The Ecstatic

The wind made her cry. She didn’t cry because of sadness; she cried because the oily wind caressed her across the cheek. It was frustrating. She had never felt so much anger from nature before. The black clouds were rushing to get into formation, but she knew it would not rain that day. The dank atmosphere was disgusting. The dark morning atmosphere was corrupting her important day. Three loud knocks crashed into her wood door. “It’s time,” Red’s father whispered into the door. Red knew what was

on. Lyla begged her parents to get her a pig but the always had an excuse as of why they could not get her a pig. In 2015 her and her family went to St. Louis to their favorite market called Soulyard Market. They were selling baby pigs! Lyla was ecstatic. She bawled because, her parents said no. Over and over again. About a year went on still being obsessed with pigs, Lyla found out that there was a pig beach in the bahamas and she wanted to visit so much. Lyla was obsessed with pigs and I am sure

Once Upon A Time…… A hero is everybody’s favorite character in a movie or a story. He is the main protagonist in a story or a movie. The hero always has required features that everyone likes such as super strength, intelligence, courage and bravery. In Joseph Campbell’s monomyth or heroic journey, he describes how a hero lives their life and the stages they will go through. The monomyth pattern is that of the adventure of the hero. It is divided into the three phases of Departure, Initiation, and

reference of Acts 2:4 “ Was this a form of ecstatic utterance or was it a speaking in other languages, which they did not know before.” One can argue that the people’s reaction to this overjoyed was because of the consuming of wine. However, if they were speaking a language unknown to the bystanders, could this not have caused the same response? Those supposedly filled with new wine would speak as a drunken man whose language would not support ecstatic speech but rather a known language no matter

“The Story of an Hour” "Free! Body and soul free!" These are the words of a women being unbinded through the dead body of her husband, or so she thought. “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is a short story written in 1894. It’s about a woman named Mrs. Mallard, who is informed that her husband had died in a tragic railroad accident, only to find that it isn’t true in the end. In the story the wife grieves and then rejoices for her new found freedom and independence. In this story the tone

Discovering a time portal into the past in rural Australia and finding the love of her life, Jess is faced with the tragic choice of living with him in his time and therefore leaving everything and everyone from her own, or giving him up forever. As their bond becomes deeper and stronger every day, Jack does all he can to persuade her to stay with him. She is an independent, sexually liberated twenty first century city girl who enjoys the freedom and autonomy that modern life and her career has

Imbalance of power in The Kite Runner Essay Is societal power what determines the respect people are treated with? Throughout Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, there are frequent power imbalances between characters of varying social authority. Differences in social power were common in the period the book took place since social groups and classes at the time could decide how well people were treated. In frequent occurrences, Hazaras, Pashtuns, Taliban, and Russian soldiers held moments of conflict

As I walked in olive garden, just like any other time the hostess greeted me politely and assisted me to be seated. It was around 7:00pm on a Sunday evening with many people as I expected. There were many things I noticed during my observation such as homosexual having dinner with their families and being accepted. Children are not being disciplined when needed whether they’re in a public place or not. Interracial families was eating in peace, and the restaurants are non-smoking, or secluded smoking

A wounded healer is a person who heals others because they, themselves are wounded. I could not relate to a more fitting archetype. I am wounded. I will never able to fully heal. I carry a heavy weight that somehow always pushes down on me even when I think it's been lifted. PTSD is funny like that. But this pain is my strength. It is what gives me the ability to support and understand others; and to heal myself. Helping others means more to me than helping myself. It stems from my own past experiences

One literary device used throughout the play Hamlet is dramatic irony. This irony is especially clear by comparing past and future events to the present right after Hamlet meets the ghost. At the beginning of the play hamlet was depressed and full of frustration. Hamlet still mourns the death of his father and refuses to accept the new “colors” his uncle brings. Ironically, Hamlet will change stating ,” I’ll wipe away trivial, fond records”. Hamlets is only thinking about casting vengeance on his