Watertown: A Short Story

The climax of “Paul Revere's Ride” was when Revere reached Concord and warned the people that the redcoats were coming. In reality, he never even made it to Concord. When Revere, Prescott, and Dawes were riding to Concord, they encountered some British soldiers. Prescott jumped over a stone wall and Dawes was also able to get away. Revere was captured by redcoats and interrogated. A sixteen year old girl named Sybil Ludington completed his ride, warning colonists about the redcoats.

This is Water, was a commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace at Kenyon College in 2005. Ever since this speech has been given it has become well known. Because of the length, it can be hard to read through the speech while trying to understand the whole idea of it. Wallace fills the speech with stories, examples, and vivid ideas while trying to convince these college graduates how to view life in a positive perspective. While this speech is packed full of ideas he manages to give it in a way outside of the norm for commencement speeches. Yet still gets all the information to the graduates and anyone else who listens to it.

The story being told rotates around the life of a Bostonian shoemaker named George Robert Twelves Hewes, who had achievements before the American Revolution they were just forgotten because of the other figures, for example, John Hancock and Samuel Adams. Paul Revere. Albeit just a shoemaker, Hewes' was genuine, humble, and a kind man. Hewes grew up poor; and this prepared him for all the hardship coming before him. He tells the tale of the Boston Tea Party and how he was helping Adams and Hancock, doing what they accepted to be noble and reasonable.

An old Chinese proverb says to fish for the moon in the water. In Lan Samantha Chang’s short story “Water Names”, a grandmother tells her granddaughters a story as a way to introduce them to their cultural heritage. This frame story was about Wen Zhiqing’s favorite daughter whose fascination with water escalates after she claims to see a prince in the reflective water. The daughter comes to the conclusion that her prince is real, wants to marry her and wants to take her away to his underwater kingdom. Her parents try to convince her otherwise and keep her from going to the river but after a flood, they lose track of her and she disappears. The grandmother ends the story and leaves the girls to wonder about what actually happened to the

The book The Secret of Sarah Revere by Ann Rinaldi follows the 13 year old girl, Sarah Revere. Being that her father is Paul Revere, she has a pretty exciting life. Sarah’s mother, Sara, had died when she was around 5, but got a new mother, Rachel Walker.

Though Saranell was a very advanced learner and reader, she still had the maturity of an eight year old and was oblivious to the events occurring and the purpose of the Civil War. This journey Saranell take shows her harsh reality of life

That next summer Deborah became a school teacher. She had never been to school before ,but since all of the men were at war they needed another teacher. She loved her teaching job because she got to teach other girls how to read and write. Deborah had wanted to travel all of her life, and the only way to do that was to be in the war. That next winter after teaching she became a weaver. She made men's clothes for herself and would act like a man around the town to see if anyone noticed her. Deborah then realized that no one knew that she was a woman, so that next spring she would go to war acting like a man. One night at midnight, Deborah woke up, put her men's clothes on and started walking towards Boston. She arrived in Boston and on May 20, 1782 ,she joined the army as Robert Shurtliff. One day Deborah and some of her friends went on horseback ride to take a break from the war, but they were found by the Tories. Deborah got shot in the neck and on her leg. At the hospital she lied about her leg to keep herself undercover, and she got the bullet out of her leg by herself. After Deborah was feeling better, General Paterson called her to his personal order. This was a promotion from the job she had before. In June she went to Philadelphia with General Paterson. Philadelphia was a very sick city then because there was a severe fever going around. Deborah got the fever and suffered a coma, and the doctor that was

Joseph Warren gained a reputation as the best doctor in Boston. His patients included John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, and John Quincy Adams. He also had many Loyalist patients, since he was the best in Boston. General Thomas Gage, a British general, and his wife, Margaret Gage, were two of his patients. It is very likely that Warren spied on his British patients. He also developed a friendship with Margaret Gage through his practice. Margaret ended up telling him about the British troop movement to Concord on April 18, 1775.

On April 18th 1775, the british troops planned to march to Concord Massachusetts to steal military supplies and ammunition. They also hoped to kidnap John Hancock and Sam Adams. When a guy named Joseph Warren found out about it, he sent 2 people to warn the residents of the area. Their names were Paul Revere and Tanner William Dawes. While they were on the road, they met another horse rider. His name was Samuel Prescott. They told him what was going on and he offered to help them spread the word. Alone, he made it all the way to Concord. “Revere was captured by...British patrol, while Dawes was thrown from his horse …[and had] to proceed back to Lexington on foot.” Early the next morning, at about 5 o’clock, the redcoats finally arrived in

When I made thirteen years old we had move to Lake Charles Louisiana, my mother had gotten a better job and a new house. Only part I didn’t like was my mother boyfriend move with us to Lake Charles and that I had to make new friends because I didn’t know anyone out there. I started 7th Grade when we move to Lake Charles and I wasn’t happy about it because I had friends in Crowley and didn’t want to move. My first day at Oak Park Middle School I was very quiet because I didn’t know anyone or had family members there. There was this girl name Barbara Thompson who had came sat with me for lunch because I was sitting by myself and she introduce herself to me . I was very happy she came sit with me instead of me sitting alone by myself, then that’s

One of Miller’s main characters has an inner conflict of what to do, Mary Warren. In the book, Mary Warren begins by siding with Abigail and her lies, but eventually is forced to say the truth to the court. Mary Warren knows that her accusations are false, but with Abigail threating to kill her, she seeks to stay alive rather than tell the truth. She is fitting in with the rest of Salem and backing up the hysteria with Abigail and the girls. Proctor finds out about her and she is convinced to tell the truth, prosecuting Abigail and her credibility. Miller has Mary in the book to create an idea of how controlling Abigail is and the universal thought of almost everyone in Salem. Mary Warrens conflict sheds light on the relation between the court and Salem’s citizens. It helps the reader comprehend the tough decision to speak out against the court and testify against the

In 1692 Salem Massachusetts, puritans were starting to be accused of witchcraft. In The Crucible, the puritan society believed that anyone who showed any signs of destruction to the society were witches and had to be hanged to dispel of the devil from Salem. Abigail Williams, niece of the Reverend Parris, brought chaos to the community when she was questioned about dancing in the woods. She had many girls lied with her except for her best friend Mary Warren, the new servant of John and Elizabeth Proctor. The unique character of Mary Warren reveals throughout the witch trials that she is selfless, oblivious, weak, and indecisive. Mary Warren is a confused teenager in the Salem Witch Trials.

Today's the day i am finally going to the Okefenokee swamp! me, my mom, dad, sister, and my brother piled in the car and drove to the swamp. When we arrive we take a look at all of the exhibits and my family and i were in awe of how big the alligators were. We took a ride on the Okefenokee swamp and we learned a lot of information like the name alligator came from the Spanish El Lagarto, which means “The Lizard.” one of my favorite facts is that The American alligator grows to over 14 feet, with the record being 19 feet 2 inches. I also heard that the alligators ears are right above their eyes and the have their own underwater goggles. When we got to the exhibit with the live alligators i noticed a sign that said DO NOT FEED THE ALLIGATORS!!!!

One cannot truly change the world around without first mastering the art of looking beyond oneself and into the outside world. This idea of looking beyond oneself has been the focus of ancient and modern philosophers throughout the world. In “The Is Water”(2005), a commencement address, David Foster Wallace, a modern day philosopher, implies that people generally view the world from a selfish perspective and elaborates on how the world should work to reverse its self-centered ways. Wallace reveals his topic through a series of anecdotes, each highlighting a different way we are focused on ourselves and then providing a way to view each situation from a different perspective. Wallace’s purpose is to point out the faults in thinking only for

There once was a boy named Jonathan (Jonathan Mcslurre, Jonny for short) and his family, ( including his parents, two sisters, and three brothers) every summer would all go rent a lake house. The lake house was secluded, relaxing, and quiet, mostly because it was in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by a forest, but nonetheless everyone enjoyed it…well everyone except for Jonathan.