Pallbearer

lose “Papa Joe”. They met at the funeral home greeting siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles until we all sat in the Visitation Room to hear Joe’s grandson Kevin give the eulogy. I was in the audience but I didn’t know Joe. I was simply serving as a pallbearer for a service my high school provides to people who have no family. But Joe’s rather large family had requested we serve his funeral because of his close connection to my school.

Rosa herself endured a lengthy illness before death claimed her at the age of 83 on July 19, 1953 leaving Bob, her husband of 52 years. She had come a long way from her birth in Pelham Township, to Foley with her parents, John and Lucinda Jennings and loosing so much. She, along with her two brothers, Henry and Arthur Jennings were the first white children to live on Blackstone Lake. The North Star noted on July 30: Her home was always open to the local children who remember back to the days when

Jason Zengerle’s GQ article “Bill Clinton’s Big Moment: His Health, His Battle Plan for Trump, and What He’ll Do if Hillary Wins” talks about Clinton’s health, his role in campaigning for Hillary, his general life as an ex-president, and his role in a possible Hillary presidency. The first topic that Zengerle talks about in his article is Bill’s role as ex-president. As ex-president, he writes books and builds museums to remember his accomplishments. Now, his wife, Hillary is running for president

Hector is the heir to the house of Priam. As the prince of Troy he expresses extraordinary passion for his nation through his position as the irrefutable commander. Hector is a tragic hero in this epic poem. This is primarily portrayed through his tremendous sense of responsibility relevant to his station in Trojan society. Hector has the willingness to fight and stand by Troy while having a healthy family. “You, Hector you are my father now, my noble mother, and brother too and you are my husband

street all runners come" alludes to death. Demise anticipates toward the end of our "race" . Race is alluding to life. A percentage of the same men who cheered the young fellow in the race now bring him "home" to the grave on their shoulders, as pallbearers at the burial service. The competitor is presently a "townsman of a stiller town" . Which implies the cemetery is still and calm, in adjoining position to the boisterous group that went to the young men's races. In stanza three the speaker advises

Greek and Roman culture reference the ideology of multiple gods in many times in their ideology and culture. In ancient mythology, especially the Greek and Roman culture average people apotheosize into a luminous deity. The light is often seen as the good and darkness seen evil in these tales. Light too signifies purity, for example, white robes or white dresses. In Golding’s tale, he writes a story about boys stuck on an island in which the most kindhearted one is mercilessly killed by the rest

Emily Dickinson was an American poet who was born on December tenth, 1830. Emily Dickinson lived a very secluded life and preferred to stay in her home in New England and she even lived in isolation starting in the 1860s only seeing close family members (“Emily Dickinson”, poets.org). Dickinson began to write while spending her days in her home reading. Her style of writing and themes were influenced by seventeenth century English poetry (“Emily Dickinson”, poets.org). Her puritan and religious upbringing

“Wenny Has Wings,” written by Janet Lee Carey shares a powerful message of dealing with grief and loss, shown entirely through every journal entry the main character, Will North, writes to his deceased sister Wenny. Will speaks from his soul in a certain way only a child can, “I miss you hard, with an ache in my stomach and a sandpaper feeling all down my throat. I miss you like a big, empty, shut-up, quiet space torn out of my guts, and nothing can patch up that great big ugly hole you left.” When

For many, governments offer guidance and reliance; citizens enjoy security, order, and direction from their political leaders. Yet some forms of government — specifically Communism — cause instability, confusion, and distraction in the lives of their citizens. In Maria Reva’s short story “Novostroika,” she depicts the animosity of a young Ukrainian man, Daniil Blinov, who battles the oppressions of Communist life. In his position, Danill struggles to keep his family satiated under the dominion of

helped establish an underground newspaper called East Village Other. Ishmael Reed became a member of a writing club called Umbra Writers Workshop to help the black arts movement (Fox). That was when he wrote his first novel called The Freelance Pallbearers, which came out in 1967 Fox). Before his novel came out, he taught English at Berkley in the 1960s (Fox). Later on in 1977 after denying tenure, he would have many other visiting appointments with other colleges like Yale, Harvard, and Dartmouth