As You Like It

many years have passed since you been gone, pa,” he continued, “I still can’t forgive them for what they did to you. This town, they treated you wrong. They painted a portrait of you that didn’t exist. Scary black man with violent tendencies. You deserved better, hell, you deserved justice.” He squatted down and pulled out the grass covering part of his name, “Ma never let me forget what a good man you were. She never wanted me thinking you were the man Maycomb portrayed you as. Ma never lied,…

Madame Moreau explains (in French), "Today is a new module and I want to you learn how to converse in French. I have been hearing a lot of English but starting now, if I hear any English being spoken you would have to sit by yourself." All the slackers of the class knew that sitting alone would mean that they would be mentored by the other above average students. Alyssia as always came…

Jacob might have been a very superstitious person who had weird habits, but it didn’t change the fact that he was my best friend. We did everything together from the minute we met, most people found his superstitious ways weird, but I had grown to like them. As the ambulance carried him away I was in tears knowing that our friendship was over, and the only thing I could blame was that pole. May came in full heat with soaking temperatures, and the only thing on my mind was summer. It was coming…

“I’m not good at stories, Pidge. Why do you need one?” “Because I’m having the anxiety of a lifetime for the testing we have tomorrow.” “You’re smart, you’ll do fine. Go to sleep.” “Ah, come on Hunk, bore me with one of your stories!” Hunk signed, plugging in his lava lamp for extra light, “Alright, fine. Uh, the story takes place in New Orleans, 1930.” “No, no, no! Do the flapper days of the 1920’s!” “Okay, okay! New Orleans, in the 1920’s. With a man named Keith, who is in his early twenties,…

K-43 Highway, Himat sobbed. Himat thought he could overfill a pool faster than the rain could. Thunder cracked like a massive cannon exploding reminding Himat of his mother. Himat jumped, then stopped in his tracks and sat down with no one, but himself to recount every moment with his father and mother.…

Mathilde Loisel was a selfish woman. She always had thoughts of herself. She dreamed about living like she was an upper class woman. One could say that she did not love her husband because of the selfishness she implied. This selfishness along with her greedy personality brought her to her downfall. She caused her and her husband to become poor and have to work hard to pay off a priceless necklace. Her husband sacrificed everything for her. He spoiled her even though he did not…

The Wilderness: Viewpoint in Nature as a Projection of Success In William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, a series of betrayals and unfortunate events leads up to the main characters all being placed somewhere within the forest of Arden. As the play unfolds, the theme of “power” and, more specifically, who holds this power becomes prominent in determining the outcome of each character. Similarly, Ann Radcliffe’s A Sicilian Romance introduces readers to the characters, Duke de Luovo and Madame…

My heart thumps like a bass drum in my ears as I run. I can barely breathe but I don’t stop. I reach my car, crank the engine and put my foot to the floor. Driving through the streets of Brisbane to the highway, I start to think over Alice’s and my relationship. “You should come over this weekend. We can work on our project.” I messaged her late at night. “Okay, I’ll ask my parents.” Alice answers quickly before confirming she can. On Saturday morning, she arrives at my house. We work on our…

It all began with a simple phone call one night after dinner. “Joe,” Joe’s father hollers up the stairs, “it’s for you. It’s Jackie, and she sounds upset.” As Joe comes downstairs to pick up the phone, he is not happy. Joe is tired and had looked forward to a nice quiet evening at home, not another useless adventure with Jackie. Thirty minutes later, however, Jackie’s 2007 black Ford Escape swings into Joe’s driveway, and Jackie is leaning on the horn before the car can come to a full stop. Joe…

Rosalind Franklin’s story started in Notting Hill, London, United Kingdom. Her full name was Rosalind Elsie Franklin, and she was born to a rather conspicuous British Jewish family on July 25, 1920. The second of five children, three boys and two girls. Daughter of Muriel and Ellis Franklin, both of her parents originated from Jewish families that settled in England in the 1700s and 1800s. Her guardians owned banks and publishing companies. They were both educated and companionable people.These…