...Do you like to go on camping trips? I like camping trips there fun to go on and see some cool things. Now I am going to talk about President Roosevelt and John Muir's camping trip. The first thing I will talk about is on their second morning the campers awoke to find themselves covered with more than four inches of snow. My second thing I will talk about is "The sequoias deserve protection, he said simply because it would be a shame to let them disappear. My third and finally reason is, In March 1903, help appeard, Muir received a letter from President Roosevelt himself. My first reason is "On their second morning the campers awoke to find themselves covered with more than four inches of snow" In paragraph 16 it says, On their secound morning...
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..." Hurry up," I yell as I see one of the new workers begin to slow down. "Anything unusual?" I ask "No sir," John Smith, my first mate replied. "I'll be in my quarters then," I say as I begin to walk towards the entrance to my quarters. "Yes sir," John added I soon awoke to the sound of running footsteps on the deck. I quickly put on my boots and headed up deck. As I walked onto the deck, the crisp, cold night air quickly awoke me fully. The sweet sound of the waves crashing into the hull was blocked out by the sound of cannons in the distance. I knew the sound well, for I had shot many cannons myself. I am after all, The Dreaded Captain Roberts. As I walk past a cannon of my own, a metallic smell fills me. I could feel the rocking of the ship with each step I took....
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...Scrooge and Marley, a short novel, is the adapted version of a Christmas Carol by Israel Horovitz. The author expresses that greed and indifference come at a cost, so the readers can interpret the consequences of being greedy. Over the course of the story, the author shows dramatic changes in Scrooge’s personality. Before the first spirit arrives, an example of scrooge's personality towards the poor and everyone else is, “If I could work my will every idiot who goes about ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding…” (603). In this piece of text Scrooge shows that he does not care about anyone but himself. In the middle of the story, Scrooge starts to change his act about how he feels about how he treated his wife. For...
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...little’uns as they live in constant fear of the beast. After which he distracts himself with the excitement of playing in the lagoon that he has all to himself. Until he spots a sea creature in the abyss and with the fear of the beastie a constant in the back of his mind it doesn’t take much for his imagination to run wild. Sparked a sprint to the jungle where a lack of experience and knowledge leaves him lost and with the exhaustion of running he fell asleep. Where he awoke from by the...
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...For example, in one part of the book the men were traveling, and there was only one man who was allowed to use the grenade launcher. After a while of carrying a cumbersome bag of grenades, he got tired and so he flung them into the ditch on the side of the road and left them there. However, one of his comrades noticed and picked up the bag of grenades and carried them to camp with them, and when Gruening, the man who was supposed to carry the grenades went to bed, his friend Duquesne placed the grenades next to him so that when Gruening awoke they were there for him. Gruening could not fathom how or why the grenades kept appearing when he awoke up in the morning. Finally, Gruening got tired of this happening so he said to his fellow comrade nicknamed the Arab, “Arab, how do I look? Do I look crazy? Have I lost my nut? Twice last night I know I dropped these d***** grenades in the ditch, and every time I wake up, they’re right by my nose. Igod, I’m headin’ for a section eight” (64). Examples like this can be found throughout the book often times to lighten up the story during a grim intense chapter. The humor often mellowed out the intensity and grimness of the chapter The fact that World War II paratroopers are not often referenced is important because it is essential to know about history and learn from the success and failures...
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...The night that he hung that cat, he awoke in a living hell. “On the night of the day on which this most cruel deed was done, I was aroused from sleep by the cry of fire” (Poe 14). Fire is a symbol of hell and when he awoke his curtains were in flames and his house would be too. This happened because he sets the house on fire while he was drunk and forgot about it when he woke up. He was trying to get to hell as soon as possible. This is because he is no longer mindful of his consequences. Consequently, he panicked at the sight of the fire and ran out for dear life. This shows that although he wanted to go to hell, when he was faced with it he felt...
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...I knew it was coming too, but I hadn’t known how I would partake in his grievance. His cheerfulness had been obliterated, happiness eradicated. Although I had not been there when it happened, and the events that occurred were unknown to me, I sensed my other half was begging to take my form. I awoke in bed the next morning fully enveloped in his body. Never had I ever experienced the heaviness of his form. To keep the experience short, for exactly two months I lived his life in my own form, existing as a state of anguish, sorrow, and misery. Night after night, day after day, I was nothing but a being of tiredness and sadness. The world, as I saw it, was a dark, desolate place; the sky always cloudy, the weather invariably rainy, and the people uncaring. There was no sense of joy in any aspect. It was a world of myself; not living, but merely existing. I searched and tried to hopelessly bring back my other half who deserved to live in the real world of his euphoria, but he was lost, and I could not find him. Thinking I would forever be in my situation, I burst into tears that streamed as waterfalls down my face. The next morning, I awoke not by my own means, but of his. The two months of his grief was over, and I returned to my original...
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...I arrived at school the next day still feeling slightly groggy but nonetheless, I was informed that I was in good health. I would estimate that three days went past as I still felt the same groggy sensation. On the third night, I awoke from my slumber and was feeling extremely ill; I felt like an ant that was succumbing to a poison. I began to vomit, and after about the sixth time, my parents arrived and expected me to ride it out. We decided to make a trip to the hospital after the eleventh time. When we arrived at the hospital, we were placed into a room, and I was extremely dehydrated at this point. Once I received an IV in both arms, the doctors began to check me out. They eventually discovered that I had mono, which is a disease that weakens the immune...
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...Rip Van Winkle I believe Washington Irving’s purpose for writing ‘Rip Van Winkle’ was to teach a lesson and to comment on the American Revolution at the same time. I think that the lesson Irving is trying to teach is that if you live an idle life, life will pass you by. Rip was not concerned with working to support his family or to achieve any sort of goals. He was only interested in doing things that he enjoyed and that did not help to support his family. He slept for twenty years, and when he awoke the world around him was completely different. When Rip was out in the woods hunting, he got sidetracked and went off with a strange man. This lead to him drinking too much and falling asleep for twenty years. While Rip slept, the world went on and changed very drastically. His wife died, his children grew up, and America won its independence from the British. These things did not seem to bother Rip, but many people would regret missing out on so much. Irving uses symbolism throughout this story. He uses Rip to represent America and Madame Van Winkle to represent England. Rip’s disdain for his wife represents the way the colonists felt about England. When Rip wakes up from his twenty year nap he sees an eagle, which is supposed to represent the new American freedom. Rip goes back to his village and sees that it has changed quite a bit, many of the men he once knew died fighting in the war. He finds that his wife is also dead, which grants him the freedom to do as he pleases for...
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...young bride Faith against her wishes to go on this journey, feeling some guilt as he walked away from her, “Poor little Faith!” thought he, for his heart smote him. “What a wretch am I, to leave her on such an errand!” (Hawthorne 606). Once in the forest Brown meets the Devil. As Brown and the Devil continue their walk through the woods the Devil tells him stories of his own Father and Grandfather walking this same dark path that Young Goodman Brown has taken. “Good goodman Brown! I have been as well acquainted with your family as with ever a one among the Puritans; that’s no trifle to say” (Hawthorne 607). Goodman Brown enters the woods and has many ghostly and confusing experiences that changed his life forever. Brown wasn’t sure when he awoke in the woods if his experience was a dream or if it really happened however; the events that he witnessed changed his life forever. “Be it so if you will. But alas! It was a dream of evil omen for the young goodman Brown. A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man, did he become, from the night of that fearful dream”. (Hawthorne 614). Michael Tritt wrote his interpretation of the Hawthorne’s story, “Young Goodman Brown” and The Psychology of Projection. Tritt brings the idea that Brown has an underlying psychological issue called Projection. Tritt wrote “Brown’s compulsive condemnation of others, along with his consistent denial of his own culpability, illustrates a classically defined case of projection”...
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...They spoke to her about the dog biscuits they had eaten, and warned her not to touch them. “The box has false advertising,” yelped one of the dogs, “the evil man who produces the treats takes expired biscuits and puts them in a new box. You have to go get rid of this evil, evil man!” As Teddy awoke, she knew what she had to do. She had to go find the man who killed her friends. She jumped out of her dog house, and ran inside of her owner’s home. When Teddy entered the house, she noticed a glowing, green light around the corner towards the kitchen. Like any other curious St. Bernard would do, she followed the mysterious glow. When she found the source of the light, her jaw dropped open. In front of her was the biggest, juiciest, best smelling, and brightest hambone she had ever laid eyes on. Most people would never have touched the potentially deadly hambone, but not Teddy. She pounced on it as fast as she could, and had it eaten in a matter of ten minutes. Then she dropped to the ground, passed...
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...The Rat Trap Waking up in a mental asylum isn’t something you plan for, or even think about, but here I am. I entered Hellingly voluntarily. My doctor, Dr. Lepak, had been telling me to come here for a couple of years before I actually did come here. I think it was the constant crying and self harm, among other things. I came to Hell, as I like to call it now; on March the sixth 1972 and I’ve wanted to leave ever since. I have been an inmate here for seven years, two months, and thirteen days. Hellingly is like a rat trap. It’s easy to get in, but once in, impossible to get out. I came to Hellingly diagnosed with manic depression; this meant that I could hardly sleep. I just lay there thinking, torturing myself, about all the things I have done wrong in my life. This caused me to have episodes. It was like the devil himself took over my body, which caused aggressive behaviour towards inmates and nurses. The thing is, I was never aware of the changes in my behaviour. However, after an episode is over, I am always shocked at what I have done. When I first came, I had a special episode, which made me take a chunk out of a nurse’s forearm. As it was my first, they didn’t know how bad I would be and as they watched I charged for her apparently. This was all told by my neighbour, who thought it was brilliant, the next day. My neighbour, Rudy Thill, is my first and only friend here in Hell. I couldn’t really handle more than one friend. I’m not very good with people, and neither...
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...using anything else beforehand. I didn’t over medicate myself. Two squares on me did the trick. Seriously, I would never think of eating three. The pain was tolerable throughout the evening. Better than if just smoking. Was continuously mellow, and happy. I tested in a safe environment. Ended on a ‘high’ note. I experienced the best sleep I have in ages. Two nights out of four I slept for at least six hours consecutively. Two squares. Waiting an hour to dose for the second time might have had a hand in that. Also, I ate the squares early in the evening. About four or fives hours into it, I became sleepy. Up early in the morning, so that was probably more on the natural side. Still, I awoke so refreshed. Hard to imagine the edible not having something to do with that. The other two nights I awoke just one time (bathroom) within a six-hour time span. Fell right back asleep. Verdict Pertaining to cannabis edibles, this particular medicinal peppermint/dark chocolate, raised the ‘bar’ some for me. My first time going the chocolate route. For dark chocolate in which I sometimes find bitter, this was simply delicious. Health benefits consuming that as well. Word within the legal cannabis community was correct. For those like myself who are into this kind of thing, I would not think twice about recommending....
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...dinner, I headed straight for home. Auto-pilot had kicked in, with tiredness and food on the mind there was only one destination, luckily a sign from the heavens appeared. A giant, glowing, red Vons supermarket sign, that awoke me from my transient state. A total blessing, as I would have been completely fruitless otherwise. Entering the store, I thought about the type of fruit I wanted to peruse for this essay. I was thinking something tropical, exotic, different and exciting. I was feeling intense inspiration from the fruit I was inventing, when I happened to pass an apple stand. Completely different from the extravagance held in my mind’s eye and you might be thinking “how obvious and boring”. However, one apple stood out. Its color patterns intrigued me, almost hypnotizing in its appearance and I knew instantly it was the one. Arriving home, I dropped my bags by my bed and ran through a quick mental list of the best places to do this intense study of the object and I. The ideal spot needed to be quiet and free from distractions. My bedroom was just too comfortable. The Library seemed too pretentious. I had an epiphany, the bathroom floor, it was perfect! Happy with that decision, I went to bed in order to get a fresh start in the morning. I awoke with extreme motivation at 7am. Getting my usual morning routine out the way, I grabbed my phone, so that I knew I was being time appropriate and my subject, so that we could begin. I glided into the...
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...Pope Francis Surprising Moments: 1.) When the newly elected leader, Argentinean Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, introduced himself to the world and become the first non-European pope in more than 1,000 years. 2.) When he became the first Pope in history to choose the name Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi. 3.) When Argentineans awoke early to watch the inaugural mass of the first south American Pope and Pope Francis the former archbishop of Buenos Aires – called the crowds gathered in the capital city before the service began. 4.) When Pope Francis didn’t let the papacy change him after he was elected. 5.) When he cast off the fancier trimmings of the office of the papacy in favor of simple dress and living conditions. 6.) When he broke with tradition and washed the feet of two young women and two Muslims on Holy Thursday. 7.) Whenever he cheered for his favorite soccer team, San Lorenzo de Almagro. 8.) When he consistently spread a message of acceptance and love through his interviews. 9.) Everytime he prayed with sick men and women. 10.) When he wasn’t afraid to get a little bit silly. 11.) When he refused to send away a small child who run up onto the stage at the Vatican to be close to him. 12.) When he met with Pope Benedict XVI and called him his “brother”. 13.) When 3 million people showed up to hear Pope Francis say mass in Rio de Janeiro at the end of the World Youth Day celebrations. 14.) When he took this amazing selfie. 15.) When he revealed his somewhat...
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