The Boy Who Cried Wolf

to say good for the first time and tell everything was alright right till i turned out saying”the worst”.We were doing warmups and now we were getting ready to play full court, which i Mariana Sanchez was once good at.Brianna looked over and saw the boys on the blenders watching the girls. “Those pervs” I looked over with my concer eye and see Blake watching me so now i knew

occasionally hear the automated intercom announcement say, “In case of an emergency, do not hesitate to locate the nearest emergency phones or Metro sheriff.” This recurring message was often ignored by not only us. Who seemed to also disregard the monotone voice were other passengers who either were occupied with other things or had earphones in and simply did not hear it. The problem with this is, if an emergency or disaster happened at that moment, how many of us would know the right way to react

America: The Land Where “All” “Men” are “Created Equal” Would you like it if droves of invaders showed up on your front doorstep one day, violently slaughtered your family, took your away your house and everything you own from you, and then decided to benevolently give you a whole tiny corner of a room in your house to live in, with the bodies of your dead family lying all around you? This is what the European explorers and settlers did to the Natives of the land we now call America. The Native Americans

The Ministry of Truth runs on the slogan “Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past”(Orwell). Throughout history to the winners goes the go the spoils. In our world the country that lost the World Wars were forced to pay debts and many of the leaders of such countries were

Bless Me, Ultima Midterm Report Many symbols are in the presence of an innocent child such as a golden carp god or being watched over by the owl of a “witch”. Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima is a story of how a boy who wants to discover who he truly is; Antonio struggles with the conflicting blood of his parents’ opposing natures running through his veins. The symbols that Antonio comes across cause him to question his faith and try to discover his destiny, such as the god causes him to question

he has absorbed over his youthful fifteen years, and determined to verse himself in Kabballah, a more intense and deeper branch of the holy texts. Going against his father’s word, he dives into the water, swimming into depths uncharted by all Sighet boys his age. One day, in his search for intellect, Wiesel met a man, worn by age, and wised by life. Moishe the Beadle he said he went by. The two shared a special passion for Kabballah. Upon meeting the Beadle, Elie began to extend his learning. Time

Dripping Vases and the Art of Storytelling On Tuesday, after the viewing of Katherine Liontas-Warren’s art collection, I received a phone call from my father, my great-aunt Lucille had passed away. It was in this frame of reference that I reflected on the exhibit of her work. Besides providing me with a means to contextualize my grief, her collection also conveys the means to explore the nature of storytelling and how it is a didactic tool. Her collection revolved around three main themes: the dripping

Underground Railroad and Desert Blood both take place in different timelines and universes, for that matter. However, there is one thing that is prevalent and similar in both; pure, unadulterated, blood and guts, violence. It is that which makes junior high boys squeal with delight, as they flick on the television. It is the same quality that will bring a sour churning of the stomach to the seasoned adult reader of these books. Whether it is the “Grand ole South” or Ciudad Juarez, violence is violence.

Jade Butterflies is a historical fiction book written by Kathy M. Zhu. Jade Butterflies takes place in Beijing and Suchow. Young Mei is a young girl who is interested in receiving an education at the Guiyan academy in Beijing, but tradition prevents women from studying and receiving an education. When a traveling student, Shan Shu comes to stay in Mei’s home she uses the opportunity to travel to Beijing with him. She disguises herself as a man named Ming, and they travel together. On their journey

Speirr is an 8th Generation Hunter and Professional Archer like the rest of his family, set on by their ancestors who in the past during times of war, became well known archers of amazing skill and strength, some even becoming the personal archer of their lord. Though war was over and the combat archer was no longer needed. But his ancestors recognized war was recurring, not knowing when or where, but it would come again. So Their ancestor would teach and train their children in the ways of the bow