… that I have taken part in was the Goodwill Clothing Drive through my school's Student Government. This activity is so important to me because it was my first volunteering experience. I participated in this project last year as a junior. I was totally…

… on April 16, 1889 in Walworth, London, and lived a Dickensian childhood, shared with his brother, Sydney, that included extreme poverty, workhouses and seeing his mother's mental decline put her into an institution. Both his parents, though separated…

… of Venetian painting, and the art that came from Venice during that era includes some of the most visually exciting works in the whole of western art. Venetian painting grew out of Byzantine art, and its ease and sensuousness clearly differentiate…

… mind of Edgar Allan Poe, a scent of his essence had been molded into each to leave the reader with a better understanding of Poe’s life. Poe displayed his greatest life’s achievements and his worst disappointments in a series of stories created throughou…

… in Paris to admire the most famous painting in the world, the "Mona Lisa." This artist’s legacy lives today as his creations continue to inspire artists, scientists, and the common man even four hundred years after his death. This artist, Leonardo…

… retries shown throughout the film. I felt this was basically just that famous overused philosophy of try and try again. Even though these people are complete and utter failures, they don't give up. They continue to try doing something…

… two of the major characters were very intriguing. Mommy and Daddy's relationship is a classic example of how Albee mixes ordinary people and grim humor. Mommy is fifty-five, a well-dressed imposing woman. Daddy is sixty, a man of small stature…

… more than likely there will be some form of violence. Bombings, shootings, fights, or even yelling are found somewhere in each movie. Even though movies are not real, the acts that happen every night aren’t. Whether classic gangster style rampages,…

… a mark in the modern times is the Black Death, which plagued Asia and Europe in 1345. This plague was something never seen before by Europeans and Asians. It distressed the entire populations of these continents for approximately twenty five percent…

… best means of communication. Without language most people would be very hard pressed to understand one another, and it is for this reason that it is important for those individuals living amongst one another to speak the same language and therefore…