Hot Summer Love Amidst The Flame

Human beings have always struggled to have a balance in all the different areas of their life. The book The Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach besides exploring the life of some of the members of the Westish baseball team, he also tells the story of some other characters off the field; Guert Affenlight is one of those characters. Throughout the book, readers can notice the changes Affenlight goes through in order to explore aspects of his life he did not know. Harbach starts telling the story of how Affenlight focused all his energy on his professional life, leaving aside his personal life. At the of age of sixty, this character had never experienced love and had never enjoyed a relationship with someone. The

Character traits in books are a very essential element and without them, books would not be books. They provide people with an example that they may follow in order to live a good life. Some books serve as life lessons to show people how some characteristics can bring downfall to some people if they do not follow the rules. Throughout Last Days of Summer, by Steve Kluger, the characters possess many characteristics that can help us in our everyday life, most importantly, patience.

Initially, one of the critical choices that Charlie, the 16-year-old school hater, makes, is to work for Squizzy Taylor. Living in the ‘seedy streets’ of Richmond, the protagonist chooses to work for the criminal gangster so that he can make money for his poverty stricken and destitute family. Due to he is the man of the house now, the young ‘Runner’s occupation with Squizzy could get in big trouble, must disobey his mother and could convince him to do something horrible. Without his father’s support, love, care and advice, ‘Charlie got so confused sometimes (he) didn’t know who it was (he) was supposed to be.’ Due to Charlie’s monumental decision, he is working with the criminal and psychopathic Squizzy and lying to his mother that he loves so much.

Growing up in Houston, Mouse was a thug that did what he wanted, when he wanted. Morally speaking he had no limitations, only slightly obeying the orders given to him by Easy, the main detective. For instance, after a night of drinking Easy

Not being able to understand that his brother’s decision to leave drug dealing and begin his life anew was not an abandonment of him but a cry from a very weary soul. Raynathan believed that his brother was just overwhelmed from it all; the horrific murder of his best friend, the responsibility of looking after their drug addicted father, and problems from the Drug King Pin that they were working for. He surmised that if he could take care of all these issues, his brother Roemello would not have a reason to leave and would stay with him. Raynathan could not comprehend that his brother really just wanted out of the “game”, was in love with someone and desired to start his life over. Roemello was not separating himself from his brother. He even asked him to leave town with him as well. However, Raynathan was devoid of any hope in his life being different as he could not see himself living differently from what he was accustomed to. Overwrought with fear at the thought of his brother’s departure Raynathan begins a downward spiral of poor choices that end in tragic results. In his attempts at “taking care of things”, he gives his father an overdose, kills “Gus” the drug king pin with this goons, shoots at Roemello’s girlfriend Melissa because she is viewed as the usurper who is taking away the one good thing in his life, fighting with his brother he accidentally

The 1960’s were an era in the United States where new ideas were developing, and more specifically ideas pertaining to the civil rights movement and its expansion. Protests, parades, and riots were occurring in an attempt to spread freedom for all people, and as some of these events became relevant in the news, the tensions of the country rose. Violence was occurring in many parts of the country due to the ideas of these who were not receiving the freedom that they believed were entitled to them. In the book Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley, Easy Rawlins returns to solve a mystery set amid the devastating Los Angeles riots. I will carefully analyze 3 characters from

Tre is an African American male whose family’s status would be classified as low socioeconomic. Tre lives in Los Angeles, Calfironia where his neighbor is known as “the hood”. On a daily basis, Tre, his family, and his friends are exposed to violence, drugs, gangs, profanity, and crime. Tre’s presenting problem is trying to survive in the hood where deaths await.

The lieutenant, despite his rough nature, had given him a fair warning about the steps that led down to the tunnels and the vault below. As a man with awkwardly large feet it was no swift descent. The steps, once he'd lowered the flame to them, were in the most appalling of conditions.

The drug case in Rio de Janeiro is being investigated by Cain, Eric delko, Lieutenant Callie Ducane, Alayna , and B. Cooper. They are trying to catch Antonio Riaz who is supposably the head drug dealer (a.k.a the mastermind). Riaz has threatened Alayna and her family so Alayna's husband, Ray, went out to discuss the matters with Riaz but didn't come back home. Raymond Jr., their son, becomes a drug dealer because he wants to protect his father and mother and kill and Riaz.

Set in a pious puritan town in seventeenth-century Boston, Scarlet letter is a dramatic novel of love, revenge, and forgiveness. As Puritans, the people of the town are very self-righteous. However, everything breaks, when a young woman called Hester Prynne gives birth to an illegitimate child. The people of the town pressure her to reveal the father’s name, but Hester is steadfast. When a physician under the name of Roger Chillingworth enters this community, Hester eventually recognizes him as her long-lost husband. Filled with hatred for the man who took his wife, Chillingworth begins to search for the culprit. With all her strength, Hester fiercely guards this secret. Arthur Dimmesdale, a minister begins to grow weak with the guilt of his sin. Finally, Dimmesdale with a heavy heart uncovers that he was the one who committed this offense. In the last moments of his life, Hester forgives him and he forgives her, and then he departs from the world.

The 1960s was a decade of political and social upheaval. The counterculture, which was what the decade was called, became disappointed with all the restrictions and conventions of the straight society. The Summer of Love did not occur until 1967, but the decade was inspired by the Bohemian spirit which was already present in the 1950s; known as the Beat generation. The counterculture gained significant influence in liberal cities such as Berkley and San Francisco. In 1967, Scott McKenzie released his song San Francisco and with this song came rumors of a huge love-in in the summer. This is what fueled the Summer of Love. Leaders of the counterculture in the Haight-Ashbury district were anxious to start planning an

The movie “Summer of Love” was about the rise and fall of the world of hippies. In January 14,1967 there was a gathering in Gold Gate Park in San Francisco were people came together for the purpose of love and peace. It was a different from many other gathering because it wasn't a specific event but just people coming to socialize. Most of the people were baby boomers who lived their lives during the assassination of President Kennedy, Civil Rights Movement, and the Vietnam War. All these dramatic moments led people to search a place of love and belonging which they found in Ashbury and Haight. They adopted a “bohemian lifestyle” and preferred the simplicity of life were no money was needed, just love. Such gatherings included the usage of

In “The Chaser” by John Coller, Alan Austen will not be returning to buy the glove-cleaner. One reason for this is that Alan Austen loves Diana too much. For example Alan Austen is eager to know if the old man has a love potion. Alan said, “you really do sell love potions?” (1).

"In a perfect world, when he's with her, he would be wishing he was with me; when he looked at her, he would be looking at me; when he smiled at her, his smile would be for me; when he thought about someone, he would be thinking about me. In a perfect world, he would realize that I'm the one he was supposed to be with & I would still be standing here waiting for him still when he finally knows this. But this isn't a perfect world and people do get hurt. Because how can you give your dreams to someone else, yet share your dreams with me? Sometimes the truest love is the love that can never be"

Back in the day, when I remember of me being a child and it was one of the best moment I could think of my childhood that happened in the summer, where good time start it and not too far off that it sound it like that we played in the water and we figured since it is a bit hot outside i was going to six flags and having some fun with our family and friend having an enjoyable time. Few things I would say about my childhood was also the summer time, when the sun was hitting my body my mom used to worry about me a lot so I would not get dark so she would tell me to put sunscreen on all the time even on my face and in front of my friends but back when I was little I did not get what or why she was saying that but now I get it on why. Sometime when I didn’t wear the slippers my feet would burn like I was walking in a fried pan but I were to just walk in grass with my wet feet and then a few seconds later same thing happens again so it was not point of walking in the grass but I still walked. I closed my eyes one time because my mom used to surprise me with friends coming over, going to swimming and having a picnic and playing with the park dogs, it would be so much fun but we had this curfew time to get back home and the only annoying thing was the bugs and bees around us that were biting out skins off and making us scratch and the dirt we use in or the mud that we use to make sand castles out of at the beach. I tried to look up and see if I would be getting some shade anytime