Bye Bye Love

Today, I smiled as I held my one and only son, Odysseus, who recently turned ten years old. I could already tell he was destined for greatness, I can just feel it through the way he speaks, moves, and even the way he thinks just gives vibes of the wonders he will do. My son will someday take the role of king of Ithaca. Hopefully he will have a lovely wife and a son to carry the family name. Odysseus will lead us to excellence. I felt Odysseus struggling to move out of my arms, so I bent down…

As humans, we have a need to feel connected with other people, to feel love and to want to succeed. It is our psychological and emotional needs that allows us to feel connected to like minded people, thus forming friendships. Having a friend whether or not they live in the same country as you, promotes comfort and support…

in his head till he could recount them without error. Only then, on the paper that had bubbled and humped under the stress of drying paint, did he begin to write the story” (Zusak 223). He writes his own story to show Liesel that he appreciates her love and friendship for him. Max writes about how he had a person standing over him all his life and the current stand over man was Liesel as his friend and savior. Word…

for not exhibiting the typical Dominican machismo attitude, he is still affected by the negative consequences. Oscar was unable to express himself emotionally, “he cried often for his love of some girl or another. Cried in the bathroom, where nobody could hear him” (Diaz 24). Oscar’s reoccurring cycle of unrequited love and depression lead to a suicide attempt. The warning signs were present, he often spoke about feeling hopeless, and he was withdrawn from his family and displayed extreme mood…

Director Billy Wilder’s, Double Indemnity (1944) has all of the characteristics of a classic film noir, using every low-key lighting trick in this richly textured black and white that masterfully portrays a neglected wife in a plot with passion, adultery and murder. With powerful performances by both actors, Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff, the tall, handsome insurance salesman who is enamored by Barbara Stanwyck, whose portrayal is one of the greatest femme fatales of all time, cold and…

Once upon a time... wait, wait, wait! Back up, this is NOT a fairy tale! Especially not how your thinking with the castles, royalty and magic. (well I guess there is a little magic, but, moving on) Nope, it is just a simple story about me, Briar Rose a normal seventeen year old girl with a normal life. Well, it was normal for about a seventeen years. I obviously can't remember much about being a child but, my story starts quite early. For your sake, dear reader, I guess I can relay the story my…

partners as a man” (Killeen 420-21). As Edna awakens and goes through a series of changes in The Awakening, she never really finds a role that completely satisfies her. Eventually Edna realizes that she will always be seen as an object. Robert may love her but he will never break from tradition and give her what she needs. She also realizes that she can never break away from her role as a “mother-woman” because of the children that she has. It was with these realizations that Edna returns to…

Okay so like if you don’t think I lost my cool yet, here is where you say bye to the Riku who makes sense. Like every other Top 10 Article, #1 never makes any sense cause of random spewing everywhere. Cause Im not even gonna try to keep cool, so be glad Im not writing this at 3AM. But like ugh this man guys. Just this man. His face- his fricken face is so ugh. UGH IS THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW TO EXPLAIN HIM. PLES HELP. >.> But let me do say something I hate. I hate that there is…

proud of you. You did it. You deserve this, you’ve worked so hard for this. I love you.” I then said “When did I get so lucky to have you? I love you. You’ll graduate soon and I’ll be there when you cross that stage. I’m always going to be there for you.” He didn’t attend graduation because it was too much for him. But he texted me right after it ended. Saying how proud and happy he was for me, he repeatedly said I love you and that he was so lucky to have me. Chris then later graduated in…

Once upon a time, there were two siblings named Firefox and Little Cheesepuff. Foxfire is a girl, she is 3 weeks old. Little Cheesepuff is a boy, he is 4 and a half weeks old. They both love cheese, and they were both born on the planet of foxes, Foxlandia! They are red foxes. (There are other types of foxes on the planet.) Their parents are Slick and Erabelle. It is a tradition for their family to eat cheese. One day, Erabelle told Firefox and Little Cheesepuff to go get more cheddar cheese at…