Essays on Holliday

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Californios? Manifest destiny was a concept used by the Americans as a vision to enhance the expansion of their country regarding its exceptional behaviour, its size and regarding the general importance of the country globally. California began growing rapidly when deposits of gold were found in it. Many people came to California to trade for gold in the gold rush, and in the process, California turned from a remote, deserted land to a busy growing place. For example, San Francisco substantially grew from a small settlement of about 800 people to a big city of about hundred thousand people ...

Everyone loves a good opportunity that could change his or her life. The discovery of gold in California by James Marshall in 1848 led to one of the greatest and most profitable such situations in recorded history: the Gold Rush. With the hope of radically changing their lives, many people flocked to this State, in particular to San Francisco. The people that were closer got there quicker and profited more from the situation. Nevertheless, as connections were not the same at the time, others got wind of the situation later, and took even more time to actually get there; ...

The obsession with gold in California started in January 1848 when James Marshall found gold at approximately 40 miles from the Sutter’s Fort. All that followed after James’ find was extreme obsession to find the precious commodity not only in California but the rest of America. From the period henceforth, the prospect for gold became dramatic as everyone else was seeking to lay hands on the commodity (Brands 56). It is hard to imagine what could have happened if a whole population stopped their usual economic activities only to look for gold. James’ find not only transformed people’ ...

Rodney G. King was an African-American taxi driver who came into limelight after being beaten up by four LAPD officers on the night of 2nd March 1991. The incident sparked nation-wide unrest and communal riots leading to fifty four deaths, seven thousand arrests, several injuries and losses worth millions of dollars. “The events brought to the forefront concerns about racism and police brutality within the L.A.P.D.” The incident took place at the night of March 2, 1991 when King was speeding his Hyundai car and was chased down by two patrol officers. He tried to dodge the cops for ...

First published in the year 1953, this short story symbolizes lots of characters and themes, which characterized the typical O'Connor’s story. In most instances, she banked on available resources to induce certain themes to her stories. These resources could be the people she encountered or the books she read such as journals and newspapers. For instance, the obsessive assassin (Misfit) who massacres a whole household as evident in this novel is from two convicts who intimidated residents of the Atlanta region in the early 1950’s. As a result, it is, therefore, important to discuss how significant the ...

Epigenetics is the process of studying cellular and physiological phenotypic characters within the field of genetics. The study falls within the subject of genetics and the phenotypic differences which are affected by the peripheral environmental matters. These factors are notorious for switching genes on and off and also affect the way in which genes are read by the cells. Therefore, Epigenetics is the study that seeks to establish the dynamics alterations in the transcriptional potential of the cell. The alternations in this case, may or may not be heritable, even though it is controversial to use the term epigenetics ...