Burma Road

“Are those …bullet holes?” Chase asked, as he dug into his pocket for his truck keys. The two cousins Chase and Jason were on their first hunting expedition after Jason got back from his tour in Iraq. When the two were in high school they would come to the same place and hunt every year. As they grew older, the tradition was often pushed off because of work or family responsibilities. However this year, the men had planned the trip months in advance after a grim discussion about how they are…

Recommendations To combat the transportation issues I have several recommendations. Since safety appears to be a major issue around the end of the school or work day, I would recommend several changes associated with developing routes in which a community member could use to return home or to school. This would be particular tailored for the students in elementary school and at NCCU; since these students were the ones appeared to live closet to the schools, but used the most mobile or public…

I entered the door of my local high school, and I felt the uneasiness fly away. I moved through the hall where on the side I saw the countless golden and silver trophies. As I continued down the hall I saw a desk that has four pieces of paper on the bottom with letters that were organized through last name. A's-G's were on the far left while S's-Z's were on the right. I went toward the desk to get my schedule. For while I dwelt on the schedule looking for my first class 201 with a Ms. Pearson…

In his essay, “The Step Not Taken,” Paul D’Angelo fully follows “Csizzy’s Formula.” He hooks the reader in two ways, through the title, and the opening paragraph. The title, “The Step Not Taken” be an allusion to the widely known poem, “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frosty due to the similarity in title. This, if noticed from the start, could give the reader an expectation of what the essay could contain. Additionally, one might read the essay hoping for it to be a parody of Frost’s work or that…

“Yes.” I didn’t want to chance anyone having the time to arrive home and having to introduce Blair. He walked to the door without another word. In the car he remained silent as I led him outside of town to the Crossroads Subdivision. The only conversation was my simple cues to turn right or left. Blair slowed the car to a stop in front of the log house. “Thanks Blair!” I said before stepping from the car. Halfway up the walk the front door opened and Jack appeared. His genuine smile shone…

"Don't worry about me, you can do this!" Sean hollered in agony. I was petrified to look down, I was up 14,125ft in the air, without any safety equipment. It was crucial finding thin empty spaces for my thick and numb fingers to slip into. Sean and I have been best friends since middle school, and we have a devotion to rock climbing. You could say we're adrenaline junkies. We both wanted to free climb Savage. Known for it's steepness and deadly climate, proudly standing at a staggering…

Public signs are effective guide way that exists everywhere, such as road, transportation and restaurants. Everyone can understand the written content at first sight. At that time, people use visual literacy. Thibault and Walbert (2003) states that the “visual literacy allows the viewer to gather the information and ideas.” (p.1) The sign was made up of several components that have the significant meaning. By analyzing them, people can understand the meaning easily. In fact, the public sign…

ember flickers and smoulders in the breeze, blackening the wood, illuminating the ravaged landscape in a post-apocalyptic world of decay. Fire sometimes is seen as a destructive weapon devouring everything in its path. However, in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, fire not only maintains the father and his son’s lives under harsh natural condition but also acts as a beacon of hope and goodness on the father and his son’s journey toward the south. McCarthy repeats the idea of “carrying the fire” many…

Community Development and Planning graduate class, we discussed the importance of understanding physical and symbolic boundaries (i.e. edges) of a space, as a way to comprehend a location. A road can be both a physical edge as well as a symbolic one, as is the intersection of Downing Street and Florence Street. The road is an obvious edge, or boundary for both cars and pedestrians but also a symbolic one because it is the edge of Clark's campus and the beginning of the Worcester community. At…

that have a little to no backyard to play in. Sidewalks also provide a place for kids and adults to walk without walking on the roads where it is unsafe. In fact,the website Distraction.gov, says that in the year 2014, 3,179 people have died in crashes involving distracted drivers on the roads. Sidewalks also give bike riders space to ride safely without biking on the roads and colliding with…