Clown

Juggling Theories News headlines have sprung up around the nation this fall with reports of people dressed as clowns scaring and attacking civilians. No matter the crude intent of these actions, the real killer clown has already honked his horn to the world; John Wayne Gacy, also known as, “The Clown Killer”, murdered 33 teenage boys in his Cook County, Illinois home from 1972 to 1978. Luring them into his home with the promise of job opportunities or pornographic pictures, Gacy raped and…

Asylums are supposed to stabilize the insane, but what if they did the exact opposite? In the book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest not only is the sanity of the patients questioned but the staff’s too. The methods of the institution are questionable ethically and morally. Giving the patients unknown pills and taking away their masculinity is very dubious. The ways of the institute is soon questioned because of the arrival of Randle McMurphy. Due to the control, different perspectives, and…

The Trans- Alleghany Insane Asylum It started on a weekend in May, our school decided to plan a field trip to a mysterious building in the western part of Virginia. Don’t ask me why though—we’re all surprised they even considered it. The funny thing is, our school hasn’t taken a field trip in three years, and this is the first placed they decided to go to. The whole situation was quite strange. After a class of eighth graders went to a zoo, the principle has not allowed anyone to go on a…

Have you ever dealt with class clowns? Puck's actions are similar to those of a childhood prankster. Life without these funny people would be bland and dull. In a way, Puck lightens up "A Midsummer Night's Dream (MND)." Puck's funny actions make the reader laugh. Without Puck, MND would be bland and definitely boring. It is a fact universally acknowledged that people enjoy laughing. Puck's funny spirit invigorates the reader's soul and makes reading MND a much more enjoyable experience.…

nurse with the fake lips exclaimed. “Yeah, right,” I murmured under my breath as I thought about how many people she had said that to today. Since when do nurses wear more makeup than clowns? Her lips were as thick as my broken, swollen thumb; her eyebrows looked like squirrels above her eyes; she looked worse than a clown. I couldn’t understand how frustrating it might be to mess up and have to start her makeup routine all over; it probably takes her at least two hours. She was telling me…

they all bumped into a clown just standing in the middle of the park.When they turn around to see where…

Dan’s house. They both auditioned for the clown and trapeze position at circus the following week. They both wanted the clown position, so they had to come up with a compromise. Both Dan and Christopher seem to have made up as friends because they both want to be the clown. Clowns are colorful. So full of life, charisma, arcane tactics and can be fun. Both boys are still arguing who will get the job as the main entertainment as a clown for the show. Some clowns will get your attention, their…

[As I was walking down the road one day I saw a clown it startled me, I didn’t know what to think when I saw him. As I saw it I knew it was going somewhere to a place so I decided to follow it. As I followed it I saw a little girl on the corner her named was Deby. Then I saw that the clown started walking towards her so I yelled to get her attention. As I yelled he turned around and started running toward me. Then as deby saw him chasing me she yelled for help as she was doing that I said no…

struggles with the injustices in life. She is battling with a trauma from watching a clown in a circus who she thought was going to fall to his death and throughout that she notices that everyone is cheering it on and laughing. Much as happens in her real life where tragedies occur and the people surrounding her do not react in a manner expected by her. The Secondary characters in the dream are the circus director and clown. There is also a man who rides a horse around the circus. The dream…

“LUKE!¨ Kenny screamed into the night hoping for a reply, There was his quad still running, he had to be close whether the clown had him or he ran. Crack! I spun around and hoped that the clown wasn't there, but there was nothing there I had to look around but couldn't move like something was keeping me there frozen in time then I saw movement. *** *** *** *** *** Kenny and Luke were riding the silver creek trails in the upper peninsula of Michigan, they were both on Yamaha banshee´s…