Ten Nights of Dreams

First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, readers see the emotional turmoil those who serve carry. O’Brien’s tale harps upon the physical weight of the items the soldiers carry. The gear required to protect the soldiers from basic physical harm weighed nearly ten pounds. Rations, water, and survival tools were carried in a twenty-pound pack, strapped to their backs to be carried during every march (O’Brien 1). Soldiers carried objects because of rank

vacation destination for some, but for a growing assemblage of car aficionados, the third Saturday of August means visiting the Motor City region to take in the acclaimed Woodward Dream Cruise. Named for the iconic street splitting east and west Detroit and connecting to its suburban neighbors, Woodward Avenue attracts tens of thousands of custom and collector cars, including street rods and muscle cars. From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., the suburban portion of the thoroughfare (Ferndale to Pontiac) is transformed

Emerson tells the readers in his essay, “Nature” that if they as individuals choose to look up at night at the stars and heavenly worlds above, light will shine down on them (Emerson 242). If a person was to look up at the night sky he would understand that if people worked hard enough anything is possible because the sky's the limit. It is important for people to realize that they need to rely upon themselves

American Dream The American Dream is the idea of a perfect life for many people, and has been for decades. Yet unattainable for many, most work toward this idea for a majority of their lives. The American dream is a life that is financially, and emotionally stable, with a residence, source of income, and possibly a vehicle. This objective is unattainable because the few who achieve always thirst for something more, satisfaction is never found. For example, Tami Luhby’s article The American Dream is

Red Lake Ontario a place that I’ve been But only in my dreams in the last year and ten It’s always been with the boys, mainly my son I invite you into my dreams because you’re my special one. The cabin on the hill faces north over the lake But as the sun set down theres not even a wake We sit close on the step as the temperature goes down And watch the sun go away like it’s making a frown. Off in the north we see a blue sky Shimmering and shaking and we wonder why As the daylight goes completely

Have you ever had any troubles sleeping at night? Some people might have an inability to sleep, a sleeping disorder called insomnia. But, for Adam Young, he had trouble sleeping at night, and yet, still have a very colorful vivid dreams. In “Fireflies”, by Owl City, Adam Young is trying to show his vivid dreams when he was young by using many figurative languages such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, and repetition. In the famous single,“Fireflies”, there were many uses of similes

The Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock, what a time of night! "The houses are haunted by white night-gowns." Everything is the same from one house to the next. Not only does Wallace Stevens hint at the Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock, he also brings forth feelings of loneliness and despair through his select use of neutral diction. Stevens emphasizes neutral diction using parallelism and repetition, the sameness of the syntax, and an ironic change in wording. Nevertheless, the emotion of the poem is only

Nightmares and Night Terrors Imagine this. There is a young boy named Toby, and he is three years old. He lives with his mother, father, and twin sister Anna. They are a happy family and they get along great, so it was completely unexpected for everyone to wake up to screams coming from the twins’ room. It was only half past ten at night, a couple of hours after they went to bed. The parents rush into the room fearing the worst, only to see Toby sitting upright in his bed screaming and crying. The

“Fireflies” by Owl City Have you ever had any troubles sleeping at night? Some people might have an inability to sleep, a sleeping disorder called insomnia. But, for Adam Young, he had trouble sleeping at night, and yet, still have a very colorful vivid dreams. In “Fireflies”, by Owl City, Adam Young is trying to show his vivid dreams when he was young by using many figurative languages such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, and repetition. In the famous single,“Fireflies”, there

starving screamed "I'll give it back! I will I will!". The larger man said "It is to late for that now." and then John woke up. John didn't know what the dreams were but after every dream his boss gave him or one of his colleagues a job that matched them. John was a detective at the New York police department. He had been getting these dreams every few nights for the last month, he had a scheduled appointment with a psychologist later than evening. He looked over at his clock on the bedside table, it was