It was a type of day where the sky didn't match the climate. The sky was bright blue like a silk blue dress without the presence of a cloud within sight. The nearly bare trees shook only slightly, like a lonely park swing, with every reoccuring gust that passed through them. The wind was crisp, yet possessed a sharp unforgiving bitter cold covering me such as a plastic wrap, chilling me wherever possible nearly to the bone. I took little hops down the old concrete steps to where they were little
The Forest When The laughter started I knew I should run, but I didn't. why? I don’t remember, but that doesn't matter, now that I’m dead anyway; So let’s get on with how this happened. I was in the woods walking around while the party was going. I started to get a feeling someone was watching me, someone probably was, I thought. There were people all around me they were all from the party, I knew this because I saw a lot of people walk in here before I did to find… never mind. I started hearing
Throughout history there have been places mankind has known and named, marking the cities, rivers, and roads of our world to maps that they might be remembered and revisited. The forest surrounding my home changes throughout the year, cycling in an endless pattern. Some places die in the winter, sleeping softly under blankets of white diamond powder, till spring comes to revive them. Other places fall to summer, withering under unforgiving sunlight or being smothered in shadows beneath the forest’s
In the cold, dark and mysterious forest is where she lived. Vanessa is teenage whose summer is almost ending. She is an only child and her father is always somewhere out of the Country for work purposes. “Mom, when is dad coming home from France it has been like forever.” Her mother is a stay home mom who loves baking when Vanessa is at school or work. “He should be coming home in about a week or two.””She was a girl who liked adventure and exploring but she never got to go past the fence in her
Forrest Gump is a film that portrays the life of a man who has borderline intellectual functioning, from when he was young, all through his adulthood. Forrest was the victim of ongoing bullying and abuse from the mean-spirited children in his area. The movie shows the challenges he faced and how he overcame them, some with luck, but others with his ability; despite the fact that he has an IQ of 75. The story plays off in a series of decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a slow-witted yet athletically
were covered in glittering red diamonds carved into elaborate hearts. The night of the ball was warm, and everyone was down in the ballroom, awaiting our arrival. The royal sisters of the Mid-Forest. It was a small kingdom in the heart of the Twisted Forest, otherwise known as the Mid-Forest. Ruby helped her sister rub on the blue dust, matching her eyes and lips. Together they joined hands and stepped down to the staircase of the ballroom. The entire room shared a gasp. They stepped
Peter Taylor's The Old Forest Critics have continuously characterized Peter Taylor’s work, as a social critique of the South and how it shows “the effects of cultural inheritance on its people” (Bryant 66). In his story, “The Old Forest,” Taylor examines the regional history and social structures that shaped his own past and how breaking the architecture that has existed for generations is not easily accomplished. Although it takes place in 1937, with progressive girls and college students filling
Management of Old-growth Forests in the Pacific Northwest When westward expansion brought settlers to the Northwest in the 1800s, they discovered that coniferous trees “forty feet in circumference [that] shot two-hundred feet straight up” flourished in the forests of the Pacific coast (Ervin 55). These early pioneers found the opportunity for economic growth in logging these vast forests of towering trees unlike any they had seen before. Today, the timber industry still remains the backbone
Government source (Our Planet) Latham, S. "Habitat Loss." Our Planet. N.p., 5 July 2013. Web. 05 Nov. 2014. <http://ourplanet.infocentral.state.gov/habitat-loss>. The article focuses on the habitat loss due to deforestation. The author talks about the different purpose of deforestation such as agriculture, forestry, or water projects that endangers the species that live in the area. The article is based on information taken from World Wildlife Fund, IUCN, and Red List. The information that the
hunters so often give back by contributing to conservation.”. One such writer, Rick Bass, describes a similar emotion in the essay “Why I hunt”. In the essay, he empathizes his deep love for hunting and claims that it is an enjoyable activity. He argues that the two reasons that has made him a hunter are the staggering surroundings and the alluring imagination the forest has offered him. Bass begins building his credibility with personal experience and claims from other locals in the area. He employs