A Long Walk to Water Essay

would one day just disappear with no trace of their remains? The beauties of the Last Frontier, otherwise known as Alaska, are slowly disappearing and leaving no remnants. Each year, the ice grows thinner and thinner and arrives much later. Not too long before the beauty, which we have in our own backyard, will soon disappear. This past summer I went on a trip to Alaska with my family, and this magical state has a special place in my heart that nothing else can even compare to. We rode in a…

The existence of mermaids has been a long and controversial topic for years! The legends of mermaids have even been dated back to the time of Christopher Columbus discovering the Americas. Comparing mermaids to humans is quite an easy topic to discuss, but also maybe a far-fetched one as many people all over the world roll their eyes at the stories and tales of the existence of them. People are just afraid of what they don't know, that's why we say ''ignorance is bliss'', and when it comes to…

Naomi Long Madgett is a about a mother who won't let her child grow and develop by itself. These two literary examples show that too much anything could have negative affects and can be seen through the amount of expectations we have, the knowledge of our wrong actions and the type of intention we have to help our loved ones. One idea that differentiates in story and in the poem is the level of expectations that is being put into the…

grief of life. A place where those are thinking of you is what one can call their home. I have no such place. As my mind ventures into the abyss of my misery, my body advances past the trenches into the abyss of the warfront- No Man's land. As I walk out, nobody stops me, nobody asks of my reason for leaving. Nobody cares. As the war continues, the men of my generation have been erased from the core of the army. The generation above and the generation below don’t understand the predicament of…

for a giraffe is thirteenth to fiftteen months. Most mothers use the same area to birth each year. When born the calf has a 6 ½ ft. drop from it’s mother and will start feeding from their mother within twenty minutes. After about 24 hours calves can walk and even run. At birth calves are 6ft. tall and weigh 150 lbs. Calves they are very vulnerable to lions because they don’t have enough weight to protect themselves. 50% of the calves born in the wild die from lions. Calves grow 3 cm. Each day…

Housing Management of Maali the Elephant Mikelle Theresa C. Flores Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine and Agricultural Sciences, De La Salle Araneta University Abstract A 42 year-old female Asian Elephant was long been kept in captivity in the Manila Zoo. Many organizations such as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has been proposing the release of Maali due to the improper environment present in the zoo for the elephant. According to the…

Maggie Emma and I were walking up the stairs to get to the water slide we wanted to ride on at Zehnders. Zehnders was very big. It had an inside part of it with a bunch of baby slides, and an outside part that was very tall and was covered in kind of clear glass, and had all of the fun rides, and the drop slide was at the very top of it. The slide went super fast, it dropped you straight down about 20 feet. The ride was so tall you had to walk up like 57 flights of stairs, it was very…

Poseidon. In her rage she forced a huge tidal wave to rise and swallow the boy into the sea. However Nekton was not bothered by the wave of the rush of water but for some reason enjoyed it. He did not have to breath or struggle for breath but simple floated under water. He then started to move and found it very easy as he moved his way to the top of the water and simple went back to the cliff side. He quickly climbed back to the top of the cliff side and ran back to his mother as he could hear…

Have you ever wondered about the fascinating animals lurking beneath the mysterious ocean waves?You might find the narwhal,”the unicorn of the sea”,a bit interesting.Or the walrus,”the tooth -walking marine mammal”,might grab your attention.Both of these extraordinary animals are both different,but you might find some shocking similarities. These two marine mammals both have traits that help their life-style.One trait that these two share are short flippers and tails.These…

As he walks over Marryann starts to look at him in a sort of analyzing way. She seems to be searching for a face that she might remember but comes up blank.) Marryann:(As Hugo sits down) Thank you very much. I hope this doesn’t seem awkward but, you remind me of someone. Your face is very familiar--very kind. Have we met before. (Hugo simply looks at her and smiles. He hands her her glass of water and as if she had just received a surprise present…