Closer

Family means more than anything to Ashli Derifield. Family is all about being together, supporting each other, and most of all having fun together. She spent many vacations together with her family that brought her family closer and made their family bond stronger. Family events, such as weddings and anniversaries, were the times she was able to support and celebrate with her family. Being in the outdoors with her brothers, parents’ and grandfather are some of the fun memories she has that…

apparent almost immediately. He returned bearing something quite heavy. As be brought it closer I could see what it was. A pile of bricks. He was going to fill the entrance to the recess, trapping me inside. I shook the chains in an attempt to get free, he was at the third tier by this point. He stopped and sat down. I continued for many minutes, until I tired. He began again after I had ceased. He was getting closer to completion, in vain, I yelled, it echoing through the tunnels. I heard the…

In 2008, all of the female first graders, and probably even a few of the male first graders, had a crush on the same seven year-old kid (for his sake and mine I'm going to change his name to John Smith). In the years to follow, the entire elementary school would have heard of and, of course, fallen for John Smith. But for the moment I, being a naive, newly turned seven year-old, thought that I would be the one to date John Smith. So one day towards the end of the school year, my teacher…

Pretending that nothing had happened with Chris had slowly gotten easier over the past few months. The two girls definitely weren't as close as they had been before; plus, now Caitlyn had days where she was just mopey and would lock herself up in her room...thankfully those times were indistinguishable from the days that she just wanted to game for hours. But it was better than it had been when Chris had said she was going to leave....as uncomfortable as their situation could sometimes be, she…

greatly disturbed Chauncy. Many of its manifestations caused him to criticize the followers of the New Light. In his opinion these people “disregard … the dictates of reason” (Chauncy par. 3). He felt this way because many individuals said they had a closer connection to G-d despite loosening their tongues. This upset him because he spent every day practicing religion in its strictest form, yet these people thought they were on a higher level with G-d. As a minister, why is Chauncy so…

this essay will compare the two possibilities of it being ideal for humans to possess no emotions, or to possess low intensity emotion according to Chinese Buddhist philosophy. Zen might think it better to have no emotion because then humans would be closer aligned with the stillness of nature, and defuncting language as simply a matter of practicality. Moreover, an entire lack of emotion could be considered uncompassionate and unnatural. Given…

own way. No single individual or group has exclusive claim to the American dream, but we all have our own vision as to what the dream is to us. The American dream is not only a form of hope or aspiration but as a way of life in which we can come closer to if we…

Quan Do Presentation 5/11/2017 While in the Red Army, Sergei Eisenstein combined his service as a technician with study of theater, philosophy, psychology and linguistics. He staged and performed in several productions, for which he also designed sets and costumes. He found that the film medium as the most efficient tool of communist propaganda. By cutting and merging the negatives to create a montage, he can manipulate time and space to create new meanings. He believes in the theories of the…

The walk to work she replays her fantasy in her head listing to the sound of leaves crackle under her heels. She got closer to the last block, her body shivers from a cold breeze that brushes by. Jamie standing outside the cemetery gate spraks up a joint while he waits for her to arrive. Leaning his body against the gate he blows out a cloud of smoke thinking about her; since he was destined to have her. Taking another hit off his joint, he looks down the dark path to see her walking up the…

role of grandparents and other relatives in making family decisions. It often looks inward for emotional support rather than taking advantage of support offered by other family members, society or community. Some believe that for kids to have a closer relationship with their grandparents, they must live with them. I disagree with that to some extent. I personally, have a close relationship with my grandma despite the fact that she lives about fifty miles away. I visit my grandma one every…