The Rude Awakening

millionaire and retiring at the age of forty and just drawing money from business production. However they really don’t understand the work it takes to make it a million dollar company. When these people are finally able to own a business they get a rude awakening. I am in no way trying to offend the typical business owner when I say, owning a business can be a challenging task that can cause many complications in your life and if you’re not careful they can change your life entirely. Over the last eight

The book 12 years a slave is a heartbreaking testament of the life of Solomon Northrup. It teaches the audience on the struggles and expeirence of slavery from the eyes of Northrup. The audience is made to think and analyze the journey as they read, asking themselves questions on humanity that most would have simply glanced over before. Putting the time into the perspective that is not commonly seen, the perspective of a free man forced into becoming a slave. These are very important aspects of the

The sun radiated onto the sandy beach, scorching the skin of the families playing in the water or lounging on the nearby shore. I raise my hand to shield my eyes from the bright light, I marvel how there isn’t an inch of empty beach along the entire Island shore. Children are tossing balls to one another shouting in joy with their parents nearby soaking up the sun. The August weather is wonderful for collecting sun for a few hours, and I always come to the beach every chance I get just to relax from

were talking about. I found out that hiking through the various trails in the Spearfish canyon was going to be extremely treacherous, and yet surprisingly rewarding. Hiking on some of the more difficult trails in the Spearfish canyon can be a rude awakening to some beginners. It may also be very dangerous and sometimes even fatal without the right equipment and safety precautions. For example, I could slip on loose rocks as I climb up a steep hill, or have to heave myself over large fallen trees

Clichés always seem to cloud my mind whenever we try to speak meaningfully about the things we love. In particular, the beautiful game of soccer always seems to mock my efforts in describing its genuine beauty. On or off the field, nothing in this world compares the sensation of playing soccer, both mentally and physically. In every instance, you always can't help, but feel the individual nerves tingle throughout my body as the pumping adrenaline courses your bloodstream. All the way from the situations

experienced the struggle of poverty before. There are many young people who are rich because of “daddy’s money, have never worked a day in their life, yet continue to look down upon those less fortunate. Any drastic change to their lifestyles would be a rude awakening,

In Kevin Brockmeier’s “The Ceiling,” a husband, the narrator, retells the day of his son's birthday because he remembers it for two particular reasons - firstly, he notices for the first time that there was something quite strange about the sky and secondly, he analyzes his wife, Melissa, realizing she is not behaving like her normal self when she suddenly utters the remark: "My life is a mess." As the story folds, the narrator’s puzzling curiosity is continuously fixated on the black object in

Mary Beth Foster Ms. Gourd Pre-Ap 10th ELA March 27th, 2018 When the Watched Becomes the Watcher In the aftermath of September Eleventh, Americans developed extreme prejudice towards people with Muslim beliefs. In “Watched” by Marina Budhos, we see this discrimination towards the Muslim population, including the main character Naeem. Naeem feels as if everyone looks at him with determination to prove him guilty with whatever crime possible. He feels like he is being watched by the police and even

“Moving again?!” I exclaimed. My mom had announced this at the end of the month of February. Throughout my fourteen years of life, I could not keep count with my fingers of how many times we have moved. On the other hand, I understood her decision to move from Birch Bay to Bellingham. Besides, my brother and I were going to school there and all our friends were there, too. Not to mention the drastic change in our family’s way of life, after a couple of months of hauling us from one place to

In the two short stories “Drought” by Roz Spafford, and “The Provincials”, by Daniel Alarcon, there is one common problem; a drought. In the story “Drought” it is a literal drought causing survival difficulties between a married couple, Chrissie and Clay, and their baby. It continues to get tough between the couple as they distance themselves from one another slowly falling apart. In “The Provincials” however there is a metaphorical drought in a Mexican town, where the father Manuel used to live