story “The Kid Nobody Could Handle” in his book Welcome To The Monkey House exemplifies good writing because within its brevity it packs potent emotional impact. “The Kid Nobody Could Handle” is written with a pacing that pulses to multiple climaxes, a prose that indulges in just the right amount of metaphors, and a story arc that leaves the reader in the sweet bliss of a moral realized. Part of making an emotional impact on the reader is having appropriate pacing. “The Kid Nobody Could Handle” plays
countries have the age lowered to eighteen and, the United States has it set at twenty-one. In Canada, it is typically up to the parents if the children drink and a lot of the kids are raised drinking beer with meals; therefore, it is pretty laid back in Canada regarding alcohol consumption. The drinking age being lowered could immensely change things around America; students would be at lower risk of alcohol-related deaths, there would not be chances of identity theft from ordering things such as ID’s
doing nothing? Nobody, trophies show what you have accomplished, however kids still earn participation trophies for showing up. These participation trophies cheat kids from learning a life lesson. Instead of learning to work for what they want, kids are getting trophies for just showing up and participating. Awarding kids participation trophies makes them not capable of enduring the disappointment that they will be required to cope with later in life, and participation trophies cheat kids from learning
Family makeup has become more diverse compared to the standard biological parents and siblings. Different family makeups are but not limited to grandparents raising kids, step siblings, half siblings, step parents, and so forth. The one that has taken rise in the last several years is missing parents or single parents. Parents are potentially missing because of death, in prison, or even due to not wanting to be involved in the child’s life. Without that other spouse, there is only one parent that
truth. I didn’t have to work that day. I knew I needed to spend time with my family and comfort my cousin. When my parents got there, I ran out to the car and they told me we were going to my uncle’s house. The car ride there was silent, because nobody knew what to say. We got
The Truth “The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.” (Conor McGregor). The evil truths in life and Oedipus Rex often hurts and leads nobody better off than they were before they knew the truth. Though Conor McGregor was probably talking about how he is the best fighter of all time, he does have truth to his statement. Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, lays out a story of Oedipus, the great king of Thebes, living out his terrible fate. This fate being that he will marry his mother
we are shown the desire to escape from a variety of characters. Throughout the novel, it is easy to see that a significant theme of the novella is that sometimes, when we are faced with trials and complicated situations that we don’t believe we can handle, we feel a need to escape from the reality of it. This is revealed through some of the many vignettes: “A Smart Cookie,” “Red Clowns,” and “Linoleum Roses.” In the vignette “A Smart Cookie,” Esperanza’s mother is telling her the reason why she decided
fact that Melinda, the protagonist, chooses not to speak again after the incident. During the end of the summer party, Melinda calls the cops on her friends causing her to avoid interactions with society. Her peers and friends begin to hate her, yet nobody once asks her why she did what she did. The reasoning for her action is that she was being raped. The tragic events changed once happy and enthusiastic girl into a depressed and introverted girl while being a dreadful student at a school. The main
in their ways. Jonas’s sister Lily who was seven years old went to the Childcare Center where she stayed until her parents got off work. The giver is about how Jonas is waiting to see what his adult job was going to be. Jonas liked being a kid so he could play with his friends in the community and not have any responsibilities like the adults do. He was waiting for December to come around to have the ceremony and figure out his adult job. When the ceremony rolls around, his number ends up getting
feeding their social media brains with their phones. Every day students show the addiction to social media. Social media addiction is when people cannot go a long time without going on social media. An example of social media addiction would be a kid constantly checking their snapchat every few minutes for long periods of time. Social media addictions is a very important and serious topic, which also comes with its effects on people. Some include, health risks to the brain, social issues, and behavioral