as we had to leave early because I had a soccer game to attend at 8 in the morning and Shelton had to work on the farm. Our next adventure was a trip to O’ahu. Shelton wanted to meet my family in O’ahu so we booked our flights and away we went. In Oahu, Shelton was able to meet Grandpa Hiroshi, this was really special to me because my grandpa is my best friend, and…
you were, most people would hesitate and sort through millions of words just to find a few that could describe them perfectly. I am different, I cannot be defined by an adjective or noun. I am defined by my culture, experience, knowledge and the list goes on. Everything that happens to me on regular basis contributes to my identity. Since I was a young girl I was fortunate enough to take a vacation every year that luxury came with plenty of experience that I was oblivious to. One of my most…
Do I Have To? My Introduction to the Boy Scouts I was your typical teenager. It was seventh grade year, your normal thirteen year old and unlike some of my classmates not very social. I would rather be on the couch (even to this day). One of those most positive experiences of my teenagers was joining the Boy Scouts. Peers and friends of mine, although, did not have a positive opinion about the Boy Scouts. Little did I know, my teenage years would be changed by this club. My mother had quite the…
The most memorable vacation I’ve ever had is when my family and I went to Hawaii. When my parents told me where we were going, I knew it would be like no where we had gone before. Usually we go on a vacation every few years to somewhere that's warm during Minnesota’s winter, and Hawaii was the best choice. Out of the five days we stayed there, one specific day was the highlight of the whole trip for me and I knew the long eleven hour flight would be worth it for what waited for me. On that day…
My family loves to go camping in our camper. One summer we all came to a decision that it would be fun to try a new campsite; that we had never gone to before. After looking at different sites that are scattered around Iowa, my dad discovered one in the Des Moines area. When we arrived to the site, the campground was vast with trees surrounding the perimeter. The sound of people conversing filled the atmosphere, the birds sung in a high pitched whistle, and the sound of wind rustled within the…
her interests rather than being a puppet drives her out of her confinement of a house. Her lust for freedom even urges her to talk back to someone society claims should be the head! Explain, IN DETAIL, your three most favorite parts. Why are they your fav.? (Use three paragraphs) My most favorite part in the novel would be the moment when Edna and Robert rest under the orange tree until the sun goes down, as they share simple stories with each other (43). The description of the setting is…
My dad, Leo Giesen, grew up in Union Hill, Minnesota. He was in January of 1965, When he was growing up he remembered that he was always outside, he grew up as the second youngest out of eleven kids, however when he was growing up, three of them were already out of the house, and they were never allowed to play in the house, so they were outside all of the time. One of the earliest memory my dad has was the time when one of his older brothers came home from Vietnam, and how he really wanted to…
“For a Fungi to Grow, You Must Give It as Mushroom as Possible” The natural world is typically seen as an unbalanced structure characterized by individual movements of all life whose inclusive path is aimless and in many ways unpredictable. My perception of nature developed from the idea of lively plants and animals to personal growth, life experiences, to something that is exclusively inconceivable to the human mind. There is merely an upper limit on human capability to understand the laws…
Walls’ understanding of her father and his nature. By this point in the novel, Walls is in high school growing nearer and nearer to adulthood by the day, and is forced to accompany her father on a routine visit to the bar under the guise of a “business trip”. Once at the bar, Jeannette’s father reveals his true intensions as he allows a man by the name of Robbie attempts to grope and assault Jeannette to try and earn money from playing Poker games with Robbie. Even as Robbie drags Jeannette to…
with which my cousin Brenda, a year and a half younger, accepted her mother’s definition of her as someone who needed to go to bed at six-thirty and finish every bite of three vegetables, one of them yellow, with every meal. Brenda was also encouraged to make a perfect white sauce, and to keep a chart showing a gold star for every time she brushed her teeth. I, meanwhile, was trying to improve the dinner hour by offering…