Back in Your Own Backyard

This story takes place in the backyard of a boy named aurthor. Aurthor , his sister and their neighbor jacob play in the backyard all day untill its begins to get dark and their mother calls them inside. Aurthor invites jacob inside for a sleep over. They all take showers, eat dinner and get ready for bed. After everyone goes to sleep aurthor and jacob start to play video games and end up staying up all night playing their game. The next day aurthors sister miya leaves with her mom to go to the store

to even walk in your backyard in the evening, or taking your own kids to school, matter of fact even the privilege to attend school, calling your family members in no time, being able to relax, have an easy day and working at a place of your liking. All these things are part of our freedom that we normally don’t think about or how these things would greatly impact our life. These were small things that greatly impacted a slave’s life in the 1930s, not being able to choose their own life path, always

hockey was something that I couldn’t take for granite. When I was just a little boy, my dad would build a hockey rink in our backyard. He used to teach me how to skate and learn the game of hockey on it. I was sometimes so excited to go out there even when it was the coldest of nights. As I grew more a part of the game, I notice the things that have changed. From growing your hair out

dignity. Her increased reliance on silence may seem like hiding from societal pressure, but the narrator never loses her spirit. When the Layens arrived in America, the narrator’s great-grandfather jumped off the boat and screamed, “You ain’t takin’ us back now” (76). Similarly, the narrator understands that to survive against oppression, she must support the sanctity of the ‘black island’ with a spirit as strong as her great-grandfather’s leap. Ultimately, the ending of “The New Mirror” suggests the

make delicious apple sauce. One, large oak tree is the alpha of the yard; it lumbers over the house and shades the entire lawn. This small, suburban yard not only housed my mother's imagination, but mine and all my cousins' as well. My grandparent's backyard might seem ordinary, but it is actually quite special. The giant oak tree, the shed, the swing set, and my grandmother's garden are all special locations in the yard that continue to be sacred places for me. The outdoors has been one of my favorite

something came over me like a rabid coyote hungry for blood and I couldn’t control myself. The parents were ignorant, just like Sheldon from the Big Bang theory when he has no filter. They would steal things from a frog net out of our backyard to property that we own. The father was the worst. He was an exact replica of Peter Griffin, from the obnoxious east coast accent to that abnormally sized chin. He made a

belong here." The sound of the cuckoo clock saying,"Ticktock, seven-thirty o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven-thirty o'clock!" Repeating in my mind. The early morning sun was already well risen, and the spring grass shone like it had its own gentle glow from within. The breeze from the open window felt

house seemed like a castle and I was the princess. The backyard was my favorite part of the whole house. It was always so luminous with dew and the lingering smell of petrichor in the air. The grass always felt as soft as silk. It almost seemed like little feathers tickling your feet. The lawn was also filled with plants of all shapes and sizes, varying from as dainty as a dandelion, to as mighty as a pine tree. My favorite plant in my backyard were the clovers, which grew in copious amounts. Whenever

adaptation was very similar to the original book, there were some changes in the main character (Dorothy) and the roles of the witches, which were ineffective and effective respectively. First, I will talk about Dorothy’s character and her quest to get back home. Second I will talk about the roles of the witches. To begin, there is a great difference between Dorothy as a character in the novel and Dorothy in the movie. In the novel, Dorothy Gale was portrayed

"Tree?" It’s too easy. I learned how to draw a tree in second grade. I reach in for another piece of paper. Mr. Freeman shakes his head. "Ah-ah-ah," he says. "You just chose your destiny, you can’t change that." Mr. Freeman’s art class is a place where if you try hard enough you can find your "soul" by reaching out of your comfort zone and learning how to "breath" and feel the world. (Anderson 11) This assignment is not a coincidence, as the tree symbolizes the soul and personal