Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men

      Of Mice and Men was published in 1937. Steinbeck grew up in Salinas, California. The Great Depression was the worst economic crash in the history of the industrialized world, lasting for 10 years– 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929 ( Black Tuesday) which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors.

Things I Hate About Public Transportation

I am proud of the humour that I incorporated throughout the course of my rant. I think that it was worth a chuckle or two. I am happy that I managed to present without physically panicking too much. The presentation itself went a lot better than I thought it would. I would like to work on my physical presentation skills. I hope than one day I am able to speak…

Narrative Essay Corrections

I believe that I maintained a humorous, witty dialogue consistently throughout my essay. In a sense, the process of writing said dialogue allowed me to mold a former bad memory into a funny one. I believe that I went into great detail about the events that occurred during this day. This made for a satisfying consistency, a nice “flow,” over the course of my essay. I am certain that I need…

The Human Condition: Mounira

In the Humans video, Mounira tells her experience living as a Syrian refugee in Jordan. She is forced to act as both mother and father to her children, as two of them including her husband are still in Syria, along with the rest of her family. She tells of how her children imitate the fighting they witnessed, and the nightmares they have every night. Her children were forced to become…