Christopher Stewart

The Unexpected. Many times we see situations on television, movies or soap operas that we never think they can happen to us. Being present during a violent situation is a very unpleasant and life scarring experience. I’m going to tell my experience with domestic violence using diction, tone and imagery. It was Thursday, December 20th 2012. I remember the exact date because it was the day before my 15th birthday. It was winter and that day it had snowed. My mother and I went to pick up my little

I sat there watching my best friend choke on his own blood in my arms. There was nothing I could do to save him. He had been stabbed 10 times when I got there. He texted me and told me he needed help and to meet him at the alley behind the grocery store. When the cops showed up they immediately arrest me. How did my life come to this? How did I get here? The same questions going through my brain on repeat as I sit before the judge. I was pleading not guilty for my best friends murder. A man came

Have you ever had someone who lights up your life with joy? Truthfully, Clayton is that friend to me and a plethora of others. I have known Clayton for over 5 years and he has blessed all of them. Going to co-op, I see Clayton almost every week. Clayton emits a positive spirit, employs a sparkling personality, and entertains others. Unceasingly, Clayton radiates a spirit of joy and unity. Clayton almost always smiles. When I come to co-op, he greets me with a smile, issuing an aura of welcomeness

Scene 1 Jon - “Peyton we gotta get back to the Lander, the Android sounded worried.” Payton - “What's wrong?” Jon - “Garrett did you get that?” Garret - “Yeah John, tell me what's happening.” Jon - “It's something about Connor, I think he's really sick.” Scene 2 Jon - “Where is this thing?” Payton - “It's over there just lying there dead.” Jon - “Are you sure it's dead?” Android - “I'm pretty sure I shot it at least...” In mid-sentence the creature Springs back to life and runs into the

Beauty and the Beautiful Beast: A Discussion of Gender Roles and Abusive in Twilight The main premise of Stephenie Meyer’s popular novel Twilight involves a romance between two teens: Bella Swan, who is seventeen, and Edward Cullen, who is also seventeen, but has been that age for over 100 years because he also just so happens to also be a vampire. Though their romance has been described as desirable by many who have read the book, and has even been compared to Romeo and Juliet, it has also been

The other day, while standing on the elevated train platform, I realized that it’s always the same people waiting for the same train. Morning after morning, the same commuters wait while knowing a little bit about each other; who has a new bag, who brown bags it, who got a haircut, if someone is late or on vacation. We know all of this about each other without ever saying a word. In fact, we don’t even look at one another. I share my mornings with anonymous friends I never talk to. There I stood

In America, Jon Stewart popularized satirical news shows for Generation Y and Millenials, helping bridge the gap between more traditional news outlets like print newspaper and primetime news programming, with a more youthful Comedy Central-produced program that could be accessed on all mediums, including digital and mobile platforms. While in Europe, I was shocked by the amount of young Europeans that new of Jon Stewart and regularly watched his television program online in their home countries.

In the film, Do The Right Thing, directed by Spike Lee, is a story of African-Americans and Italian-Americans that live in local residents. This film takes place on the hottest and longest day in Brooklyn, New York. Lee represents himself, Mookie, an African-American delivery boy at a pizzeria. Throughout the film, Lee establishes two main characters that illustrate “the right thing”, starting Salvatore is known as Sal, an Italian who owns a pizzeria. Radio Raheem is an African-American enjoys his

Escarlin Perez Novel: New Moon A Sacrifice for Passion. In accordance with a renowned statement that is referred by Stephenie Meyers from the novel, New Moon, happens to entitle an astonishing significance to the novel itself. Furthermore, the statement on page 71, from Meyers in New Moon (said by Edward Cullen), states as follows, “I promise that this will be the last time you’ll see me. I won’t come back. I won’t put you through anything like this again. You can go on with your

Introduction According to Wikipedia website state a media circus is a news event where the media coverage is perceived to be out of proportion to even being to be covered. Examples of media circuses include the Sandy Hook School Shooting, Casey Anthony Trial, and Kitty Genovese Murder. However, one of the media circus that the media has been focusing on is Miley Cyrus. Miley Cyrus is seen as one of the outrageous celebrities who caused the media to symbolize her as a promiscuous in the media and