Chest of drawers

In the course of The English Patient, the sapper, Kip, travels through several scenes and transitions as a person who alternatively becomes detached and connected -- mirrored always by the imagery of explosions and wires. Despite his job as a minesweeper, where he has to be detached by necessity, and the fact that he sleeps in a tent away from the other inhabitants of the villa, Kip eventually becomes physically involved with Hana. But later, after the explosion of the bomb at Hiroshima, he…

“Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It’s a journey of discovery –there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair.” This quote by Rick Warren, an American writer and pastor, on transformation and its process, fits into the transformation of Gregor Samsa into a horrific vermin in the novella The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka. Gregor’s new form stirs up the lives of his family and work. The biggest change can be seen in his…

branches were getting ready to snap off. My thoughts, however, troubled me more than the horror story soundtrack outside of my window. Roxanne slept on, undisturbed by all the noise. I looked at her cuddled up to me for warmth, her head resting on my chest. She was beautiful. The big breasted blonde bimbo every man wished they could have, and I had her. She was mine. Was the beauty enough though? We hardly knew each other despite the fact we have been together for almost a year. Our…

The Synchronized Complexity What is the most romantic encounter that could ever happen in the modern American society? Dan had constantly thought to himself as he struggled to find love. He didn't feel lonely or the urgent need to be validated by people around him, but rather he wished he could have someone to share his vulnerability with, someone who could understand and provide him some level of emotional comfort. Get the fuck out. Dan could still hear those words echoing loudly inside…

In Pat Frank’s Alas, Babylon, the theme is survival and isolation because can you imagine one’s town being cut off from the rest of the world? In Alas Babylon, the town of Fort Repose is isolated from the rest of the world and they have to learn to survive after a nuclear weapon hits. People have to change who they are because if they do not change, survival is not possible. A good way of putting the situation is, “So the struggle was not against a human enemy, or for victory. The struggle, for…

I Heavily intoxicated, Allric Tulzer stumbled into his first-class cabin, his stomach lurching more from the whiskey than the constant flowing motion of the ocean liner. Before boarding Olympic, he had discreetly bid those in his employ to return to Rochester; he had no need of their services during the voyage. He desired solitude and until Allric reached Southampton, that is what he expected. Olympic or Old Reliable, as the massive ship had been affectionately called after the Great War,…

instructed on methods for prevention. • When scrumming, maul and ruck athletes should fully bend their knees, crouch and not lower one’s head and the athletes head must not ever be used as the fulcrum and by placing the regions from ones face to ones chest on the field. • Wearing of headgears is advised safe • Wearing of mouth guards – provide dental protection and erotica injuries. • Playing surface should be even and unconcerned- variety of concussion depends on the surface • Warm up and…

I have the stupidest job ever. I thought to myself as I watched over my three elderly patients in the retirement home. The three elders I get to watch over all day is Joseph Lou, Carol Robins, and Ellis Smith; Joseph is the most interesting out of them three. I was working at the retirement home one day after school when my girlfriend, Mary Hunt, and my only other friend, Joe Luke, came to visit me. We are all freshman in high school and we also are all in foster care. I got put into foster…

Rainsford woke up to a sharp pain in his back. He groaned as he rolled over in bed. He immediately regretted this decision. His entire body ached from the tiring swim he took yesterday. Still groggy from waking up, he thought about what had happened in the past three days. He cursed himself for falling off the yacht to save a stupid pipe. He slowly got out of the general’s comfy bed and walked into the general’s bathroom. He took his time clean himself up and delicately treated his wounds. He…

their rights. Even though they had got there rights taken away that wasn’t enough for Hitler. “Jews were singled out for mistreatment, just as they were in Germany. They had to wear the six-pointed Star of David, a symbol of Judaism, on their sleeves, chests, or backs to tell them apart from non-Jews. They couldn’t walk freely in the streets or do many of the things Europeans took for granted. Signs in theatres, cafes, restaurants, and other public places warned that Jews weren’t allowed to…