Blushing

In the book, The Things They Carried, by Tim O'brien, the title of the first chapter perfectly mimics the name of the book itself. The author talks about the many items soldier’s carried with them into the Vietnam War, as well as the effects they had on his many teammates. Each new chapter, though, gives new insight as to what they carried around with them besides physical objects. Despite palpable things in which they were required to have, young men would find themselves bearing the heavy weight

Love is a noun that we use to describe our affection for someone. It’s a way of saying how much they are a part of our lives. I would say it every day and every night, to the one person who meant the world to me, my daughter. She was the light to my darkest days, making each day worthwhile. I never knew how much she meant to me until she was nearly taken. It was spring of 2005. The day was warm with a slight chill in the breeze. She ran around the garden giggling and singing her favourite tune,

“If I profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this: my lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” (Shakespeare 1.5.104-1.5.107) Romeo approaches her and is already invading her space, trying to woe her even though she does not know him whatsoever. In this beginning scene he

I had the privilege of interviewing Jason Hanson, a pastor from Sovereign Grace Church. Exposure of counseling was early for Jason, watching his Dad oversee the high school ministry. Jason has counseled various couples, parents and teens in and out of Sovereign Grace. He sees his job as an opportunity to be invited into peoples lives, to serve them and see where they are in life. Faith in the Lord is the core influence that Jason uses in his counseling and his clients are aware of this at the beginning

Love is a very fickle emotion, often teenagers will confuse infatuation for love. Love, the sacrifice of one's personal needs and desires for the happiness of another. While an infatuation is when a person has an intense but short lived love for someone or something. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is considered one of the best love stories ever told. But Romeo and Juliet did not love each other they were infatuated with each other. Many of Romeo's actions lead audiences to believe that Romeo

Has it ever rained for hours or days on end and everything just feels gloomy and you get really sad? This is how Margot and the other children feel all the time. In the short story All Summer In A Day, Ray Bradbury the children live on the planet Venus with their families. They live in an underground city with tunnels and huge windows since it rains for seven years straight with no sunshine. Margot remembers the sun from when she lived on earth five years ago, but the other children who have lived

Jean smirked at her misfortune, but did as she was told, knowing that he probably wouldn’t survive the next question. David breathed out a wavering sigh of relief. It was some other guy’s turn in the hot seat. It was Steve’s turn. He blushed furiously when Shelly pointed at him. She had that horrible, evil half smile of hers. Greta slid his underwear down, showing the girls his nice, long rod. All the boys had great packages, but Steve’s was the biggest that had bared here so far. Shelly took a second

Imagine a world where complete control is in the hands of the government. Imagine a world where science, literature, religion, and even family, do not exist. Imagine a world where citizens are conditioned to accept this. This is exactly how the world is portrayed in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The focus of the World State is on society as a whole rather than on individuals. Some characters from the novel have a harder time accepting the conditioning. Through these characters, we learn the true

The wait was around five minutes, which was reasonable, considering how crowded the inside looked. Every table was filled up. Eventually, I am seated close to the entrance. I immediately am intrigued over how diverse the menu is. At first, the sandwiches caught my eye. I noticed the Chicken Tender Melt, with tenders served on grilled Texas Toast with American cheese, bacon, beer-braised onions, BBQ sauce, and ranch. Or I could get the Chicken Bacon Swiss, which had a grilled chicken breast topped

page 94 the EXCERPT from The Fall of the House of Usher states, “The illness which had carried her off in youth had left the mockery of a faint blush upon the face and bosom…” This foreshadows that Madeline Usher was still alive because her face was blushing. The Cask of Amontillado is filled with foreshadowing as well. On page 70, Montresor and Fortunato are speaking about the Montresor’s coat of arms which is, “Nemo me impune lacessit”. This translates to “no one injures me with impunity”. The coat