A Little Faster

social network site. I had been out with a bunch of friends walking around the town, as I often did, and came home to what I thought was a random friend request on Myspace accompanied by a message. I did not know who it was at first until I dug a little deeper, saw a couple of photos and mutual friends. Then it struck me – it was Jimi D! In the message he wrote about how he had noticed me walking around town. At this time, he was already way old enough to have his own vehicle and drive around…

Imagine being considered less than the people you love and care about. In Louisa May Alcott’s novel, The Inheritance, this is the case for Edith Adelon. Although she is loved by the ones she loves, she desires to be equal. Edith longs for acceptance and equality throughout the whole novel. This conflict reflects upon the structure, setting, plots, characterization of Edith and many other characters, social and economic factors, symbolism and irony. The Inheritance contains 15 chapters, numbered…

596-597.) She becomes the perfect wife and mother. She pleases her husband in every way possible. She doesn't contradict his opinion. She still doesn't have an identity and is just the wife of Tovald Helmer. She builds her entire world around him and believes he is her hero who will always protect her as if she were a delicate flower. She puts her children and husband before herself. She believes, she only has value if she is a "good mother and wife." For the happiness of her family, she…

ready to take on the world and all that it has to offer. It has been a few sundowns; the weather is brisk. I look up to the skies and see that it is quite sunny out. I glance back at my mother tree and notice a child laying down upon the ground. The little girl looks up through my fellow leaves. She giggles as she proceeds to climb my mother. I ask my mom, “Why is the kid doing that?” “Kids will be kids.” She jumps down and runs to an adult that looks like the child. I ask “Who is the older…

Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”, appeal to a sense of romance, adventure, and the fight between good and evil. Society supports retelling the fairy tales because they support traditional moral values society desires its children to learn. “The Little Mermaid” is a fairy tale about a young mermaid who is waiting until the day she is allowed to explore outside her father’s…

girlfriend. Strong female protagonists, despite their scarcity, do exist. But even the strongest women often turn into love struck, bashful little girls when they meet and fall in love with a man, and the rebellious red headed little mermaid is no exception. The little mermaid’s change of character is far more obvious in Disney’s version of the tale. While the original little mermaid is quiet and thoughtful, Ariel is daring, courageous, and full of curiosity. It’s a refreshing change – she is…

The day the bomb was tested will be remembered in many different ways by different people, some for the best, some for the better, and some for the worse. Cohen states that the plutonium core was delivered to the bombsite on July 12th, 1942. The countdown started at 5 a.m. the countdown was 20 minutes long (75). Sam Wilson, a physicist yelled,” zero.” The countdown ended and the bomb was to explode shortly (78). Cohen tells the tale of the bomb testing: Nothing happened. Then suddenly the sky…

Across the NWSL, teams are struggling to adjust to Leah Galton, the English rookie who started the season late but since then has scored three goals and notched three assists, reinvigorating a struggling Sky Blue attack. The Hofstra grad is the second English player to be drafted into the NWSL from the college ranks and the combination of an English pedigree with the fitness and strength that comes with an NCAA athlete has proved lethal this yearfor both Galton and Rachel Daly, the St. John’s…

I remember each of them as if they were yesterday, the polar plunge Jack, Flynn, and I did barely a week after I made the list. Being the first week of March in the Midwest we froze our assess off. I immediately regretted showing Jack my list at that point. He saw polar plunge and immediately signed us up for the senior plunge. I swear, who ever thought jumping into a lake in freezing temperatures was absolutely positively insane, and the fact that we have kept this tradition for so many years…

In life, optimism has many meanings. Optimism can be represented by making the best of the situation you are in or seeing the good in everything around you. The March family in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott had to do their best to stay optimistic. They were originally rich, but had fallen into the middle class because of the war. The middle class life changed the way that the March sisters looked at life overall. They each change their lives according to their new perspective of life.…