Bonfire

For many people Christmas is an important holiday. By the time it hits September angel decorations start filling the store aisles and “Jingle Bells” plays on repeat but it is not the only one filling up the store. Ghouls, candy, and spiders all crouch on the side waiting for Halloween; a holiday that some look over when it does get to September, although they should not. Halloween is a major holiday that is more exciting than Christmas in terms of history, traditions, and in lower expenses.…

Greasy Lake and Setting Oftentimes, the setting is a particularly crucial part of a story. It could be symbolic for an idea, or it could contribute to the change of a characters personality. Furthermore, setting does not only refer to the location or time period of the story; it could also pertain to “climate and even the social, psychological, or spiritual state of the participants” (Literature, Glossary of Literary Terms, G26). The significance of setting is especially prevalent in the short…

The Book Thief Film Review Whilst the hardship and apprehension of World War II, this heartwarming and melodramatic film has an influential directive anticipated to the audience, demonstrating the assorted themes. The Book Thief, a film situated on a true story directed by Brian Percival and was discharged to the public, January the 9th 2014. The Book Thief is unquestionably an educational, emotional and heart string Tugger as abandonment, survivor’s guilt, dehumanization, thievery and…

Treatment of Jews in the Middle Ages Anti-Semitism has been an issue throughout history, resulting in hate and persecution of the Jewish people all around the world. Discrimination in the Middle Ages like many times in history caused a dispersion of Jews across Europe. Even through hardships and suffering, the Jewish people refused to forget their past and insisted on remembering those who suffered and died for their people, beliefs, and traditions. From 400 CE to 1500 CE, anti-semitism reached…

that we would sing for the congregation. We also had socials where we would often times find ourselves on hayrides or going through mazes with the evening culminating in contests to learn Bible verses and then everyone joined in singing around the bonfire, or perhaps in the choir director’s home singing along with the…

Introduction She was on a flight to New York for business meetings about her modeling career. Even though she was only 19 she has been modeling ever since 15 and she still hasn’t stopped. She was so excited about this interview that her heart was pounding the whole flight there. Her hands sweaty and her face expression full of excitement. She got out of the airport, took a taxi, and went straight to the hotel to clear her mind for a bit. Her name is Karlie, a modeling and business…

Growing up in DeBill, Kansas, I always wanted to move, or I’d try running away every other week. DeBill was known to about four thousand people and a 2A State Championship win from 1966 that is still the talk of the town. I always nicknamed us, “Ghost Town, USA”. I absolutely hated and often wondered why we couldn’t just move the 45 miles down south to Kansas City, but Mom was adamant that we were not going to move away from the town she was from. Then she’d us the excuse of being a teacher and…

Another example, the Nazi book burnings which were during WWII in response to the Jews as a way to control them, meant a lot of books were destroyed. The burnings were not ordered by Joseph Goebbals, but rather a pro-Nazi student group behind the bonfires (even though Goebbals' encouraged the book burnings. The Nazis had lists of forbidden books that was deemed dangerous to Hitler's…

people can do amazing things when they are driven to survive, becomes clear through the setting, characters, and plot. First, In The Book Thief, the setting reveals how people are capable to do great things when they are driven to survive. After the bonfire where Nazis burned books that went against their message, Leisel explained that the she hated the Fuhrer. Hans responded by smacking…

Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and paucity, life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. It is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints and martyrs; the holiday, All Saints’ Day, incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was…