Coming of Age Essay

The Lord of the Flies had many small parts and different themes throughout the book. The author, William Golding, did an outstanding job to make one theme be the main part of the novel. Through every chapter he made "The Beast" stand out and be the centre of everything the boys did. He wanted the boys to all have different opinions and thoughts about what "The Beast" was. The little'uns thought of the beast in many ways. In the beginning, a young boy said he saw a snake like creature in the…

How many shots does it take to justify whether someone deserves to die? It took five for Harvey Milk, but it still was unjust. Even after the violence and turmoil of the civil rights movement it has been shown once again that Americans cannot live free without consequence. In this case a person tried to erase a social stigma by using his social platform to promote equal rights. Milk’s assassination was unjust because an openly gay man in a position of authority and had more power then a “normal…

Summirizer In the beginning the story “Between Shades of Gray” it talks about how there is a family. In the family there is a dad that is not around a lot with the name of Kostas Vilkas. There is the mom that watches over the two children, whose name is Elena. The oldest child's name is Lina, who has a younger brother named Jonas. In the beginning there is an officer that comes to there house and starts to talk to Lina’s mother. Lina and Jonas are not told what is going on all they know know,…

It was dark. Just dark and cold. Nothing but the frozen breath of a small, dark-skinned boy in the city. She was as quiet as the empty city; the rusty buildings sometimes creaking along with his shaky, unsteady breath. His sweaty hands nervously gripped the gun lying beside him and as he did, he remembered his father. He was always there for him; talking and laughing, then going camping and fishing, and he even taught him how to shoot a gun and-shoot. A shot... a shot which broke him, split him,…

Sometimes in life you may feel like you are living a movie or a television show. I’m going to tell you about a time I felt I was living the television show Cops. Cops is a reality show where criminals are arrested. I learned that the catchy title song “Bad Boys Bad Boys Whacha Gonna do When They Come for You’’ really means something after all. Being young, dumb and doing stupid things ended with me being arrested and taken to the Polk County Jail. I learned that by making the right choices I…

I got home from school on Thursday, and set my backpack on my bed. “Time to get some food…..” I said, right after my stomach made an especially loud rumble. I walked into the kitchen, poured some Goldfish into a bowl and sat down on the couch in the Living Room, and started to read a book while munching on my snack. I hadn’t gotten very far into my Goldfish when the phone started ringing. I picked up the phone and pushed talk. “Hello?” I said. “Hi, is this Adam?” “Yes…. who is this?” “Ohh, yah.…

moments pass by and all I can hear is a ear piercing ringing noise and the earth crying out as we were being attacked. I was lost among all of the smoke when suddenly all I can feel is the earth against my face. I hear a faint, “Quick, up, Albert” coming from Paul about three feet away from me. His image was blurry with the smoke in the air. My leg at this point was throbbing in pain. “I’m sorry to inform you sir, but due to your infection, we must amputate your leg.” I think back to Paul and I…

On Nov. 20, 2015, the Minnesota Writing Project hosted a writing marathon at the National Writing Project Annual Meeting. It was a well-attended love fest for marathon fans from around the country. Many thanks to New Orleans Writing Marathon Retreat friend Michelle Shaw and her crew (pictured below) for facilitating this awesome event! 9:50 a.m. The Newsroom with Richard, Jane, Anne, Kirk, and Kate To our surprise, the Bloody Marys arrive with beer chasers. “It’s a Minnesota/ Wisconsin…

It was 10:30 pm on a Tuesday evening and I was sound asleep. Soon thereafter my alarm clock rang and I awoke to the sound of Chewbacca singing the national anthem. I opened my eyes and realized that I had to be at work in an hour and a half. The room was littered with darkness and I couldn't see a thing. I stretched my and yawned, however, it wasn't much of a yawn, but rather a roar. The roar shattered the windows and made the wooden beams buckle in the surrounding walls. At the time I wondered…

A law where some men are forced to use the woman’s restroom, and some women are forced to use the men’s restroom. A second law to further help in preventing men from raping women in the women’s restroom. These are not two separate laws, but the two differing opinions on Senate Bill 6. One would expect media outlets to choose the two sides equally, but in fact, these media outlets tend to be neutral towards, or against, Senate Bill 6; the reason being that media outlets are companies, and as…