All That You Can't Leave Behind

sees the world and discovers herself across gender, ethnic, and social spectrums. Following the death of her friends' baby sister, Esperanza encounters three elderly women. They take her aside and tell her, "You will always be Mango Street. You can't erase what you know. You can't forget who you are" (105). Esperanza, though she would like to, cannot cleanse herself of her upbringing, of the place she loathes to call home, simply because it is her. The people she met and the memories she made…

my mind, Nova’s voice behind the numbers, ordering for me. She’s trying… She got me a salad, but 310 calories… Nova peaks over at me, a reassuring smile finding her lips. God, I love you. The numbers hidden in the plates find their places in front of each of us. The drenched greens laugh at me from behind the rough croutons. Everyone digs into their calories, not thinking twice about the numbers. I feel light headed… You should eat something – No, I can’t… I won’t… The earthy…

Fear can make you afraid to be yourself because of what conflicts can happen with the others around you. Sepetys writes this all throughout her book to create a theme. She uses different characters and conflicts to bring out her theme of that fear can make you nervous which doesn’t let you think correctly. She creates fear by using different objects such as forged passes and the amber swan. Florian shows…

We can’t stop here, Ludwig! We still have to find Lovino and Antonio…” Feliciano whined, as he threw Ludwig’s hand away and headed down the stairs, into the darkness. We were all shocked at Feliciano’s decision to ignore Ludwig, but we had no choice but to follow him down the stairs and into the darkness. Not soon after, we heard a scream and some sobbing. “That was Feliciano! We have to hurry!” Ludwig yelled, running as fast as he could towards the source of the scream. We followed him and…

spiders, ants and more. Though some of these can be scary, there are no pests that should scare you more than the lowly termite. You normally can’t see termites as they go about their destructive business and the damage they do usually isn’t obvious for months and sometimes years; but termites cause billions of dollars in damage to U.S. homes and structures every year. Here are some important things you need to know about this feared pest: 1. Termites Eat A Lot The main reason that termites…

love her. Why are you looking for me? Do you think I don’t like you anymore? Hermia: What you are saying must be false. Helena: Hermia, you are trying to trick me too! You are all trying to play this trick on me. Hermia, why would you do this to me, we have been friends forever! You are like a sister to me! Why do you want to destroy our friendship to hurt me! Everyone will be mad! Hermia: I did not know that this is how you felt. I was never trying to insult you. It feels like you are…

at Bob Ewell to leave Tom’s widow, Helen Robinson, alone, and threaten to call the police on charges of assault and if not that, the Ladies Law, after he had hired her to be his personal cook, as said on page 285-286, “ Helen went to work the next morning and used the public road. Nobody chunked at her, but when she was a few yards beyond the Ewell house, she looked around and saw Mr. Ewell walking behind her. She turned and walked on, and Mr. Ewell kept the same distance behind her until she…

it relates to inhabitants. Narrator, states that “a look is what a man gets when he tries to inhabit something –something like America” (Morris). Then, Narrator goes on to explain what it means to inhabit something and that “an inhabitant is what you can’t take away from a house” (Morris). The entirety of this book, as the title suggests, is about inhabitants and what that phrase means, and it explains what it means to be an American. Both in picture form and in…

The words just kept running through my mind. “The chemo is not working as well as we hoped, we need to make a decision. Increase chemotherapy or stop it all together.” As a forty year old women, that’s not the words you want to hear. Cancer who ever thought it was going to happen to me. I just can’t sit in the doctor’s office anymore. I need out. I need to go home, spend time with my kids, my husband. The doctor is talking so much, and everything sounds like blah, blah, blah. He finally ends his…

private sectors benefit from paid leave” (Sylvia Guendelman 1). If you work, you should be able to take time off to take care of a newborn, both mothers and fathers. Not having paid leave makes people lead towards not being able to take time off, especially for men. All states need to have paid leave for women and men who have just had a child. If parents take time off and spend it with their child, it creates a stable home environment for the baby. The amount of times you spend with your…