Winter Girls

an eating disorder. Laure Halse Anderson created this concept for her characters in her novel, Winter Girls. The narrative centers around an eighteen-year-old girl named Lia Overbook and her former friend, Cassie. Lia suffers from anorexia and Cassie suffers from bulimia and both live their life according to their mental illness. Anderson’s narrative surrounding these two girls uncovers the painful life of disordered eating and its devastating consequences. In examining this novel’s premise, the

English 131.05 07 April 2013 Interpretation of Sleep “The Sleep” by Caitlin Horrocks basically tell you about the people in the small town of Bounty. Protagonist Albert Rasmussen wife was killed by a drunk driver on an icy road. In this town the people looked up to Albert Rasmussen because he was smart and decided to stay in Bounty after graduation. Albert had gathered the whole town over in his family room to have a discussion. This discussion took place “…before the cameras, before the sleep

from me the weight and waterfall ceaseless Time that batters down my weakness; the knives of light whose thrust I cannot turn; the cruelty of human eyes that dare not touch nor pity." Under the worn leaves of the winter city safe in the house of Nothing now he lies. His white and burning girl, his woman of fire, creeps to his heart and sets a candle there to melt away the flesh that hides from bone, to eat the nerve that tethers him in time. He will lie warm until the bone is bare and on a dead dark

background of the two children, and above the title of the poem. The picture itself consists of three people, what seems like a boy sitting in the background, alone and concentrating on some sort of work, a young girl with a mischievous look on her face, and an older woman combing the young girls hair. The three are in a sort of door, the boy leaning against the frame, while the others are out in the sun. The

My passion is playing sports. I have always been athletic as I grew up playing all different types of sports. I did gymnastics, basketball, and I continue to play on multiple soccer teams. However ,I have become a lot more passionate about track and field. Track and field is more of a laid back sport compared to others as it goes on in an order of events. The events I participate in are various sprinting events and the pole vault. Pole vault is my favorite of the two events because there are not

While all the season have their ups and downs, each season gives off its own tone to me. Let’s start off with my least favorite season: winter. The cold temperature of winter always reminds me of when I got hit in the head with a golf club. It was a warm summer day in mid-August. The smell of pollen and honey floated through the air; the smell was so thick, I could taste it. The bright sun blared down on me, and I could feel the intense heat radiating from it. The sound of birds chirping up in the

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ferment.” He clearly does not like the spring season at all. It is boring and there is a tone of disgust. He compares the fun and excitement of winter. There is definitely a large range between the way he feels about what spring brings and what winter brings. Winter is almost bearable to Pushkin. Winter is “fun.” He enjoys the activities and cold weather of the winter. In stanza four, he writes, “O, summer fair! I would have loved you too,

with the one he so desires. However in chapter nine, this theme is most apparent. After Zeena tells Ethan that she is to throw Mattie, the love of his life and the last force that could make him happy, out on the streets to make room for a new hired girl, Ethan devises a plan to run off with Mattie. He spends an entire night making

I have learned to live my life through trial and error; I believe mistakes should be accepted without regret. I didn't always think in this manner, I originally was a perfectionist. I strived to be the best at everything I did and it stunted my growth in life for quite some time. After I understood the value of my life, I realized the key was to live genuinely; to live for a purpose that was not only important to myself, but to others as well. I was not taught morality, I had to learn it the hard