Stephen Dorff

Prologue Billy the Goat was a Goat. No questions asked. He was the terror of the City of Billyoligia. A beautiful castle on Mt. Billyupidus, the 3,000 ft. tall plateau that was about even with sea-level positioned in the middle of a desert surrounded by deciduous forests. Billy had a wingspan of 20 ft. he had poison in his fangs, which were as long as swords, he also could breathe fire in dire situations plus unbeknownst to the general population could shoot spikes off of his tail, much like

Living at the borders of Yosemite National Park made for a daunting driving task. Tall pine trees, and switch back mountain roads seemed to be never ending as we descended into the cool foggy valley by Fresno. I remember rolling my window down for some fresh air just to escape the lung wrenching smoke layers. Man I just need a break from dad’s cigarette smoke. My brain hurts from that horrible smell. I don’t think I ever let dad know how bad his habit bothered me. After a few hours’ drive, dad’s

s this guy?” questioned John with an angry face. “This is Tony, he can help us get to the rocket,”replied Jackie terrified for what John may say next. “No!” screamed John, “We are going to get there on our own. We don’t need help from some stranger.” Jackie didn’t reply and got in the car with John. They continued to make their way to the lab and Jackie shared everything Tony told her with John. The car ride was long and silent as John was frustrated as he drove and Jackie didn’t want to make him

Their Eyes Were Watching God Summer Assignment Passage: “Listen, Sam, if it was nature, nobody wouldn’t have tuh look out for babies touchin’ stoves, would they? ’Cause dey just naturally wouldn’t touch it. But dey sho will. So it’s caution.” “Naw it ain’t, it’s nature, cause nature makes caution. It’s de strongest thing dat God ever made, now. Fact is it’s de onliest thing God every made. He made nature and nature made everything else.”(Hurston 64-65) Journal Entry: (R) This is a passage

Ellie McDonnell Passage: “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where rich food and wine in abundance, an obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not, and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. The hospitality was as cold as the ices. Henry David Thoreau, Walden, or Life in the Woods Chris McCandless’s remains At the top of the page, the word ‘truth’ had been written in large block letters in McCandless’s hand” Entry: The passage reveals

The title “Good Country People” seems almost satirical after reading the story. The main characters, The Hopewells, are both as dissimilar as they are alike. Although Hulga and her mother have many differences in their education and ideologies they are also alike in their sense of superiority. It is this sense of superiority that lead them to be blind toward the salesman’s ploy. Although it is difficult to say that there were any clues of the salesman’s plot, it is exceedingly obvious that whenever

For several minutes, they slogged on through the reeds. The misty vapors of the fog settled on them, leaving their clothes wet and bodies chilled. “What in the name of the Creator are we doing? There is nothing here,” Dathon groused aloud. But just as he finished speaking, from out of the mist appeared a raised embankment, embellished with low scraggly trees. Beyond which two hulking stone towers jutted insolently into the overhead fog. A pair of battered curtain walls ran between the towers, and

Elephants now join an elite club of social cooperators: chimpanzees, hyenas, rooks, and humans. In the video Elephants show cooperation, the article Elephants can lend a helping trunk, and the passage Elephants know when they need a helping trunk in a cooperative task, The authors demonstrate the intelligence of elephants. They conduct an experiment which shows how elephants work together to achieve a goal. All three sources illustrate the cognitive ability of these sagacious creatures. In the video

Jasmine Quan Mrs. Velasco American Lit./Block G 8 December 2015 Guide for Discussion Leader Role in Literature Groups NOTE: These must be completed at home, before coming to class. Those highlighted in blue are not for HW. We will rotate within groups for this role. Job Instructions: For this assignment, you will, first, need to find one passage from the short story you’ve selected that can speak to the focus and concerns of one specific literary theory of your choice (e.g. Marxism). Your job

The Landlady Even though the gruesome, ghastly and demonic story known as “The Landlady” ends in a disturbing way, it portrays many characteristics about the protagonist, Billy. There are numerous ways to characterize Billy, a 17-year-old kid on his first business trip in the strange city of Bath, England. Billy begins his journey to a hotel known as the Bell and Dragon but stumbles to a halt when he sees a seemingly cozy bed and breakfast that catches his eye. For a few pages everything seems