Carnival

June 2017, the weather was prime, so we had planned to go to a carnival the night before, and from there, spend the night at her house because of her proximity to a train station. My mother did not know the full extent of our plans since we only told her that it was another one of our usual sleepovers. If my mother had known, I would not have been able to go to the event that changed my perspective forever. The night of the carnival, I had the best time with my friends rambling from one ride to…

The Cask of Amontillado is a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe. The story took place in Italy, on one carnival night. In the story Montresor uses the Festival carnival 50 years earlier as a way of revenge of Fortunato. It’s told in the first person point of view and the narrator isn’t revealed till later on in the story. Poe uses Irony and Symbolism to uncover both the charterers in the story and get his revenge back on Fortunato. The beginning of the story it was really nothing to it. The…

The Cask of Amontillado “The truth of your character is expressed through the choice of your actions” (Dr. Steve Maraboli). Edgar Allan Poe had a gift for making his characters come alive in his stories. Not only is this quote relevant for society today, but it also correlates perfectly with the main character, Montresor. Throughout “The Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor shows the reader numerous times that his character is vindictive, manipulative, but yet shares a valuable learning opportunity…

Once in a Lifetime Opportunity First, we got on the bus to Quebec City, Quebec to go to the Quebec Peewee Hockey Tournament. It was a struggle for me because I had a broken leg at the time. Even though I had a broken leg, I was still so excited to travel to this historic town to watch the game I love. It was a long bus drive to the city, so during the drive I occupied my time with reading, sleeping, and watching movies for the most part. I was having a lot of fun on the bus with my…

go on destroying the world in order to live.” (25) In the novel, the author has portrayed the narrator and Ishmael as being held in captivity. When Ishmael discusses his background, he discusses the three ways that he was held captive: a zoo, a carnival, and a cage. When Ishmael is teaching the narrator, he touches base on the concept of humans being held captives by society. As I read the novel, I started to question my choices in life and see if they were influenced by society. The most…

For class, we read “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe was born in 1809 and died in 1894. He wrote about very dark and terrifying things. His writing affected the development of symbolic fiction, modern detective stories, and gothic horror tales. In a lot of his horror stories he writes as though the reader is vicariously “live” the story through the first person narrator. Poe wrote “The Cask of Amontillado” in 1846; it follows Montresor, a man who lives by the motto Nemo me impune…

our first cruise. Since it was right before Christmas we went on a short cruise. It was not as fun as I thought I'd be but I still enjoyed it. We flew down to Florida and stayed there for a couple days and then went down to the port. We took the Carnival Cruise Lines. It didn’t take very long to get to the Bahamas which was nice, I really wanted to be off the ship and explore. When we arrived, we were told to hide our valuables that was kind of scary. Me and my family spent the day at the…

and First Amendment (freedom of expression). Sam Sheppard had to deal with constant scruinty from media coverage throughout his trial in the murder of his wife. 2. Sheppard argued that he was entitled to be released from prison because there was a carnival atmosphere at Sheppard’s trial. Sheppard was at total disadvantage from the massive pretrial publicity. Sheppard was ordered to be released from custody unless the state tries him within a reasonable time.\ 3. Sheppard argue that he did not…

When I read this part of Baca’s story, I immediately thought of a time when I was unsure of what I was seeing. My father and I were going on a road trip when I was 15. He finished his shift at work around 10pm, and we had 6 hours of driving ahead of us. He asked me to stay awake to keep him company, so I drank one of those small bottles of caffeine that used to be around before 5 Hour Energy hit the market. We drove through the wasteland of Nevada where few cars pass and there are no towns for…

and her husband Leonard Spaulding Bradbury brought to the world the famous author Ray Bradbury. As Bradbury grew up he absolutely adored magicians, fantasy, and adventure. (“Ray Bradbury Biography.") Eventually, at age 12, Bradbury had visited a carnival and discovered a magician, Mr. Electro. As Bradbury watched from the audience Mr. Electro looked upon him and commanded, “Live forever!” This is what inspired Bradbury to do just that, through writing. (“Ray Bradbury.”) Later on, Bradbury…