Bonfire

They would be no need to pass over 50 Catholic heirs before handing the throne to Protestant Hanoverians. There would be no Bonfire Night to commemorate Guy Fawkes botched attempt to blow up parliament. The most significant consequence of Henry IX reign would be that the great colonisation of the New World (colonized by Portugal, England, Spain, and France) would have led to a…

Guy Fawkes Night – The UK Our beloved Bonfire Night also makes it into the list. The whole country is swept with bigger and better fireworks displays – you have official ceremonies as well as private parties celebrating how the mother of all parliaments once nearly got blown to smithereens. Here’s…

Karen Shaw Mrs. Misselhorn 7TH hour language Arts 29 March, 2017 Should kids have summer break? If you had a choice of not having a summer, and having a summer, I know a lot of people would pick having a summer, but a lot other would not like to have a summer, so they can stay caught up with school, and learn a lot more. The first reason why kids should have summer break is because it is a stress reliever. According to Caam, if people get a longer school break, they might not be so stressed.…

This story takes place mainly on the family land. The Home place is special to Gil “Situated in a valley’’ (14) and ‘’down by the river’’ (14). The home place also have a beautiful land that ‘’consisted of the original quarter Gil’s father had homesteaded, the pre-emption, and another 320 acres picked up cheap from a Finnish immigrant’’ (14). The farm is everything Gil ever wanted and a day away from all the beautiful sights the farm has to offer made Gil restless. Another important part of the…

In 2008, a woman from Anderson, Indiana set fire to her ex’s clothes and burned his storage unit. There was “more than $100,000 in damage” (NBC). The woman’s ex most likely did not do anything to deserve this and she was simply just overreacting. Naturally, society expects the girl to get over her ex and move onto another guy; in extreme circumstances, the woman will not move on, but instead kill herself. Welcome to The Aeneid: Book four. Written by Virgil in 19 BC, the twisted love story of…

I am the Sam Klopp. One of the youngest of the Klopp's. I have one little brother, Matt, who is 13 years old and a seventh grader at Richmond Middle School. Above me there are four sisters, youngest being Kristin, Allison, Sarah, and Caitlin. They all attended DSHA. There are a huge part of my life and the most important part of my life. There are not just huge part of my life because I get to see them everyday, except Allison and Kristin who are in college, but also because they make me a…

Critique of Colacurcio Michael J. Colacurcio, an English professor at UCLA, wrote a book called: The Province of Piety: Moral History in Hawthorne’s Early Tales that analyzes Hawthorne’s work. In the book there is a section titled The End of Young Goodman Brown where Colacurcio theorizes why Young Goodman Brown finished his life depressed, suspicious, and without joy. He suggest it is because Brown “ends by doubting the existence of any unblighted goodness but his own.” (Colacurcio 302) And thus…

Indiana and was elected to study in chemistry and biology at Cornell University. He then served in the U.S. Army during World War 2 and was one of few survivors who was forced by Germans to extract bodies from the rubble and incinerate them in massive bonfires. “As of 1977, Vonnegut 's work includes eight novels, a play and a television play, two collections of short stories, a collection of essays, and a number of uncollected shorter pieces of fiction and nonfiction” (Reed, para. 1). His…

What makes a city beautiful? Every city is beautiful in their own unique way. Seattle is just like any other city to visit, but what makes it unique is not just that is called the Jet City due to the influence of Boeing. Downtown Seattle is interesting to visit through the year there is always something different each time. Downtown Seattle is full of sight, sound and smells to enjoy in different parts of the year. Walking through downtown from far away the space needle is visible with the…

Being part of a Community I believe that everyone should contribute to a community in order to improve our own lives and society. Being part of a community can mean attending church, being close to friends and family, being part of a club, attending charities, shelters, or any kind of volunteer work. It can be almost anything, as long as it feels good to be part of it. It also helps create a sense of belonging and closer relationships with people. Overall, it is important to to be a part…