Diving Deep

Dive   into a society where we all were treated equally. It would possess all the qualities that a utopian world would have: no fights, protests, and riots. Sounds perfect right? Now think again. There will always be those people that society identifies as "different". It's truly impossible to capture everyone's mind and control his or her perspect ive on varying issues.  However, small efforts by everyone can certainly make our society fairer and more desirable to live in. If one person promotes something new, the people around him/her will mimic that action, and so on, eventually creating a chain effect.  Despite the fact that everyone isn't treated equal, we all unquestionably are born with "the rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence" (Douglas 1). The moment one is born is the first and last time he or she will be treated equally; after that, whether one is treated more or less equal than others is up to society a...

Dive into a situation where a loved one has died in a tragic event and is soon remembered through a simple memorial. The structure of the memorial, the time it took to make it, and the process of how it was made all affect how we view our loved ones. But why? Why does the way one is commemorated hold tremendous value for his or her loved ones? To begin, war memorials date back to 1438, when they were made in the United Kingdom to pray for those killed in the ongoing war with France. Ever since then, the use of memorials has spread internationally and are now commonplace. Memorials have a variety of structures, forms, and meanings. For example, Edwin Lutyens, a famous French architect, designed the  Thiepval Memorial to remember the 73,501 who went missing after fighting the Battle of the Somme. He incorporated three arches because he believed "absence is rendered in a way that constitutes gigantic presence" (Booth 3 ).  This is merely one of many reasons why me...