Breathless

Fiction Choice Book Mattie Seals The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is the book I chose to read this summer. An American classic filled with history, one of my favorite topics, a valid reason to make my decision on this book. Tom Sawyer is a young boy that is an unknown age creating a more relatable aspect to the story. Tom has a personality consisting of being mischievous, adventuresome, imaginative, and enterprising, all of which causes him trouble making them weaknesses. As…

Have you ever yearned for a life changing experience that would leave you breathless, but never got the chance to actually obtain one? Many people use school as their way to explore the outside world and acquire life’s perspicacity. The Alamo is a vast, wondrous place for young advanced students, like me, to experience Texas history on another level; therefore, I believe I’m a very superb applicant for this trip. As a child I grew up in the marvelous sun flower state, Kansas, there I attended a…

contained a ghost that had an encounter with a live person. In “The Girl in the Lavender Dress” Carol could not cross the river so she proceeded to get a ride from grandma and Herbert; "Claremont." That was all she said at first.She had a light, breathless voice, like it took a whole lungful of air to say that one word."You're lucky," Herbert said. "We're going all the way." This line of dialogue from the story reveals the fact that Carol’s ghost interacted with other people. Later in the story…

Legends in Concert: A Show You Won’t Regret Seeing Whether you want to see a live show featuring Elvis Pressley, Tina Turner, or Michael Jackson, the exciting Legends in Concert is sure to leave you breathless. The show, which is owned and operated by On Stage Entertainment, has won various awards since its start in 1983, including the notable “Show of Shows” award (given by the International Press Assn.), “Show of the Year”, “Grand Slam”, and “Entertainers of the Year”. Aside from…

ones. Prior to the birth of his creature, he isolates himself and neglects his family by “[paying] no visit to Geneva” (Shelley 41) since he “engaged, heart and soul” (41) in his work. When the creature comes to life, Victor immediately flees in “breathless horror and disgust” (49) because he realizes his creature is hideous. The creature is then off to fend for its own, and in spite of the way he gets treated, he kills Victor’s…

Throughout the classic Novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley reveals Victor’s true characteristics of insecurity, passion, insecurity, and more as she depicts Victor’s actions as the idea of the monster is born and finally becomes alive. Victor acknowledges “It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and weather it was the outward substance of things, or the inner spirit of nature [...]” (Shelley 19). Victor’s motivations started out completely pure and only developed for a…

I wake up instantly blinded. Heat surges through my skin and shoots in my head. Sweat is beading along my face, and I see glistening lights surrounding me. As my vision comes into focus, I now know for sure that this isn’t my bedroom. But where else could I be? I struggle to stand, and stumble over to a wall to the left of me. I dig my fingertips into what feels like damp foliage, and my vision focuses completely. To my left and to my right, there are solid hedges with vines, almost as…

Being in the Military or even being a part of a team has its challenges which have there ups and downs. In the Call of the Wild Buck is taken from his lovely and caring home. And now he is a mistreated, starved, underestimated, sled team dog who so little care about. In contrast to buck, My dad had to go through pain and fight to stay well and healthy. He had to put himself through many challenges just to stay alive. While my dad and buck are very different they both encountered struggles,…

violent reaction of the General “Catharine trembled at the emphasis” was “double distress”, “anxious”, “blush of surprise” as well as “pale and breathless” (120). Reactions such as these make it seem as through the General shouting and the failure to be punctual elects the same emotions (distress, surprise, anxious) and therefore physical effect (pale, breathless) as the suspenseful moments of danger in the normal Gothic. Again for the character the event does not only seem similar it is a…

As a knight, Perceval was well aware there were hard rules and soft rules when it came to knighthood. Hard rules were those outlined in the Knight’s Code, those of honor, chivalry, and dedication, and those had to be adhered to unfailingly. But, over time, knights had created soft rules, ones about how to manage families and friendships. And the first soft rule was that when it came to a knight’s wife, he never expressed nerves or doubt about an impending battle, and he did not breathe a word…