Hampton Roads

I scratched at my forearms, itching for another fix. The light from my phone illuminated my face as I checked my text messages from my dealer, hoping soon he would be at the meeting place, cause I was cold. The wind whipped at my face as I walked up to the abandoned hotel where I was told to meet. The hotel had been standing alone for almost a hundred years now and was completely deserted other than occasional junkie or homeless person that milled about. People in this town barely even knew it was

In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road the reader is faced with a bleak post-apocalyptic world that is, as John Freeman describes it, “…a tale without a speck of hope” (Freeman). There is very little, if anything, that the reader can grab ahold of to hope for a better ending for the two main characters. But others like Gilbert and Dansby assert that the hope lies in the child, the one good thing in the story free of the corruption present in the book. Can such a world have any sort of hope for two people

The Road Less Pedaled When one takes the path less traveled, they are taking a chance on whether or not they will be more successful on this road or the more reliable, more used route. The cyclist in A Rough Road Ahead by Joe Kurmaskie takes the route less pedaled when he is led by the advice from some older gentlemen. The cyclist may not have enjoyed the long, dehydrating journey, but the experience is a life changing one nonetheless. The road that the cyclist takes, affects him to the point of

In Rough Road Ahead by Joe Krumaskie the cyclist takes a journey not only through the countryside of California, but through himself. Throughout his journey, the cyclist confronts many obstacles while on the way to Yosemite. As the voyage continues, he learns. Not just about taking advice from the codgers of Lodi, but about himself . Through struggle and strife in the environment, the story unfolds and the cyclist discovers himself. At the commencement of the voyage the cyclist believes in the people

Bibliography: Brown, Dan. "Frost's 'Road' & 'Woods' redux.(Robert Frost)." New Criterion. 25. 8 (2007): 11(4). Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 07 Feb. 2010. In the above article, Brown. D explains that the poem of Frost does not have any similes or metaphors. However, this whole poem is a grand narrative of a metaphor. He explains that Frost’s work is filled with complex contradictions. He explains his confusion in understanding narrator’s choice of using road as a future. This is source clearly

Robert Frost's poem “The Road Not Taken” there were some key factors to be considered that provide a better insight of how the poem was developed and what was the hidden meaning behind the words. The key factors found in the analysis are symbolism, indistinctness, and irony. There are many different ways to express symbolism, and many ways to interpret it. The most significant use of symbolism was in the very first line of the poem, which describes a fork in the road in where the author must

Name: Salih Alkhlifa Topic: Speeding June,24,2015 Drive at the speed limit 1.Attention • Why people die every year in road crash? • Speeding, it's a life or death situation isn’t? • How many people die every year? 2.Need • People are not aware of dangers of speeding • Disasters of speeding are increasing day by day. • People are still breaking the rule and turns out to be caught in accident TRANSITION STRATEGY 3.Satisfaction To make precautionary measures: • Get Driving Awareness • Obey Driving

In the novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Sal is constantly trying to find a new beginning. In search of it he goes all the way out West going through many adventures and making many friends along the way. Everywhere his travels lead him problems rise, yet Sal still follows his dream and goes out West. The West offers a lot of new opportunities to Sal and that, along with the encouragement of his friends, is the cause for his trip. In Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road the West signifies Sal’s search

Robert Frost’s “Road Not Taken”. On the surface, Thoreau and Frost have similar viewpoints, and their works are complementary. However, although “The Road Not Taken” is often believed to be a celebration of thoughtful individualism, Frost actually intended it as a mockery of indecision and boastful retrospection. Thoreau and Frost assert contradictory outlooks, which they personally practice, leading to works of literature which explore the opposite worldviews of the two authors. “The Road Not Taken”

The Devil’s Highway is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a national bestseller written by Luis Alberto Urrea. The novel is based on a true story and tragedy that occurred in May 2001. This tragedy is in regards to the Yuma-14, the largest documented group to attempt to cross the Mexican border into the southern region of Arizona. The novel presents the story of the Yuma-14, however, it is not just the story of their journey, but the greater issues regarding immigration. The novel begins by providing