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Charles Baxter's short stories are well-known for the strong presents of ordinary people encountering extraordinary strangers who disturb their lives. “Gryphon” written by Charles Baxter is not an exception. The story is filled with characters that are awaken from their boring lives and transported into a world of possibilities. As a central idea of the story, Baxter's critics often mention “middle America's” conventions, and the effect it has on anyone who does not fit the mold. Within “Gryphon” the reader experiences a few days in the life of fourth grade class; specifically, a few days spent with a unique substitute teacher. The narrative outlines, on many occasions, the unsureness in the face of the unknown. Is the society ready to

And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night. He came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them, 49 but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out, 50 for they all saw him and were terrified.

A deep gash had began to form on Rintaro's forehead, as a large streak of blood began to flow down the front of his face, directly down to the bottom of his chin.

The sea is an unknowable construct, utterly unpredictable and without pattern. The most significant and recurring descriptions of the sea relate to its ambiguity, the unrealness of its representation. The descriptions of the ocean as "indefinite as God" and the "howling infinite" are consistent with the the ocean's curiously wide-ranging characteristics. The ocean is also likened to "Hell's flames," another seemingly paradoxical analogy. As being ten thousand fathoms indicates, the ocean can be all these things; endless diversity is possible in "the vast swells of an omnipotent sea." The ocean is regarded for its resistance to human understanding. The given characteristics of the setting place a high value on mystery and a low value on the

His skin was mottled with an increasing capillary refill time. Schmidt and Mandel (2008) suggest this is a sign of hypoperfusion as the skin is vasoconstricting due to the redirection of blood flow to the core organs.

After using the toilet, he washed his hands, and then splashed some water onto his face to refresh himself. He eyed himself in the mirror. A mangled face stared back. Nothing was right, as usual. One corner of his mouth was set in a permanent droop, and his skin, so marred by scars, looked as if someone had painted his skull with thick smears of uneven paint. Apparently he’d been in a car accident as a very young child, and this was the doctors’ best attempt at damage

Messy slightly long brunette hair fell across the tops of his glasses and hid his ears from view, his hair hung only above his shoulders by a couple inches, he didn’t mind having his hair a bit long.

The speeches of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy are both meant to deliver a powerful message. Despite how similar these messages are, there are contrasting ideas that set the speeches apart. The speeches of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy share similarities in their statements on freedom and the main purposes of the speeches themselves, while differing in historical context.

Joan handed him a small hand mirror. “It’s better, and you’ll be able to breathe through it, but I’m sorry to say it’ll never sit perfectly straight again. But how many men can brag they’ve been punched in the face by a king and lived to talk about it?”

There had been a pair of thin, feminine hands placed somewhere between "water" and "darkness". They appeared white as daisy petals underneath the waters and gripped her shoulders like a life source. However, it seemed it had been the other way around. Her ship, nowhere in sight, had perished along with her group of sailors. As a woman and captain of honor, she surrendered her body to the wreckage without a second thought. Her plans had been tampered with; plans that should have resulted in her mingling with hammerheads and seaweed. But it was the light beating down on her wrinkled uniform and dry greenery scattered about the sandy landscape that would serve as her isolated refuge for only God knows how

“He peered at his reflection and disliked it. He bent down, took up a double handful of lukewarm water, and rubbed he mess from his face.” Pg 63

He is in the presents of Ichabod; but notices and dark figure, identified as the headless horseman, decides to race the spirit. The chase begins and Ichabod notices another figure sitting on the horses saddle which is lead the be the lost head of the once Hessian soldier. The spirit goes in the opposite direction from Ichabod, and soon he finds himself on the bridge assuming he is out of harm’s way. He looks back from behind himself and sees the spirit approaching him in a flash of fire and brimstone (Nina p.60). The spirituality symbol is that fire and brimstone represents “hell”, a very dark and evil place. The next morning Ichabod and the Headless horseman were nowhere to be found, because the headless head that had been lost was found again. His is head symbolizes a guide, and without he would be lost

He scratched under the bandages on his nose. It had been three hours, and everyone was still staring at his face. He couldn’t blame them; he did have a “nice” face. And it was the most interesting thing in the room during that time. Or, at least, it was until some administrator lady brought a new student to the class.

When Mr Braithwaite first encounters his class they are an unruly group of people who never manage to keep a teacher for long. They were mostly unkempt and scruffy and weren't very well educated as Mr Braithwaite found out on his first day,

: Quote:half-glasses, forehead wrinkled as if the act of reading takes intense concentration. His gray hair is cut short, and his nose is crooked, probably broken a long time ago. A small gold hoop pierces one earlobe. The rolled-up sleeves of his shirt reveal muscular forearms, and his hands are rough and faintly scarred, his fingers stubby and thick.He looks like someone who is used to working with those hands rather than sitting at a desk