Astro Boy

Who Are Hero’s? Gunfire rings out through the quiet community at dusk; bullets riddle the air, flying towards an innocent boy perched on his mother’s porch. As a result, the serene atmosphere the boy enjoyed had been interrupted by discomfort as a bullet pierced his meager body. Of course, this young man needs some heroes, not ones who flutter through the sky, or ones with super strength, but everyday heroes who help us each day. His heroes show up. His mother rushes to the side of her precious…

The amount and type of light present in the story is directly related to the perceived potential for happiness. As a young boy, before seeing death for the first time, Carson found the most comfort during “afternoons in the barn … when the light was at it’s apex” (Rash 15). This light bathes the barn in gold and symbolizes pure contentment. Nothing was blocking the light, or…

This past Saturday morning, I motivated my little brother Vincent, my little sisters Tess and Alex and my cousin Olivia to volunteer at a local food and clothing distribution center in Chula Vista, Turning the Heart Center. Vincent is thirteen years old, Tess is nine, Alex is twenty and Olivia is twenty-three. I invited them all to spend the night at my house the night before. We laughed, had dinner and spoke about life in general. I went on to tell them how thankful I was for all God has…

sentence of the first paragraph sets the theme for the story. “An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground” (Joyce). The house was set apart from the other houses. This house symbolizes the boy set apart from his friends who were not yet experiencing feelings like he was toward Mangan’s sister. He was also being raised…

would see little boys wearing jeans and t-shirts with colors like blue, red and green. The little girls were many times soft spoken, gentle and kind. The little boys many times were rough and loud. Starting at a young age, these children learned what they were supposed to be like. Little girls are dressed in pink dresses and bows, while boys are dressed in blue jeans and a t-shirt. Baby girls are talked to in calm soft voices and told how precious and beautiful they look, while baby boys are…

Joyce’s also uses foreshadowing to predict the disappointment the boy will eventually feel about love. The boy illustrate that, “North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street [...] An uninhabited house of two stories stood at the blind end…” (Joyce). In this quote, Joyce is hinting about blindness and the inability to see, which foreshadows the epiphany, the boy experiences at the end of the story. The epiphany the boy experiences, is the realization of self clarity. Both stories are…

The father-son relationship has flourished from the ancient times of cave fathers who taught their sons how to hunt, to the modern day dads who teach their sons how to play golf. A good father is one who can teach his son how to grow into a mature young man. Some fathers do this in unconditional ways; however, if the father is able to teach his son how to be a man, he has done his job. One writer who dives deep into this father son relationship is Scott Russell Sanders. In his essay “Under…

Anthony Synnott, author of Rethinking Men: Heroes, Violence and Victims, asks an important question: “Are men ‘opposite’ to women, as popular culture suggests, or ninety-eight percent similar, as our chromosomes indicate?” (Synnott 1). Biologically, males and females have very few differences because their bodies are made of the same materials and go through nearly the same biological processes. However, males and females are seen as very different in social and cultural aspects by many people…

regarding “easy girls” in the school that would be available to have sex with the team after they had chosen one. The team continued to joke about how “all girls are easy.” They describe how all girls want sex just as bad as “guys want sex.” Some of the boys on the team even go so far as to say that girls have described fantasies of being raped as a way of making them feel special and that “being raped” would be very “cool.” The team then takes a chilling turn when one of the teammates…

Max, a handsome 19 year old sophomore in college who had all of the trimmings any young woman thought she could ever want in a man. Nice smile with white teeth, athletic and by all means he was the best dressed jock on campus. He drives a BMW around, has a collection of Rolex watches and only wears the top of the line name brand apparel. Max came from a well off family and he didn’t have to work hard for much in his life. As an adolescent his parents pacified him with toys and high tech gadgets…