Santa Monica Essays

The good, the bad, and the smelly Little do many people know that a long long time ago in a place not so far away, I was a boyscout. I started as a kid and was in “Den 7” and slowly through the years I crossed over into boy scouting. I went through all the ranks and all the summer camps and even all of the outings. Toward the end of my scouting career I really grew to hate the program, I never thought it was “cool” to be a boy scout but with high school right around the corner I figured I was absolutely

From the time I was born, I was given certain characteristics and behaviors that follow through my life and creates a barrier for myself to have a limit on opportunities that could be taken. Every single person has a unique way of expressing their cultural identity because no one grew up exactly the same. I wouldn’t have my own identity if I didn’t carry morals and beliefs I had while growing up. I also gained characteristics that represent me from the society we live in today. Thinking of the daily

After finishing High School, I felt like I had just accomplished a chapter in my life. I was now moving on to college to pursue a bachelor 's degree in Criminal Justice. I would be attending Santa Monica College, starting fall of 2016. I decided to go to SMC to experience its culturally diverse environment. My first semester I had many obstacles; however, it was worth it because at the end I learned to not give up. An obstacle I overcame was getting classes. Since, I applied late to school due

that I wouldn't make any new friends. Thankfully, that is not the life I live here at Channel Islands. Although there is a ton of work to get done every night, I find that I am happy here and meeting new people everyday. My photo was taken at the Santa Monica Pier. The previous day

When we read these two books, Walden and The Old Man and The Sea, we are able to realize the importance of dignity for Thoreau and Santiago, the main character of The Old Man and The Sea. I will consider what their dignity is and how they get dignity. Santiago and Thoreau seem to live for their dignity and they act to protect their dignity. Dignity becomes their core. Then, for Santiago, It seems that his dignity is being a fisherman. He has a pride as a fisherman but he is not proud of fishing

effect on people like Monica Lewinsky. After her secret went public, news got around in hours, minutes, seconds, flying from one person's phone to another. Her story was on the cover page of websites like yahoo, CNN, and NBC news within hours of publication. Monica Lewinsky said “It was the first time the traditional news was usurped by the internet for a major news story, a click that reverberated around the world.” (Lewinsky 1). Within minutes, people did not think of her as Monica Lewinsky, but as

I chose Aesop Fables. I chose this because I read his work as a youngster. Aesop was born in Greece and had been a slave. During his slavery, Aesop enjoyed observing the behaviors of humans and animals. This is what gave him ideas for his stories that gave the animals human-like characteristics such as speech and emotions, but the animal characters would still carry out their qualities and natural tendencies. In his fables, Aesop would talk about certain people or animals doing something. In his

In today’s society, humans look down on each other for their wrongdoings. These wrongs include adultery and acting as a coward. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts society’s oppressive actions toward Hester Prynne because she committed adultery; as well as Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale’s internal struggle against his own cowardliness. Hester is shunned and looked down upon because of her sin, just as women in today’s society are for committing the same act. Dimmesdale is petrified of

As Monica Geller once said in Friends, “Welcome to the real world. It sucks. You’re gonna love it!” Growing up and having to face reality is hard. In J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, he illuminates the themes of alienation and the painfulness of growing up through the eyes of a conflicted teen. This teen, Holden Caulfield, isolates himself from people as a form of protection. Holden remains conflicted throughout the novel. There are times when he isolates himself from everyone around him and

Is the twenty-first century and we are still seeing racism and sexism. Isn’t that supposed to be a thing from the past? All this technological advances and new discoveries and some of us are still having the same mentality our ancestors had back in the 30s. We have been seeing these types of prejudice over the years. In 1982, Alice Walker decided to write the novel ‘The Color Purple’ to let us all see life with sexism and racism from the perspective of a black woman. But what exactly is the definition

Evidence + Argument Lewinsky uses a diverse mix of ethos, logos and pathos to make her persuasive point that we cannot sit idly by when cyberbullying occurs right in front of us. Ethos, as discussed in the previous section, is a speaker’s credibility. Ethos is not something automatic, it must be established and actively cultivated by the presenter (Keith & Lundberg 39). Logos and pathos are evidence and emotional appeals, respectively, and form the core of the speech’s content (Beebe & Beebe 203)

The fate of the timeless friendship of Ross, Rachel, Joey, Chandler, Monica and Phoebe picks up in this short sequel of Friends. With turbulence (1- Information Theory, Haun 16) within the status of Ross and Rachel 's relationship, the group fears their demise will inevitably ensue. The friends are there for Rachel as they help her decide to take action. Ross widely known as, “the divorcer” makes an effort to clear his name in a not so surprising gesture. Joey surprises everyone when the fate of

In Monica Lewinsky’s article “Shame and Survival”, the audience is introduced to the dark side of the internet. Monica Lewinsky shows this by presenting the consequences that came hand in hand with the affair she had with former president, Bill Clinton. After the news of the affair broke on the internet, the story rapidly became worldwide news. The media quickly took a stand on the story, turning the blame on Monica and humiliating her, this impacted her entire life for many years; Monica reveals

Kobo (Kimifusa) Abe is a well-known Japanese author. Abe’s book The Face of Another won the Yomiuri Literature Prize in 1960 (Zolbrod). His work first began to receive international attention during his travel to Eastern Europe (Price, Magill’s). His writing was influenced by his childhood and culture which is prevalent in his novels The Face of Another and Woman in the Dunes. Abe was born on March 7, 1924, in Tokyo, Japan, and before he turned one he moved to Manchuria, China, where he spent most

In the poem "Minerva Jones", written by Edgar Lee Masters, what you learn about this individual in the epitaphs is that minerva jones dies because of the pressure she felt that everyone in the little town was judging her for a fault that she didn't do. The people this person speaks about is a man named Butch Weldy and some people in the village. The relationship and interaction that is evident in this poem is that many people in the village judge her by her looks, and when they interact with her

The most successful of speakers manage to use all three of these. In Monica Lewinsky’s heartfelt Ted Talk, “ The Price of Shame” she thoroughly discusses the darkness of her traumatic past scandal, and the consequence that hurt more than being publically infamous-- the collective bullying she received from practically

Have you ever liked someone so much, that you feel you can never get over them? Too often a break up is made complicated as emotions too easily get in the way of properly dividing yourself from them. Breakups are never easy and it can really hurt a person’s self esteem but you should never let a breakup overwhelm. The only way of becoming at peace again after a breakup is to get over your ex and move on. There are six key ways to get over your ex which are: delete their number, delete and block them

Diwali is around the corner and everyone is eager to celebrate irrespective of caste, creed and religion. Diwali is celebrated to acknowledge the victory of good over evil. When one talk about Diwali the first thing goes in mind is holiday, crackers, sweets, diyas and pooja. It is memorable to celebrate festival with family and friends the traditional way of in discriminatively bursting crackers. But have we ever realized the chaos we are creating to nature, our motherland? Think about it! As a

1. One of the best books that my parents read to me was about Santa Claus. I remember clearly about the story since the story was about a Grumpy Santa Claus getting ready to give the gifts to the children. I enjoyed the book a lot because it was Christmas season and the way my father did impressions of Santa that was really bad and made me laugh a lot. I still remember the way the story goes and how funny Santa is because he is grumpy, hates the cold, and a real klutz, which made the book really

"Merry Christmas!" the shadows shouted. "It 's me, your grandpa, my little gustaf, look at you!"said that shadow worn as the Santa Claus. The shadow which called himself grandpa held Gustaf in his arms and looked at him warmly. Gustaf was surprised,he said ,"Grandpa , grandma, aunt !dad ,mom,where are just now? Hi, my angle, you came here too? "Then he got on the ground and