUATE POLICY

Hong Kong Basic Law: Repealing the Outdated and Inadequate Policy
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China is considered nowadays as one of Asia’s major financial capitals after Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Many international agencies, institutions and business firms based in the country, allowing the economy and development of the country flourish to what is now seen today. However, since the country was returned to China by the British Empire in 1997, political movements started to develop within Hong Kong due to the desire of many Hong Kong Nationals to repeal ...

Business operations, for example, of River Island entail decision-making that requires model formulation, which is significant as it represents the logic for business decision problem. Formulation denotes the process or procedure of changing the verbal description as well as numerical data/information to mathematical expressions that represent appropriate relationship within decision objectives, factors, as well as restrictions on the application of resources. LP (linear programming) means method applied for economic allocation or distribution of limited or scarce resources, for example material, labor, time, warehouse space, machine, energy, and capital (Fourer, Gay, & Kernighan, 2009). These limited resources are allocated to many ...

Michigan is the state in the Midwestern part of the United States, in the Great Lakes region. It is surrounded by the great Canadian city of Ontario on its northern and eastern border, and by Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, the strait of Mackinac, Ohio and Indiana on its southern side. Illinois and Wisconsin states border in the west. A total area of the state is 58,527 square miles. Michigan state is also known as the Great Lake State because it is surrounded by four of the five Great Lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Lake Erie. ...

It’s written a lot in many newspapers and magazines about Taiwan, there are lots of programs on TV that tells about Taiwan, but mostly we come across with labels on the clothes that says “Made in Taiwan” or “Made in R.O.C.” Yes, that is one of things Taiwan is popular for. But there are also many interesting information about this country. To begin with, the Taiwan Island is located on the South part of the East China Sea. There are rivers : long and slow, short and fast. Most of the rivers are in mountains. The longest river ...

Introduction

Homo floresiensis nicknamed “Hobbit”. The fossil was found by Indonesian and Asian researchers on the Flores Island, the Island is located between Asian and Australia. The fossil was excavated from one of the caves in the island and is believed to have lived between 95,000 and 18,000 years ago. The Flores was in the early days separated from other continents, researchers believe that this is an area that was occupied by very few mammals. Few mammals and reptile species typically occupied the island during the Pleistocene period. The common reptiles that were found in the area included ...

Introduction

The Tempest is a play that was written by Shakespeare. When this play was written, it was not instantaneously known as the work of post-colonial theatre as know today. However, after a careful look at the native island such as Caliban conflicting with settlers like Prospero, it is clear that there are features of post-colonialism that run throughout the play. This paper will explore some of the elements of the post-colonialism presented in The Tempest. Some of these elements that the paper shall exclusively look at include Prospero declaring himself as a leader of a strange island.

Discussion

On reading ...

Local community representative concerns

Though the proposed hotel is bound to bring good things and services to this island, there are concerns by the local community concerning the same.

How will the proposed hotel be beneficial to the local community at large?

Can the resort offer exclusive employment to the locals?

Shall the management and stakeholder be in constant co-operation with the local community in mobilizing resources for the betterment of the locals?
How can this be affected and what are some of the initiatives that the stakeholders of the proposed hotel, would bring to the community.
Since the ...

Sociological Paradigms – analysis of the movie ‘Lord of the Flies’

The movie ‘Lord of The Flies’ is based on the novel by William Golding set in the background of evacuation of a group of boys from England because of War. Anyone who has seen the movie can easily recall the plot – desperation and no supervision leading to savagery among a group of deserted boys stranded on an island after their plane crashes. In the end, the boys are rescued by a British Ship Captain but not before the failure of social teachings lead to the murder of Simon and Piggy.
Even though the movie might seem to project the ...

‘Enter dragon’ is a vivid example that fits within the Chinese martial art film genre. The film was produced by Hollywood studio (Warner Bros) in association Gold Harvest, and Concord Company, and the movie was set up in Hong Kong. The seven Little Fortunes were used as the stuntmen in the movie, i.e. Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, and Jackie Chan. During the opening sequence of the movie, portly Hung fights Lee, while Chan fights presented as a Henchman when Lee is found in the Han’s underground lair. Lee intended to use the Shaolin Monastery fight sequence, which would ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

The Caribbean
- Bermuda was first discovered by a Spanish sailor called Juan de Bermúdez, in the year 1505.
- Virginia Company, an English private organization, chartered by James I, established a settlement on the island in the year 1609.
- Sea venture, the vessel of the Virginia Company sailing under Admiral Sir George Somers, was bound to Jamestown, when the entire fleet of nine ships caught in a storm and took refuge in the island of Bermuda.
- Two new ships (Deliverance and Patience) were built out of the wreckage of Sea Venture and the survivors sailed ...

In “The Tempest” Act 3, Scene 2 builds upon the character personalities from the previous scenes. The theme of “mirroring” is prevalent within this act. By taking a closer look at Act 3, Scene 2 we can gain a better understanding of the developments in earlier acts and perspective on scenes to come.

Summary of Action

Throughout this part of the comedy, Caliban, Trinculo, and Stephano wander about the island drinking and squabbling (Shakespeare ). Caliban professes his desire to take action against Prospero. He proposes that they all steal Prospero’s magic books and take Miranda (Shakespeare ). Upon hearing this plot, Ariel ...

Introduction

Years after the Trojan War ended, Odysseus, the Greek hero, has still not reached his home of Ithaca. Most people fear that he is dead. Homer, in his epic poem The Odyssey, charts the story of Odysseus (Latin Ullyses), illustrating that he is being held as a sex captive on an island of Kalypso, the goddess. In addition, Poseidon, the sea god makes the seas rough to delay Odysseus’ journey home. Back home, his wife, Penelope is surrounded by many unwanted suitors who have their eyes of Odysseus’ throne. Odysseus faces numerous potentially fatal situations and overcomes. He achieves ...

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in

Introduction
The characteristics or features of islands, especially small islands or Small Island Developing States (SIDS), are such that the local economy in these territories or regions would depend on tourism unlike larger states (Briguglio & Briguglio n.d., 1). We can attribute this to the prevalence of tourist-related activities, specifically people choosing to visit SIDS for vacations or holidays. As argued by Jack Carlsen (2012), islands are appealing tourist locations because of the images that these territories engender. The desire of people to separate themselves from fast-paced, contemporary life influence them to view islands as idyllic spots for holidays where ...

Concerning Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh,

Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia v. Singapore)
The present decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) deals with the sovereignty of three land features located at the mouth of the straits of Singapore, between Malaysia to the north and Indonesia to the south. Sovereignty is defined as supreme power or authority and determining which state has that power over specific locations is a topic within international law. Figure 1 illustrates the location of the three land features, which will be called Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Putech (translates to “White Rock” from the Portuguese and Malaysian, respectively), Middle Rocks, ...

QUESTION 1

Latin America is a region that includes the Caribbean. This region was a creation of the Latin European colonists. This term was coined by a French Geographer in the 19th century. It included about twenty three colonies such as Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti among others. These nations were colonial territories of the France, Spain and Portugal. Their language is not English but Romance and the European languages dominate the region. Most of the people inhabiting the Latin American region are Roman Catholic followers.
Latin America started by the coming of the Portuguese and Spanish as colonialists to the ...

Antithesis – Taiwan’s Ineligibility Due To Historical Antecedents and Attributing Reasons

The PRC remains firm in its assertion that they are the sole legitimate ruling body that can lay claim over Taiwan. Historical antecedents provide the most compelling gist for the PRC’s framework in arguing that it has jurisdiction over the island. Jianming Shen, quoted as saying, “Taiwan has been part of China since ancient times” (2000, p. 1005), resolutely stands by the historical premise the mainlanders have stood by throughout their contest. For several times, rulers from the mainland ...

The first images that come to mind when people hear the words ‘Ellis Island” are the Statue of Liberty and all the immigrants who came by ship to start a new life in the USA. The Ellis Island documentary Island of Tears - Island of Hope won many awards and clearly the awards are deserved. In about thirty minutes the filmmakers were able to synthesize the experience of approximately 12 million immigrants coming through Ellis Island. The experience of these unfortunate individuals was made real to viewers. Individuals and families were mainly leaving Eastern and Southern Europe but some ...

William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is considered one of his most artistic plays, offering visions of magic and illusion on an enchanted island far, far away, with a tinge of fairy-tale like quality, resulting in a spectacle no reader stays immune to. By utilizing different sounds, natural or unnatural noises and music, Shakespeare created a haunting, hypnotic atmosphere where nothing is as it seems, where the events unfold in a dream-like haze in an effort to truthfully portray the magical reality of Prospero’s enchanted island. He utilizes sound and silence as tools for controlling those around him, such ...

Rhodes is the integration of refined Greek cuisine, historic sites and turquoise seas. Only 11 days spent on the Island of Roses will bring warm memories for the whole year. This period would be optimal to fully enjoy the beauty of Rhodes, visit all attractions, and get even tan. Moreover, visiting Rhodes during winter can be a richly rewarding experience. (RhodesGuide)
It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You will see the architecture, which has been preserved from the sixth century BC. Made in the Greek-Turkish style, it surprise with its power and antiquity. Home Rhodes fortress was built ...

The American Dream is the widespread assumption of a better life in the United States of America. It has long been believed that America is the epitome of a land that brings almost ultimately only prosperity and success to everyone who dares to dream the American dream—regardless of his or her origin. No wonder many people from the poorest countries of Asia dare themselves to fly thousands of miles away from the comforts of their homes to challenge the unknown and find out what is in store for them in the land that promises so much to people ...

History

The Gaspee refers to a royal naval ship that was in patrolling the waters of Rhode Island for any smugglers. It described the British revenue schooner that was set on fire in Narragansett Bay in the year 1772 by the people on Rhode Island. The burning of the Gaspee marked an essential event during the introduction of the American Revolution. This event occurred or rather signified the burning of the British revenue cutter through a small ship that guarder the coast. It brought about the Americans putting the ship’s crew ashore in order to avoid anyone getting hurt. ...

English

There are a lot of beautiful and wonderful places all over the world, and every living soul on this planet must have a place he/she would love to return to at least for a moment. And such places do differ with people; as for me, I am deeply keen of nature, mountains especially. The place that I was and am quite astounded with is located on the very border with Canada in the region of San Juan Islands, some 100 miles from Seattle, WA, and is called the Orcas Island. Quite interesting is the name of the island, and ...

Introduction

This essay articulates different ant war opinions deduced from multiple characters from the text. It is pertinent to note that love forms the basis of the anti-war sentiments. Despite the horrible experiences that people encounter during war there are lessons learnt that can be used to build a foundation for the future.

The performance of the strong man known as Megalo Velisario’s is one of the activities incorporated in the novel as peaceful engagement of different societies. In the contemporary world sports and games play a critical role for regional integration as well as multicultural positive interactions? Moreover, ...

Pacific War: While some contend that the Battle of Midway marked the point in World War II where the tide turned irrevocably against Japan, others cite the fight to maintain control of Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands as decisive in the outcome of the Pacific War. Which argument is correct?
The attack on Thailand sparked a new view to the World War II with many nations reacting furiously to the attack. The pacific war, one of the most heated in the World War II, was highly motivated by this attack. The entry of Japan in the war changed the ...

Adventure Island and Busch Gardens are both SeaWorld recreational parks located at Tampa, Florida. This essay aims to compare and contrast the two parks.

Theme and Land area

Adventure Island is Busch Gardens’ water park. It is located right across Busch Gardens and has an area of 30 acres. It mimics a beach atmosphere which offers lots of fun on the sand and water. Busch Gardens on the other hand, is more of a nature and wildlife park. It has an area of 335 acres, much bigger than Adventure Island.

Park Hours

Park hours for Adventure Island begins at either 9:30 am or 10:00 am ...

Introduction

Advertisements are forms of promotional strategies that organizations apply to enhance awareness for their products. These advertisements usually aim to make the target customers respond through purchase and continued support for the product. Just like the other three marketing mix elements (product, price and place), the strategies designed to enhance promotional efforts differ. Their effect, likewise, depend on how the important elements of an advertisement are chosen, created, and applied. In this regard, the current paper aims to present an analysis of a print advertisement, particularly that of Old Spice, and argue that it failed to create the needed ...

Puerto Rico should be "set" once more in the United States mind- -put topographically, as well as monetarily, socially and juridical, so that the more profound political importance of its connections can be seen in new and right point of view. Puerto Rican issues have been moving full-steam ahead. The island is no more a risk yet a credit. It additionally is to linger somewhat bigger than its minor geological size would demonstrate on the grounds that it is starting to add to the outside world- -particularly to the United States- -something that is profitable and rare today: understanding ...

Greek mythology as it exists today was a culmination of oral tradition that was part of the early Greek civilization. Different regions of the Greek empire had different heroes with their own traditions and thus Greek mythology was firmly tied to it geographical location. Geography and physical places/ space helped shape Greek mythology to a large extent. Homer’s Odyssey, Iliad and Hesiod’s Theogony are examples of Greek mythology where the myth is tied with the geographical space. With the mention of places these poets also driven by a certain ‘Panhellenic’ impulse-a desire to appeal to as many ...

List of 10 Native species indigenous to California that can be used in reclaiming abandoned lots

1. Big Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)
2. California Flannelbush (Fremontodendron californicum)
3. Silver bush Lupine (Lupinus albifrons)
4. California Wild lilac (Ceanothus spp)
5.Island bush poppy (Dendromecon harfordii)
6. California fuchsia (Epilobium canum)
7. Manzanitas of California (Arctostaphylos species)
8. White sage (Salvia apiana)
9. Island black Sage (Salvia brandegei)
10. Golden currant (Ribes aureum gracillimum) (Akaka, et al., 2013).

SERVICE PLANNING TABLE

Re: Request for use of Abandoned lot to grow a native Garden
This letter is written to request for the use of abandoned lot at (..) to grow a native garden. Native gardens will be important for our community ...

Characters in a number of motion pictures can be used to understand the exhibition and management of assorted psychological disorders. In some instances, film makers have wrongfully portrayed specific psychological disorders. Even so, the accurate or wrongful portrayal or use of a disorder as a backdrop theme is normally conceptualized with regard to the message that the film maker intended to pass across. This assertion underscores the fact that movies are predominantly used for entertainment hence are not bound to any accurate portrayal of a disorder. At the same time, it is notable how a number of films have ...

In the wake of the second world war and with the entry into what would come to be known as the “nuclear age”, the world knew that nothing would be the same in the second half of the 20th century. Arguably, nobody felt the dawn of the nuclear age greater than Japan following the devastation and chaos caused by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. First-hand accounts of the bombings were frightening; people screaming, fleeing, desperate to find cover, while a blinding light and a sudden blazing heat suddenly filled the air, followed swiftly by an ominous roar, a steady ...

The Importance of Stakeholder Management in Delivering Successful Projects

INTRODUCTION
In the contemporary business environment, managing projects with diverse stakeholders is normality that some do not fully optimize, because of lack or of missing knowledge and experience in stakeholder management. This essay emphasizes the necessity of applying effective stakeholder management in project management processes for achieving successful projects. The essay describes the stakeholder management roles, challenges, and skills, illustrating four case studies that dealt with stakeholder management in their project management processes. The analysis of the four case studies increases the understanding on how stakeholder management applied to project management processes can lead to a successful or to ...

In any story there are only three types of conflict, man versus nature, man versus man, man versus himself. In the case of the 1933 pre-Code Hollywood film King Kong however, it seems that all three were used. A quick synopsis of the film can be described within the two of the most memorable lines of the film itself:
- When the character Carl Denham (portrayed by Robert Armstrong) speaks to the character Jack Driscoll (portrayed by Bruce Cabot) about the latter’s growing infatuation with the heroine Ann Darrow (portrayed by Fay Wray):
“The Beast was a ...

Abstract

This essay aims to explore several scientific issues: the relation between the burning of fossil fuels and its consequential unbalance of the carbon cycle and the increase of the greenhouse effect that follows it, causing a biosphere change with multiple deleterious effects, both on environments, species and life itself; understand how Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection explains the existence of different species of a being (such as lizards) in one same island; why, now in the Genetics area, a cell’s DNA is only visible during mitosis for being condensed, why “daughter cells”, in meiosis, all have unique ...

Virginia represents a large area in North America with vast populations today who never existed in the history of the state. The poor conditions of the region during pre- colonial times, made staying in the area quite unfavorable. However, leadership of several prominent men made Virginia quite successful and worth inhabiting. Despite the laziness and incompetency of some kings and officials, Virginia made it through the tough colonial times with the drive of some of her officials (Francis et al). Virginia’s success and development came about as a result of distribution of inhabitants in different towns and cities.
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The issue of race has been at the core of Cuba’s cultural identity for hundreds of years. Liberation from Spain, an egalitarian quest, and the empowering concept of cubanidad brought Cuba into the family of nations, and yet independence came with racial complications with which the country struggled well into the 20th century. “Cuba and Cubanness were represented in vastly different ways in 1899, when the defeated Spain had to relinquish sovereigntyDespite their differences, all these definitions had a common element: the shared belief that ‘race’ was at the very core of the nation.” The persistent problems of ...

The Point Reyes national Seashore is an outstanding monument of national beauty and is probably one of the most striking of islands in the Southern California area. The island was formed during several earthquakes and since it lies on the San Bernardino fault, it is obviously prone to earthquakes of substantial power and ferocity.
At present the earthquake trail is quite interesting although it is actually eroding itself day by day making it ever more dangerous for a visit. There actually over 240 kilometers of trails which can explore on the Point Reyes island although this is by far ...

Question 1.

In his book “Open Veins of Latin America” Eduardo Galeano provides a dramatic picture of Latin America’s exploitation by the advanced European nations. One of the most vivid examples of such exploitation was the extraction and exporting of precious metals from the continent. For three centuries, gold and silver have been shipped to Spain and Portugal in enormous amounts.
The story of silver mines at Cerro Rico and the rise and fall of the city of Potosi (modern Bolivia) is given by Galeano as an example of how Europe financed its industrial development with the mineral resources from ...

The Republic of Ireland, more commonly referred to as Ireland occupies five-sixths of the island of Ireland, the second largest island of the British Isles. Its demography, history, geography and culture are unique (see Appendix 1 for scale map).

Ireland, which is to the far west of Europe, is also west of the island of Great Britain. The Republic covers 70,280 of the island’s total area of 84,431 square kilometres. The climate is temperate maritime, modified by the North Atlantic Current which contributes to its mildwinters and cool summers. Because of the high precipitation, the climate ...

English

We always come across the term ‘intertextuality’ even though we may not realize it. It refers to the relationship between different texts, most of which are literary texts. Such literary relationships are very common in novels and their various themes. The movie and novel, Life of Pi is a great example of a story having intertextual relationships. Written by Yann Martel, Life of Pi is a story based on how a young Hindu boy is separated from his family when a storm sinks the boat they were travelling in. However, Pi, the young boy does not survive alone.
He ...

Introduction

The literature and art of a given era often portray the beliefs and views of the societies. Homer’s poems, the Odyssey and Iliad, as well as an epic poem from Mesopotamia, the Epic of Gilgamesh, give the historians and scholars a notion how the ancient Greeks lived their day-to-day lives. By the reader reading the three poems, he/she will be in a position to experience Homer’s three thousand years old society. Admired through the ages by many as the ultimate epic, Homer’s Odyssey, along with its companion piece of work, the Iliad, was accepted by the ...

Being an exploratory research; a preliminary study of some unfamiliar problem (the legalization of marijuana) which I have little knowledge about, it had to take the form of a pilot study. The research was undertaken in three stages namely the exploration of the phenomenon, the description of the phenomenon and the experimentation of the relationship between marijuana, the livelihood of people and the economy.

In exploring the effects of legalizing marijuana, I found the following journals:

- Regulation, with an impact factor of 4
- Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice , with an impact factor of 7
- New Scientist, with an impact factor of 1
Among the five journals, I skimmed two ...

- The Palace of the Minos at Knossos was build around 1900 BC. This structure was designed in a way that it had religious, civic and economic units. These units promoted religion, civic and economic culture within the society.
- The Homeric epics gave a description of warriors employing the use of bronze objects and weapons like helmets. Homers epics had a great influence on the culture of the Greece. These epics brought up great changes on the Renaissance culture of the Italy.
- The two major works, Odyssey and Iliad brought up new standards in the Western classical ...