Hamlet

In the play Hamlet, right from the start the main character, Hamlet, is caught in a web of secrets, sins, lies, and revenge. His part starts when he first met the ghost of his late father. He wasn't sure of whether to trust or ignore him. This hesitant nature severely progressed from there. Hamlet has a hard time making decisions; and on the off chance that he does decide what to do, he is never quite sure about whether it is the right thing or not. Edward E. Foster states that, “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark has remained the most perplexing, as well as the most popular, of William Shakespeare’s tragedies.” This, I think, is because of the fact that Hamlet gets himself into a ‘rock and a hard place’ scenario, but in addition to that, the complete and utter lack of action on his part in said scenario is so confusing and fascinating to most people. Some readers of the play will argue that Hamlet is contemplative and others will argue that Hamlet is indecisive. Throughout the whole play Hamlet struggles with his morally ambiguous nature while the rest of the characters plan to destroy him and all that he holds dear. For this reason, I believe that Hamlet is one of the most indecisive characters in the entire play.

Torture Report

The act of torture, or merely just hearing the word torture, invokes a response in everyone. It is in our nature to not hurt anyone unless they have done something against us personally. When it comes up in the news that the CIA has been torturing people for information, we all were caught stunned for a moment, then our thoughts surface and we realize, "Am I really that surprised? They are the CIA after all."

But as we look further into what actually happened, it is disturbing. The torture methods they used were not only inhumane, but just plain wrong.

(I don't want to go into detail, but if you would like to know the exact techniques, click here.)

And after all they had done, about half of over 200 men detained by the CIA didn't have any useful information.

There is a way to do things, and there is a way not, and what they did was not they way to handle the situation. Going to such extremes was unnecessary, uncalled for, and frankly just disturbing. The CIA went too far this time.

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Congratulations! It's a New Year! 2015!

A New Year for new books!

Do you remember the feeling of getting a new book? The anticipation that you have been feeling since you first heard about it starts to well up inside of you culminating to the exact moment when you see it in your hands. This is what you've been waiting for! The moment of truth. Will this book live up to the standards that you've created for it? Is it one for the pile on your shelf of great reads that you hope to pass down to your children, illuminating them to a vast variety of new and exciting lives? Or will it ultimately end up being sold at a used book store? Because, let's face it, the story has been told before using less words while still getting the same point across. You will never know until you open it up.

And, when you do open it, are you fascinated by the different crackle every book makes when it's first opened? Do you love the smell of glue, ink, and something you just can't put your finger on as it escapes off of the smoothest pages you've ever felt before?

Here, right now, in this exact moment, you begin your journey of reading. You have now entered a whole new world! Your new escape;...until the moment when you finish it and you return back to reality.

But don't worry. A new book is always waiting for you to find your way back.