Abuse Essays

Race has been a word that is associated with many thoughts, words, and emotions for thousands of years. Throughout history, people have judged and mistreated just because they were born in the wrong race. Being under discrimination, there were many writers who struggled for the racial movement and gained many …

Drugs are bad, or at least that’s what they say. I wouldn’t now I’ve never had any drugs… this of course this is not true. I take drugs all the time, truth is, we all do. America is the drug capital of the world; we Americans take them 24/7. They …

“Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros is a story of a wife who lives in a cycle of abuse from her husband. Cleofilas, a woman with unrealistic views of love, and Juan Pedro, her husband, move from Mexico to Seguin, Tejas, near a little arroyo called La Gritona. Cleofilas bears …

Through the revelations of an unnamed narrator, we are given a glimpse of Judith’s contradictory attitudes and behaviors without any insight into previous experiences that would explain them. Judith’s persona is more than an enigma; many people are not what they seem if we don’t know them well. No, her …

The story is told through the eyes of David Hayden in which we see events that clearly explain that when the truth is not told people and communities suffer. Racial prejudice, loyalty, law and justice are all factors that contribute to the emotional sufferings of the Sioux women, David’s family …

The use of credit cards is much more dangerous than use of checks or cash. Paying with cash is very easy; for knowing how much money is available and how much can be spent makes it very hard to get into debt. When paying with a check the process is …

This is about the debate between nature vs. nurture. Meaning, whether or not nurture is the reason we are the way we are, or if it is because of of nature. This is a very well known debate-Throughout History, philosophers and scientist have debated the role of biology in determining …

For centuries, the one plague that human civilization faces is a disease that has no evident cure – crime. Before one can even try to find solutions for it, one must understand what a crime is and the nature of crime. Crime itself is defined as any offence harmful against …

There she lays in a nursing home bed, unable to care for herself. She has no family or friends to help or support her, in her time of need. For the first time in her life, she is unsure if she will be treated with dignity and compassion. Her name …

Poverty is like a diseases that should never be wished on anyone, and in the book, CHILD OF THE DARK, by Carolina Maria De Jesus, the favelados were living an abominable life, and Carolina does a good job of capturing this horrifying lifestyles in her daily diary. Carolina’s diary was …