The Day Of The Kitchen

As I finish shoveling out my snow fort and stop to smell the omnipresent scent of evergreens floating permeating the air, a feeling of accomplishment overcomes me. Its small, frozen walls of snow were now much more than the pile of plowed snow they once were. This pile of snow had now been christened as a fort suitable for a king of kings. The thick walls could stop the force of a myriad of snowballs, protecting the treasures hidden inside.

POW! At what seems like 100 miles per hour it hits you! The cold snow running down your back, chills form on your arm. Then, another one! Quickly you dodge it, then grab your own and send it flying back. Wow, you think, snowball fights are extreme. This snowball fight was the best I ever had. We were throwing snowballs across the street, hitting houses and laughing as we do so.

Throughout essay “In the Kitchen,” Henry Louis Gates Junior recalls a time when he and his friends and family constantly tried to straighten their African American “kinky” hair. They did this to try to fit in with white people. The writer is using his personal experience as an African American straightening his hair to show how black people felt about assimilating into white society. It was very difficult for blacks to fit in with white people but he remembers how this difficult time brought the black community together.

John Knowles uses the snowball fight between Finny and the other boys to show how Finny denies the war. The snowball fight is clearly related to the war because of techniques and sayings the boys use that are used in war, but Finny ignores that, and the fact that it could be dangerous for his leg to play and fight in the snow. Finny says, “That was a good fight. I thought

GD: As we look around the wrestling room, there are only a few bodies in here. Compare that to a few weeks ago when it was packed. Now with only two Calaveras wrestlers moving on to compete at the State Tournament, is it weird to see the room so empty?

“Yes, we are going to ditch school tomorrow and head over to John’s at 11:30, I already notified him that we’ll be there.” confirmed Chance.

As soon as jumped out of my window i was surprised to see Anna already outside ready to to secure a fort on Ripping Hill. We were already geared up and we headed of to Ripping Hill. We went down to street around a few houses and there we were and the tallest hill in the whole park. We climbed up the steep hill and realized that our shoes were getting wet and soggy because of the snow piled on top of the dirty landscape. I had just received a text from Tommy that said “Just wait till we bombard them with snowballs and take this victory.” I texted back “Wait till we unleash the secret weapon.”. “ We better secure a good spot to make a good fort and fast.” I shouted to Anna up the hill. We jogged up the hill to meet Anna at the top. We were ready

Det. Wyatt took one last look at the new arrival and walked over to the room Ryan just came from.

“What are you doing?” Her mother’s voice called out, as she shuffled into the kitchen.

Mr. Blizzards had become as stiff as a rock, and his strength was so great that Electra was thrown a few feet away into the slush. Medea snatched a pebble and aimed at the snowman. Her blow was so strong that the pebble passed through the snowman’s body and left an apple-sized hole in his chest. It didn’t seem to worry him a bit. His answer was a loud bellow that sprayed Cassandra's face with drops of melting snow. He swept his broom in the air, crashing a half-destroyed snow figure, and bestowing a long, glassy stare at the three witches, began trudging

After five minutes or so passed with no response, Dudley tsked. “Nobody’s home. Let’s go.”

For the first time since 1885, Maycomb had a winter. I could believe my eyes as I saw the white flakes fall down on the ground. It was so cold that they cancelled school. Jem and me decided to make a snowman, but there wasn’t enough snow so we used some of Miss Maudie’s and her dirt too. Soon

"Just fine, sir. I can't wait for the meeting to start!" After the meeting was over, Ub walked over to me.

“Shawn, turn that off. Let’s go back to Jules.” Gus said, eyeing the toy in Shawn’s

Semiotics of the kitchen by Martha Rosler and Safe by Todd Haynes both revolves around the theme on Feminism. One is performing and the other acting, as to how women are depicted as weak or strong in character in different scenerios. In Martha Rosler’s six minutes video art, it represents a Martha Rosler, a women who performs using kitchen tools based in a kitchen setting. While, Safe by Todd Haynes is a two-hour plus film where it depicts a female character that slowly weakens in her mental and physical state as she have contracted a virus called “environmental illness” or rather multiple chemical sensitivity in the twentieth century. Her condition worsens as the film progresses.