Essays on Old School

The novel, A Walk in the Woods, describes Bills Bryson’s adventures and challenging moments with his old school friend Katz as they hike along the Appalachian Trail. In the story, ‘’there is an environmental threat which composes the disease, and the wood was full of peril (Bryson). Bill is determined and curious to know and learns his new environments. On the other hand, Stephen is lazy and unprepared. Moreover, both Bill and Katz lack outdoor knowledge and experience. Therefore, they experience many difficulties on their adventure (Bryson). The target audience for this story might be persons who have ...

The story, Walk in the woods, describes bills Bryson adventures, but challenging moments with his old school friend Katz. In the story, Bill is determined and curious to know and learn his new environments on the other side Stephen is lazy and unprepared. Moreover, both Bill and Katz lack outdoor knowledge and experience. There for, they experience many difficulties in their adventure. The story is very interesting and throughout the reading, there is a great sense of humor. This contributes a lot to the tone of the story, which we can describe it as hilarious. It sounds funny for ...

Rap has entered the history of American art over a century ago. The people who have laid the foundations for rap as we know it today were the two big ethnical groups of the American society: African Americans and people from the Caribbean Islands. Folk artists of the mentioned origins were telling rhymed stories with the accompaniment of rhythmic music (drums and sparse instrumentation). This music already existed years before hip-hop was developed and became popular. Rapping is actually reading or chanting of rhythmic lyrics that were designed to set a beat. Many specialists are of the opinion that ...

The article entitled The Vasa Capsizes, narrates the events that resulted in the sinking of the Vasa some 300 years ago. It was during the reign of King Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden, when he ordered the prompt building of the Vasa and other ships to replace the fighting ships that was wrecked by a violent storm sometime in 1925. The demands of the war prompted the king to order the speedy construction of four ships, which includes the Vasa. Five years before the king ordered the ships, Hybertson who was an experienced ship builder was already employed by ...

With the advent of technology in our lives, the world has become small and simpler. Communication is the key to human existence. Every person has the need and desire to be social and have people around. The invention of mobile phone has made connecting with friends and family so facile. In addition to this, conversion of phones to smart phones have made social networking reach fingertips thereby reducing the distance virtually. Facebook, twitter, skype and watsapp are all applications that allows one to make thousands of friends and connect with them anytime and anywhere. But, have these high tech ...