A Bigger Bang

“HUMMM,” I could hear the sound of the bus as it tore down the road.I sat on the bus cramped in-between my friend, Christian, and one of his friend’s, Ayan. They were talking about something, but I was too nervous to talk (or pay attention at all for that matter). We were on our way to our third cross country meet of the season. The reason I was so nervous was because last meet I had finished 18th overall, or second place sixth grader, and now I felt an overwhelming needed to finish at least…

only would this be a close race; it would be one that could decide between me, and my first deer. I had been hunting for a couple of years, but have found nothing worthy of being my first harvest buck. If you shoot a young buck, there won't be any bigger ones in the upcoming harvest. With my rifle in the trunk, and the pedal to the floor I was on my way to find my buck. The hike was a steep, tiring, and long one. The reason my spot was magical was the treachery one had to go through to get…

It was August 6, 1945. I was seating on the floor eating my ramen noodles, and i’ve heard that there was conflict with are nation and overseas, but this war was brutal. I had just got done watching the news and the war efforts are pretty good. This war has lifted us out of the depression since there was new jobs available. There was bombs needing to be built, and ships, planes and cars needed manufactured but in all of this madness, there was the atomic bomb. An atomic bomb released, could wipe…

soul-crushing cycle. Damn you, black fog, why must you leave me in despair? The factory is a cacophony of metal machinery. Cogs and wheels grind against each other so vigorously that I can taste the metal chipping off them. The noise is deafening: CLANG! BANG!. CHK! I am a naylor! CHK! I am a naylor! CHK! I am…

Period 4 13 March 2016 Hunting destroys animals Fingers wrapped around the trigger ready to fire at any moment. One eye looking through the scope observing a brown haired dear with long legs. Passionately waiting for the right moment to fire. “Bang! Bang!” the dear has been shot down and is left with a whole through its chest. For many generations hunting has been a part of people’s lives. Our ancestors hunted so they can feed themselves and their families. For many years now, hunting has…

students compared to the University of Kansas’s 22,000 students. Both schools have a very diverse student body which will help me meet new people from a lot of different backgrounds. I must choose which student body I want to be a part of, either a bigger school or a little smaller school. A lot of people who want to get involved in their school, like me, want to join sororities or fraternities which is a lot fun to be a part of. Most big school like the University of Missouri and the University…

People say you don't know what you've got until it's all gone. At 14, I learned this to be true in the most challenging and mentally degrading obstacles of my life. Bringing me down to the lowest point in my life and forcing me to realize you must work hard for everything in life. Looking back on this patch in my life, you may think that I would have wished it ever happened, but I'm grateful to have been able to learn my true grit. March 7, 2015. The day my life turned upside down. It was a…

weatherman. I don’t even remember his name or even honestly his face. But his hair I remember and at eleven I loved it. The fluffy snow puff that was swiped to the side. I liked it so much I finished my dinner and sat in the bathroom trying to pin my bangs to the side. I had the door opened and my mother walked by, I gave her look and said, ‘What?”. She just gave me a look that screamed “exhausted parent.” and left me. After I got the part right I was happy, happier than…

“All good writing is swimming underwater and holding your breath.” (F. Scott Fitzgerald). In Doris Lessings, “Through The Tunnel” a young boy named Jerry overcomes many obstacles in his early life. Jerry is a typical eleven years old who would like to make friend. He pushes himself to the limit trying to do so. Jerry meets a group of foreign boys. His attempts in making friends do not work out. Soon after the encounter Jerry finds out about a tunnel through a rock. He tries to swim through the…

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s, “Cats” is an excellent example of this newfound excessive nature of theatre. Broadway began to open more and more shows that displayed “in your face theatre” tactics with bigger sets, songs, dance numbers, and costumes. Most of all this new kind of theatre worked to impress audiences through extreme special effects such as a rocket ship on stage. “Cats” depicted a gathering of felines in a garbage-strewn alley where one cat…