A Little Deeper

Who is the Little Mermaid? For me, when I was growing up, all I knew was Disney’s version. The Little Mermaid was a teenager named Ariel who fell in love with a prince named Eric. He was on land; she was in the sea. Going against her father’s advice, Ariel goes to the sea witch Ursula so that she can walk on land as well. Through ups and downs, the story concludes happily and everything is a fairytale ending. That’s what fairytales are--happy endings, right? In today’s society, when we hear…

In an excerpt of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, the March sisters give up their Christmas breakfast to help an impoverished immigrant family. The March family's servant, Hannah, describes how the girls' mother helps others, "Some poor creeter came a-beggin', and your ma went straight off to see what was needed. There never was such a woman for givin' away vittles and drink, clothes and firin'" (Alcott para 17). The sisters want to follow their mother's example and make her proud. The girls…

Ariel A.K.A The Little Mermaid Ariel, the Little Mermaid, sadly passed away on the beach due to water poisoning on July 8th , 2023. She was only 49 years old at the time. She was swimming on the beach with her old friend Flounder. Flounder is Ariel’s friend from her youth when she lived underwater. Ariel was born to King Triton, the king of Atlantica. Ariel loved to explore and she loved to collect anything unusual in the sea, like gadgets and gizmos. As she is out exploring, she meets a…

In the book, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, we see the family overcome misfortune multiple times throughout the story. Jo deals with her father being in the war by writing a manuscript, unfortunately later in the book, her sister burns the manuscript. The misfortune helps Jo as a person because it taught her that she needed to control her temper. The success is important to the book because it shows how humans are guilty of having bad tempers. Jo’s character overcomes her hardship of poverty…

Two atomic bombs destroyed the Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when two U.S. planes dropped them from above. The bombs, Little Boy and Fat Boy, were intended to end World War II. The annihilation left by Fat Boy, over Nagasaki, made Japan decide to withdraw from the war, thus ending it. The U.S. Navy never authorized the salvage of the USS Arizona was because it is considered a war grave. USS Arizona was destroyed due to a magazine explosion after being hit by a Japanese bomb (Doc A).…

Introduction: Hiroshima was the first place to get a bomb. The bomb was called “little boy” bunch of people died and the president sends the bomb to Japan Hiroshima because they were trying to know if the bomb work or not but president Harry S. Truman thought there were no people living there so he did it. Quote from the president “The atomic bomb was no “great decision” it was there another powerful weapon in the arsenal righteousness.” When did it happen? Happened Monday, August 6, 1945,…

Long long ago under the sea was a star named patrick. He was showered with love everyday when he was born, patrick was the “cutest kid alive” says his mother. Everything was amazing everyday was full with love and fun events. Patrick had his mom and dad by his side if he needed help or was just hungry. His first birthday came around and Patrick had it all until his house was bombed in a war. His mom and dad where separated from him and he was just in his crib crying for them to come back, but…

military that played the bass. the band just played in clubs and small places and wasnt very famous. Jimi James and the Blue Flames didn't last very long and eventually broke up a few years later. When Jimi left he played mostly by himself in clubs for a little while. He eventually joined the band called The Isley Brothers. The Isley Brothers was a band that only played currently popular cover songs instead of writing their own songs in order to appeal to their audience. Jimi did not like…

a team where you were the smallest kid? The same thing happens with the Little Dragon Boy. Anne Mccaffrey writes about a little dragon boy named Keeven that has to face many obstacles from size to bullying to become a dragon rider. Mccaffrey uses very strong conflict to develop the theme The theme of a little dragon boy is “It is not about the size of your body it is the size of your heart”. The theme of the Little Dragon Boy is “It is not about the size of your body it is the size of…

person feels. The best way I can explain is by comparing Stavrogin feeling to an alcoholic. A person that only drinks on occasion will only need a few glass of alcohol to feel an impact however an alcoholic will need more every time just to get a little…