Country road

To secure these debaucheries as more than just self-indulgence on Kerouac’s part, however, we are far better off considering the segments which directly followed, in where moments of a distinctive clarity are provided to Sal, whether fresh off a hangover from an evening’s indulgences, or the much harder-to-define “hangover,” and each mixed emotion entailed, in returning from another run out into his beloved America, where whatever he’s searching for has either strayed from reach, or simply failed

Four-wheeling Trouble Mistakes happen for them to be lessons, which I found that out in 2016 when I was at Anna Dirksen’s house. At the time we were really bored so we walked outside. As we were outside, we both saw her four-wheeler. Anna spoke while we were staring at her four-wheeler, “Wanna get on?”. “Sure” I answered. As we were sitting on the four-wheeler, Anna asked if I wanted to go ride on it down in the pasture. I said “Sure, it would seem fun”, so we rode down to the pasture. I was scared

The spring sun peeks through the trees on 89th Avenue as I trudge up the incline. School's out for the day and the library is my next stop. My thoughts are punctuated with the weight of education I carry and the students driving by at the “speed limit.” But silence inevitably returns, and one can hear the solidness of my backpack and the rhythmic jingle of its zippers colliding as I progress closer to the library, bringing me closer to fulfilling my daily routine. I love my backpack. It’s a dark

I get it. You’re a busy guy, with places to go and things to do. That doesn’t change the fact though that you got to the intersection ages after me, and I’ve waited patiently for my turn to go. I too have places to go and things to do, all of which would have been placed on hold had I not developed a cynical anxiety at 4 way stops from previous experiences. So instead of getting where I need to go quickly and efficiently, I have to stop and wait for you to drive past with a disgusted look on your

Travelling throughout the dirt roads in the green state of Michoacan, Juan Cabezas Jr. expected a pleasant afternoon. He is a carpenter who travels from village to village often taking roads isolated throughout the countryside, but on this sunny day with spotted clouds in the sky he expected what any other human being would expect, a calm day, he was wrong. As he drove along the road, he thought he was alone, but he soon began to see a convoy of large Ford pickup trucks. The convoy then began to

Throughout the novel “The Road by Cormac McCarthy, it displays the tale of survival, a world infested with murder, crime, and despair. However, the author conveys that although cruelty may arise in the world, love overcomes violence and that humanity has not been completely lost. Within the book, violence is shown in a great depth, thus because humans are thrown into a world filled with thievery, murder, and cannibalism as the result of a post-apocalyptic landscape. Despite the crimes that occur

As the sun finally slipped down past the Gabilan Mountains, it left the valley in darkness. The trail was scarcely lit by the stars that barely shined through the branches of the towering sycamores. The beaten path was barely visible in the darkness, merely a slightly darker shadow than the tall grass surrounding it. The branches of the willows brushed across the ground with the slight breeze that carried throughout the valley. Long grass swayed lightly, bending over the path to slide across the

accident can be very serious if not catastrophic. To make matters worse, even the most careful truck drivers aren't guaranteed that they won't have an accident at some point in their careers. The reason is that any one of the motor vehicles on the road can do something unexpected that leaves the truck driver with no way out. However, one defense against this is learning how to read the intentions of other drivers. This gives you a heads up on the possible dangerous maneuvers of the traffic around

Of all the vehicles on the road, large 18-wheeler trucks pose the most danger to cars. Their heavy loads mean that they take longer to stop and their enormous size means they have huge blind spots (also called no zones). While truck drivers are trained to frequently check their mirrors so that they can track cars before entering their blind zones, they can't always do this because of fatigue or distraction. Therefore, it is up to the car driver to be aware of the truck's blind spots and to drive

One Sunny morning in March 2010 I woke up getting ready for work. I couldn’t find where I put my keys to the apartment, but I found the keys. I arrived at work around 7:45 a.m. thinking and preparing for the school day. I entered the school and returned to my workstation to eat an apple and donut before starting bus duty. I walked up front to receive the students off the bus and carpool. Receiving the students with a warm good morning and a great big smile, ‘wow’ without my teeth showing, funny huh