Blizzard

Alike the representation of the LGBT community, the representation of femininity in video games can also picture individuals and/or groups in a negative way which influences the way of which members in society view them. Femininity in video games has been more apparent due to the rise of the feminist ideology and the third wave movement. Furthermore, feminine characters are usually portrayed in weaker roles and are more often than not sexualised and objectified. Therefore, this representation…

weather man is sent to cover a story that he calls “rat”, he gets really frustrated with the story because it is his fourth day on the story. As he awakes the next day, he realizes its Groundhog Day again. He is unable to leave the town due to a blizzard. First he finds this to be burdensome and unavoidable no matter what, but as he comes to the realization that Groundhog Day may be his fate for eternity, he also comes to other…

We do not see things we are; we see things as we are. In Richard Wilbur’s poem, “Boy at the Window,” this take on point-of-view is an essential literary device. The application of perspective change develops the work in its completion. Therefore, in a sense making this writing “two poems in one” by the use point-of-view. To begin, a boy narrates the poem. He perches at the window”…seeing the snowman standing all alone…” in the midst of a winter storm. “The small boy weeps to hear the wind…

Mark Inglis does not have the same experience of climbing Mt. Everest as most people. Most people may worry about frostbitten toes. Mark Inglis worries about have a spare prosthesis. To climb Mt. Everest it will take all of his strength to reach the summit. It is very difficult for someone to reach the summit but , try imagining reaching the summit as a disabled. Mark Inglis is a double amputee. He unfortunately had to have both of his legs amputated from the knee down. He lost his…

families in the Southwest/Midwest. II. Body A)When the Midwest was a thriving community, people as far as New York came in hope of a better life, but soon turned downhill. 1) Land produced abundant crops 2) Soon nothing would grow. 3) “Black Blizzards” started to appear. 4) Soil eventually turned to dust B) Dust Bowl had a huge impact on American society and pushed many to a breaking point 1) Many people fled to California, they were called…

The Dust Bowl was a time where dangerous dust storms damaged the agriculture of the Great Plains. One hundred million acres were turned into dust due to overfarming and wind erosion. Three major dust storms occurred in 1934, 1936 and 1939-40, which resulted in erosion and loss of topsoil. These storms hit Oklahoma, Texas, sections of Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico leaving many families nowhere to go .It lasted for almost a decade. Some say that this is the worst manmade ecological disaster in…

“Gold! Gold! From the American River (Adkins,14)!” In January of 1848 James marshall had discovered gold in what is still Calfornia. It took a long time for the news to spread ,but once it did people from all over the world went to California in hope of getting rich by the California gold rush, Individuals had to face plenty of challenges to get to the california gold rush like the living condition, the risks they had to take, and the disease the miners and pioneers had to overcome to survive.…

Biking through the blizzard in a flatland forest with my face red and frozen I’m listening to the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack when all of a sudden I find someone biking beside me, I take off my headphones to say hi, as he hears the song “to be human again” belting out of my headphones he laughs and proceeds, making me feel if I had said something wrong, once I get to school I realize he has told my entire class about me listening to disney and they all proceed to call me childish and gay,…

respects and cares about his mother refused to be a part of the retaliation. Marcus frees himself from this cycle of violence but in the process, he loses all of his friends because they believe that he has deserted the gang. Members like Danny and Blizzard who cannot cut loose from the knights “run from law enforcement to their gang leader’s garage, only to flee back to police custody, eventually returning to the juvenile detention center.” (Ralph…

abundance of land and pioneers were eager to go west to settle and claim the land. The land could be cultivated to raise crops. The two main problems that the settlers faced were weather and the distance. The weather was a big problem, with blizzards, hail, and high winds and cold temperatures. In the summer there were periods of drought which are the worst. Some droughts lasted 35 days and then there were some that lasted as long as twenty years. I can’t imagine how awful that must…