Thunder Bay

Waking up hurt everywhere, so I end up not moving from this crappy bed all day. Not that I want to. My limbs are either stones at my sides or useless noodles that have no control. Just sleep and let my body rest. That’s the dream for today. That dream is destroyed by Thorn. Her footsteps loud and the crashing of the door even louder as she bursts in. I sit up, my spine letting out a series of cracks. She just glares at me, arms crossed. “Are you going to just keep staring at me?” she demands. “You’re

My fear of thunders and lightning It is truly fascinating how children experience and overcome many fears as they are growing up and learning whether or not something is scary. Astraphobia, otherwise known as the Phobia (fear) of anything related to lightning and thunder, is one of them. It undoubtedly is one of the most complicated things I have ever had to defeat. I obviously was afraid of lightning, but I realized how ridiculous and even pathetic it could be for me

Thunder and Early Scientific Theory It lends its name to one of the most common weather phenomenon on Earth -- the thunderstorm -- and its associated elements: the thunderhead, thunder cloud, thunder bolt, thundershower and thunder clap. Early humans believed thunder came from the deities -- the voice and expression of their god(s). The roster of thunder gods includes: Thor of the Scandinavians, Donar of the Germans, Zeus of the Greeks, Jupiter of the Romans, Taranis

The Snowboarding Settlement On a burning hot August day a tribe of people called the Kewanee were trying to go about their daily business, but it was just too hot. They tried splashing pails of cool water on their bodies, and even burying themselves in the little mud there was. The farm animals and crops were dying, people were starting to overheat trying to continue on with their work. Bodies of water were drying up and evaporating, and land was starting to catch fire because of the astounding temperature

Astraphobia Sirens blaring the flash of lightning then the colossal clap of thunder. Many people think that storms are amazing and beautiful, but some think storms are the worst thing on the planet. These people who hate storms have a phobia called astraphobia. This phobia is also very common in children and if you have this phobia, don’t feel ashamed, an astonishing 2.1% of people on this planet have astraphobia. Astraphobia is nothing to be ashamed of and many people suffer from this phobia

wasn’t. She reached up, pain taking away her breath, and stretched to hit the overhead light button. Brightness flooded the car. Bartlett slowly moved her head. She saw one strap of her red canvas bag on the floor beneath her. Another clap of thunder startled her, causing her to shudder and shake. She was so cold and wet. Fighting the urge to close her eyes and recede into sleep, she pushed herself to reach down and slowly pull up the bag. It seemed to take forever, a lifetime, before she was

completely misuse words. The verbal communication rarely explains the emotions they may be exhibiting. They are either unable or unwilling to even care about anyone outside of themselves which makes them incapable of communication on any level. Tropic Thunder is a movie that

Courage is when you stand for what's right even if people don’t like it or they think it's wrong. Throughout the book Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry. Mildred D. Taylor uses Cassie Logan as an example of a young girl that must stand up for her and her family and she must stand up for her convictions despite many people against her and her family. Cassie proved her courage by standing up for her brother Little Man when he didn’t want the book, Facing Lillian Jean Simms her rival, and willing to help

Sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to, but it really takes courage to get through it. In the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, Cassie Logan is a very sassy, outspoken eleven year old girl that, in my opinion, is the most courageous character throughout the novel. Some things that made Cassie courageous was that she stood up for Little Man, her little brother, at Great Faith Elementary School, stood up for her and Stacey, her older brother, at the mercantile, and

The Use of the Word “Retard” Have you ever used the word “retard” without thinking about what the word really means? Patricia Bauer author of “A Movie, A Word, and My Family’s Battle” writes about how the movie industry uses the word “retard” loosely with no regard for the intellectually disabled community. Bauer explains how society has accepted the use of the word “retard” as a common phrase to mean or make fun of a mistake that was made. The writerThere are many qualities needed for a good