As a child, I remember my grandma reading me The Little Engine that Could every time I visited her house. Which may seem slightly odd that, that’s what I enjoyed as a kid. It quickly led to me writing in school. During kindergarten, we were all about writing our own books. For example, I ended that year with 22 books.…
Maze Runner narrative- Brennan Byrne We just escaped the maze and still very confused on what is happening with me and my friends. "its almost like we are being tested" Minho said. The maze was a very complex place, it changed everyday and we had to figure out its patterns. Me and Minho are the runners, which means we run through the maze all day looking for a way out and map out where we went for that day the others are called the Gladers .…
Rhythmic staccatos of hammer drills coupled with harmonic musical accompaniment compose the symphony of the theatrical arena. Gridlocked center stage, contemplating the complexity of antibiotic resistance in petri-developed bacterial strains, my deviated attention soon becomes enveloped by the compulsory sound of the production manager calling a cast meeting. I clench my hands around a story of genuine sentiment for tradition; having spent months exploring the effect one transformative agent can bear on an entire population of nuanced individuals. I begin to reference the fundamentals of biology to incite a parallel between random mutations of bacteria and random events associated with the art of theatrical production. In the studio, I delve…
Parents! The most confusing species on the planet! Have you ever just wanted to ask your parents something and all you want them to say was yes and not to say anything else. Not to mention that is all I wanted them to say, when I asked if I could go on the wave runner all by myself.…
“Welcome to the superman. Dramatic music plays. Please watch your step as you board the ride.” I am so reluctant to do this, I think. My brother looks over his shoulder.…
Moving “How would you two feel about moving?” my parents asked. At that moment, so many thoughts were going through my head like, why? “WHAT!?” my sister and I said in unison.…
A part of me always knew that I’d have to tell the story of the big quake- and I always hoped that I would never come to that. When it happened, my mind froze. I was sitting on my couch, reading ‘The Kite Runner’. I was trying to prepare myself psychologically to get up and knock some things off the to-do list; picking up my sister from work and before my mother got home to a house that would be hopefully clean.…
My first position is my house because you are relaxed and focus and my house is quiet and peacful so there's no noise and im not distracted like if i was somewhere where there is alot of noise and stuff to get me distracted like games and stuff like that thats just me personally i get distracted alot i need to be some where that's quiet to help me be on task. My second position is the library becaeuse first and foremost there is not talking in the library so it's originally quiet and that's what i like because alot of people function more when there's peace and quiet and some don't they just like the noise to do there work but i personally think there should be quiet while doing work.…
This is a really big game. I'm ready for the game to start. It was my last soccer tournament against the hardest team, Mundelein. Tweet! The ref blew the whistle the game was as exciting as the Super Bowl.…
I once knew a boy named William. He came from a rundown neighborhood full of violence, gangs and drugs. When his mother was pregnant with him, his father left. Unfortunately, William never met his father. His mother works two jobs to support the two of them.…
Many people have influenced me in my life. One person has stood out and helped me with many things in my life. My personal hero is my grandma. When I was younger she helped me through a lot. Whenever I mad a mistake she would be there to help me fix it.…
Faith is the belief in something greater than us one can put full trust, confidence, and reliance on when difficult times arise. I was raised to be involved with church activities to maintain my spiritual life; additionally my faith grew dramatically when my cousin deceased and gave me an overview of what I wanted to pursue my career as. When I was a child, my parents encouraged me to always be as loving and caring as I could be, not for personal gain, but to be benevolent to the people around me. I was raised with two loving parents, Mario and Rebeca, along with a younger brother, Mario and older sister, Ana.…
One day me and my sister and my dad whear having an argument about me going to a party on New Years . My sister was going so I thought it would be nice if I would to go with her . Me and my sister don’t really get along but my sister was happy that I wanted to go with her and spend time together . We never did anything together she thought if we would do something together I would tell on her if she did something wrong . But i would never do that because i would not want her to do that to me .…
Book: Kite Runner Author: Khaled Hosseini Genre: Realistic Fiction Rating: 4/5 Reviewed by: Sai Praneeth Vupputuri, Grade 9, Manthan School Kite Runner a captivating story of treachery and reclamation, had me exhilarated and has provoked my thought simultaneously. It is the recount of Amir’s past with Hassan, a recount of brother like relationship between two young boys. The story begins in Kabul, Afghanistan during the 1970s; when life was troubled for Amir in Afghanistan but shortly thereafter the Russians begin their invasion that would forever change the background of Kabul.…
I read The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini over the break for the assigned piece of reading. It was an incredibly well written book, once I picked it up I drove right into it, I found it extremely hard to put down. It follows the life of Amir and his best friend, Hassan growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan prior to the invasions. The writing itself was good as the author creates a warm depiction of a warm and homey Afghanistan before the coup, Soviet invasion and Taliban control. But it did leave me with a flurry of mixed emotions in which I could not fully grasp.…