Thénardiers Essays

Voltaire: The Rogue Thinker "God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh" (New World Encyclopedia), once said the French Enlightenment writer, Voltaire. Ever since he began to become popular in Europe, Voltaire had an intense dedication to his beliefs. This offset the fact that he never created a philosophy of his own. He was a man of ideas rather than systems, and he used his works to criticize them. Attacking religion because of its systems, Voltaire gathered a great deal of attention

I. The world consumes about 2.25 billion cups of it every day, it is also the world’s second most valuable traded commodity, and drinking it can improve blood flow. A. This valued commodity is coffee. B. Americans alone drink 54% of coffee every day. II. Coffee is a drink made from roasted beans, which are seeds of a cherry-like tree. III. In researching this topic, I have discovered how diverse coffee and its history is. IV. Tonight I will present the history of coffee, the health benefits

Poetry Assignment Langston Hughes Langston Hughes lived long and interesting life. He has written a great number of novels and plays, short stories and critical essays, was good in translations, and collected folklore anthology. Yet, the true identity of his talent was revealed in the verses. That is why Langston Hughes became one of the largest national poets of the twentieth century. Langston Hughes has touched major social and racial problems in his works. The issues of racial transition, discrimination

Don’t Shoot is a song that was written for the death of Michael Brown, an African-American teenager that was shot six times and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. The song features various rappers such as: Rick Ross, Dj Khaled , Diddy , Swizz and various other rappers who are all African American. The main concerns/issues that are presented in this song are police brutality, racism and protesting which has been conveyed through the use of inclusive language, symbolism

Pablo Picasso was the most influential artist in the early 20th century. He was born on October 25, 1881. His real name is actually Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Crispiniano de la Santísima Trinidad. He passed on April 8, 1973. He was born in Malaga, Spain and died in Mougins, France. His nationality was Spanish. His parents’ names were Jose Ruiz Blaso and Maria Picasso Lopez. Later on in his life, he dropped his father’s name and basically kept it

Nationalism, what comes to our minds when we hear this such word? This one could mean when the inhabitants of the country wish to fight for the nation rather of a certain group? Does it mean that this particular person wanted freedom from which they still fight on from the oppressors of the land? When we say nationalism, it is a feeling of devotion to have pride in one’s country. But how this nationalism reaches its people in order to be free and, consequently become patriot in the country. For

In the recent years more and more companies in the retail and food industry are concerned about the environmental consequences of their action and also the social ethics for the people involved in the production process. This is a shift from the philanthropic actions companies used to take in 1970’s and by following basic international standards to a ‘business case’ perspective of CSR (Customer Social Responsibility). According to the World Business Council for Sustainability Develpoment ( WBCSD)

Music, like most forms of art, often shares subjective views with its listeners. An individual favourite song may be the next person's most hated song. Although different factors come into play when determining if music is good or not, there is no concrete definition of ‘good music’. Society continues to label certain songs originating from genres such as hip-hop, blaming the music for violent acts committed within society. In 1994, a 17-year-old shot a cop in Milwaukee, telling police that he was

A. “No Guns Allowed” is a very touching song by rapper Snoop Dogg featuring Cordi B and the talented artist Drake. This song was released on April 4, 2013 as one of his hit singles off of his album Reincarnated LP. No Guns Allowed was produced with labels such as Berhane Sound System, Mad Decent, and RCA Records. Publishing this song was definitely out of the normal as Snoop Dogg is popular for his hip-hop style of rap. B. Thesis Statement: Touching literary devices such as euphemism, allusion,

“She is not even a respectable woman. She does not wear women's clothes. She is dressed like a soldier, and rides round the country with soldiers.” She is Joan of the arc as described by the archbishop from the iconic play Saint Joan, a play written in the 1920s. At the time when the story was written, it wasn’t the best era for women. It was still the post-suffrage movement. Yes, women have just obtained the right to voting, to control their own body and sexuality. And women with jobs has increased

The book, A Dog’s Purpose, follows a dog who searches for his unique purpose in life. The canine experiences reincarnation four times, and in every one of his different lives, he tries to accomplish making his human happy. In his first life, he is Toby and lives in the Yard with a woman called Señora. Toby adjusts to his life in the Yard and assumes his purpose is to make Señora smile. He comforts her and takes pride in being her favorite. Soon, Toby makes a trip to the veterinarian's office and

Bullet fragments from the 1996 shooting involving Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight, are still reportedly lodged in Knight's skull. Back in 1996, Knight and Shakur were the victims of a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the shooting, Shakur was shot several times (which ultimately caused his death), and Knight was struck in his arm and another bullet grazed the mogul's skull. The fragments from the bullet that grazed Knight's skull have never been removed, and it seems Knight is refusing

You see this struggling young funky fresh rapper right here. He’s me. Once I had it all, a palace, a butler, and a lobster shaped hot tub. But that all changed when I met... Snoop Dogg. Way back on the day of April 20, 1889. It had started like any other day, I was waking up to the smell of clean socks. A smell I remember as if it was my bride for many years. I live for the clean socks. The clean socks live for me. But something wasn’t right, one of my limited edition Dr Dre socks was smelling

‘Nadja’ the work based on magical realism by Andre Breton’s is positioned somewhere amid the story of the author’s own life and a metaphysical historical imaginary tale with a deep indication of all the attributes of magical realism. Nadja is for sure a beautiful love story in its first level, but the underlying major question is regarding the entity of affection. The straight answer is the imaginary magical character, Nadja, a gorgeous and fascinating lady whom Breton, who is in fact the writer

In The Republic, Plato, speaking through his teacher Socrates, answers two questions. What is justice? Why should we be just? Book I sets up these challenges. While among of both friends and enemies, Socrates launch this question, “What is justice?” He disagrees with every suggestion offered, showing how it has hidden contradictions. But he never offers a definition of his own, and the discussion ends in a deadlock, where no further progress is possible and the interlocutors don’t feel sure of their

What’s the best right that we have in Canada? Well, of course it’s the right to vote. In Canada, everyone is entitled the right to vote as long as they fit 2 requirements which are to be a Canadian Citizen and 18 years of age or older. It might have taken a while for some particular groups to get the right to vote, but today all groups are allowed to vote if the 2 requirements are met. Canadians have been voting since 1792 in Upper and Lower Canada elections, but have been voting in one united election

The rebirth of knowledge began in Italy in (c.1400-1550). This period was a huge step to creativity and especially, change. Around the 15th century in Florence the Renaissance, which was a massive cultural movement, spread across all of Europe. This meant that a break was taken from the medieval traditions and a new era began in Philosophy, art, politics, economy and literature. Along with Renaissance came the Enlightenment of new ideas. Scientist prospered and new, and exciting inventions were beginning

Ernest Hemingway once stated, “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen” (Cowley, 1949, p. 90). Understanding that listening entails far more than simply hearing another, Hemingway realized that comprehending another’s message involved the use of empathy. By putting oneself into another’s shoes and experiencing their world, empathy allows for greater understanding (Hojat et al., 2011), and therefore, enables one to “listen”. However, the concept of empathy encompasses far more

In a book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, he creates a vision of a perfect utopian society that achieve happiness by altering the mindset of its citizens to believe they are happy. In a society depicting such a strange ideology of people are no longer happy as they make their minds up to be, but as happy as the government allow them to be. In Brave New World , it is implied further, that if we are to find true fulfillment and meaning in our own lives, we must be able to contrast the good parts

Illusion Versus Reality Illusions tend to drift an individual away from their sanity, causing them to negligently live their lives according to false, misleading and fantasized beliefs. Reality, on the other hand, is the state of the world in which it exists. The theme of reality versus illusion, and how one copes with conflict, is excessively depicted in Margaret Laurence “Horses of the night,” through the protagonist, Chris. He experiences several external and internal conflicts associating