Summer Tradition Analysis

Good authors can create wonderful stories, but it all starts with the setting. Without the setting, the story will have no plot and the characters will have no reason to be there because the setting is a crucial element. Barry Callaghan, the author of “Our Thirteenth Summer” can effectively use setting as an important part of a story. The setting of “Our Thirteenth Summer” is in Toronto’s Annex District during the 1840’s, when the Holocaust was occurring. The setting influences the behaviour of the characters and reflects the society in which the characters live.

The short story, “Doe Season” written by David Michael Kaplan is about a young girl’s loss of innocence and hesitation towards womanhood. In this story, the protagonist, an eight year old girl joins in on a hunting trip with her father and some friends. During this trip, Andy learns that being one of the boys may not be what she aspires after all. A few literary elements Kaplan uses helps readers better understand the story while reading such as, the characters, setting, and symbolism.

In “Our Town”, Wilder conveys the passage of time with change of seasons and symbolically uses each season to represent a different stage of the characters’ lives similar to Foster’s interpretations of what the different seasons represent in his chapter “...So Does Season.”

In “A Summer Life” Soto is the name of a six-year-old boy who faces a decision between sinning and not fulfilling his sweet tooth desires. This all started when Soto became bored and thought the only way to cure his boredom was through sin. Though Soto knows that sinning is iniquitous he ends up going against all of his religious beliefs and greedily taking the pie for his own longing to eat something sweet. Shortly after, Soto knows stealing the pie was wrong and regrets his decision. In “A Summer Life” Soto shifts from greedy to guilty by using striking imagery, potent ethos, and biblical illusions to recreate his story.

The mission of "Summer Breeze" is to provide a homemade frrsh squezzed lemonade. Our lemonade will gratify thirst because of it's cold, sweet and sour goodness. I's a simple reminder of an awesome summer and feeling the summer breeze at the beach, party and barbeques. Any fay could feel like a summer breeze by drinking our great tasting

The 1960s were an extremely difficult time for African Americans living in Southern United States. The peak of the civil rights movement, many laws and regulations were passed in the 1960s to protect blacks living in states such as Mississippi. Actions by whites in the south such as the murders of Michael Schwerner, James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Emmet Till, the Freedom Summer movement, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party’s delegate challenge at the 1964 Democratic party convention proved civil rights legislation was needed in the south by demonstrating to the public how unfair the living system was for African Americans in the south. While driving through Mississippi to investigate the burning of a black church, two white

“Come on, guys,” I yelled at my family, which consists of my mom Madonna, my father John, and my two sisters Alissa and Kara, as I ran frantically across the jam-packed parking lot to the opening gate that led to a world of adventure. As wide as the world around, my eyes pierced at the doorway to a world of fun. Families, of all sizes, were enjoying all the possibilities of fun. Hearing laughter and frightening screams, warned me of the experience waiting for me within the doorway to everlasting amazement. The sweet baked smell of funnel cakes swarmed into the fresh morning air. Before I knew it, my family and I were ready to enter Valleyfair, an amusement park that offers summertime fun to the maximum.

In my opinion, fairness was not apart of the theme in Kelly Link’s story, “Secret Identity.” The main character of the story, Billy Faggart, is a fifteen-year-old girl who has been chatting online with a thirty-four year old man named Paul Zell, in a game called "FarAway." Billy was pretending to be her older sister, Melinda, who is a high school teacher. Billy was wrong to trick such a lonely man into thinking that he was in love with her, when she is only fifteen. Kelly Link’s stories "Secret Identity," and “The Summer People,” are similar in that they represent themes of justice, equality, and redemption. In, “The Summer People,” redemption is portrayed when Fran leaves Ophelia and then feels guilty. Fran then lies to Ophelia saying she

Spring break is supposed to be one of the happiest times of the year: families go on vacation, students and employees can finally relax after months of hard work, and the horrible cold months are finally turning into beautiful, lively new ones. This is how most people would describe spring break, but for me and my family in April of 2010, this was not the case.

500 days of summer is a story where a boy meets a girl, he falls in love with her yet she does not truly love him. The movie shows the progression of the relationship of Tom and Summer. It begins when they first meet when Summer begins working as a secretary where Tom works and progresses to them casually dating. Summer is obviously hesitant and against relationships yet Tom is overly eager to find the perfect girl. The story ultimately shows the demise and after effects of their relationship. At first thought anyone could think this is the typical love story where the movie casually progresses to them living happily ever after. This is not that kind of fairy tale love story.

Season and the planets, that’s been a question that’s has limited answers because of the limited research. In this essay we will discuss the common misconceptions that students have when understand the seasons of the earth, Along with identifying the other planets and if they have season or not. Also we will explain the aphelion, the perihelion and how it affects planet seasons.

As the calm brackish waters lapse onto the shores of Point Clear to Daphne, many people are hopeful for a Jubilee during the sizzling summer months. The neighbors of this community always alert one another to the sound of bells ringing and the eager cries of “Jubilee!” Everyone will come rushing down to the shore with their laundry baskets, gigs, nets, sacks, and almost anything you can imagine in order to gather an abundant supply of seafood. This natural phenomenon has only been known to occur regularly in Mobile, Alabama, and also across the world in Tokyo, Japan, which testifies to its rarity. A Jubilee occurs when coincidental conditions in the bay result in disoriented deep-sea animals such as flounders, shrimps, crabs, and other sea creature are driven to the shallow waters and into the nets of Mobile fishermen. The term Jubilee is often defined as “A season of rejoice.” The term seems to be so positive; however, this event could potentially be harmful to the fish.

When one thinks of a ballet they hear soft rhythmic notes and see elegantly dancing ballerinas softly tip-toeing around the stage. This is also what people in early 1900’s expected to see when they planned to attend a ballet. However, a couple of motivated artists in 1913 literally planned to change the design of ballet, music and dance forever. On May 29, 1913 a ballet named The Rite of Spring premiered in Paris, France. The original title as it translates from Russian to French is; Le Sacre du Printemps, meaning the rite of spring, but the literal translation from Russian to English means “Sacred Spring”. The ballet and music were composed by Igor Stravinsky, with the help of Nicholas Roerich, who proposed the general idea behind the

The summers are hot, and the winters are mild. Enjoying Houston 's unique year round culture of entertainment, shopping, and dining may spare little time to attend to your fitness goals. Luckily, Houston presents a variety of exciting (and tasty) ways to help you stay focused, while having fun all at once. 1. Houston offers 109 Meet-Up groups in the metro area, who gather for the sole purpose of maintaining healthy lifestyles while encouraging each other along the way. These groups offer interest for various fitness levels, and are a great way to stay motivated, meet people with similar goals, and engage in activity that feels more like "play" than exercise. Various focus of the different groups include walking, cycling, running, nutrition, body sculpting and transformation, aerobics, dancing, and a variety of sports related clubs, such as volley ball, soccer, skating, tennis, and golf to name a few. In the rare occasion that you do not find a group that peaks your particular interest, you are able to start your own, and invite others to join in! Some groups are free, while others may require a nominal maintenance fee, or ask that participants cover their own costs for individual activities. Either way, Houston 's Fitness meet-up groups are a fast and cost efficient resource helping you stay moving and motivated. 2. Another source for fun fitness activities is the Houston Parks & Recreation Department (HPARD). Offering many ways to stay active with both indoor and outdoor

The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is usually around mid or late September in the Gregorian calendar. It is a date that parallels the autumn and spring equinoxes (chūn fēn 春分) of the solar calendar, when the moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncak The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the two most important holidays in Chinese calendar, the other being the Chinese New Year, and is a legal holiday in several countries. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvest season on this day. Traditionally, on Mid-Autumn Day, Chinese family members and friends will get together to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomeloes together. Accompanying the celebration, there are additional cultural or regional customs, such as eating moon cakes outside under the moon, carrying brightly lit lanterns, lighting lanterns on towers, floating sky lanterns, burning incense in reverence to deities including Chang'e, planting Mid-Autumn trees, collecting dandelion leaves and distributing them evenly among family members and Fire Dragon Dances.e, of which there are many different varieties.