Jump Around

Distinctively visual texts use a variety of techniques to convey the experiences during the war. In John Misto’s 1996 play ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ which is about women nurses enduring Japanese POW camps, such distinctive experiences as power and survival are shown through techniques like lighting, projecting image, sound, symbols, dialogue and body language. In Kenneth Slessor’s 1942 poem ‘Beach Burial’ he also comments about survival in war and the power in distinctively visual ways

The jump seemed a mile long. It touched my toes with only the slightest bit of warmth. It reached for my knees and grabbed onto my waist. It rushed up as if it was trying to kill me in it depths. Yellow liquid reached my head and seemed to pull me down under. My uncle shook me from a deep sleep at about 5:45 am. I could make out a pickup backing up to the boat, and I shook my head trying, but failing to shake all the grogginess out of my 10 year-old brain. Uncle Seth went about the old trailer

Horse Shopping When me and my dad were horse shopping we would fly all of the east coast and down south. We fly out to Pennsylvania. We fly out to Georgia. We fly out to Florida. We fly out to Virginia. You probably get the point. We flew everywhere. We were flying out to Pennsylvania one day to go try a horse with Courtney Cooper, a Rolex competitor, and me and my dad were super tired because two days before that we had flown in at 2 in the morning from Phoenix from a vacation. We had

didn’t like this game at all. John Lembke Response: I really liked the fact that Victor was voiced by the same guy who did the voice of Geralt from The Witcher series. I also really liked the ability to jump, not a lot of hack and slash games allow you to jump but this game allowed you to jump and dodge roll. It kept the combat interesting and I wasn’t

South Africa, my natural reaction was to say no, and that is exactly what I did. But while others were getting ready for the jump I asked myself one question; why am I scared of heights. I knew I had to face it one day. It was in a fight of flight situation and so, on the spur of the moment I decided fight. It was a decision I have never regretted even though minutes before the jump I was very scared. As I leaped of the bridge I felt like I was on the top of the world. Adrenalin flowed in my body like

“She thinks my tractor, she thinks my tractor's sexy…” we all sing in unison while jamming out in the car. Every summer we go on vacation with our grandparents to some cool place. Last year we went to New Hampshire and stayed in these cabins that my grandma owned. This year we are going to an amusement park called Dollywood in Tennessee. “Are we there yet?” my brother complains. “Almost bud, almost.” As we arrived we saw the cabin that we were staying in. It was on the side of a hill on the left

and get it over with- just push through the pain”. Those were the words running through my mind as I looked at the high jump bar I was about to approach. I could hear my coach’s voice ringing in my head, “Everyone has these mental blocks before big meets Maria, all you have to do is jump”. However, that was the problem- I couldn’t. Every time I tried to get myself over the high jump bar, my back would give out. I could barely move let alone clear the starting height. Little did I know I was competing

The Naghol or N’gol is a multi-purpose proving ground for the men of the Sa tribe on the isolated South Pacific, Pentecost Island. Nagol actually translates to “the body” in the Sa language. The Sa tribe has many reasons for the jumping ritual, but one main reason that still stands true in their culture today is the bravery and signs of a boy becoming a man. This is the pass over for the family as a whole to watch their son crossover from a child to a man. These boys are able to prove themselves

What Karate Has Done To Me “Yes I do karate, no that doesn’t mean I’m going to beat you up, and no I will not randomly show you a really cool complicated move”! Karate: an Asian system of unarmed combat using the hands and feet to deliver and block blows, widely practiced as a sport. Karate is performed barefoot in loose padded clothing, with a colored belt indicating the level of skill, and involves mental as well as physical training. I have been doing karate for ten years I started when I

The Way Down “I can’t believe I’m doing this,” I thought, as I inched forward and looked over the side of the plane. I looked over to see my friend who was with me getting ready to jump. Chris had been skydiving before, knew all the basics and would go everyday if he could. My best friend Chris wasn’t afraid of anything and jumped out of the plane as soon as the instructor said it was okay. It wasn’t a surprise that Chris wasn’t afraid of skydiving. He’s 6’ 4”, plays college football and is built