Lessons From a Cat Cats have a tendency to randomly show up around people’s houses. They will march on your deck, tear up your screens and sneak into your garage. Sound familiar?…
Snow seemed to bring with it more grief with it than any other weather, Victor had been sick throughout a winter and began to get well during the spring with sunshine and…
There was a plane crash and a teenage boy survived it, but now he has to figure out can he survive his first winter in the wildernest. In the book Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen, a boy that used to be in the city has to survive the winter in a forest in Canada. Brian has to learn different ways to hunt to keep him alive even though he does not like killing animals. Brian has to use everything around him to stay alive in a very cold winter. It is a good thing Brian is intelligent.…
The Vietnam War was a war that was catastrophic. By catastrophic it means 58,000 Americans were killed and 304,000 were wounded out of the 2.7 million that served in the war. When draft letters were sent out some people responded were fresh out of high school, which means that they really didn’t want to go to war, but were forced to unless they were willing to flee to another country or serve prison time. In the texts “On the Rainy River” and “The Greatest: My Own Story” by Tim O’Brien and Muhammad Ali, it shows their perspectives on the Vietnam war which were responses to the draft letters they received in the mail. In “On the Rainy River” Tim O’Brien talks about the thoughts that were going through his mind when he received the draft letter.…
Cheering loud and proud, sophomore Michael McCraner tries to keep spirits high. The feeling of cheering certainly stuck with Michael throughout his first season. “I feel happy when cheering because I’m around my friends. After I feel sad because I wish I could keep cheering with my team,” Michael said. And just like his feelings, Michael plans on sticking around too.…
Without his power of positive thinking then he would probably not stand a chance in the wilderness. Brian is positive in most of his time there like when he crashed, he tries to hunt for food, and when he loses…
Could last 54 days in the canadian wilderness by yourself and only with a hatchet and torn windbreaker? In the book Hatchet by Gary paulsen brian is in a traumatizing plane crash and is in the canadian wilderness for 54 days. I think it would be hard because brian had never been alone in the middle of nowhere never even hunted and having to learn or you starve. It would be hard but he did it and he learned something that can help him in the future anytime. Brain has never done anything like this and he was really good at hunting and fishing so he would have something to eat and he made his own shelter.…
One day there was a girl named Belle, and she loved to read and always love taking selfies. The same day she came out her house and heard it was dance mob and everybody was doing the whip and nae nae. Then while she was walking she sees a man named Xavier, the selfish, bodybuilder that always drinks a lot of ale. Then his sidekick Josh, who does everything for him, and looks up to him starts making fun of Belle’s father. While Xavier tells Belle bad things about her father and his inventions, Belle immediately stands up for her dad.…
So it finally snowed! I’m happy that it finally did and I built a snowman during the storm and it looks kind of…squared you could say. Since the snow is heavy, more of the leaves are now fallen off and it’s starting to look like winter. Today I went to my grandparents’ house to spend the few nights until thanksgiving. While driving out there, the corn fields and the bean fields were all covered with snow, you could tell that the deer were out and about since you could clearly see the footprints in the snow.…
I was in second grade when the great day happened. I was born in Indiana but not an Indianapolis Colts fan. I was and still am an Eagles fan. My mom signed up for an email alert so that she would get email notices from their kids’ club. One day I came home…
Honestly, I’ll come right out and admit that I have never been the Detroit Lion’s number one fan, or any football fan for that matter. Sure, I had technically gone to each of the homecoming games both years in high school, but only for the sole excuse of being able to put some red war paint on my face and attempt to catch up with some friends. The only exposure I had to the sport was walking through the doors of Phase Three during cross country season. Day after day, I was forced to push through groups of teenage guys reeking with a putrid stench of dried sweat, rotting eggs, and grass stains; the smell in itself was enough to make my eyes water.…
The Hunted I didn’t know who I was. I woke up next to a bunch of muddy kids. They all smelled like they haven't showered in weeks. There was two twins, a chubby kid, and probably the skinniest kid I’ve ever seen. Then I realized I smelled just like them.…
Moving as if he wasn’t quite sure if he was awake or not, as if his grasp of certain fundamental principles of the universe had just taken a pretty hefty thumping- which was pretty much the case- Garret wandered through into the stockroom. Wheatley trailed unwillingly in behind him, ducking the doorframe with millimeters to spare, Dave thumped dazedly into the cushions, staring at the fuzz of the living room’s flat-screen like a wheel-carving Stone Age genius suddenly handed the blueprints of a Jaguar XKR. most of its vital machinery exposed fished under the nearest workbench, and came up with a clean jam-jar, just like the dozens nailed to the undersides of the stockroom's many, many shelves, an entire regiment of dusty rounded glass soldiers,…
The title of this book is ‘Hatchet’, written by Gary Paulsen, and this book has received “Newberry Honor Book” award. It was published in 1987 and named “the bestselling classic survival story”. The genre of the book is coming-of-age adventure novel. Children aged 10 to 15 will enjoy reading it very much. In the beginning, the story takes place in the small airport in Hampton, New York, where the main character is from, and later in the Canadian woods by the lake.…
Though the room erupts in applause and cheers the moment I finish, I feel I scammed the patrons with my substandard performance. The sorrow I incarcerated behind my mask, began to leak as I observed the inhibitions of Alice melting away with every guzzle of her drink. The amorous gazes she shared with Angelo caused the heavy stone to expand, along with the tear in my chest to rip further, inviting the agonising pain to intensify. I focused my stare ahead of me, into the abyss, but it was too late, the image had imprinted in my mind, forever tarnishing all memories of Angelo.…