James Blish

The NBA (National Basketball Association) is a major factor in sports. As the years have gone by the NBA has changed drastically. The players, jerseys, team names, and the teams logos. Many more things changed as well. The baskets changed, the court patterns, some rules, how the teams play and how they run things. Julius Erving one of the greats in the 70s has a unique style other players may not have had. Julius was more commonly known as Dr. J. Julius was one of the first NBA players to dunk

Toy Story 2 deals with both sides of the conflict surrounding ‘identity versus confusion’, typically occurring during adolescence between the ages of 12 and 18 (Cherry, 2016). Towards the beginning of the film, an incident occurs in which Woody’s arm is torn by Andy. From here, Woody is placed on a shelf, segregated from Andy and the rest of the group. Visible and dramatic facial expression to exaggerate his emotions to the younger viewers. Audible confusion and sadness as Woody exclaims ‘Andy!’

The maze in the Maze Runner was made to test the Gladers. They were being tested for the real world which had the Flare. The Maze is surrounding a place called the Glade. The Glade is where the Gladers live. Inside the maze there were monsters called grievers. If one got stung by a griever, they would experience “the changing”. “The changing” is when you get some memories of your past back, but once one goes through this change, they are never the same. The only way one survives the sting of a griever

“Come on Cromwell it’s time to go inside”, said Kevin. Cromwell ran to him panting. When Cromwell and Kevin went inside, Cromwell ran to his water bowl while Kevin stood there thinking about to persuade his parents. The dog was more energetic these past few years, and Kevin wanted him and his dog to go to Paw Patch because Kevin was getting irritated about Cromwell’s over excited energy. Kevin sat at the dining next to his dad Howie. “Dad you know how you always want me to do sports”, he said. “Yeah

Unformed and unforgiving the world started barren and void of visible life, amongst its lands the planet adorned darkness where great beasts flourished and thrived throughout the shadows. The land was thought to be this way for centuries until the birth of man, or rather the becoming of man for man always existed; just, not within sight of the great beasts above. Man in its primordial state shambled into the darkness around it and spread and progressed until it recognized itself as a potential claimant

Matteo Alacrán, a young boy living in a home that just suffices, made the daring decision to jump out a window in order to play with a few other children. This solitary resolution changed his life forever and exploited the dangerous secrets lying within the “Big House”. When the main character, known as Matt, took the intrepid jump out of his small house in the poppy fields, he landed in a pile of glass. Needing medical attention, the three children he was eager to play with carried him to a luxurious

Welcome to Century Middle School! We have read three articles about the Mayan and Mexican Cultures. The first one is “Digging out a lost city’s secrets”, which is about scientists discovering three new chambers in a tunnel that was discovered a few years ago in Mexico, which holds many important and interesting artifacts. The second one is “Skeleton dating back to ice age sheds light on Native American origins”. This one is about scientists discovering a skeleton hidden in an underwater cave, which

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” Aristotle. The world is better together, as a whole, than it is made up by each country individually, separated and fending for themselves, with no one support from one another. We are currently living in a divided world. Either divided over power, race, religion, and so much more. We read the news daily, wondering why we cannot accept each other and move forward. We wonder why we are all trying to win the “war of division” separately, not relying

Titanic is a classic film released in 1997. Based on a true story, the film went on to captivate many viewers and has become a classic that will live on forever. Here are some facts you didn't know about the film. Number Fifteen: The Titanic Took Two Hours and 40 Minutes to Sink And the film is exactly this long. The movie also has 37 seconds in between the warning about the iceberg and the actual collision, which is a realistic portrayal of how the historic event actually transpired. Number Fourteen:

Within our complex human psyche there are three main catalysts that influence our behavior; these being the Superego, the Ego, and the Id. Though the Superego and the Ego seek to aid us in dealing with reality and intertwining morals into our daily lives, the Id, the most primitive part of our human existence is the one variable in this equation of life that ultimately takes over when the two aforementioned allotments. In my own personal life, as soon as something turns sour and or goes awry, all