Living Essays

A fashion retailer in Santa Barbara, California, presents a new designer dress at one of the “by invitation only” fashion shows. After the show, the dress will be sold at the company’s boutique store for $10,000 apiece. Demand at the boutique is limited due to the short time the dress …

Award winning novel Private Peaceful by author Michael Morpurgo takes readers on a journey into lives of the Peaceful family. Set in England and the trenches of Belgium during the period of World War One, Morpurgo illustrates how different people respond to authority. Narrator Thomas (Tommo) Peaceful follows the rules …

You are the registered nurse performing a health assessment on a newborn infant. From the functional health pattern portion of the assessment, you learn the mother is reluctant to breastfeed her baby. One of the most important aspects of health promotion in the infant is nutritional status. At this time, …

Movies make up part of the dominant discourse reflecting and at the same time affecting society (Farhi, 1999). The mythical portrayal of the good teacher in Freedom Writers supports the idea that urban schools are in need of a “good teacher” (who is portrayed as being perfect) to save the …

There are many different things that can be said about the subject of drug testing welfare recipients. It can be said that it is unfair, and that may be true. It can also be said that it is justifiable, and this may also be true. In this paper I plan …

Relationships are important to man, so much that people may shape their entire lifestyles simply to find favor with their clique or circle of friends. Therefore, much caution must be applied when dealing with our friends, especially in our speech. So then, must we always tell our friends the whole …

Internet has a marvelous utility which connects people to share values and vision no matter where they live, what language they speak and whether they are sociable or not. As some social-networking sites provide an equal shared space where people can communicate with each other speaking out freely, individuals have …

The sentimental novels in the American Literature have long been regarded with great respect as compared to other genres of fiction. One such work is Hannah Webster Forster’s The Coquette which saw an avid reception and became highly famous during the eighteenth century. The Coquette being one of the most …

There are many things and bad habits that bother me in this world. But, the one I can’t stand the most is when people chew with their mouths open. Imagine planning a first date with a person you’ve been talking to over face book. That person seems sweet, polite, and …

Fashion is a miraculous world of fantasy and hard work that I would be thrilled to enter, and the studies at the XXX could open the gate to this exciting world for me. I opted for fashion design as a major as I have always been attracted by the power …