Discussion on The Meaning and Characteristics of My Name

My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potek is a novel about a jewish boy troubled by his own artistic gift. The main problem with Asher’s art is that it combats his jewish upbringing, and his dad makes it a point that Asher’s “gift” is “foolishness.” Asher eventually succombs to his artistic fate, for he [...]

Bitcoin is regarded as the first digital currency across the world. The fact that the cryptocurrency works without the regulation from a single administrator or central bank makes it a decentralized currency. Ever since its creation in 2009, the cryptocurrency has grown popularity across the globe [...]

Thomas Greene Wiggins was born May 25, 1849, to Mungo and Charity Wiggins, slaves on a Georgia plantation. He was blind and autistic but a musical genius with a phenomenal memory. In 1850 Tom, his parents, and two brothers were sold to James Neil Bethune, a lawyer and newspaper editor in [...]

Rose was 15 when her parents informed her that they would need to move for her father’s work. Rose was dealing with the change alright until the first day of school in the new school. There she was full of anxiety and fear with how to make new friends. Unfortunately, very few friends appeared [...]

Flamboyant, mischievous, undeniable skills of artistry, and a key factor of the surrealism movement. Salvadore Dali was born May 11th, 1904 in Figueres Catalonia, Spain. He enrolled in different art schools, where he experimented with different types of art styles. He later travelled and made [...]

Emerson wrote self reliance and argued that self sufficiency is the thing that give people the freedom to find their true self. Emerson states “To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in you private heart, is true for all men,--that is genius.” (pg. 641). This tells us [...]

The Bundy family does not show any Christian values or attachments to the same because of their lifestyles. I believe that religion can be used constructively to help this family get functional and organized. It is imperative to note that religion is an important social issue that addresses in a [...]

The right to pursue whatever we want regardless of the consequences is theoretically a good notion; however, when enacted, it is bad for both individuals and society. The action to pursue desired goals regardless of consequences shows drive, initiative, and passion; however, this idea also [...]

If I had to think back to a time when she taught me something it would be, self importance; self reliance. Not everyone is nice, not everyone will help you out. I learned that all from her and then some. I had just turned eighteen on May 14, 2015, when I began to acknowledge that my mother wasn’t [...]