Benders Academy: A Short Story

Gowrie, Iowa native, Orval Hasty needed money to attend college, so he joined the marines in 1940, he ended up earning this money after the war. He got assigned at Ford Island to guard In February 1941. Around the 450 acre island there were other vessels and battleships. Orval said, "It was good duty. The climate was nice, we weren 't overworked and it was fun," with regard to the Naval Air Station Ford Island. When not at work Orval attended flying lessons, visited shows, and hung out at beaches. Sleeping in on Sunday mornings was normal for Marines and Sailors not on duty. Orval got up early asking his parents about his driver’s license through the mail. Orval didn’t know what was about to happen. No one knew. Before dawn 183 Japanese bomber planes, torpedo planes and fighter planes took flight on their way to Pearl Harbor. Wave two came later.

Finally, later in the book and towards the end, Anna starts going to therapy sessions, and learning how to deal with her PTSD, and becomes much more confident and in control. “So it’s not like you live happily ever after… But you do handle it. Because the thing that you learn is that

As Angelica confidently strolled into Rosario High, Eliza and Peggy, her sisters followed close behind. Angelica had been at the school before, because she'd been taking a bus over to the high school for her advanced math class all throughout eighth grade. Eliza, however, had never been inside the building before and felt incredibly small walking in. Peggy wasn't even supposed to be there. She should've been in eighth grade, but she skipped it and went straight to high school. She was very smart, but no one ever noticed. She was always just Angelica and Eliza's sister. They made their way down wing 1B in search of their lockers. Peggy stopped at her locker, number ninety six, while Angelica and Eliza looked for their own. Angelica finished her search at locker number seventy stuff. Eliza found hers a bit farther down, locker 46. While she began to unpack her books, she saw four boys making their way down the hallway. One was the famous jock, Lafayette. No one knew his real name except teachers, because he insisted that it was to long to use. His friend, another jock who was very smart, however, Hercules Mulligan followed him down the hall. John Laurens, who was decent at sports, but more of a science guy was with them, too. Following them was the mystery man, Alexander Hamilton. He was in their grade, but barely anyone knew anything about him. Eliza figured he was just another jock.

During the Saturday Academy, the workshop with Dr. Anthony Young taught me very informative and useful for everyday life and becoming the best healthcare provider. Dr. Young first started off with an exercise of manipulating four nines mathematically to equal 100. The exercise made me very frustrated because I could not figure out the solution. However, Dr. Young’s main point of this exercise was to make everyone realize that when people approach problems, they make things more complicated than they really are. The only way to perceive difficulties is by “keeping it simple.” This quote that Dr. Young used was a real eye-opener of how I tend to complicate all situations that should not be and this is a quality that I am working on. I am working

We are first introduced to Anna, a thin woman with short dark hair, in her dialogue with her father where it quickly becomes apparent that they already have a difference in opinion on love, marriage and what she should wear on a yacht. “that guy will never marry you my darling daughter” to which Anna replies “so far, I’ve been the one who doesn’t want to marry him” “it’s the same difference” her father disagrees (Antonioni. 3:45 – 3:55). Although this is a short glimpse into Anna’s character we can see that she resists these social standards and almost seems annoyed by them. Anna is seemingly the most self- aware of the characters but seems to be stuck in a position where she is unsure of how everyone else will react to her true

Ten years after all of the drama with TJ and the Wallace’s, Cassie gets transferred to an all white Jefferson Davis school. On the first day of school Cassie walks on the bus with all of the white kids, as she was walking to the back of the bus the white kids were staring at her in a weird way that makes her spit on a white kid before she even gets to sit down. She then gets thrown off the bus and has to walk in the mud with a black kid, Scotty Smith that had moved here two days ago. When Cassie figured out that a boy was moving into a house in front of their house she was blushing. As they were walking to the school it was very awkward because Cassie likes Scotty Smith, but she didn’t have the courage to tell him before they had to split apart to go to their different schools.

Anna is consistently there for Helen, no matter what happens and is not judgmental. Anna is intuitive, forgiving, and kind. She is a great foundation for Helen as a friend. In both paths she was there for Helen whether it was when she found out Gerry cheated on her or she was suspicious of it.

The narrator and protagonist Anna Frith emerges from an oppressed woman of her era to a modern, successful and independent woman. In the novel, Anna is often regarded as a changing character. Elinor in fact said to Anna "I wonder if you know how you have changed". In light of this, Brooks shows the transformation of Anna in many different aspects of her life. At the beginning, before the transformation of Anna, the women were forced to be 'the property of their husbands', due to the historical setting of the novel. Moreover, when Anna's husband Sam passed away, she was forced to become independent and be the "bread winner" of the family. This was the beginning of her transformation. Anna suffered a lot at the time of the plague. When her sons, Tom and Jamie, died from the plague her strength grew immensely.

Finally, Rosemary and Rex show the faults of parenting throughout Walls use of characterization .For example, When “Lori heard about a scholarship sponsored by a

During these chapters nine generations of Shem’s descendants, the Semites pass through. In the beginning of these chapters God calls on Abram, who is living with his father Terah and his wife Sarai on Haran. God makes a covenant with Abram, promising to make Abrams’s descendants into a great nation. Abram agrees to leave is home and move southwest to Canaan with his wife and his nephew, Lot, to a land that God has promised to give to Abram’s descendants. Abram takes up residence there and erects a number of altars throughout the land as symbols of his devotion to God.

The open and close of the eyelids, the flick of a light, the beat of a heart and our lungs expanding are things we do without even trying. We simply don’t pay attention to them. Just like in “The Sanctuary of School,” Barry’s parents muted her from reality and peripheral view; I muted the outside world. She grew up in a reality where warmth and attention did not describe her parents. Whereas, the warmth that I seek exists solely within my community. Barry’s home was like a seesaw of constant change. A child her age sought to find that new home at school. Although school funds are cut back to save money, we should protect and value spaces that people feel safe in. The education system needs to realize the importance of schools, the children and the importance of having a warm and secure place. Just like it gave Barry a sanctuary of a school.

Once upon a time there was a school. It was SO boring. The teacher was also not that smart. “What is 65+5 again.” But there was a student that could not stand it so he made a plan to escape. His name is Phil Eggtree. Since the teacher was so puzzled by the problem he went right out without the teacher knowing. In the hallway there was Richy the hall pass guy. Richy asked Phil “Do you have a hall pass? If you don’t, scaddle”. So Phil went back to the other hallway whispering to himself “Whatever.” and thought of another plan. But all he could think of is looking inside all of the lockers he can open. He didn’t know why that was the first thing that pop in his head but it worked. He found the hall pass in a yellow locker. So he went back to Richy.He

Are things fine until a problem appears and then the only person who is going to do something about it is Anna? Is this how Marissa could feel? Anna seems to be an important person in Marissa’s life and her role in the school seems to be really important as well. I suppose she is the one who contains kid’s and teacher’s anxieties in an attempt to help them cope with their issues. Once I witnessed a teacher coming to Anna’s office without an appointment asking her if she has some time to talk to her about something important. She was unsure about her teaching methods because the other teachers believe that she is wrong about being soft with pupils and this seemed to makes her feel guilty and doubt herself. However, she argued that being soft helps even the most troublesome students. I felt that she was seeking reassurance from Anna and as Anna managed to contain the teacher’s anxiety, the teacher ended up alleviating it. At a later point I will explain further what makes me think that Anna is a significant person in Marissa’s

A title defines a whole body of text and suggests various interpretations. However, an author may want the title to relay a significant message that is to be revealed under both literal and symbolic meanings. Louise Erdrich wrote a short story, The Leap, which contains both literal and symbolic meanings between the title and text.

Mexico has many fascinating things about it. The most interesting to me, is the language and food. The word "Mexico" is derived from the word “Mexica” (pronounced "Me-shee-ka"), the name for the native group that settled in central Mexico in the early fourteenth century and is best known as the Aztecs.