Classic car

to go buy my first classic car. It was May 30, 2015, I remember it being a partly cloudy day, with some scattered showers throughout the day. The trip was not far at all, but for me it was a eternity that was never ending. As we closed upon the house where the car’s owner lived, we slowed down only to miss the driveway. My father turned around in the park across the street that was barren and worn down. From that time till I slid out of the back of the car to lay eyes on the car is all a blur. The

relationship. Aaron Valencia had a rough childhood through his teen year which included jail time. His wake-up call was when he woke up in the park and realized he had no place to go or sleep. He went to rehab in 1999, when he got out he started restoring classic cars. Valencia now owns his very own shop in Lancaster, California. Some of the

The Importance of Latin in the Curriculum My memories of Latin in high school are less than fond. I remember slouching in my chair, staring blankly at my desk as I tried to remember the form of the word agricola (farmer) in the ablative plural. Much of the class consisted of mundane activities like this. We translated endless Bible passages from Latin, translated what seemed like the entire body of Greek mythological literature, and read hundreds of lines from The Aneid, The Odyssey, and

Is Stown a classic or contemporary piece? S-Town, a classic piece of southern gothic literature, the story of John B. McLemore, a man living in the terrible town of Woodstock, Alabama, who has to deal with violence, social issues and decay everyday. S-Town brings back southern gothic literature in this classic southern story of John B. McLemore and his town. S-Town fits into the southern gothic classic category although it’s a bit different from most stories from this genre. S-Town, a classical piece

Mark Twain, a renowned eighteenth century writer, once said that a classic is something everyone wants to have read yet no one wants read; those words have never been more true today. Most novels that are considered classics, especially during their time of release, seem to have a universal theme of not receiving positive recognition. However, as time went on, people found themselves developing a taste for such heart tugging tales. Classical novels, because of the language in which they were written

I interviewed Alexa King. Alexa’s interests are creative and they are calming. She is interested in all music genres, and likes to sing and play instruments. She is very artistic and likes to see the detail in everything. Alexa is satisfied with working with computers and she prefers to work inside, but she loves to travel and explore. Alexa does have a few dislikes, such as, working with the medical treatment of older people and young children, like surgeries or procedures. Alexa want to be satisfied

By nature, Japanese No drama draw much of their inspiration and influence from the classics. Many are based on episodes from the most popular classics, like Atsumori, based on the Tale of Heike, or Matsukaze, which was actually based on a collage of earlier work. Even within these episodes do we find references to yet more classic works of literature, from the oldest collections of poetry to adopted religious texts. That isn’t to say that No is without its own strokes of creativity—the entire

with classical literature and with classics as a field of study? How does this affect the play’s potential audience, and why did Stoppard choose to do this? The potential audience of the Invention of Love is limited in the first instance by the fact that it is a play for the stage. By proxy, the audience will be likely to have some knowledge of classical literature, as they will have more of a culture of theatre going. There is more of a tradition of classics amongst those that would have seen

In today's society, women hold a position equal to that of a man. However, this has not always been the case especially in the Ancient Greek society. In the society there were many rules and regulations for all, but in particular the women had it the hardest. Women were seen as insignificant characters in the Ancient Greek society. While the men….women attained the most difficult job of all, bearing children. These women in the society had very little freedom, actually no freedom at all. Can you

Classical Literature “A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” - Italo Calvino Why should people read classical literature? Classics are relevant to today’s time because they teach us the value, they help us understand history and culture, you can read and re-read them, and they help us understand how we got our literature today. Classics are also entertaining and will continue to be read throughout generations. We should read classical literature because classical