Kailani finds a parking spot near the entrance at the first volcano. She sees many people, some tourists, some park rangers but no clue. She isn’t entirely sure what she’s looking for but knows it will be some kind of clue that will tell her where they’re keeping her dad so she can bring the ransom money. She hasn’t even thought about how she’s going to pay the ransom. She puts that thought aside for now.
Kailani puts the leash on Kiwi and changes her shoe to a hiking boot. Out of the corner of her eye she spots a little boy, no older than five, pointing at her. She looks in his way and hears him asking his mother, “Why does she have a metal leg Mommy?” To this Kailani heard his mom reply, “Be quiet Billy it’s rude to point!” Kailani turned
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She saw her boss who asked about why she was missing. Kailani answered, “Oh it’s nothing, I just needed a break. Sorry but I’ll be back soon. I promise.” And she rushed out of the restaurant hoping not to get anymore questions. She didn’t want others to know about her situation since the note that she found at the restaurant clearly stated that she can’t tell anyone about her father being held hostage or else they’ll know and she’d have no chance of getting him back.
Kailani sat down on a parking curb and ate her hamburger. The burgers were always huge and she was never able to finish them. She ate half of it and gave the rest to Kiwi who was exuberant when she saw the gift.
”Ok, so we’ve climbed four. Hey! That’s only one left,” Kailani walked to her car and took out the paper she wrote all the volcanoes that she had to climb on then sat down beside Kiwi who was still happily munching away at her lunch. “No, no, no, no,” Kiwi looked up. “The last volcano left...it’s Mauna Loa. I forgot we’d have to climb it. It’s not only the largest volcano in Hawaii Kiwi, but the biggest in the world. Tourists don’t even go up there. And that’s our last hope in finding any type of clue to get to Dad,” Kailani was suddenly freaked out. She had no idea how she was going to climb Mauna Loa. She looked down at her leg and was suddenly filled with pain as she thought of having to climb the monstrosity with it. “No. We have to
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Kalani couldn’t stop thinking about the hike. How was she going to do it? Her prosthetic leg would make everything more difficult. She couldn’t stop thinking about all the dangers. What if she falls or faints, there’s nobody there who could rescue her. Yeah there was Kiwi and Kailani trusted Kiwi but she was sure Kiwi couldn’t get her medical help if anything like that happened. Or what if her legs get tired and she can’t go on. She could stop for a rest but then she’d run out of time and it’d be dark by the time she got out, if she got out. There were so many risks involved but Kailani knew it was her only chance to get her father back. The drive eventually came to an
Throughout the novel, In Cold Blood, Truman Capote’s analysis of the characters Perry and Richard reveal his opinion of the nature vs. nurture debate. Through his writing, Capote makes the reader feel sympathetic toward Perry, who is an example of the nurture debate. On the other hand, he paints Richard to be a natural criminal whom the readers are unsympathetic toward. The manner in which Capote writes about these characters shows how he feels about both nature and nurture’s effect on the human condition.
When the offer of a lifetime came up John had to make a decision. The company would cover the 65,000 dollar fee and give him a chance at his lifelong dream, “Standing on top of the world.” He had arrived at base camp and was already higher than he had ever been before. “The deep rasping cough i'd developed in Lobuje worsened day by day,” ( Jon Krakauer 67.) These conditions a common symptom of minor altitude sickness tested jon strength as they only got worse. The thin air never helped with the cough and the higher he went the worse it got. The skills John accumulated over the years had not seen anything like this. “Hall assured climbing 2,000 feet higher on the mountain each time, our bodies would adapt,” ( John 70.) These skills and techniques would add and improve on his ability to climb.
“Oh, there you are” her mother would reply Jordan would giggle, then run back out the back door with no shoes on. For a few days Jordan came inside the house limping on one foot, crying to her mother, “Mommy, I got cactus stuck in my foot” her mother would sit there with tweezers, pulling out each spine from the heel of her foot Jordan flinching each time she yanked one out. As soon as her mother was done, she'd look at her mother thankful she could help her, but still a tear still rolled down her face onto the floor from the surging pain now in her foot. Her mother would look at her in the eyes and repeat “You better learn how to wear your shoes” Jordan would nod, then limp off to her room to take a nap. One day, Jordan opened her eyes, she looked out the door and found her mother to be in the yard digging up cactus in the yard. Jordan made sure to put on some shoes and ran outside hiding around the corner of the house. Her mother saw her peeking around the corner of her house and said “Jordan, do you want to come help me?” Jordan smiled disappearing back around the house. She ran around the other side of the house trying to make her mother to jump. Kristina would giggle and say “Get over here you little turd” Jordan would run up to her mother, hug her, then look up at her saying “I love you mom” as her mother looked down
“Makayla! Why are you so dumb,” Kelley, Will, and Kristin all yelled simultaneously. “I’m sorry! I told you guys not to trust me with the directions,” Makayla stuttered while looking around. It all started on a beautiful Saturday morning, the four best friends had planned this trip for more than a month now. Kristin and Makayla had only been to Six Flags a few times while Will and Kelley have been multiple times. It is hard to believe that with the number of times Will and Kelley has gone to Six Flags, that they would still get lost.
When Vera and her brother sneaked into Kai’s house, they saw that Kai’s security guard was shot dead, the apartment trashed, and thus confirmed that Kai did not leave voluntarily. The important decision was made by Vera,
Kai tasks himself with hunting down Louise to return both her and the MA3 research to the Institute. Following months of fruitless searching, a promising new lead in Glasgow brings Kai closer to discovering Lousie. He will learn how desperate she is to remain free, and how lethal she has become when he uncovers a devastating
Many teenagers in this society are struggling because of the bad influences they are facing on daily basis; however, some teenagers encounter greater difficulties than others due to the neighborhood or the economic status they live in. In this paper I will talk about a young boy name LeAlan. I will discuss about LeAlan’s demographics, race, physical appearance, and life circumstances. Additionally, I will discuss some main concerns I have about him; concerns like his sleeping habits, his weight, his nutrition, and some risk factors of substance abuse.
Billy loves to wake up everyday to his favorite radio (Radio) station, After he wakes up, he gets ready for school. He puts his Chef Boyardee ravioli in the Microwave (Microwave). Then, Billy takes the TV remote (Infrared) and watches TV until his friend, Jimmy comes to his house. When they were walking to school, they saw a rainbow (visible). They were just about to exit the neighborhood, when Jimmy forgot his sunglasses. “I need my sunglasses, i have to protect my eyes from the UV Rays!” Jimmy said. (Ultraviolet) They were walking back to Jimmy’s house when Billy Fell and hurt his hand. “I think I need to see the Docor” Billy said. So, Jimmy and Billy went to the nearest hospital after Jimmy grabbed his sunglasses. The docor took an X-ray
Coop’s enters into his room finding Regan, holding their baby sitting on his bed; He seems quiet while watching then asks her, “Are you okay?” She nods her head. Into the room, he sees that she is sitting on his bed.
After seeing her friend getting kidnapped by sex traffickers through a window, she decided to call her dad. In the end she got caught but her dad told the kidnapper that he was going to find and kill them. Bryan’s worst fear for his daughter had come true when the sex traffickers had abducted his daughter and her best friend. When her dad arrived in Paris to rescue his daughter, it turned out to be a huge sex trafficking scandal. He had only four days until his daughter, Kim, was auctioned off.
“Just get me off this cliff now, and get this over with.” Ichabod snapped his fingers and mumbled a few words. Then a rope with a calabangerattached to the end appeared out of nowhere. I was astonished at its appearance _______. He let the rope down and I grabbed the hook with my free hand to carefully attach it to my belt.
Never had she been so frightened in her life. The way he was angrily starring down at her with both of his hands in fists and bulging veins on his forehead. Would this be the moment that she had always feared for? The day her boyfriend, well now ex boyfriend would lay hands on her? Alina was terrified, she had always heard stories of her ex-boyfriend blacking out and losing control while being pissed off. She didn’t know what had cause him so much anger. Was it the fact that she called him out on all of the shit he was keeping from her like having an Instagram behind her back, talking to other girls in more than a friendly way or was it because she was defending herself instead of letting him talk down on her as usually or was it the fact
“Here, eat mine.” Sydney said to her daughter Lilly. Once the girls got home from school Sydney made three hamburgers for the girls before she had to leave for her second job. Lilly is the youngest and Sydney could tell that she was still hungry after she inhaled her first hamburger so Sydney gave her hers.
“Who wouldn’t be excited to go to Hawaii,” I replied. It was still dark out, it would still be an hour before the sun would start to rise. I looked to my sister who was sound asleep next to me. Twenty minutes later we arrived at the airport. We parked
I personally connected to this dialogue because I have had previous experiences and discussions centered on the death penalty. I did not realize the extend to which I despise the death penalty until some of my peers presented their arguments as to why they support the death. I found this very ironic because I previously supported the death penalty. One moment changed my entire perspective on the issue and made me realize the evilness behind the death penalty. My ten-year-old brother asked me last year why we have the death penalty. As I attempted to explain to him, the arguments for the death penalty did not make sense. When you are forced to explain something to a child, you began to realize the extent to which society has already shaped your thinking on an issue and you begin to justify such issues. There was no means for me to explain why we have the death penalty without justifying that getting revenge in the form of justice is acceptable. The death penalty is very hypocritical and reinforces the concept of retaliation and individualism. We tell children during school, if someone hurts you, you do not hurt them back. However, we are using murder, as a means of showing murder is wrong. That makes absolutely no sense.