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would lock the door. I was so young at the time that I was too frantic to unlock the door. I would jump on the bed and hide under the blanket hoping I’d be safe in there. He would continue to laugh in his evil voice as I could hear him get closer. When he reached where I was hiding, which was basically in plain sight, he would pull me out by my feet under blanket. I would yell for my mom and it felt like an eternity until she came to my rescue. She would scold him for scaring me and he would…

and dashed out the back door to the woods. Many days would I journey through these woods, hunting for my family, to keep food on the table. Today was different I had walked so far I hadn’t noticed the strange fog gathering at my feet. A thick blanket of fog had covered the ground which made it impossible to retrace my steps. Deeper and deeper I went into the forest until I could no longer see my own feet. Soon I had ventured back to the house to see the men still there waiting for me, but I…

appeared to have just finished their sandwiches, lemonade, and potato chips. They were beginning to have dessert when I arrived. The mom pulled out a box of chocolate-chip cookies. She opened it, set it in the middle of the picnic blanket,…

trapped in. With my deepest fright stuck in this room, I can say that not many people have wanted to enter but one. The room is cold as a winter night. The walls are a dull gray. A hard leather recliner sits in the left corner of the room with a cream blanket thrown across its back as if waiting on someone to come take the warmth it provides. A…

time to leave the bleachers since the next team's parents begin to occupy them. The parents cheer on their children's teams, many of the parents socialize together since they have begun to know each other. At the soccer field many parents set up blankets on the ground to stay warm as they cheer on their children. It is very cold but the excitement of watching their children play makes them unaware of how cold it is. After a few hours all of the games have played and both the children and…

we felt welcomed and embraced by Ruth’s smile and nurturing presence. My friend also asked Ashleigh all about other services, especially massage. We jovially headed up to our room for yoga to discover our yoga mats set-up with bolsters, blocks, blankets, an eye pillow, and music. Ruth asked if we would be okay with some massage during the class. “Yes!!” We both looked at each other and smiled. What a treat to have yoga and massage. Then, Ruth asked each of us if we were…

because he feels too remorseful to commit a murder. Although, before Duncan 's murder Lady Macbeth calls, “Come, thick night, / And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, / That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, / Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark / To cry “Hold, hold!”" (I.V.57-61) Lady Macbeth is telling the night to come and hide the murder from other people, because she does not want to be caught. Later on in the play, Macbeth, although not absolutely remorse free,…

1. Social learning theory a. Social learning theory explanation: i. According to Berger (2015), Social learning theory is the behaviorism that emphasizes the influence that other people have over a person’s behavior. The individuals learn without an enforcement. The individual learns through observation and imitation of other people. This theory is also called observational learning. Children model their behavior from their parents, peers, and famous people. Social learning occurs through…

For this report I chose to write about a male three year old toddler named James Ortega, who I know very well. I interviewed his parents to obtain a deeper grasp of James that my observations throughout his life may have missed. The toddler is half Mexican on his mothers and half Salvadorian on his fathers. James has no siblings as he is the only child in his household. He lives with both his parents in a house that is in an upper middle class neighborhood. Both his parents are employed, his…

Life as a white child in southern America, during the times of segregation, may seem effortless. Although, embedded into the ideology of prejudice and racism, two children named Jem and Scout, defined the age in which these issues become intolerable. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel and a film about a young girl named Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout, who lived in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. She and her brother, Jeremy, learned about morality and many life lessons,…