Essays on Crept

Background of the Disaster

The Chernobyl disaster is one of the historical nuclear disasters that happened in April 26, 1986. It is referred as the world’s worst nuclear accident that moved the entire earth. The accident resulted to deaths of people both from the nuclear power plant at the time of the incident and also a number of people afterwards. Accordingly, one of the four nuclear reactors of the Chernobyl power stationed exploded due to operational defects, flawed reactor design and inadequate training of personnel (Chernobyl). The nuclear power plan explosion instantly released radioactive materials into the atmosphere. This created a deep impact ...

“Careful dear,” my mother lovingly caressed my hair as I bumped into her while frantically running upstairs on my way to the roof top. I would be nine years old tomorrow and she still treats me as if I am a three. I didn’t in the least like her gestures of love. ”Why can’t she just keep her hands off me? Why on earth she has to make a show of it every damn time I am near her? Just the thought of her touching me makes me puke,” angrily I mused as I continued to run upstairs. I ...

The modern concepts in the literary world have crept into the works of various writers. The differences in the old and past ways of life have been the subject of the many modern day stories. Many of the conflicts that arise in today’s works focus on the idea of modernization and the effects of it. Two of the famous works that constitute stories of alienation in the modern day world are the “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker and “The Love Song by J. Prufrock” by T.S Eliot. The tectonic shift to modernization traps people in a stultifying past while ...

Introduction

Common types of discrimination at workplace considered illegal are discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender (sex), age, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy and sexual harassment. Sexual orientation is another form of discrimination. Discrimination refers to less favorable treatment of an employee compared to others because of the said predispositions. The U.S. Department of Commerce refers to these types of discriminations as “REGARDS” denoting race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability and sexual orientation in its report of Best Practices in Achieving Workforce Diversity. These dimensions do not cover lack of intelligence, height or physical attractiveness though it is now illegal ...

Introduction

Fences is one of the great American plays of the 1950’s and as in most of Wilson’s plays it explores the theme of race relations. Most of the time, the play focuses on the main character which is Troy and his experiences in baseball in the segregated society which was prevalent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fences continues to harp on the main theme which is race relations during the extensive discussion Troy has with his workmates and friends especially in the aftermath of his career in sport. Due to the fact that Troy was poorly piad, he ...

Old Hickory

Andrew Jackson who was born on March 15, 1767 and died on June 8, 1845 was the seventh President of the United States Of America. Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, and the British at the Battle of New Orleans .He was a polarizing figure who dominated the Second Party System in the 1820s and 1830s, as president he dismantled the Second Bank of the United States and initiated ethnic cleansing. Jackson who was an essential frontier tycoon and an opportunist for whom the ideals ...

Management has been termed by scholars to be a field whose paradigms are in constant transition. The environment in which businesses and management operate is faced by new challenges as the world adopts new methods of doing business. Economic and technological advances have significantly altered the business patterns and practice around the globe today. Globalization has since introduced new technology and procedures such as outsourcing and social marketing to meet new business requirements. Nations are constantly creating regional blocks that allow cross border employees where different nations have multinational and multiethnic workforces. Additionally, the insistence of developing the girl child ...

Behind the Bloody Footsteps

“After a war, people, should return to their homes, set everything right and start life again,” Eliza told herself for about the fiftieth time in the past fifty seconds. She heard a strange whispering voice and jerked her head around. Her lovely almond shaped green eyes were wide with panic and fear. Her breathing – no she was not breathing, she was holding her breath waiting to hear the voice again. Nothing, only the silence of the breeze across burnt out yards. She noticed that the yards were all flat and charred black. They looked like they were asphalt because they were ...

Lieutenant Jimmy Cross was sitting alone in the corner reading his letters from Martha as usual. He couldn’t really settle down to understand what was actually going on but in all the mayhem and haphazard happenings of the last day were still fresh in his mind. He couldn’t forget the way Michael’s brains were blown out just in front of him as the shell which landed from the Vietcong slammed into his platoon. Luckily enough there were only a few injuries but the situation could have been much worse couldn’t it?

The latest letter from Martha ...