Seasons Essay

spring, summer and autumn of 1922, it seems as if Gatsby might actually succeed in repeating the past; however, it is not possible. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses seasons and the weather associated with them to demonstrate that time does not wait for anyone. The novel uses the changes in seasons and the weather to show this. These images are repeated…

cross country season. It was my first year of cross country and my coaches thought that I was going to be able to get a 5k time in the nineteens by the end of the season. I thought that I would be able to get or at least come close to that time. This was not the case though, I suffered from a burnout and formed a stress fracture soon after. Finding out that I had a stress fracture was heartbreaking. I was very upset and didn’t understand why it had to happen to me. I knew that my season was…

A Season I took a step outside and could smell the crisp air of autumn. It was a windy day and my heart was pounding. I knew something was about to happen, but unsure of the outcome that lay ahead. I was with the person that makes my world keep going around, my mom. Literally without my mom and her family I would not be where I am today. We had just gone to church and were getting ready to leave the house for a little bit. When out of nowhere in the boondocks of Bremen, came a knock at the…

Our story begins with our John and he is presented with a predicament. Flu season is here once again and John dreads even the idea of having to get the flu shot. This is because when John was a child he was tricked by his parents by saying they were going to the doctor for just a check up. When they got to the doctor John was brought into the doctor’s office and had his check up he was ready to go awaiting to get his lollypop. The doctor came in with no lollipop in hand and called the parents…

A Critical Analysis That is As Sweet As Sugar The article, “Sugar Season. It’s Everywhere, and Addictive.” By James J. DiNicolantonio and Sean C. Lucan discusses America’s sugar addiction and how easily it has escalated into a grave issue, giving a solution to this problem near the end. They argue that something must be done about the mass consumption of sugar in order for the country to be guided in the right direction Diligently describing a study that becomes their main support for their…

The selection is entitled A Season of Divorce written by John Cheever. The short story had a dramatic storyline which includes a love triangle. According to Amber Pauleen, a writer and copyeditor, the author was inspired to write this story when his wife refused to dance with him and drove him to jealousy. Likewise, he loves and understands domesticity but he often criticizes his wife when she works out of the house. The purpose of this paper is to identify the persona, the character that caught…

The Things I Carried, or Seasons Greetings Last winter the snow fell a little harder, the air was drier, and the nights were longer. I remember the night it happened. My grandma was feeling sicker than usual, and she knew her days were numbered. Driving to her house on my own, I was so afraid of what to do or what to say because she was my best friend and my biggest idol. She taught me how to braid my own hair, how to knit scarves, and even how to cook my now favorite apple chicken meal. As I…

“Doe Season” by David Michael Kaplan provides a vivid experience of a young girl, Andy, who is anxious to prove to her father and his hunting companions that she is ready for stature in their group. Kaplan uses rich imagery in an expository style to describe the story’s importance of the rite of passage that is common in all cultures. Whether a person can truly be ready for the unknown will only be realized once the event happens. Andy’s journey into her coming-of-age begins with restlessness.…

The vestibules act as a place where one can collect oneself and converse with others prior to making one’s debut on the Grand Staircase. Garnier intended for these areas to be places of transit and used scenographic elements to draw season ticket holders out towards the main social space, where they would mix with the single ticket holders (fig. 3). However, it is the appearance of the two primary vestibules that shows a marked distinction between the two entrances. Both rooms share…

Choosing the person to interview for this assignment was difficult at first, trying to determine which sport and how to contact that person. I first started with the Toledo Mud Hens, but didn’t receive any call backs. I also contacted the Lansing Lugnuts and the West Michigan White Caps and again no call backs. So I looked up minor league baseball teams and the name El Paso Chihuahuas caught my attention. Looking up their front office staff on their website I seen that Angela Olivas is the…