Circular saw

"I swear I saw a different person up there" Theo comments when I walk past him. "My acting worked, yay!" I say cheerfully turning to him before rolling my eyes and turning back around to sit down. So I could watch the rest of the interviews. Roland chuckles and gets ready to go onto the stage. "Let's bring out, the male tribute of district 10, Roland Friedgo!" Roland moved onto the stage. He really was into character, you could tell he was embarrassed by the way he held himself. He was…

My mother always wanted me to embrace my Judaism. I ask Thomas, “Do you know about shiva?” I tell him what I remember about the mourning ritual. For seven days, I must only think of my mother. I must recite stories about her. I must not look into a mirror. I must honor her. I must immerse myself in her memory. Thomas grunts. After a while, he says, “No one alive who’d sit shiva for me.” He rolls up his window. “Your mom must have been a good lady.” “Maybe,” I say. “My mom was at Berkeley during…

Lynn Peril’s Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons argues that the construction of gender roles prompt women and men to fulfill distinct cultural positions. Peril addresses how women were bombarded with guidelines on “how to act like a lady” from the moment they were conceived. This frightening bombardment took a part in numerous aspects of women 's lives from the 1940’s to the 1970’s and was regularly driven by advertisements pitching girls ' versions of house-cleaning supplies…

The blue midnight sky was glistening with infinite stars that lay above my slanted head as I watched the twilight moon above me. Glancing down my hand, catching sight of the time gave me the realization that this was actually happening. Months of preparation, years of mental training and the day had come faster than ever. My mind and heart were trapped in the though and mission of protecting and defending my country, the country that gave me everything and was everything. I was 22, they call me…

While the story only takes place over 4 days this highlights that things aren’t going to go well. Despite the circular structure between the best friends- Lennie and George- when they return to the brush George loses his companionship once he “pulls the trigger” and becomes just as lonely as they rest of the Ranch Hands. In conclusion loneliness is presented through…

The monster hadn’t always been there, under the bed. Or maybe it had been. Janie hadn’t noticed its presence immediately. It had only come around at night, when the four year old was fast asleep, protected by the soft embrace of dreamland and the warm wool of her lilac covers. Even if those two forms of safety had failed to do their job, her mother would take their place. Janie knew she would. She always would, Janie’s Mama Bear. Her mother would never have let her Sweetpea be harmed by the…

Prior to taking this class I had never attempted to juggle anything. For this project I will be juggling three small homemade bean bags. The only activity I have participated in that is remotely similar to juggling is paddle ball. The motion of hitting the ball up is not similar to the motion of throwing beanbags but the need to gage how hard and in what direction you hit the ball is similar to gaging the toss of the beanbag. I am not very good at paddle ball. I can usually only hit the ball up…

of him. “Lets get inside, shall we, gentlemen?” Zane said, walking through the doorway, and walking into the house, the rest following. “Zane, tell us, how did you make it out?” “Well---” Zane started, but only to be cut off by seeing a strange, circular object smash through their window, and into the…

The Obelisk’s iconography takes on a geographic scope in its artistic elements as the interaction sphere of Chavin’s civilization sphere entailed the desert coast, humid tropical forests and highlnds, which were three key ecological zones of Peru. The monumental architecture reflected the unique interregional syntesis of Chavin as it is located on a crucial route from the Pacific Coast, through the high pass to the Amazon basin. The obelisk, additionally, was structured in a manner that it…

the indignation of Kay when she visited our ward when my wife was pregnant with Naomi, our oldest daughter. My wife had been ill that day and her complexion was yellow. My wife is dark brown; so, for her complexion to be yellow she was truly ill! I saw Afryka walking out of the cultural hall of the Smyrna building looking uncharacteristically destressed! “You look horrible,” I said. I did not mean she was ugly. I meant that she was sick and needed to go home and rest. I should have actually…