2009 albums

I want to tell you about the time when I killed my baby brother. Well that’s being a little dramatic, I didn’t actually kill him, I just sold him to the Magic Man. I never liked my little brother, Johnny, I was thirteen when he was born and I didn’t see why my parents needed another kid. Since the day he was born they completely ignored me and I was always left to be by myself. School was my escape; I could be with my friends there. My friend Lucy was always kind of weird. Her long, raven black…

“Come on, talk to me.” I said this as I lovingly ran both of my hands over his arm. He reclined on our bed with a stoic gaze. “Maybe it wasn’t true. Maybe I was just imagining it all. Maybe everything was fine.” I thought. “One thing I know about both of us is that we’ve always been able to communicate.” I could feel each hair on his arm standing on end as my fingertips grazed his forearm and finally rested at his wrist. “It’s really not a big deal,” I said. But it was a huge deal. “You…

Hey Em! There is a point to your piece. It’s sort of like a memoir about a trip. It shows your experiences and talks about your feelings. Those are valuable in memoirs. People appreciated when you open up to them. I would include some stories though. Maybe a conversation you have had with someone local. You were talking about cultural differences and that’s another point your memoir or memory (memoir is really a collection of memories) has. The way I see one has to explore a lot as a writer to…

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” Horace is telling us that, with difficulties has the effect to draw out from someone a reaction to one’s natural abilities or skills, in flourishing financially relevant to an event past would have lie in a deep sleep. This quote, that horace stated, is inspiring because he is telling us as not a reader, but as a person. That making, who you want to be, is your decision nobody else's. It's…

Krik?Krak! Micah janzen Imagine a world where people can not speak what they think, or what they want. A world where death is normal and comes often. This is a reality for some. Haiti lives in a poverty ridden nation, where soldier rape in free time and kill people for something as little as speaking their mind about Haiti’s government. In the book Krik?Krak!, Edwidge Danticat illustrates that suffering is greater than shame and forces change. The concept of suffering is introduced to the…

Abe and i met at the concentration camp. This happen whenever we were looking for our shoes, we were both trying to hurry up before someone steals them. We had to make a perfectly bed in a military manner. Which was impossible. Abe had her bed right next to mine, when i met her i felt a reason to stay strong she was my best friend and the only person I trusted. There were hundred of other prisoners there too. We were always starving the only thing the Kopo gave us was 10 ounces of bread and…

Limon watched as his Adar [father], Naneth [mother], and Muindor [brother] get ready for the Spring Festival. His parents are warriors of Rivendell though not talked about much they are great protectors of their lands against the darkness. Limon was ready not caring much about his hair as much as everyone else in his family. His brother, Tadion, being the eldest of the two sat him down and braided his hair. “Naneth, can Tadion and I leave for the festival now?” Limon asked in a sweet tone…

My name is Mike Jon my age is 18 I have 2 brothers who hasn't passed a bar mitzvah and one sister, 10 years old, I live in Los Santos as a child at the school about 10 I had no friends because no bapscot I used to play with these friends to watch police at work liked to read books about cops and even went to the police station to ask what is the minimum age to be a COP, even though I knew it wasn't my age and I forgot to tell you I have been pleli and I don't want that. Know why I provide…

Great Wolf Lodge Hi, I’m Phylissidy and I’m going to write about the time I went to Great Wolf Lodge. My brother and I both got to bring a friend. His friends name is Liam. And my friends name is Donna. And I’m going to start with when we got there. When I went to Great Wolf Lodge I got to bring a friend. So I brought donna with me. When we got there Donna and my brother’s friend fought over the bunk bed. My brother’s best friend tackled her. But we ended up getting the bunk bed the first night…

It’s in the middle of the night and Peter wakes up. The next morning Peter bravely decides to check the closet. He finds a trap door. There are pictures on the wall - with a monster!! A monster... and ME!!! But I’m sleeping.. Peter decides to draw a plan to capture the monster. Later that night. Hands up, I got you! The monster smiles: “Oh, don’t worry about me, I’m your protector, your buddy buddy.” Peter says: “Really? You are not here to eat me?” The monster laughs out loud and says: “No,…