All That

All The Lights I clench my fist tightly. Twenty-one blinking faces stare me down. I look down at my paper, feeling tears rising from wherever tears come from to the corners of my eyes. I blink them back. “Dormant breathing, constant searching, I am alert…..” I stumble over the last words in my poem, the class courteously claps, and I shuffle to my seat in one sweeping motion. We had been assigned to write a poem on our perception of current events in the world. Writing the poem was fairly…

In life, curiosity can drive people to do certain things which may be a blessing and a curse. In “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury, the school kids have been living on Venus for their whole lives. They witness the same thing every day, day after day. After being cooped up for 9 whole years, they will do anything to finally see the sun, though this doesn’t always lead to good outcomes. In “Pandora’s Box,” retold by Louis Untermeyer, the Greek gods seek revenge on Prometheus by sending down a…

is important that media industry is pluralistic, so the public have a variety of news from various media outlets driven by healthy competition. Nonetheless, never before has concentration of the media been so common. Although back in the days when All The President’s…

as good or just will commonly win in the end. This is an extremely common cliché that plagues much of literature, and is especially especially when the author writes in static scenarios and characters just to progress the plot. In the short story “All the King’s Men” by Kurt Vonnegut there are many instances in which events happen only to progress the plot towards a “happy” ending, such as Pi Ying dying, Colonel Kelly’s son not being executed and there being no official state of war in the…

Next thing you know you are right in the middle of it all, Adult hood. This s a little story about how i was abruptly thrust into the amazing world of being "All Grown Up". So when you are 14 or 15 most people are new to this thing called high school. Well for me school was a place i was fond and familiar with all too well. I was considered popular wether that attention was good or not is still being determined by a host of people who are seeing me mature everyday. Now after that first year you…

Declaration of Independence, saying “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This quote effectively reminds Jefferson of his core beliefs and values while he helped fight for American independence. He points out that Jefferson couldn’t possibly think that all men are equal while Jefferson and other white men enslave the…

Love is all things. Some people say love is wonderful, and some people say it can be complete hell. It really just depends on everything. People can sacrifice so many things for love. Yet, people can gain so many things from love. Love is all things. Love is everywhere, in everything that anyone does. It could be for education, for sacrificing intellectual wise; and also sacrificing physically wise. Love is in everything you do. Even in the things you wouldn't even imagine. It can be…

It was a rainy night, an overcast kind of night as a lot of teens and young adults crowded outside Brooklyn’s “Baby’s All Right” waiting to be let in. “Baby’s All Right” is a bar, diner, and music venue all in one, with it’s stage and floor situated in the back. The stage has speakers, microphones, drums, turntables guitars and so forth situated on it. As we all waited patiently in the rain for what seemed forever they finally began to check tickets and let people funnel into the back. Walking…

It All Started with a Chicken Yes, my involvement in agriculture all started with one little chicken. Her name was Cluckens, and I got her by chance when the FFA chapter at my junior high school had extra birds going to the fair, and I signed up to exhibit one and participate in showmanship. Even though she only received a red ribbon and I did not win showmanship, my first county fair was just a precursor for what was to come for me in agriculture, and I was hooked. Not only did I have a…

In Cormac McCarthy’s novel, All the Pretty Horses, it opens with the 1949 burial of John Grady Cole’s grandfather. Because of his grandfather’s death John’s mom intends to sell their n ear to one’s heart Texas ranch and was forced to move elsewhere. With there being nothing at all left in Texas for John, that is when he decides to just run away from home.Even Though he loved that ranch in Texas. But he also admires the cowboy’s way of life a little bit more. With John being only sixteen years…