Through The Tunnel Essay

high-speed rail link. (Hong Kong Government, 2009) Yet, related debates have not ended. While some citizens oppose to the construction of this rail link, the government and few others insist that the project will be beneficial to Hong Kong. However, this essay argues that XRL should not be built because it is not, both economically and socially, beneficial to our city. It seems that the express rail link will provide huge benefits to the economy and society of Hong Kong. With 100,000 passengers flow projected

Because of the fact that he appeared to be completely fearless; his friends called him “Mad Jack”. In Sassoon’s poem he gives descriptions that show the state of the soldier. In the first stanza we can see that the figure is “Groping along the tunnel, step by step” and in the third stanza we get the line “alone he staggered on…” These phrases point out the physical and physiological detachment, well known effects of intendance combat. Lastly I will be analyzing the novel All Quiet on the Western

Paper For this essay assignment of choosing a real-life event and comparing it to the movie remake version, I chose the movie Soul Surfer. Soul Surfer is based off of the true story of how a young girl, Bethany Hamilton, lost her arm due to a shark attack.  Bethany was 13 years old at the time her attack occurred on the morning of Halloween 2003. Bethany was surfing with her best friend, Alana Blanchard, along with Alana's dad and brother in a place known as "The Tunnels" or Tunnels Beach which is

instantly find solutions. They tend to either imagine the problems, or put the problems aside to help them later on. This applies in the two essays, The Eureka Phenomenon by Isaac Asimov and The Reach of Imagination by Jacob Bronowski, when they both contribute to making decisions easier. However, the Reach of Imagination is better than the Eureka Phenomenon through how it backs up its claims. In these two passages they have similar claims that help contribute to the overall idea of making decisions

Reconstruction Essay The idea of Reconstruction was to rebuild the United States, but instead it continued to tear apart the country. The Reconstruction period was during the late 1860’s, the time just after the United States civil war, and was when they decided to repair pieces from their divide. During the civil war, the northern and southern United States fought over their major differences, especially slavery. The northern United States were on the anti-slavery side and the south on the other

Everyday many people lose their own lives, are critically injured, or lose loved ones to a suicide bomber. Many of these people ask themselves, from that horrific day forward, what makes a person do such an evil act. Many factors actually pertain to this matter. The research on the creation of a suicide bomber may intrigue you more than you think. Because of the prevailing warfare and terrorism in middle eastern countries, more suicide bombers are created by their corrupt society and the concealment

low; The trail was bad, and I felt half mad,” (Service 34, 35). This proves that Cap struggled to resolve his current situation and refused to give into helplessness because even as things went horribly wrong, Cap continued forward. He struggled through mental and physical walls, just to fulfill his mission. Cap slowly lost his sanity, but he felt the need to complete his mission because “a promise made is a debt unpaid,” (Service 33). This demonstrates the need Cap felt to complete his mission.

students worked together to solve math problems. While both teachers had high expectations for their students, in my opinion, Mr.Johnson had higher and clearer expectations of his students. He consistently told his students what was expected of them through rubrics, and daily classroom conversations. He also continuously challenged them to do better and told his students that regardless of what you can already do there is always room for improvement. Furthermore, he created an environment open to discussion

the plays of Medea and Hedda Gabler, who display the folly of blindly adhering to aesthetic standards. (In this essay, an aesthetic standard is the placement of value on worldly goods and sensationalistic feeling). Acting on such a standard creates a tunnel vision that limits one’s thoughts and prevents one from seeing anything other than that which is directly beneficial. This tunnel vision inhibits Jason and George Tesman from perceiving reality as it is and holds them captive to their own specious

Year 11 English Essay The Story of Tom Brennan How does the author use characterisation to explore the central themes of ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’? ‘Saturday the 27th of August’ was the day Tom Brennan’s life changed forever. The Story of Tom Brennan is written by J.C. Burke with the story centred on teenager Tom Brennan and how his brother, Daniel, made the Brennan family the most hated people in Mumbilli. The Brennan’s were then forced to move to a new town, Coghill, where they knew no one but