All That You Can't Leave Behind

your room, pleading with you to get up. They tell you that it’s time to leave. You are bustled outside, where the night sky is lit up with the flames of your burning hometown. You nose is assaulted with the smell of burning flesh. Crowds of people are running, trying to escape. You and your family join the chaos, desperately trying to escape. You look up, only to realize that you can’t find your family anywhere. Separated in the crowd- at the age of only seven years old- you are now on your own.…

Govinda’s Death(Deliverance) Human life is engirdled by worldly affairs(sansar). He lives and dies in it.If he is not involved in Bhakti(worship to God),he can’t go beyond theset limit of life. Bhakti relieves us from bondages and gives us peace of mind in this worldly life.Wasudeo Maharaj writes that one who lives with the witness of God, his worldly life goes happily and gets peace of mind and satisfaction in it also. If there is no God’s recitation(naamsmaran), the boat of worldly life,…

The storm begins and the brothers start running. Then, the narrator all of a sudden becomes filled with anger, hatred, and cruelty and runs even faster. Now, the narrator has left his brother in the storm. The narrator’s brother, Doodle, is disabled and can’t run very well. This is why the narrator is responsible for Doodle’s death. There is more reasons why the narrator is guilty such as the narrator purposely left Doodle in the storm, Doodle was bullied by his brother since birth, and the…

One tattoo I designed with care honors my grandfather who passed away when I was in the fifth grade. It was for him, and since I can’t always go to his grave very often, this is my small token to him. It says “Gone fishing” with a red, and white fishing bobber on the first G that has my grandpa’s birthdate, and date of death on it; then on the last g has a fishing hook. The I’s are dotted with flowers lastly a heart connecting the gone to the fishing. It is between my shoulder blades and doesn’t…

Suddenly my head explodes into the real world. My leg raises up onto the ledge so I can get out of the pool and dry off. From once we got here, the skies have gotten darker. It was going to rain so I walk towards my chair leaving a line of water behind me so my mother and I can pack up and go before it rains. I get to my chair and as I grab my towel, it is like I push a button because blaring sirens start to go off. I could not hear anything over the loud alarm screaming something bad was about…

How can I open my eyes to look upon the world as I once did? If I leave them closed then everything will be as it was in my mind, before the long dark. I shuffle, place my feet firmly on the ground. Today was a beautiful day at Costa Commander Dragneel, ever watchful, smiling as I prepare myself to jump. The rocks below begin to ascend, surrounding me as I build my strength. “The enemy doesn’t wait for you Mirum!” the commander chuckles. I make the leap, shooting into the air. I fly so high,…

exciting it was the perfect book for any kid who wants a book that has a little bit of everything. The end of the giver was complex, but wasn't hard to follow yes, Jonas went down the hill we all know this if you read the book, but you don't know where he went or if he survived the last thing he said was ‘’Behind him,across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo’’ I think this means something it's not just him…

hall, nose in the air, as he followed the delicious aroma of his mother’s cooking. As he walked down the stairs, he noticed something moving in his periphery. “Leave me alone Jake!” he called out to his brother, who was surely trying to play a prank on him. He continued to feel a presence behind him, so he spun around, hoping to catch…

story and point of view on life, through their culture, nationality, age, social class and so many other things. Everyone grows up with different rules and standards of life and morals. Even with that being said there still is something that we all share and can’t escape from and that is sin and imperfection. Will Oremus said “If science gives people superpowers, will they use them for good or evil?” If people today were given superpowers there would be little to no heroes due to the…

Gogol’s second girlfriend Maxine is very controlling in their relationship. After the death of Gogol 's Father, he decides to spend time with his mother, this causes conflicts with Maxine as she believes that “You guys can’t stay with your mother forever” (Lahiri, 193). Gogol realizes that he has to take up the role as the man of the family due to the absence of his mother. In Maxine’s perception Gogol is a part of her family and she attempts to bring him back home…