Bastille Day

Fastest? “The black, submissive sky recedes when the influence from the white, imperious moon disrupts the balance of candid humanity,” my brother always said. “There are too many big words, Damien. I don’t get it,” I would respond. “One day you will, Uriah. One day.” He loved talking with the bartender who lived down the street. Damien made sure to visit Mr. Caver after the full moon each month. What do you think of black skin? Is it dirty? Is it clean? Before I understood anything at all, I’d

which the speaker seems to be content with. The reader sees a glimpse of his perpetual depression on a habitual night time walk. He starts by saying he is “one acquainted with the night” (line 1). He feels a sort of companionship with this time of day. Ironically enough, while most everyone else is asleep and quiet, he feels a sense of belonging. The speaker personifies the city through parallels of his own lonely depression. Having walked “out in rain-and back in rain” shows that despite the weather

“Mama Wolf, will you tell us a bedtime story?” asked Little Wolf, as Mama Wolf tucked him in with his brothers and sisters. The den was warm and snuggly, but Little Wolf wasn’t sleepy yet. “Of course,” answered Mama Wolf. “Listen closely, pups, and I will tell you why we howl at the moon.” Mama Wolf settled down next to her puppies and tucked one paw into her chest comfortably. Little Wolf and his brothers and sisters snuggled closer together and perked up their ears, waiting for Mama Wolf to start

Matt was alone. In a cabin in the woods all by himself, he was keeping house till his parents came. He met an Indian boy who invited him to his village. Should he go? Matt should not have gone to the Indian village for these three reasons. They were not familiar people, it was not his usual trail, and he was not the expected champion. The first reason Matt should not have gone to the Indian village is that they were not familiar people. He did not understand their ways, their speech, or their dances

Goodnight iPad: A Parody for the Next Generation Modern day society has a hard time saying “goodnight” to their technological devices, a problem that Ann Droyd explores in her parody picture book, Goodnight iPad. Through witty illustrations and a rhythmic word scheme, Droyd follows the nightly routine of a colony of rabbits engrossed by their gadgets and gizmos. The story opens with an exaggerated description of all of the appliances within the household. The mother rabbit, trying to sleep, quickly

Faer is a fox. He is a lonely young fox. Well he is some what lonely he does have one friend. One that he considers dear to him and that loves with all his heart. His friend is someone we all know. The Moon. He enjoys talking to the her it keeps him happy. He even gave her a name. Luna. Luna Faer talks to Luna every night before cuddling up in his den and falling asleep. Luna can’t talk back but Faer knew that he and Luna understood each other. The were both alone and only had one another. One night

Owl Moon written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr, takes the reader for a winter walk through the woods on a moonlit night. Father and son trudge slowly and silently through a snow covered forest in hopes of finding owls. It is a story of patience, perseverance, but most of all hope. “When you go owling you don’t' need words or warm or anything but hope”. The illustrations for Owl Moon are done by John Schoenherr. The illustrator chose pen with watercolors on d'Arches paper.

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind.” - Ghandi. The story of Dawn reinforces this well-known quote by demonstrating the heavy silence of murder and it’s feeble justifications. A few years after the Holocaust, one of it’s victims, Elisha, is recruited from his home in Paris as a terrorist in the city of Palestine. In his short time there, he has participated in violent group retaliation against the British, yet has never been forced to kill individually- until now. This story documents

McBride 1 Brandy McBride McAndrew ELA August 6, 2017                                  Night In the book Night by Elie Wiesel there are many instances where his use of imagery helps establish tone and purpose. For example Elie Wiesel used fire (sight) to represent just that. The fire helps prove that the tone is serious and mature. In no way did Wiesel try to lighten up the story about the concentration camps or the Nazis. His use of fire also helps show his purpose. “Never shall I forget that night

Enslaving Nature of Love Exposed in Lucretius    In Dryden's Lucretius, the speaker argues that (1) Love is a sickness, (2) Love's sickness enslaves, and (3) all attempts to remedy Love's sickness are vain and will only frustrate the lover. Just as Milton's Adam and Eve become enslaved to sin by disobeying God, so mankind becomes enslaved to Love when pierced with Cupid's "winged arrow". In Milton, there is redemption and freedom through Christ, but in Dryden, no salvation from