All That You Can't Leave Behind

Iris, Brynn, April, and 15 other hikers turned around, startled. “I’m Mike, and I’m your tour guide,” thundered a man you was around six feet and rotund. He pulled out a water bottle, drank water, and started babbling about the hike and nature. “…WHATEVER YOU DO, PAY ATTENTION TO ME AT ALL TIMES! It’s easy to get lost here so just don’t dilly dally,” Mike yelled. The hikers silently staring at him. “What are y’all waiting for? Let’s get movin’!” he said…

ANGELINE Yeah, it’s perfect. I’m glad you asked me to come. RILEY Yeah… (Shifts uncomfortably on the park bench) ANGELINE What’s wrong? You’re more quiet today than you usually are. RILEY I’m fine, really. I just don’t have anything to say. It’s kind of nice to sit here and…

food because it helps preserve the food all the way. Decreasing the chances of an anyone catching a food borne illness. According to the FDA irradiation is an efficient way of purifying food at the highest level, which is the microscopic level. I see nothing wrong with what the FDA says and making food safer and last longer. This helps the consumer just as much as the consumer. If you sold meat you want people to buy your product, right? I can guarantee you would not want to through a food…

say his father and lie that didn’t burn the barn. The peace court and Mr. Harris know they are putting the young boy in a bad position, so they let him go. "This case is closed. I can't find against you, Snopes, but I can give you advice. Leave this country and don't come back to it." The Judge tells the Snopes to leave the county. After the curt there was a boy who start calling sarty names such as Sarty "Barn Burner!" (16). Sarty try to hit the boy but his father stop him. Sarty and his…

Fighting To Live In the 1940’s a man named Adolph Hitler sent to wipe out all jews. In every town ,city ,state. Sending to kill every jew there is. Meanwhile in Warsaw, Europe people we fighting back, called the Partisans. Although 6 million of jews were wiped away, young people named Ben Kamm and Kailyn Banda were survivors who share their historical story of this horrible event. As we were walking down the street a large truck comes by with many nazis. Ben and I…

Imagine… you open your eyes to a field, full of students. This was it, it was finally your graduation day. After this day you would start living your life as a college student, and at the moment it seems surreal. It is almost your turn to step on the stage to get your diploma handed to you. As you walk up, your favorite literature teacher looks at you and gives you two thumbs up, and you know she will remember you. But who else will remember you? And what will your legacy be? A legacy is how…

Greatness “A quest. For knowledge? What are you talking about?” “My destiny. There are so many things about this world I don’t know. So many things my books can’t teach me, Anna. I have to go seek the truths the world wants me to find. I can’t just sit around here waiting for something to happen.” “Your father is dying, Christopher.” Anna protested. “You can’t just leave.” “I can do whatever I like.” Christopher responded easily. “Anna, don’t you understand? If I don’t go now I never can.…

everything behind. Until I went to a place where I might never know if people accepted me for who who I was. One precious day, and we weren’t even leaving for a good reason. This was all for something that we could have avoided- something that we could have gone without. I was only 8 years old when we moved from one side of the country to the middle of it. That’s right- I was moving from Virginia to Colorado. My mom and dad were always busy. Always worried that we would leave some key thing…

In the short story “The Lady or the Tiger” Frank R. Stockton leaves you with a decision. “The Lady or the Tiger?”. Some people say the tiger. Some people say the lady. Many big names in the book world have been debating this confusing question for many years. Well I believe the tiger is behind the door. This quote said, “The semi barbaric king had a daughter as blooming a his most florid fancies, and a soul as imperious as his own.”. This states that she is jealous. Just like her semi barbaric…

every day whether we hear about it on the news or it’s kept behind closed doors. Psychologically speaking, there must be certain triggers that affect the mind of the abuser to commit such acts to his or her spouse. For example, alcohol, having psychological disorders, and jealously are triggers that could lead to violence such like in these songs “Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf,” “Midnight Show,” and “Jenny Was a Friend of Mine.” In “Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf,” the song describes a drunken…