In the Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a red A for adulterer. She was forced to wear her public shame for the rest of her life. If I had to wear a letter for the rest of my life, it would be an M for mouth. I am a very loud person, and I talk too much and I’m obnoxious. That letter would fit me really well because I have a problem with talking. Ninety-nine percent of my teachers say that I have a problem with talking, and don’t really like it all that much. Talking too much is…
Lamb to the Slaughter Theme Paragraph "Lamb to the Slaughter" is a short story written by Roald Dahl and tells of two betrayals: Patrick Maloney's unexplained decision to leave his pregnant wife and Mary Maloney’s killing of her husband right after which concludes to be the ultimate betrayal. Patrick Maloney betrays his pregnant wife by telling her news, which requires him to leave her and their child. Mary Maloney is at home waiting for her beloved husband, Patrick to come home…
I recently watched an episode of Black Mirror and I thought it was very interest. It was a season three episode called ‘Nosedive’. This episode was about a girl named Lacies who lived in a world where everyone had this instagram-like application chip installed inside their brain and that everything was based off of your rating. The higher the rater, the better someone’s life is. Lacies wanted to move into this expensive apartment, but her rating was too low for a discount. So, in order to…
There are many things that aggravate me, makes me upset, or just down right mad. These things are referred as pet peeves; consequently, I have several of them. My pet peeves are squeaking erasers, people gossiping and people talking loud. In most classrooms, I notice that students use pencils with jacked up erasers. The noise of erasers just irks me. The sound of them are just awful. It sounds as if someone is scratching nails along a blackboard. I just cannot take the noise at all. Whenever I…
Randy Scott gazed out of the filthy window near his cluttered worktable on the fourth floor of the Leather Works, watching the clouds pass by, and wondering what a new year would bring. It was March of a new decade, 1860, and he was hopeful for a better life than he had had so far. July 9th would be his fourteenth birthday, and most boys his age were on their own by then. He dreamed of the day when he could get away from the orphanage and away from the Leather Works. The Armstead and Sons…
Ernest Hemingway is one of the most revered and studied American authors, famous the world over for his extensive bibliography of short stories and novels. However, Hemingway was a deeply troubled man, and many of his works are monuments to his struggles with depression. “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” is an ideal example of Hemingway’s nihilistic view of the world: it appears to be a mirror into his very soul. The theme of “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” is decidedly nihilistic: life, human ideas…
When the Night Falls Title: When the Night Falls Author: Carrie (McGregorsWench) Rating: PG (it would be G but there are fighting mothers involved) Characters: Darcy, Lynda (OFC - Darcy's Mom - faceclaim Lynda Carter), Pepper, and Moira MacTaggert, possible mentions/inferences of other comic characters. Disclaimer: I don't own anything other than the computer that I typed this ficlet with, and quite a few DVDs. I am not, nor have I ever, owned anything of real value other than my two BS degrees…
“I pull into the driveway of my little house,” Wait, let me rephrase that! “I pull into the driveway of our little hovel.” my pen scribbles as it flies across the page. I stop my hand and stare at the page. Nope! I rip the paper out of my shrinking notebook, crumple it up, and throw it in the general direction of my overflowing trash bin. I glare at the blank sheet staring back at me. “So, how’s my favorite writer today?” says Jasper as he throws his body down into my computer chair. It slides…
“The Boxing Champions Antonio and Felix” Friendship is the relationship between two people that you will have a relationship with forever. Antonio and Felix both have the same dream about being the champions but Felix is more motivated and Antonio is more relaxed. Antonio and Felix are both have the same dream of being the champions for boxing. They both feel bothers and really close friends. Antonio and Felix are both seventeen years old, and they both really enjoy boxing. Antonio and Felix…
Accelerant detection dogs are used by fire departments, and other fire investigators to aid them in the detection of substances used to expedite fires and underscore the spreading of the destructive flames. Dogs are used due to their special skill set in detecting odors that humans are unable to; their ability to differentiate sets of different scents, and locating scents even after some time has passed since those smells were deposited. In 1993, evidence gathered with the help of accelerant…