Christmas Gift

The article “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari” by Richard Borshay Lee is investigating how the Kung Bushmen’s annual tradition of killing an ox for the community during the Christmas season. Lee begins the article by giving a brief history of how Christmas was introduced to the Bushmen, their basic interpretations of the Christmas story, and why the tradition of killing the ox for the community started. Lee then explains why he decided to study this tradition and how the people view him…

It was a bright, white, snowy, cold day. The roads are covered with snow and the fields look like clouds with trees, the edges of the clouds are the snow filled ditches with the ice covered frozen bottoms. Dad had the day off of work and asked if I wanted to go snowmobiling with him. I obviously said yes because I’ve wanted to go all year. After we put on all of our snow pants, coat, gloves, and helmet he helped me get the snowmobiles out of the garage and start them. He was riding his 2012…

Every year around 246 million children are bullied in some form or another (Villapando). In The Chocolate War written by Robert Cormier, Jerry refuses to sell chocolate during his school’s annual fundraiser. One simple word, no, leads to horrible repercussions. Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare, tells the story of forbidden love between two feuding families’ children. Their love and death have a lasting impact on both families. Both works contain many instances of bullying, raging…

Abbey Tischbein Ms. Marton Language Arts 7-2 16 November 2017 My First Day Being A Dance Assistant. On January 4 2017, it was a cold slushy day with Some snow on the ground. It was like if you get a big whiff of winter that it kinda gets thrown at you. It was my very first day being a dance assistant I have been so excited to be a brand new dance assistant. The class I did was 4:30 pm to 5:30pm. My mom , sister, and I usually get there an hour and a…

Eating Healthy Resolutions that you can make for 2017 It’s New Year! I bet you know what that means; a new beginning. The New Year is a gift to all of us. It sets a fresh start for each of us to make a change in all aspects of our lives. It’s the best time to make new resolutions. I know most people shy away from making resolutions because they slip out of the new routine by the end of the second week of January. However, when you set realistic resolutions and be determined then you will…

This scene sets up much of the exposition for the film as well as introducing characters. It begins with Carl and Ellie’s wedding, which takes place in a church. A camera flashes and Ellie jumps onto Carl, passionately kissing him. Two wide shots show first Ellie’s family and then Carl’s family. Ellie’s family goes crazy, jumping with joy and applauding excitedly. Carl’s family begrudgingly but politely claps, unsmiling. This series of shots show a lot about how each of the two characters was…

The Circus It was a Beautiful Day on the first day of summer. Sam and his Friend Daniel were waiting in a line with their baseball caps and backpacks full of snacks, very excited to see the first circus they've ever been to. When they finnaly reached the ticket booth, they could see the big red tent, The tent was bigger than anything they've ever seen before. "Yes children, its a very large tent" said the man at the ticket booth. They were so excited to visit their first circus. They took a seat…

In England, there is a vintage fair that occurs every year where people of all ages and from all different walks of life come together to celebrate vintage styles. This is how the festival creator Wayne Hemingway describes the new retro craze : “Young girls taking an old piece of cloth and doing something creative with it. It's not about hugging the past – it's about mixing old and new. You see that dress over there? With the bag and shoes? They'll look good in 100 years' time. That's the whole…

Unwarranted guilt is one of Dunstan’s biggest personality flaws in Fifth Business, unlike the character Percy-Boyd Staunton the thrower of the snowball, who seems to feel the least amount of guilt. Percy never owns up to throwing the snowball, nor does he take interest in the decline of Mary Dempster and the destruction of her family. His life becomes one glorious success after another, from successfully navigating his way through the great depression, to becoming wealthy through his…

My Thanksgiving Experience Thanksgiving is a holiday of turkey and thanks that we celebrate every year in November, a month before Christmas. Besides being thankful and eating a lot of delicious food that makes you resemble the stuffed turkey on the table, it is about spending time with loved ones and enjoying the irreplaceable moments we have at hand. Now, with every Thanksgiving, there is always a story to tell; some more interesting than others, but all a part of whom we are. This year, my…