The statue of society stood high and tall
And watched over all
Its head of steel
To which others should show tribute and kneel
Its torso of copper was pierced and broken
Where conspiracy and bribery was spoken
The legs of iron rusted with raging corruption
As the people broke out into a revol...
Soup of the Day
Night by Elie Wiesel is a strong and powerful book with a whirlwind of emotions. Elie uses fear to power and push his work forward compared to others. By using fear he emphasizes the pain and hopelessness of his situation. Elie does not only write about how he had felt or seen in ...
Anti “Anti Kony”
"It manipulated facts for strategic purposes, exaggerating the scale of LRA abductions and murders" says Foreign Affairs (Kony 2012). This is just one of many complaints about the new short film Kony 2012, all stating that there is a massive over exaggeration of wha...
The Curious Incident of the Dog and the Night-Time by Mark Haddon is a novel that is taught in school to students as young as 12 years old. However, some students think that this book isn’t suitable to young readers? Agree for or against to this, if this book should be taught for young readers.
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Augusts (Octavian)
Augustus was the first emperor of Rome. His real name was Octavian but he was given the name Augustus by the senate as an honour for his great achievements. He avenged the death of Caesar together with Mark Antony, before falling out with him. He defeated Mark Antony and the Egy...
The death of Kim Jong IL was on 17 December 2011, and this struck insecurity throughout the world, making people wonder what will really happen with the two separate Koreas. The new leader of North Korea is now Kim Jong IL’s son Kim Jong UN. He had made the announcement that the people shouldn’t...
Can you imagine asking for anything that you want - and then getting it? Well, this is how many of China’s new generation of kids is growing up. China’s one child policy, and it’s economic growth, has resulted in what is commonly known as the “Little Emperor Syndrome”. People say that th...
Have you ever heard someone say that they can speak English and that is enough, because after all most people speak English? Well, to tell you the truth they would be wrong. There are a number of reasons why you should learn a foreign language. In our world today, only one fifth of the population sp...
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