Coming of age

T.S. Eliot’s works have often been thought of as hopeless and dreary because the topics in his works reflect the problems with society and humanity as a whole. They reflect an obsession with loss and isolation, and how it affects people. His modernist way of writing forces readers to think about his works in a multitude of ways. “The Waste Land” is a poem that is considered to be one of the best poems to come out in the twentieth century because of its ideas and the controversy surrounding the…

I was reading a forum post online and someone misspelled the word ‘activity’ as ‘activia’. Then other commenters pointed out the blunder and were poking fun at the mistake. Someone jokingly substituted the word into a horror movie, now titled Paranormal Activia. This two-word response prompted me to wonder, “What would Paranormal Activia be about?” This adaptive short film works in two ways to adapt two sources into a singular film. I took the comment and combined it with a similar story…

“Down, But Not Out.” “There it is Privates!” Drill Sergeant Gonzales yelled. As we all rounded the narrow and winding road through the Ozark Mountains, my heart began to race. All 250 of us slowed down to form a formation in front of what appeared to be the biggest climb we had seen and were not expecting to see for the next few weeks. Screaming at the top of his lungs, Drill Sergeant Galloway said “This is Engineer Hill, and starting in two minutes you all have thirty minutes to make this…

situations that lie ahead. Fear is experienced by all, but defined by few. As a tyke, this word was difficult to comprehend but as I aged it became clear to me. Fear is the monster in my closet. I remember the first time I heard the beast. My family and I—age six at the time—were having the usual morning breakfast of eggs, some form of meat accompanied by my favorite iced tea. Eager and mouth watered, I grab my fork and begin to eat then suddenly a phone call interrupts the most important meal…

A nail bitter, teeth clincher, bone shaker. This game was everything you want when you take the family out for an evening of high school basketball. The Falcons and The Stallions battled tick for tac down to the very last second, but there could only be one winner. The first quarter was a bit sloppy, a lot of missed baskets, a lot of fouls, and plenty of turnovers, no one had gone on a stretch, after the first quarter the score was Green Run 10 Cox 9. The 2nd Qtr we had a little more action.…

A bully is someone who intimidates people they deem weaker than them using power or brute force. Bullying can lead to depression, low self-esteem, and self-harm. In recent television history, they have tried to input bullying in television shows to encourage teens and adults alike to come forth with these issues on being bullied and tell someone. Glee is a good example of individuals trying to come together and overcome bullying as a group with the help of their teacher Will. Bullying affects a…

In the story, All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, takes place in a dystopian life where kids live with their family on planet Venus. This may sound super fun, but on the contrary, it rains and rains and rains and rains. Every seven years the sun shines down on planet Venus for just one hour. Most kids do not remember the sun since they are so young, but Margot is different. She has come over from Earth fairly recently. She grieves the beautiful sun everyday, and this grieving can be observed by…

The story “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is a riveting piece of work. The story is about a girl Margot who has recently just moved to the planet Venus, from Earth, where the sun shines for one hour every seven years. Margot misses seeing the sun everyday from her house in Ohio. Instead, everyday, she sees rain just pouring down and never stops. But Margot is not the only kid missing out on the sun. Other kids on Venus, who were born there, have never seen the sun or even remember what it…

It is very hard to imagine a world where police are harassing and arresting the LGBTQ community just for gathering together in public or simply expressing themselves. This community had their jobs, families, and lives threatened just for being who they are. Unfortunately, this is what life was like before they started to fight back against the oppression. The younger generations have grown up in a society, for the most part, of love, acceptance, and protection for these people. This essay will…

As a child, everything in the world seems so clearly black and white. It seems like everyone just naturally gets older, goes to college because they have to, and work wherever they and up. Then I myself got older and started to question: But why do I need to go to college? What’s so great about it? It got worse when I went along and realized that I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, had no idea what I even wanted to go to college for. This then resulted in years of me being anxious,…