… says his land is clear of nuclear weapons. He's got them. And we're going to find them." These words of President George W. Bush encompass Barbara Tuchmann's definition of wooden-headedness. Being biased, ignorant, stubborn and making situations…

… are many dramatic changes. There are new forms of media such as Television and the Internet. Family structures and emphasis on values today are nothing like what they were fifty years ago. Even people's life goals and outlook on life are different.…

… and that is boyhood friendships. Passage 1 is by Frank Conroy and the second passage is by William Maxwell. Both of these passages show that friendships can last. Both passages show that boyhood is friendship and the boys in the passage show it…

… neatly written in black magic marker on a jagged piece of brown cardboard. A filthy man about forty-five held the sign. He wore a pair of dirty, blood stained military fatigues; a green t-shirt, tattered and frayed; a military issue jacket whose…

… to me and explained how I should never judge a book by its cover. I never really understood what she was talking about - until fourth grade, when something happened that changed my life. I didn't realize it then, but Mrs. Beaker's fourth-grade…

… emotion, not reason, that motivates characters in literature, quoted by Duff Brenna. This means that literature is emotional and can be a motivation for characters. I agree with this quote and the two pieces of literature that greatly support this…

… a thought kept processing in my mind. Why wasn't he with his friends? I hesitated going up to him because of that fight we had a few days ago but he looked so sad and forlorn, I decided to do so anyways. Well, nothing could've prepared me for the revela…

… called Cloverrail where Julie Banks attends her grade 12 year at Lord Seedsmuir High. Julie lived everyday the same, she would go to school (most of the time), hang out with her best friends Jolleen and Amy, do her homework and spend most of her…

… a way of life. It is defined as "the transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining the fundamentals and principles of human knowledge." Discovering these principles and fundamentals is the goal of American Romantics Henry David Thoreau…

… look how he dresses". How often have we heard somebody mention these things, yet, how often have we said something similar? I believe our society is based on the superficial things, which we categorize people because of the actions of a small percentage.…