Bartender

Losing our friend Star was by far the worst thing that had ever happened to either of us. Trying to stay strong for Harley was hard but she let me break down a couple of times. Some would say that made me a pussy but Star was like a sister to me. When Harley told me she didn’t want to go back to school I was shocked but thankful. I wasn’t ready to let her leave and knew that her stress level would be through the roof. I honestly believed that her parents, especially Bryan, would never…

assimilate to social law, and it is accompanied with recurring lying. This is evident when Holden keeps lying to get “intoxicating liquor. [Holden] had trouble with him… Do [Holden] look like [he is] under twenty-one… Bring me a coke… Can’tcha [Bartender] stick a little rum in it” (Salinger 78). Not only does Holden beg and lie consistently for alcohol in other bars in New York knowing that what he is doing is against the law, he continues to drink. Therefore this is another evident example of…

The 1919 Experiment known as the Prohibition “When the Mayor of Berlin, Gustav Boess, visited New York City in the fall of 1929, one of the questions he had for his host, Mayor James J. Walker, was when Prohibition was to go into effect. The problem was that Prohibition has already been the law of the United States for nearly a decade. That Boess had to ask tells you plenty about how well it was working” (PBS). Ironically in 1919 the eighteenth amendment was put into place for the benefit of…

What you Pawn I Will Redeem, is a story that starts off showing a Native American by the name of Jackson Jackson who has been homeless for the last six years in Seattle. Jackson Jackson illustrates the struggle of being homeless alcoholic, an addiction that gets the best of him, who seems destined to fail on his journey to get his grandmothers regalia back in his family’s possession. The author, Sherman Alexie, uses Jackson Jackson’s character development and his internal conflict with…

Abraham by Hrotsvitha and a Play for Representing Adam, author unknown are both similar and different to one another in a variety of ways. Adam is directly based on the Bible text, while Abraham has references to God and the Bible, but takes place in its own time and place. Each are effective of communicating the messages they intend to in their own way, in construction, in their use of Representatio, and in the use of dialogue, staging, humor, wordplay, metaphor and characterization. A special…

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey is about a man named James with a substance abuse problem. The story is based in Minnesota at a rehabilitation facility where James meets Lilly and Leonard who will become his great friends. A Million Little Pieces is about a man named James and his substance abuse problem and how he recovers. The book starts out with James waking up on a plane not remembering how he got there or where he was going. He soon learned he was on his way to Chicago where his…

In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it is stated, “you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” This project allowed me to follow the words of Harper Lee, receiving the opportunity to understand what it is like to have a mild conductive hearing loss. A conductive hearing loss is due to dysfunction of either the outer or middle ear. To understand an individual’s beliefs, feelings, and…

Perfectionism. I have spent the better part of half an hour back spacing and retyping the opening line of this paper and will spend hours more after I finish typing doing edits. This part of my personality could be seen as a strength, but sometimes it’s just so. darn. frustrating. because the ideal situation…conversation… is not always possible. I want the best for my myself, for those I love and for my relationships with those I love and because of this I am a goal setter and more importantly,…

Abstract Westlake Lanes is a bowling alley founded by Dane Sugar, who died in 2008. The company was profitable but has been loss since 2004. In May 2009, the grandson of Dane Sugar, Shelby Givens, acquired the position as the general manager in Westlake Lanes. And 9 months later, the company first recovered to be profitable after 2007. Problem Statement Even though Westlake Lanes became profitable in March 2010, it cannot repay its loan in short future. Therefore, the problem is i. Could…

On the morning of my ninth birthday, I took my father aside and asked, "Dad is my father a milkman?" An insulting fable concocted from my siblings that, when living in Hawaii while my father was shipped to go fight in Desert Storm, my mother had an affair with the neighborhood milkman. The story was fashioned due to my dark complexion, which was not inherited by any of my siblings or parents. "No you’re my son." My father replied. "Then why do I look so different than everybody?” I rebutted. My…