...story of how beautiful her sister had been until the medication she was taking caused permanent blue stitches that formed across her cheeks. The beautiful sister knowing that her beauty was gone forever, seemed to let it go like it was a burden to her for the longest time. After all those years of watching her sister nurture her beauty, the narrator knew more than anyone else what those tiny blue stitches would cost her sister. The narrator reflects back to high school years when her sister had perfected the art of being a dumb blond, the way she stood in the breezeway tossing her “bedspring” hair. “Laughing with that canary trill voice,” her specialty. There were hints of jealousy from these statements. She had a football player for a boyfriend, most likely the star of the team. He would do anything she wanted as you could tell from the “pained expression in his eyes.” The beautiful sister didn’t date men; she held “auditions,” looking for the one man who had the attention span that would hold her interests. She looked for ten long years, and still was not married. In these times most women were married younger, but these women didn’t have my sister’s agenda. Mapping out her life events, confident that she could control them, she always thought she had the world in the palm of her hand. Then one day it was all over as quickly as the blue stitches on her face appeared. Now, the sister who once traveled in the same inner circle of the other beautiful...
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...expedition to the New World looking for gold, glory, and God, but failed to make it when the strong currents of the Gulf washed them ashore. How did Cabeza de Vaca survive the trip to Mexico City? Cabeza de Vaca survived because of his wilderness skills, his success as a healer and his respect for the indians. One reason Cabeza de Vaca survived is because of his outstanding wilderness skills. “ The landscape was tough to survive because of the desert, various mountains, the Rio Grande, and many unfriendly indians”(Document A). “ Four rafts shipwrecked on Isle de Malhado November,1528” ( Document A). “ as a slave Cabeza ate what was available, including berries, mollusks, rats, roots, lizards, snakes, and spiders” (Document B). This shows that he was able to live through a shipwreck, and had to live through some pretty tough landscape. He also had to eat what was available, even if that Kent he had to eat horrifyingly discussing things. Another reason Cabeza survived is because of his success as a healer. “...I gave him two stitches. And two days later I removed the two stitches from the Indian and he was healed. And this cure gave us a very great reputation among...
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...I’ve never been a person to listen to rap music or any kind of music like that. I just don’t realize what the point of it is, what is it trying to tell you? It doesn’t have any message behind it and if they do then it a worthless message. Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying that the music is terrible it just doesn’t appeal to me and it doesn’t seem interesting. To me, it all sounds the same. My friends find my taste in music weird because it isn’t a bunch of words strung together carelessly. My friend Astrid and I were waiting for my parents to come pick us up. “Do you know this song?” Astrid asked me. I shook my head, “No” I replied bluntly. “Oh my god you are sooo,” she didn’t finish her sentence, she tends to do that a lot. I still knew that...
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...tired and wired {epilogue} So I wait for you like a lonely house till you will see me again and live in me. Till then my windows ache. --100 Love Sonnets, Pablo Neruda. For every dawn a twilight falls, for every star a flame. --- The girls have been named for the sisters lost, in the hope that they might recover the beauty of family through memory. The new mother leans over the crib, trailing fair fingers over fairer faces, long dark eyelashes on tiny cheeks. The father is leaning in the doorway, smiling. He’s hoping that the girls will get his smile and their mother’s hair. The doorbell rings, and the father straightens up, leaving the mother to marvel over her twins. There is a sound of surprise, then shouting and laughter. The godfather is here. He steps in, falls straight to his knees, soundlessly, on the carpet, and silently looks at the mother, asks for permission. She smiles and nods, and he takes the girls into his arms, one by one, and looks down at them as if they are made of gold. One of the girls curls her minuscule fist around his hair and the other one coos. Their eyes flash red and the crib bursts into flames. Immediately, the godfather starts crying, great, heaving sobs that don’t cease even when the mother and father rush forward and embrace him, laughing. Fire, water, air, earth. Family. --- The first thing the earthshaker and the teleporter do when they reach home is to get rid of all the cigarettes in the house. Under the sofa, inside the...
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...find the smell of fresh fabric one of the most intoxicating and wonderful smells in the world. It's almost as euphoric as the smell of cookies and cream ice cream, but can't hold a candle to the the smell of a brand new book (which, by the way, is my favorite scent in the world). To be completely honest, I don't know what makes me love the scent of crisply ironed cotton or satin. But if I could guess, I would infer that it comes from the association to fabric stores and memories of walking into one. When I was younger, and still now, it was a mix of the vibrant colors, the possibilities behind each, and aroma given off. I can't honestly say that my love of sewing is a love that "has been there for as long as I can remember." In fact, I can date the start of my...
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...immediately could lead to a major catastrophe. Practical and Sound Advice As one immediately attends to a small hole in one's pocket with a stitch, which if left unattended could develop into a tear, leading to nine stitches at a later date. Similarly if we postpone attending to minor day to day problems, they do not disappear, but come back to us in a much more gigantic form. A small breach in a canal, if not attended in time not only breaches the entire embankment, but also inundates large cities and villages. Kingdom's can be lost by neglecting to replace such a small thing as a nail in a horse's shoe. As most of us would have heard of the saying "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe, the horse was lost, for want of a horse, the rider was lost, for want of a rider the battle was lost, for want of the battle, the kingdom was lost." This is the most practical and sound advice, that is given by our elders including parents and teachers. However, we in our haste, tend to overlook the small details, which is the cause of major problems at a later date. Proven by History History is replete with examples validating the above saying. Had Germany got a honourable settlement after World War I, the conflagration and destruction of the World War II could have been avoided. Had the National leaders shown maturity and understanding, the partition of the country could have been avoided. These are all glaring examples of what can happen to great countries, if...
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...about animals, I decided to climb up on a bench and then jump off so that I could experience flight like the birds and butterflies I had just seen. Unfortunately, my time in the air did not last long and ultimately it landed me in the hospital getting a cast on my arm. That was my introductory experience to the world of human biology and the skeletal system. After that I spent a lot of time in the orthopedist's office, adding many more breaks and fractures as well as 6 scars to my arms. I grew to enjoy my time there. I would chatter with the nurses and the doctor about how the X-ray machine worked, how my bones would regenerate, and what exactly the cast he was putting on me was made of. Eventually I started to want to gain an injury just so I could go back. In my head I was already a doctor. I compiled all of my old X-ray images and would examine them. I would create casting material and ask my friends if they wanted to try it. I even remember asking for a pair of crutches for my 11th birthday even though I had no need for them. Looking back it is easy to see that I was the “annoying kid” that asked too many questions. I was the kid that watched the doctor put stitches in even when he advised me not to....
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...Shawn Mendes is my favorite singer, that is why I chose to do my research papaer over him. In the following you learn about some of his major accomplishments and some facts about him. Shawn Peter Raul Mendes is his full name. He is a canadian singer and songwriter. Shawn Mendes was born on August 8, 1998, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His parents are Karen and Manuel Mendes. He also has a little sister named Aaliyah. Karen his mother works as a real estate agent and his father Manuel is a businessman. In many many of his videos and songs Shawn Mendes is playing his guitar. When her was 13 in 2012 he learned how to play the guitar by watching youtube videos. Then he started putting cover videos on a popular app called vine in 2013. He...
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...Hi, I’m Kayden and today I’m going to tell you about myself. I’m 14 years old, and I enjoy playing sports and meeting new people. In this essay, I’m going to tell you about myself, such as my hobbies and something about me that is unusual. I was born on January 6, 2002, in Grand Forks B.C. My parents are separated, so I spend time at both houses. I have two brothers, one older and one younger. I also have one dog, and four cats. I love to play sports, especially skateboarding and skiing. Some other things that I like are cooking, listening to music, and going to the gym. One of my dreams is to travel the world and learn about different cultures. Lastly, I’m not afraid of many things, but one of the things that do scare me are spiders....
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...You are stranded on an island with 250 men, soon you and your fellow castaways are struggling to survive with low amounts of food and water. Within a year you and three other men are the only ones to survive. There is one thought in your head… how much longer can we survive? In the spring of 1527 five ships and 300 men set sail for the new world. Soon the ships crashed on modern day Galveston Island Texas and within one year only four castaways were still alive - one of which was a “37 year old military veteran named Cabeza de Vaca” (Background Essay). How did he survive? Cabeza de Vaca survived because of his success as a healer, respect for Native Americans, and lastly his wilderness skills. The first reason Cabeza de vaca survived was...
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...I live two halves of one life, neither quite complete. Each life has gaps and memories missing, like an uneven patchwork doll. Two cultures, Korean and American, unevenly stuffed into one body, tearing it at the seams. Each choice I make between each life pulls at my threads and threatens to rip out my stitches. Sometimes this takes a toll on my one, singular body. Sometimes I feel a sharp pang when one of my Korean relatives chastises my chopstick manners, or when someone assumes that I am not half American, and that I’m full Korean. Sometimes I feel too foreign for either culture to accept, when people from both continents are always asking me what I am, unable to recognize that I am one of them. I feel alien next to them, compared to their...
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...If the current news reports is to be believed in, then yes, pit bulls should be banned around the world as they allegedly kill and bite people, as well as other animals. They are considered threat in communities. So it is no surprise banning of pit bulls are often talked about. Just recently, New York City is thinking of banning pit bulls in their city after a 5-year old, Jeremiah Rivera, underwent 2, 000 stitches after getting beaten by a family pit bull. Is it shocking to say that pit bulls used to be called as “nanny dogs” in America, for they are gentle among children. Pit bulls are actually not a breed, but a genetic trait often used to describe dogs with similar traits. Breeds under pit bulls include American pit bull terrier and American Staffordshire...
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...Often called William Shakespeare’s farewell to the stage, The Tempest is considered to be one of his greatest plays. The Tempest is not set in reality, but in a mysterious world that melded everyday people and material with a beautiful fantasia. The Tempest features many fantastic themes, three of them include power and control, man versus monster and colonization. Out of all of the themes in The Tempest, these three themes are the most prevalent. The theme of power and control mainly ensues within Prospero, himself. This is prevailing in the way he treats his servants, Caliban and Ariel. Prospero says many nasty things to Caliban such as, “Thou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself. Upon thy wicked dam, Come forth!” (I.ii.383-384) From...
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...This proverb is a counsel of prudence. Timely action very often prevents a great loss. Steps taken early means less labour, better success, less chance of loss or damage. Suppose their is a slight rent, in your garment or crack in the enbankment. If you put in a few timely stitches and repairs, further mischief may well be prevented. Similarly, if you do not attend to your books at the proper time, when the examination comes, you are at sea, you will be unable to cope with the situation. A small banyan shoot is noticed appearing in the crevices of a building; uproot it immediately; it will save the house; delay may mean great loss, perhaps ultimate destruction. A crack in the embankment of river will widen to let in flood waters to cause disaster if it is not plugged and repaired in time. It is so in all spheres of life. In politics, a problem left unsolved for long, often leads to disaster; tackled in time it saves a world of troubles. In small things as in great, in one's household as in one's business, in all circumstances, promptness in action means profit; delay means loss. But the average, man is easy-going and indolent. He seldom likes to do a thing today when he can put it off till tomorrow. That is why the average man has this habit of not doing a thing promptly, of delaying and postponing till it is too late to mend. A schoolboy has been given tasks for his vacation. The work is not pleasant, he postpones, and he waits for a time when he has no gossip or game...
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...the air, and sees as he falls one more thing; a cloud of white birds hanging on the skyline. There is a hot taste filling his mouth, like molten iron, and a black pain, and the knowledge that his teeth are through his lip. It's always this same dream that Lewis has, and he does the same thing when he wakes; he reaches up to feel the place where his bottom lip was opened, running a finger over his chin. He has a scar there still, almost imperceptible to the casual eye, like a ghost mouth that never opens, like a horizon. It has been fifteen years since he jumped and fell, and he has never been back to the beach. He has spent his adult life in the heart of England, at the very core of the city, as if putting himself in the dense centre of a world would protect him from another fall off the edge of it. But now he has returned to his mother's house, and the dream is more vivid here, in colour, with sound effects and rising panic, as if it too has finally come home. “There's a letter for you”, his mother shouts, hearing his footsteps on the stairs, “I've put it on the table.” 1 She says no more, but Lewis can hear excitement in her voice, as if letters are the rarest of things. He's been here a month now, and has spoken to no one, apart from his mother, has had no phone calls, certainly no letters, nothing at all from Anna. He pictures her, lying in their bed, her face shocked and...
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